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Tag Archive for 'Sean Penn'

This Must Be The Place (Blu-ray Review)

If someone were to ask me what one of the quirkiest premises for a movie was, I would probably respond with the plot for This Must Be the Place, a comedy-drama, which stars Sean Penn as a retired rock star who goes on a mission to find a Nazi criminal.  For those who just said, [...]

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Crazy, Stupid, ‘Gangster Squad’ (Movie Review)

Gangster Squad is the R-rated, spiritual successor to Dick Tracy that nobody wanted.  The film is a stylish exercise in action sequences, featuring a bunch of good actors that have decided not to do much acting, aside from Sean Penn, who attempts to devour every scene he is in and hopes to stop short of [...]

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Gangster Squad Movie Reivew – Just Seen It

Liz, Sean and Salim do a quick review if this new crime drama with an all-star cast based on the novel Starring Liz Manashil, Sean Wright and Salim Lemelle. Directed by Jude Law. Synopsis: Mobster Mickey Cohen runs the crime syndicate in 1940′s Los Angeles. So two police sergeants decide he must be stopped. Together [...]

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‘Tree of Life’ on Blu-ray Combo Pack October 11

Bring home acclaimed writer/director Terrence Malick’s (Badlands, Days of Heaven, The Thin Red Line, The New World) thought provoking film experience THE TREE OF LIFE, available exclusively on Blu-ray Disc Combo Pack October 11 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment.  Through stunning cinematography and raw emotional power Malick’s hymn to life excavates answers to the [...]

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‘The Tree of Life’ Is Beautifully Obscure

It almost feels daunting to start to try and describe my thoughts on the latest Terrence Malick film, The Tree of Life.  I certainly enjoyed the film, but for the purposes of a review, establishing what it is about this deeply meditative film that encompasses many different themes stemming from a personal place for its [...]

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Dead Man Walking (Blu-ray Review)

The hits just keep on hitting here at Why So Blu.  Up next is a tale of crime, redemption, and punishment in Tim Robbin’s Dead Man Walking. Another popular film from the mid 90′s starring Susan Sarandon and Sean Penn.  Dead Man Walking makes its debut on Blu-ray in the states and this is our [...]

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Penn and Watts Have a Good, ‘Fair Game’

Fair Game is both a drama centered on politics and a character study about the struggle of a marriage.  The story is based on true events, involving the Bush administration’s attempts to discredit an American ambassador by revealing his wife’s status as a covert CIA agent.  The film is very much skewed towards a certain [...]

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Mystic River (Blu-ray Review)

Mystic River should be on your play list if you are a fan of Law and Order, Criminal Minds, or murder mysteries in general.  The focal point of the film is what appears to be a typical murder, but the high-powered cast delivers over two hours of drama and mystery that is far from anything [...]

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The Daily Blu…October 7, 2009

Well it’s officially hump day!  Welcome to the middle of the week and now let’s get down to business.  Warner Brothers has announced a February 2nd release date for two Blu-ray catalog titles.  The first title to be given the Blu-ray treatment will be Clint Eastwood’s 2003 Mystic River which stars Sean Penn, Kevin Bacon [...]

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