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Tag Archive for 'Jennifer Lawrence'

‘Silver Linings Playbook’ Is A Dark, Romantic Comedy With A Great Layer Of Sweetness (Movie Review)

Silver Linings Playbook is a film by writer/director David O. Russell (Three Kings, The Fighter), which is much better than one would believe it to be.  From the outside, it looks like a story of good-looking people with problems, who may inevitably end up together.  In lesser hands, this material could seem trite, but the […]

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The Hunger Games Are On Like Donkey Kong

It seems like The Hunger Games could have easily been a huge disaster waiting to happen, regardless of the monetary success it becomes in its opening weekend.  The film is based on another popular book series, geared more towards a teenage audience, featuring a familiar narrative, with a romantic angle added on to boot.  We […]

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‘Like Crazy’ on Blu-ray March 6

Called “crazily inventive and totally irresistible” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), the touching, beautiful and romantic drama LIKE CRAZY debuts March 6, 2012 on Blu-ray and DVD with UltraViolet™, for Digital Download and On Demand from Paramount Home Media Distribution.  Director Drake Doremus expertly captures the thrilling exuberance and heartbreaking fragility of first love in “the […]

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The Beaver (Blu-ray Review)

The Beaver tells the emotional story of a once successful man named Walter Black (Mel Gibson) so plagued by his own demons that he resorts to the use of a beaver hand puppet in order turn his life around and reconnect with his family. Academy Award winner Jodie Foster, Jennifer Lawrence (Winter’s Bone), and Anton […]

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The Uncanny ‘X-Men’ Begins

Adding to the list of exciting comic films that are coming out during the packed summer of 2011, we now have the latest entry in the ­X-Men film franchise.  I find X-Men films to be among the tougher comic book properties to make into films, as it involves the use of an ensemble cast and […]

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