REVIEW: Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang [Nanny McPhee Returns] [2010]

Posted by on August 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment 

“Yes poo man, we’ve come from far, far away in the land of soap” I must say I’m disappointed in Emma Thompson. I could understand her desire to write and star in an adaptation of Nurse Matilda—perhaps a childhood favorite of hers or her children—but her new incarnation of the wart-faced, bucktoothed taskmaster, Nanny McPhee […]

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Top Ten Films of 2008: The Year of World War II

Posted by on January 24, 2009 · Leave a Comment 

This list is accurate as of post-date. So many films and not enough time to see them all, the potential for future change is inevitable, but as of today here are the best … I don’t know what precipitated 2008 being the year of the World War II movie, but of the 100+ releases I […]

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REVIEW: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas [2008]

Posted by on November 17, 2008 · Leave a Comment 

“Does the uniform still make you feel special?” **Caution: Spoilers** It appears that filmmakers have an appetite for Holocaust films these days. I don’t know if it has to do with the political strife occurring all over the world, America’s involvement in the Middle East, Republicans comparing Obama to Hitler, or what, but the constant […]

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