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Somebody told me this film was about sexual addiction. Before going to see the film, I read several reviews and yes this term sexual addiction kept cropping up. However, now that I've seen the film I can tell you two important facets of the film. First, there is nothing sexual or even remotely titillating about the story. Yes, there are sex scenes. Yes, the film has gotten a restrictive rating because of the full frontal nudity but there is nothing "exciting" as such. Secondly, there is a...Read Full Story

I'm repeating myself. (Repeating yourself is a sign of senility. If I've said that once, I've said it a thousand times.) The best films I've seen do not necessarily involve a car chase scene. The special effects are minimal and the focus is on the story and the characters. Clocking in at 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, it seems to me the professional critics agree with this idea. Yes, this is George Clooney at his best, but the story, the cast, and the characters count to no end for what amounts to...Read Full Story

Alice in Wonderland is a adventure film directed by Tim Burton, written by Linda Woolverton, and starring Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen and Stephen Fry. It is an extension of Lewis Carroll’s novels Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. The film uses a technique of combining live action and animation. In the film , Alice is now nineteen years old and accidentally returns to Underland (misheard by...Read Full Story

This is a film about a cop. This is a film which takes place in Ireland. Let's start by clearing up the mysterious title by explaining that "garda" is the Gaelic word for police in general or a single policeman. Pay attention; you will see policemen with this on the back of their police coats and on the side of their police cars. Apparently it is common to use the English expression "the guards" in everyday speech hence The Guard really means The Cop or The Policeman. Ah, those Irish. Ah...Read Full Story

1965. The Israeli Mossad send a three person team, two men and a woman to Soviet controlled East Berlin. Their mission is to capture a notorious Nazi doctor who had performed human experimentation in an extermination camp during World War II. We flip forward to the present day when all three have long been hailed as heroes but are going to relive their heroism as the daughter of the woman has just published a book recounting their story. However the trio has been keeping a secret for over...Read Full Story