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BEAUTIFUL CREATURES

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Richard La Gravenese Stars: Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Jeremy Irons, Emma Thompson, Viola Davis, Thomas Mann, Emmy Rossum, Eileen Atkins, Margo Martindale, Zoey Deutch, Tiffany Boone, Kyle Gallner, Pruitt Taylor Vince. With successful franchises based on adolescent fiction, such as the Twilight and Harry Potter series reaching their conclusion, film [...]

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EXTREMELY LOUD & INCREDIBLY CLOSE

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Stephen Daldry Stars: Thomas Horn, Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Max Von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell, Stephen Henderson. British theatre director Stephen Daldry tackles big political and emotional themes in his films (Billy Elliott, The Reader, etc). Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close poignantly deals with the [...]

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THE HELP

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Tate Taylor Stars: Emma Stone, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Bryce Dallas Howard, Jessica Chastain, Alison Janney, Sissay Spacek, David Oyelowe, Cicely Tyson, Mike Vogel, Ahna O’Reilly, Anna Camp, Eleanor Henry, Chris Lowell, Brian Kerwin, Mary Steenburgen. There is already plenty of early Oscar buzz for this moving, poignant, powerful and [...]

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FAR FROM HEAVEN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Todd Haynes Stars: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysbert, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis, James Rebhorn, Ryan Ward, Lindsay Andretta, Celia Weston, Michael Gaston, Bette Henritze, Jordan Puryear A scathing examination of small town prejudice, intolerance and small-mindedness, Far From Heaven is by far director Todd Haynes’ most subtle and mature [...]

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