Archive for the '2011' Category

Feb 14 2012

Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (2011)

Published by under 2011,Documentary

Documentary Starring and directed by Morgan Spurlock Rated PG-13 for some language and sexual material 1 hour 27 minutes The director of Super Size Me once again throws himself into the movie by attempting to make a movie about the shady world of advertising, product placement and merchandising that is funded by advertising, product placement [...]

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Feb 06 2012

Hot Coffee (2011)

Published by under 2011,Documentary

Documentary Directed by Susan Saladoff Not Rated, but likely in the PG-13 range for graphic images 1 hour 26 minutes Remember that lawsuit where the lady spilled hot coffee on herself and got millions from McDonalds?  As is turns out, you may not know the full story about that case or others like it that [...]

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Feb 03 2012

Forks Over Knives (2011)

Published by under 2011,Documentary

Documentary Directed by Lee Fulkerson Rated PG for some thematic elements and incidental smoking 1 hour 36 minutes In the spirit of Super Size Me and Food Inc., Forks Over Knives tries to show us the evils of the typical American eating pattern. They claim that a vegan diet can prevent heart disease, cancer, diabetes, [...]

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Jan 29 2012

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop (2011)

Published by under 2011,Documentary

Starring Conan O’Brien Directed by Rodman Flender Rated R for language 1 hour 29 minutes After he parted ways with NBC amid the Tonight Show fiasco, Conan O’Briend was prohibited from appearing on TV, radio, or the internet for six months. Feeling a need to connect with his fans, he launched a 32 city comedy [...]

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Jan 15 2012

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (2001)

Published by under 2011,Fantasy/Adventure

Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson Directed by David Yates Rated PG-13 for some sequences of intense action violence and frightening images 2 hours 10 minutes Finally all of this Harry Potter nonsense is done.  I still haven’t read the books, but I have seen all the movies and have found most of them to [...]

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Jan 02 2012

The Adventures of Tintin (2011)

Animated Featuring the voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg and Nick Frost Directed by Steven Spielberg 1 hour 41 minutes A family movie from Steven Spielberg? Well, E.T. was pretty darn good, so I thought it would be worth a trip to the theater with the kids. As it turns out, [...]

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Dec 27 2011

Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011)

Published by under 2011,Action

Starring Tom Cruise, Simon Pegg, Jeremy Renner, and Paula Patton Directed by Brad Bird Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence 2 hours 13 minutes Your mission (should you choose to accept it) is to grab some popcorn, sit back, suspend all disbelief, and enjoy a good old fashioned blockbuster. As you might [...]

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Dec 17 2011

Source Code (2011)

Published by under 2011,Suspense

Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, and Vera Farmiga Directed by Duncan Jones Rated PG-13 for some violence including disturbing images, and for language 1 hour 34 minutes A soldier in an experimental program repeatedly goes back in time to try to foil a terrorist plot.  It feels a bit like Groundhog Day, but with a [...]

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Nov 26 2011

The Muppets (2011)

Published by under 2011,Family,Recommended

Starring Jason Segel, Amy Adams, and the Muppets Directed by James Bobin Rated PG for some mild rude humor 1 hour 38 minutes I liked it. Quite a bit. I mean… I was a big fan of the Muppets as a child, so I knew I was going to enjoy the nostalgia. However, I didn’t [...]

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Nov 26 2011

The Green Hornet (2011)

Published by under 2011,Action,Avoid it!

Starring Seth Rogen, Seth Rogen, Jay Chou, Cameron Diaz, and Christoph Waltz Directed by Michael Gondry Rated PG-13 for sequences of violent action, language, sensuality and drug content 1 hour 48 minutes Um… it seem liked it was expensive to make? Honestly, that’s about the only good thing I have to say about this movie. [...]

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