Summary: 13 Districts rebelled against the Capitol; 1 was crush, and 12 were forced into submission. The new treaty required that the remaining 12 offer annual tribute to the Capitol each year as penance for their wrongs. The tributes are their kids – 1 boy, 1 girl – destined to fight to the death on [...]
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Reviewed by Lynn Reynolds “Mesmerize Me” Short Film Written and Directed by Kate Hackett Starring Natalie Smyka, Cameron Cash Cinematography by Cat Deakins Original Score by Nora Kroll-Rosenbaum Setting: California, 1886 In the opening scene Estella is calling for her fiancée Stephen. Her parents are worried about her state of mind. They go to see [...]
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Reviewed by Sandra Scholes As a movie this is going over pretty much the same territory as the others. There have been several movie interpretations of Alexandre Dumas’s historical novel. Everyone has a favourite whether it is the 70′s version or the 90′s one. In this 2011 version the director has got certain members of [...]
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Wow, another movie that was totally trashed by reviewers is yet another one I really enjoyed watching. I think My Life in Ruins is a smash. It uses stereotypes to make everything appear awful at first and then slowly unravels the truth beneath the façade. You have obnoxious American tourists, an old lady that steals [...]
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by Sandra Scholes, guest reviewer I know it’s kind of clichéd, but it’s true. If you go see any movie this year, let it be this one. It’s not one to let you down, and it’s worth you sitting down and watching the other movies in the series first. Other than Star Wars and Pirates [...]
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I’ve always been a fan of the Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman version of Sense & Sensibility, but I must say this new miniseries has quite blown my mind. It’s wonderful, sumptuous, superbly acted adaptation. Andrew Davies did a fabulous job with the screenplay. We all know the story behind Sense [...]
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