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Shadow Dancer: Intelligence Lost via Franchise Scheduling? *** 1/2

Shadow Dancer is a compelling movie worthy of your time and money. Similar to Carol Reed’s **** Odd Man Out (1947) and Neil Jordan’s **** The Crying Game (1992), Shadow Dancer is an expertly paced thinking person’s Thriller about a conflict on the British Isles.  At 106 minutes run-time there are no Computer Generated Images Read More…

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The Sapphires: Heart and Soul in All the Right Spots ***

The Sapphires, a comedy and drama with a knockout musical soundtrack tells us the real-life story of a group of women from Australia in the 1960’s.  Based on the stage play of the same name written by Tony Briggs (the real life son of one of the real-life characters), the Sapphires are four talented young Read More…

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**** and ** All in the Same Viewing: IronMan3

A superb script, with lead and supporting actors supplying charismatic performances and displaying exceptional on screen chemistry make IronMan3 a terrific film to watch.  However, a reliance on and habitual use of Computer Generated Images (CGI) is simply way too much and actually hurts the overall satisfaction of film in a material way.  Because the Read More…