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The Reader

By movieMoll on May 23, 2009

Fifteen-year-old Michael Berg (David Kross) meets and is drawn into a torrid affair in the summer of 1958 with Hanna Schmitz (Kate Winslet), a woman more than twice his age. She vanishes, leaving his life as abruptly and mysteriously as she had entered. Michael next sees her in 1966 as a law student, whose class [...]

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The Reader

By GroovyMovieGuy on May 23, 2009

A German boy journeys to manhood while coming to terms with a world he did not create in “The Reader.” As a young man in the 1950s, the adults in Michael’s life lived during and, to differing degrees, participated in the Nazi atrocities of his country. Only 15-years-old, Michael Berg (David Kross) has a brief [...]

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The Oscar Blues

By GroovyMovieGuy on February 23, 2009

They say bad things come in threes.
On Friday night I got to see Frances McDormand’s rear end in “Burn After Reading.” Saturday night brought Adam Sandler’s exposed back side in “You Don’t Mess with the Zohan.” The Oscar’s on Sunday night featured Hugh Jackman singing.
Jackman is a great actor. He was outstanding as Wolverine in [...]

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Burn After Reading

By GroovyMovieGuy on February 22, 2009

A Coen brothers’ dark comedy that’s as quirky as one could hope for. Set in DC with CIA operatives and fitness club employees, “Burn After Reading” weaves a tangled web of entertainment.
The cast is great. Frances McDormand shows her ass (or was it a stunt ass?), George Clooney is an ass, John Malkovich can be [...]

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Burn After Reading

By movieMoll on February 22, 2009

Viewers who didn’t enjoy “Raising Arizona” or “Fargo” won’t like “Burn After Reading” either. However, those who are entertained by Joel and Ethan Coen’s distinctively dark comic sensibilities may agree with my assessment that this is their best film since “Fargo.” Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand) and Chad Feldheimer (Brad Pitt) work in a fitness club, [...]

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Reservoir Dogs

By GroovyMovieGuy on February 19, 2009

What’s black and white and red all over? “Reservoir Dogs.”
No dull moments in this action-filled shoot ‘em up flick. Even the scenes consisting mostly of dialogue are filled with so much tension that the plot kept moving quickly.
Harvey Keitel turns in a powerful and assured performance. Steve Buscemi balances Keitel with an edge that cuts.
The [...]

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