Written by James M. Tate / 5/31/2014 / No comments / 2014 , angelina jolie , disney , remake
DISNEY PRESENTS ANGELINA JOLIE AS MALEFICENT

year: 2014 rating: ** Humans suck, fairies rule, and once you give a curse, you can’t take it back again… Those are a few important ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/30/2014 / No comments / 2014 , charlize theron , comedy , liam neeson , matt clark , seth mcfarlane , western
A MILLION WAYS TO DIE IN THE WEST

year: 2014 rating: *** When Seth MacFarlane’s cowardly sheepherder, Albert, confesses that he’s more like the guy in the crowd who pokes...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/29/2014 / No comments / drama , indie , jeremy renner , joaquin phoenix , marion cotillard , period piece
MARION COTILLARD & JOAQUIN PHOENIX IN THE IMMIGRANT

year: 2014 The term “out of the frying pan, into the fire” has never been more befitting than in THE IMMIGRANT, where Marion Cotillard...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/27/2014 / No comments / eighties , hammer films , martin matthews , oliver reed , seventies , sixties , yvonne romain
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Written by James M. Tate / 5/26/2014 / No comments / action , brenda marshall , forties , james cagney , war
JAMES CAGNEY GOES TO WAR IN 'CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS'

1942 rating: ***1/2 James Cagney’s stalwart expression on the poster, and a glorious title like CAPTAINS OF THE CLOUDS involving Canadia...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/25/2014 / No comments / 2014 , adam sandler , drew barrymore , romantic comedy
ADAM & DREW RETURN IN BLENDED

year: 2014 Just when you thought it was safe to go back to an Adam Sandler movie, up rears BLENDED, a romantic comedy crossed between ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/23/2014 / 1 Comment / 2014 , action , hugh jackman , marvel
REVIEW OF X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

year: 2014 rating; ** Following CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER, Marvel continues with the Political Thriller template, and in X-MEN...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/21/2014 / No comments / 2014 , alan arkin , disney , jon hamm , sport
DISNEY PRESENTS JON HAMM IN MILLION DOLLAR ARM

year: 2014 rating: *** During the same weekend that Walter White investigates the possibility of a giant nuclear lizard, Don Draper is h...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/19/2014 / No comments / brat pack , eighties , nineties , rob lowe
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year: 1985 rating: ***1/2 Rob Lowe was the likable mannequin of 1980's cinema... His films and performances range from comatose to v...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/18/2014 / No comments / 2014 , comedy , dustin hoffman , food , jon favreau , road movie , robert downey jr.
JON FAVREAU WRITES & DIRECTS & STARS IN CHEF

year: 2014 rating: **1/2 Fans of SWINGERS, good news… That film’s writer and star is back in indie form after directing and igniting the...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/15/2014 / No comments / 2014 , bryan cranston , creature , disaster
THE 2014 MOTION PICTURE OF GODZILLA

year: 2014 rating: *** In the original 1954 Japanese film and the 1998 American reboot, GODZILLA was a giant city-stomping lizard that h...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/13/2014 / No comments / creature , disaster , fifties , jean reno , matthew broderick , monster , nineties , nuclear , remake , takashi shimura
ORIGINAL JAPANESE GODZILLA VS THE NINETIES AMERICAN REMAKE

title: GOJIRA year: 1954 rating: **** Like KING KONG before and JAWS after, here’s a timeless classic that builds momentum leading to th...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/11/2014 / No comments / epic , kevin costner , nineties , tom petty
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Written by James M. Tate / 5/09/2014 / No comments / 2014 , comedy , dave franco , rose byrne , seth rogen , zac efron
SETH ROGEN VERSES ZAC EFRON IN NEIGHBORS

year: 2014 A young married couple, played by Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne, suddenly feel old when their new next-door NEIGHBORS, consisti...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/07/2014 / No comments / 2014 , colin firth , drama , nicole kidman , stellan skarsgard , war
COLIN FIRTH STARS IN THE RAILWAY MAN

2014 rating: ** If there were an Oscar for movie trailers, THE RAILWAY MAN would be nominated since it has everything for a prisoner of ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/06/2014 / No comments / battlestar galactica , dirk benedict , interview , lorne greene , richard hatch , robbie rist , science-fiction , seventies , TV
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year: 1978 Richard Hatch, who played Captain Apollo on the original BATTLESTAR GALACTICA television series, lasting only one year befo...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/04/2014 / No comments / haley joel osment , stanley kubrick , steven spielberg , william hurt
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year: 2001 rating: **1/2 The most intriguing aspect of A.I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is discovering where Stanley Kubrick ends and Steven ...
Written by James M. Tate / 5/01/2014 / 1 Comment / 2014 , action , andrew garfield , jamie foxx , marvel , superhero
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