Reviews

D-Day, June 6, 1944, Remembering With Movies

June 6, 2011
D-Day, June 6, 1944, Remembering With Movies

D-Day, June 6, 1944 could be described by many historians as the single most important day of the 20th Century. American, British, French and Canadian ground forces landed on the beaches of Normandy, France in an effort to breach the Atlantic Wall. A series of fortifications built by Nazi Germany along the English Channel....
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Something Borrowed Movie Review: Your Typical Chick Flick Runs A Bit Long

April 30, 2011
Something Borrowed Movie Review:  Your Typical Chick Flick Runs A Bit Long

I caught an advance screening of Something Borrowed, the movie based on the novel by chick lit best selling author Emily Giffin (one of my faves!). I read the book and loved it, so did I feel the same about the movie version? Read my review below. Tagline – “Friendships are tested and secrets...
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Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 – Movie Review

April 16, 2011
Atlas Shrugged, Part 1 – Movie Review

The easy answer to whether you will like Atlas Shrugged, Part 1, the movie, is your reaction to Ayn Rand’s novel if you had read it before hand. If you love the book, you’ll love the movie. If you hated the book, then you’ll hate the movie. If you’ve never read the book, there...
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Rio Movie Review: 3-D Flick Soars

April 15, 2011
Rio Movie Review:  3-D Flick Soars

While the animated 3-D movie Rio debuts in the U.S. today, internationally, the film thus far has taken off, after an opening last weekend in 72 foreign markets that garnered a $55 million haul. Not bad, eh? Check out my review of Rio below. Typically I’m not overly impressed with 3-D movies. But with...
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