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Fellow Movie Lovers HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Another three dimensional visual experience and a delightful one for all ages. Even the concept of having a dragon as a pet was original. Based on the book by Cressida Cowell, directed by Dean DeBlois and Chris Sanders tells the story of the scrawny Hiccup, the physically unfit son of the chief …

Fellow Movie Lovers THE RUNAWAYS…….. Has certainly proven worthy of its R rating. It is the tale of Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning) and the formation of the first female rock band. The year is 1975. The Vietnam War finally concludes; Gerald Ford has inherited the presidency; Bill Gates and Paul Allen launch Microsoft and the …

Fellow Movie Lovers THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO It is rare when a movie is equal to or surpasses the challenges facing it’s creators when it follows the success of a best selling book. Here is a mighty exception. “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”, based on the novel by Stieg Larsson, one of the longest reigning best sellers …

Fellow Movie Lovers GREEN ZONE….. Is the guarded and protected area in central Baghdad which contains the palaces of Saddam Hussein. Currently referred to as The International Zone. If your political persuasion lies far to the left, you will love this film; if on the other hand you are at the diametrical opposite pole of the political spectrum, you will …

Fellow Movie Lovers ALICE IN WONDERLAND Enchanting! This is a movie that will please all audiences, even those gallivanting at Olympic speed into their dotage. Alice as a young adult, trapped in a stilted Victorian world tumbles once again into Wonderland, where she finds her old friends and nemesis. She blossoms in three dimension; the glasses, unlike Avatar, stimulated the …

Fellow Movie Lovers The global response to the Academy Award Contest was thrilling and kept me fully alert through, at times a tedious telecast. As the ballots dwindled with each awarded Oscar and the realization that my IRA was not threatened, I relaxed and thoroughly enjoyed the fever of anticipation. Here are the three that triumphed. Congratulations! Zach Overley Gerald …

Fellow Movie Lovers A PROPHET Defined by Webster as “a religious leader regarded as, or claiming to be, divinely inspired or one who predicts the future”. We recognize from the first scene who is the Prophet in training; another An Education. Living in a city that receives many films after they have been previewed in New York or Los Angeles …

Fellow Movie Lovers There has been an amazing response to the Academy Award Contest, with so many variables. If there is more than one winner the prize will be the same for each one of the victors: ten movies for two at the theatre of your choice. Your names will not be published unless the pleasure of gloating cannot be …

Fellow Movie Lovers “THE GHOST WRITER” This is a film that I can recommend for most audiences: actors, plot and intrigue are immensely satisfying; all beautifully filmed and directed by fugitive Roman Polanski. His travails have no prurient value and have not diminished the power of his direction; he is in top form in this tale of subterfuge, lies and …

Fellow Movie Lovers There is still time to enter the contest; March 5th is the last entry date. Please one ballot per person; this is not a political election! SHUTTER ISLAND Many of us have had a secret craving for an occasional horror/thriller flick. It is a phenomenon that I have never truly grasped; attraction, repulsion; the titillating effect of …