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Film Review: “Megamind (3D)”

Posted on · (DreamWorks.  1 hour, 36 minutes.  Rated PG for action and some language.  Directed by Tom McGrath.)  Voices of Will Ferrell (Megamind), Brad Pitt (Metro Man), Tina Fey (Roxanne), Jonah Hill (Hal/ Titan), David Cross (Minion), Ben Stiller (Bernard).  Music by Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe.

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Film Review: “Hereafter”

Posted on · (Warner Bros.  2 hours, 6 minutes.  Rated PG-13 for mature thematic elements including disturbing disaster and accident images and brief strong language.  Directed by Clint Eastwood.)  Matt Damon (George Lonegan), Cecile de France (Marie Lelay), Jay Mohr (Billy Lonegan), Bryce Dallas Howard (Melanie), George and Frankie McLaren (Marcus/Jason), Thierry Neuvic (Didier), Marthe Keller (Dr. Rousseau), Richard Kind (Christos), Steven R. Schirripa (Carlo), Jenifer Lewis (Candace), Lyndsey Marshal (Jackie), Sir Derek Jacobi (Himself).  Music by Clint Eastwood.

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Film Review: “RED”

Posted on · (Summit Entertainment.  Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence and brief strong language.  Directed by Robert Schwentke.)  Bruce Willis (Frank Moses), Morgan Freeman (Joe Matheson), John Malkovich (Marvin Boggs), Helen Mirren (Victoria), Karl Urban (William Cooper), Mary-Louise Parker (Sarah Ross), Brian Cox (Ivan Simonov), Julian McMahon (Robert Stanton), Ernest Borgnine (Henry, the Records Keeper), James Remar (Gabriel Singer), Richard Dreyfuss (Alexander Dunning).  Music by Christophe Beck.

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Film Review: “It’s Kind of a Funny Story”

Posted on · (Focus Features.  Rated PG-13.  1 hour, 41 minutes.  Directed by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.)  Keir Gilchrist (Craig), Emma Roberts (Noelle), Viola Davis (Dr. Eden Minerva), Lauren Graham (Lynn), Jim Gaffigan (George), Zoe Kravitz (Nia), Zach Galifianakis (Bobby).  Music by Broken Social Scene.

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Film Review: “The Social Network”

Posted on · (Columbia Pictures.  2 hours.  Rated PG-13 for sexual content, drug and alcohol use and language.  Directed by David Fincher.)  Jesse Eisenberg (Mark Zuckerberg), Justin Timberlake (Sean Parker), Andrew Garfield (Eduardo Saverin), Joseph Mazzello (Dustin Moskovitz), Armie Hammer (Vinklevoss twins), Rashida Jones (Marylin Delpy), Rooney Mara (Erica Albright).  Music by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross.

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Film Review: “Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps”

Posted on · (20TH Century Fox. 2 hours, 16 minutes. Rated PG-13 for brief strong language and thematic elements. Directed by Oliver Stone.) Michael Douglas (Gordon Gekko), Shia LaBeouf (Jacob Moore), Carey Mulligan (Winnie Gekko), Frank Langella (Lewis Zabel), Susan Sarandon (Sylvia Moore), Josh Brolin (Bretton Woods). Music by Craig Armstrong.

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Film Review: “The Switch”

Posted on · (Miramax. 1 hour, 40 minutes. Rated PG-13 for mature thematic content, sexual material including dialogue, some nudity, drug use and language. Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck.) Jennifer Aniston (Kassie), Jason Bateman (Wally), Jeff Goldblum (Leonard), Patrick Wilson (Roland), Juliette Lewis (Debbie), Thomas Robinson (Sebastian). Music by Alex Wurman.

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Film Review: “Salt”

Posted on · (Columbia Tri Star. 1 hour, 39 minutes. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action. Directed by Philip Noyce.) Angelina Jolie (Evelyn Salt), Liev Schreiber (Theodore Winter), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Peabody), Daniel Olbrychski (Orlov), August Diehl (Michael Krause), Hunt Block (President Lewis), Andre Braugher (Sec. of Defense), Olek Krupa (Russian President Matveyev). Music by James Newton Howard.

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Film Review: “Winter’s Bone”

Posted on · (Roadside Attractions. 1 hour, 40 minutes. Rated R for drug material, language and violent content. Directed by Debra Granik.) Jennifer Lawrence (Ree Dolly), John Hawkes (Teardrop), Kevin Breznahan (Little Arthur), Dale Dickey (Merab), Sheryl Lee (April), Sarah Byrd (Jessie), Kip Niven (Dentist). Music by Dickon Hinchliffe.

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Film Review: “Inception”

Posted on · (Warner Bros. 2 hours, 28 minutes. Rated PG-13 for sequences of violence and action throughout. Directed by Christopher Nolan.) Leonardo DiCaprio (Dom Cobb), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Arthur), Ellen Page (Ariadne), Tom Hardy (Eames), Ken Watanabe (Saito), Dileep Rao (Yusef), Cillian Murphy (Robert Fischer, Jr.), Tom Berenger (Browning), Marion Cotillard (Mal), Pete Postlethwaite (Maurice Fischer), Michael Caine (Miles), Lukas Haas (Nash). Music by Hans Zimmer.

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Film Review: “I Am Love (Io Sono L’Amore)”

Posted on · (Magnolia Pictures. 2 hours. Rated R for sexuality and nudity. In Italian with English subtitles. Directed by Luca Guadagnino.) Tilda Swinton (Emma Recchi), Alba Rohrwacher (Elisabetta Recchi), Marisa Berenson (Allegra Recchi), Edoardo Gabriellini (Antonio Biscaglia), Pippo Delbono (Tancredi Recchi), Flavio Pacenti (Edoardo Recchi Jr.). Music by John Adams.

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Film Review: “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”

Posted on · (Summit Entertainment. 2 hours, 4 minutes. Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and some sensuality. Directed by David Slade.) Kristen Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black), Xavier Samuel (Riley), Billy Burke (Charlie Swan), Anna Kendrick (Jessica), Bryce Dallas Howard (Victoria), Peter Facinelli (Dr. Carlisle Cullen), Jackson Rathbone (Jasper Hale), Dakota Fanning (Jane), Ashley Greene (Alice), Nikki Reed (Rosalie). Music by Howard Shore.