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“Saints and Soldiers” tells the story of five American prisoner-of-war soldiers who survive a massacre and their trek across enemy lines. An intense, well-made war film set in wintry Europe during the Second World War and ‘based on actual events’. GRADE = “A-”

“Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow” is an uninvolving comic book film. Story is fast-paced, set around 1940, and about a mad scientist trying to destroy the world. Acting is hammy, music is constantly pretentious, and plot holes abound. Sort of an old time serial and pieces of other movies spliced together’ then re-recorded […]

Has anyone picked up the new Star Wars box set ? When they brought it out on VHS several years back, I picked up the special edition. Now it looks like they have essentially transferred that set onto disc. Sure, there’s the 4th disc with extra goodies, but I’m just having a hard time justifying […]

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“Shaun of the Dead” is a British ‘Zom Rom Com’ (Zombie Romantic Comedy). Story centers on a single, 29 year-old man whose life is going nowhere. He’s oblivious to everything until the zombies attack. A spoof of horror movies, not recommended for those with a weak stomach, and rated “R” for violence, mayhem, gore, and […]

“Stage Beauty” is a film set in England and about the end of the era when only men could appear in plays. Primary character is a man who was famous for his performances as a woman, but things are changing. The woman who was his ‘dresser’ takes over as the darling of the theater. Technically, […]