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Movie Review: Rush
Given that both the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine and the motion picture camera came to be at almost the same time, and given that both cars and movies have gone on to hold such special places in American culture, it’s no wonder that Hollywood has had a long love affair with automobiles and racing. From the silent film Racing Hearts (1922), to Disney’s Herbie franchise, t...[Read More]
Movie Review: Thanks for Sharing
Thanks for Sharing is a touching story that deals with the serious subject matter of sex addiction, in a humorous but extremely moving and well thought out way. I was definitely surprised that it could be both funny and heartfelt at the same time. Have any of us given much thought to sex addiction being as painful as alcohol or drug addictions? As we learn in Thanks for Sharing it is as painful an...[Read More]
Trailer Trashin’: Colin Firth is out for Revenge in The Railway Man
The September holding pattern continues as nothing much is happening in movie-land at the moment. But that will change next week, when Rush, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2, Don Jon, and Metallica: Through the Never all open. In the meantime, this week’s new installment of Trailer Trashin’ examines our first look at the upcoming war drama The Railway Man. Premise: During World War ...[Read More]