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Documentary Narrated by Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet Directed by Howard Hall Rated G 41 minutes Originally created for Imax theaters, Deep Sea is just what you might expect: beautiful images of unusual creatures below the ocean surface.  The animals are indeed fascinating and exotic, but there is a noticeable lack of flow between the [...]

Starring Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, and Brian Geraghty Directed by Kathryn Bigelow Rated R for war violence and language 2 hours 11 minutes This is the 2009 Academy Award winner for Best Picture, so it has to be great… right?  I’m not so sure about great, but it was good.  It tells the story of [...]

Starring Michael Jackson Directed by Kenny Ortega Rated PG for some suggestive choreography and scary images 1 hour 51 minutes You probably know the story: before Michael Jackson died  in June 2009, he was prepring for a final series of concerts to take place in London.  This film documents the rehearsals for what would have been [...]

Starring Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O’Hara Directed by Chris Columbus Rated PG for language 1 hour 43 minutes Of course I have seen it before… but being that John Hughes (writer and producer) was honored at the Oscars, I figured that it might be fun to remember him by watching this [...]

Starring Brad Pitt and Christoph Waltz Directed by Quentin Tarantino Rated R for strong graphic violence, language and brief sexuality 2 hours 33 minutes On the eve of the Academy Awards, I was hoping to catch a potential Best Picture winner.  As it turns out, the likelier winner in my mind is Christoph Waltz for [...]