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Review: Is ‘The Great Gatsby’ Great?

May 10th, 2013
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The traditional love story/social drama gets upended Baz Luhrmann style, with flashy special effects, dancing, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jay Z music. This isn’t your grandma’s The Great Gatsby, but that’s okay. Especially since I don’t remember grandma’s version to begin with, if I ever saw it in the first place.

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The Top Ten Best Movies of 2011

January 2nd, 2012
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Frankly, 2011 was not a great year for movies. There were a lot of good movies, but few great movies. Spielberg released two movies, but neither were among his best. Scorsese made a kid’s movie, which, despite popular opinion, is not an Oscar-caliber film. The comic book adaptations were entertaining but not mind blowing. The various sequels lived up to their predecessors, but nothing more.

Still, there were a few that stood out from the rest. Few if any on this list were amazing, but they are the best that 2011 had to offer.

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There’s No Shame in ‘Shame’: A Movie Review

December 9th, 2011
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Masturbating in the bathroom at work. If you’ve ever done it, you might relate to Shame. Sex addict? Quite possible. Unable to form a relationship with another woman, even your sister? Yeah, you’ll relate to Shame, the gripping new drama from director Steve McQueen.

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Drive: The Best Movie of 2011?

September 16th, 2011
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When will criminals learn? Stick to your guns, stick to your rules, and things will be fine. Deviate from your simple guidelines, mix in a love interest and let things get personal, and all things will go to hell. Then again, if you’re the bad guys you know you should never mess with the quiet guy who’s the protagonist in a movie, especially if he looks like Ryan Gosling and is featured in the movie Drive. Because he’ll f**k them up, and the movie will blow audiences away.

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Win Big with Ryan Gosling’s Drive!

September 7th, 2011
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No, we’re not giving one lucky [presumably female] fan a date with Ryan Gosling, but we are giving away a cool prize pack to one lucky winner – worth $75 in anticipation of the September 16 release of the movie Drive, which stars Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, among others. The precision-crafted action caper is about a stunt man who also happens to steer getaway vehicles for armed heists by night.

Learn more about this great giveaway and the movie, and enter today!