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Movies - Hachi: A Dog's Tale (DVD, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2009)
Once in a great while, a family movie comes along that approaches perfection.
08/26/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Inception (2010, Warner Bros.)
Everybody dreams. It’s part of our everyday lives. And yet, dreaming is
still so mysterious that we often find ourselves trying to figure them
out in the morning. Get ready to be figuring out Inception for a long time.
08/12/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Disney, 2010)
Disney has a long pedigree of sorcery movies. From Snow White to Sword in the Stone to Narnia,
Walt and company have pretty much mastered the genre. So, when I heard
that Jerry Bruckheimer was teaming up with Director Jon Turteltaub and
Nicolas Cage, I thought, yes! We would get the ultimate …
07/29/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - The Karate Kid (Sony/Columbia Pictures, 2010)
There’s a certain kind of
story that we like to hear over and over. Usually, it’s about someone
defeating the odds. We know this doesn’t happen often in real life, but
we want it to. The Karate Kid is like that. We’ve seen it before, but
maybe we’ll get something out of seeing it again, …
07/01/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Disney, 2010)
This summer, everyone needs
to escape the worries of the world for a while. Well, grab your seat and
hold onto your popcorn. Prince of Persia is the newest fantasy movie by
Jerry Bruckheimer. In the tradition of Pirates of the Caribbean, enjoy
two hours of swashbuckling swordplay, special …
06/17/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Shrek: The Final Chapter (Dreamworks, 2010)
Poor Shrek. He now has a wife, three kids
(triplets), friends coming over all day, and his home is on the
celebrity tour of the stars. He can’t even have a mud bath in peace and
quiet. In fact, although he’s loved and admired, Shrek is having a
full-blown mid-fairy tale …
06/03/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Iron Man 2 (Warner Bros. 2010)
In the first Iron Man movie, we were introduced to Tony Stark, a billionaire weapons industrialist playboy who invents a metal suit that keeps his heart pumping and just happens to make him a super hero. Now we’re introduced to a reincarnation of Charles Bronson (Mickey Rourke,) playing a vengeful …
05/20/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Henry Poole Is Here - (DVD, Columbia, 2008)
Is religion a bad thing? This seems to be the hottest topic around if you look online at comments to news stories, movies—you name it. Now, there’s finally a movie—a parable—really, that explores this question: Henry Poole Is Here.
05/06/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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Movies - Fantastic Mr. Fox
Are
you cussin’ with me? NO! If you want a good adaptation of a children’s
book, done in a quirky, stop-motion animation style that isn’t
grotesque or suggestive, with top actors voicing over the parts,
Fantastic Mr. Fox is a great cuss of a movie. On the other hand, if
you’re looking for a …
04/07/2010 // by: Dan Ellender
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