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Tag Archive for 'Robin Wright'

‘The Congress’ Features The Wright Ambition (Movie Review)

I saw writer/director’s Ari Folman’s 2008 film Waltz with Bashir and was very intrigued by where he would go next.  That film revolved around a character searching for his lost memories as an Israeli soldier and was made using unique animation techniques.  Folman’s new film, The Congress, is similarly about finding one’s self in a […]

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Adore (Blu-ray Review)

To be honest with you all, I’m not really sure what I was expecting here.  I really wanted something juicy, gross and full of controversy and taboo.  However, I’m not quite sure I received quite everything on my wish list.  Make no mistake about it, things that happen in this film are completely wrong, gross […]

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‘Adore’ Naomi Watts on Blu-ray This December

I remember when our Paramount PR peson first sent me the trailer to this film, I checked it out instantly and my curiosity was elevated immediately.  It had such a twisted and convoluting plot line that I thought this just has to be interesting.  I resisted reading any reviews or checking it out On Demand […]

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House Of Cards: The Complete First Season Arrives On Blu-Ray This June

House of Cards is the Neflix Original series that held many people’s attention during it exciting new release period onto Netflix a couple months ago. Originally released in its entirety, complete with the involvement of a star-studded cast and crew, I was really happy to dive right away into this series and was even given […]

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National Public TV Episode TWELVE Preview – Just Seen It

We review Burt Wonderstone, The Call, The Place Beyond The Pines and House of Cards         WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays at 6PM or pbssocal.org/justseenit  

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House of Cards TV Show Review – Just Seen It

We review the new Netflix series – “House of Cards”   WATCH US ON PBS SOCAL Saturdays at 6PM or pbssocal.org/justseenit  

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The Princess Bride: 25th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray Review)

Fox has already summed a lot of this up with their previous press release:  Scale the cliffs of insanity, battle rodents of unusual size, face torture in the pit of despair, and join Princess Buttercup and Westley on their spell-binding journey to find true love with The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary Blu-ray.  A classic fairy […]

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The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary Edition Arrives on Blu-ray October

How about a Princess Bride post?  Well here you go:  Scale the cliffs of insanity, battle rodents of unusual size, face torture in the pit of despair, and join Princess Buttercup and Westley on their spell-binding journey to find true love when The Princess Bride 25th Anniversary Blu-ray debuts October 2 from Twentieth Century Fox […]

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Rampart (Movie Review)

If you’re going to make a movie about cops, you’ve got a few templates to choose from:  you can do the “Rookie Story”, where you follow an up-and-comer through the ranks as he achieves his goal of becoming a decorated police officer;  you can go the “Grizzled Detective” route, and put an embittered, brilliant detective […]

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‘The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo’ on Blu-ray March 20th

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – the gripping, hard-edged thriller based on the first of Stieg Larsson’s suspenseful and spell-binding “Millennium” trilogy – arrives on one-disc DVD and three-disc Blu-ray™ Combo Pack (includes two Blu-ray discs with UltraViolet™ + one DVD) on March 20th. This highly anticipated motion picture from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment […]

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The Conspirator (Blu-ray Review)

Venture behind the true story of one of the world’s most famous assassinations as Oscar-winning director Robert Redford (Best Director, Ordinary People, 1980) gives viewers a front-row seat in the thrilling courtroom battle waged against Mary Surratt (Golden Globe nominee Robin Wright), the only female charged in the murder of President Abraham Lincoln.  The film […]

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‘The Conspirator’ Has Been Found Accurate, But Average

The Conspirator means well, despite only measuring up to being decent.  I majored in History, I am a fan of the subject matter being presented, and I am a fan of director Robert Redford and his cast of very talented individuals.  It is unfortunate that this film could not bring all of these elements together […]

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