Norwich: One Tiny Vermont Town's Secret to Happiness and Excellence
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The extraordinary story of the small Vermont town that has likely produced more Olympians per capita...
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Gareth von Kallenbach (980 KP) rated The Crazies (2010) in Movies
Aug 8, 2019
During a game of baseball local Farmer Rory Hamill arrives interrupting the game with shotgun in tow. This odd incident soon leads to more and shows that that something definitely isn’t right as the locals begin losing their minds.
In the new film “The Crazies”, a remake of the classic original film by horror legend George Romero, the audience is taken on a bizarre trip as a an ideal small community becomes the setting of unimagined terror and chaos.
Before the movie, I researched the original and read a comic series in order to get a better grasp on the source material.
Sadly the final product did not live up to my expectations as the film plays out in a very stale manner and it seems that Director Breck Eisner was unsure what direction he wanted to the film to take.
I felt like I was watching a re-packaged “28 Days later” with a little bit of “Quarantine” mixed in, Honestly the movie was so boring to me that I found myself trying to find anything in it that could keep my attention.
Thankfully the film does have some great special FX which for me is the saving grace of the film. While I had expected a bit more form the source material which was rife with possibilities, “The Crazies” plays out as a rather mundane horror film that offers very little that is new and fresh.
The Guardians
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22 years ago Quincy Miller was sentenced to life without parole. He was accused of killing Keith...
The Final Day
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A major release in the New York Times bestselling One Second After series, set in an alternate...
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Mark Halpern (153 KP) rated Rock of Ages (2012) in Movies
Jan 26, 2018
On Broadway Dee Snyder from Twisted sister played the lead character of Stacy Jaxx the famed rock and roller, who is drunk but is so popular who cares right. Our switch to Tom Cruise to film was not the right person to sing. He can act but, if we remember top gun lets be real.
Other major actors and singers who grace the silver screen in this movie are
Alec, Baldwin, Russel Brand, Catherine Zeta Jones, Julianne Hough and Mar J Blige.
The music and sound track were worth seeing the movie especially if you saw it on Broadway but this was yet another way to let america get to see a show that was only in NY.
Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays?
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From an obscure family in a small provincial town, Shakespeare had no formal education after the age...
Red Clocks
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FIVE WOMEN. ONE QUESTION: What is a woman for? In this ferociously imaginative novel, abortion is...
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Updike
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Updike is Adam Begley's masterful, much-anticipated biography of one of the most celebrated figures...
Stranger Things: Suspicious Minds
8.2
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It's the summer of 1969, and the shock of conflict reverberates through the youth of America, both...
Shadow of the Titanic: The Extraordinary Stories of Those Who Survived
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In the early hours of 15 April 1912, after the majestic liner Titanic had split apart and the 1,500...