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THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL

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Wes Anderson’s latest extravagant cornucopia of cinematic delight is a visual overload that as it’s multi-layers are unpeeled, bombards one with such glorious minute detail at a frenetic pace one that there are times when you cannot fail to be dizzy with glee.  Partly inspired by the works of Stefan Zelig a Austrian Jew who was one … Continue reading



The Hundred Foot Journey

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A more apt title for this preposterous and painfully unfunny comedy would be ‘Lost in Translation’.  Based on a best selling novel by Richard C. Morais this new movie from the Oscar nominated king of syrupy schmaltz Lasse Hallstrom (‘Cider House Rules’ & ‘Chocolat’) and produced by Oprah Winfrey and Stephen Spielberg must have seemed like a fantastic idea on … Continue reading



THE INTERNET’S OWN BOY: THE STORY OF AARON SWARTZ @ Sundance 2014

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This is the story of a charming and selfless information prodigy that strived to use his talent to make this a freer and better world for which he ended up paying for with his life. Aaron Swartz was born in Chicago, the middle son, of successful middle-class Jewish parents. Inquisitive from birth, he taught himself … Continue reading



The Interview

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If the North Korean Government hadn’t insisted on making this the most talked about movie this Christmas there is little doubt that this off-colour sophomoric comedy would have quickly passed through movie theaters practically unnoticed by most of us.  It’s crude and smutty humor that, like most movies that the actor James Franco is connected with … Continue reading



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