Category: Movies
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Baby Driver
Phenomenal. There is literally nothing about this movie that I didn’t love. I saw it three times in the space of four days and cannot wait to own it so I can watch it again whenever I want. If you have not seen it, you should do that right now. Run, don’t walk. And when…
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The Jungle Book
Bill Murray as Baloo is my life: “Come on, Mowgli. Let’s be on our way.” —Bagheera “But I’m helping Baloo get ready for hibernation.” —Mowgli “Bears don’t hibernate in the jungle.” —Bagheera “Not full hibernation, but I nap. A lot.” —Baloo In addition, I applaud Jon Favreau for taking this on and thank him for recreating…
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William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher
When you’re a fan of the Bard and a fan of the Wars, there’s nothing to do but to read this book. Peppered with insightful asides, well-crafted Shakespearean insults, and elaborate illustrations (see below), this book/play/novelization, written in perfect iambic pentameter (the English major in me is whooping appreciatively), actually gave me a better understanding…
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Imperium
I may have just read the Harry Potter books last year, but I grew up watching the movies. For me, Daniel Radcliffe has always been the Boy Who Lived. And maybe I’ve been holding on to my youth, or maybe I haven’t seen enough of his recent work, but since the last HP movie was released…
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Squeeeeeee
Brie Larson, Naomi Watts are radiant in exclusive first look at The Glass Castle Woody Harrelson also stars in the dysfunctional family drama, slated for release in 2017 After helping to shatter a glass ceiling as the star of Marvel’s first major movie with a female lead, Oscar-winner Brie Larson is stepping into The Glass Castle, a…
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Man Down trailer
I don’t know if you know this, but I love Shia LaBeouf. And I love war movies and psychological thrillers. I cannot wait to see this.
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Blue Water, White Death
An article in my August issue of National Geographic opens as such: “When the documentary Blue Water, White Death hit US theaters in 1971, its footage of great white sharks crashing into diving cages became instantly iconic. But the footage that stands out 45 years later is a long scene showing oceanic whitetip sharks swarming a whale carcass…
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The 33
I hate to say it, because this truly was/is an incredible story—and heart wrenching to boot—but honestly, the first half hour and the last fifteen minutes are all you really need to watch. And though I wish it were not the case, here are a few things that you could do to pass about an hour in…