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Animated.  Featuring the voices of John Cleese and Craig Ferguson Directed by Stephen J. Anderson and John Hall Rated G 1 hour 9 minutes If you have seen The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (or if you are over 6 years old), this movie is not for you.  Sure, it has some cute moments [...]

Starring Jennifer Lawrence and John Hawkes Directed by Debra Granik Rated R for some drug material, language, and violent content 1 hour 40 minutes This movie reminded me a bit of 2009′s Precious in that it depicts a teenage girl with a poor family life and poor living conditions who is forced to be a mother and [...]

Starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, and Josh Brolin Directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Rated PG-13 for some intense sequences of western violence including disturbing images 1 hour 50 minutes Having seen the original True Grit (featuring John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn), I was quite curious how this classic Western would be [...]

Starring Angelina Jolie and Liev Schreiber Directed by Phillip Noyce Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action 1 hour 40 minutes I knew this was an action movie, but I was hoping for a bit more than The A-Team and …On Stranger Tides.  I got it.  While the stunts are equally large and [...]

Animated Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi, and Donna Murphy Directed by Byron Howard and Nathan Greno Rated PG for brief mild violence 1 hour 40 minutes This is Disney’s “new twist” on Rapunzel. It’s a lighthearted family film that the kids will love and adults will like (especially the horse). I wouldn’t [...]

Starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, and Angela Lansbury Directed by John Frankenheimer Rated PG-13 2 hours 7  minutes I chose to see this movie because Time listed it in their Top 100, because Roger Ebert said it is “a masterpiece”, and because I’ve never seen Frank Sinatra in a starring movie role.  The plot [...]

This one comes from the members of Filmcrave.com:  http://www.filmcrave.com/list_top_movie_100.php Unlike most lists, this movie is full of mainstream movies that I like or respect.  Here’s what I liked: The Shawshank Redemption at #1.  It might be my favorite too. Forrest Gump at #7 Raiders of the Lost Ark and Last Crusade at #11 and #66 Star Wars [...]

Animated Featuring the voices of Larry the Cable Guy, Owen Wilson, Michael Caine, and Emily Mortimer Directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Rated G 1 hour 53 minutes My whole family really loved the first Cars movie, so we had been looking forward to the sequel ever since it was announced several months ago.  [...]

Starring Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Jessica Biel, Quinton “Rampage” Jackson, and Sharlto Copley Directed by Joe Carnahan Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence throughout, language, and smoking 1 hour 59 minutes The MPAA rating description pretty much says it all – this movie is action and violence from start to finish.  Similar [...]