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The King's Speech

Posted by Buddy Acker on February 28, 2011 at 4:31 AM Comments comments (0)

The King's Speech
An Academy Award-winning masterpiece

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I finally got the chance to see The King's Speech not long before it won the Oscar for Best Picture at last night's Academy Awards. It also won Best Directing for Tom Hooper, Best Writing (...

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Season of the Witch/Country Strong/No Strings Attached/Unknown - Reviews by Caleb Acker

Posted by Buddy Acker on February 26, 2011 at 1:40 AM Comments comments (0)

By Caleb Acker

Season of the Witch
Better than the critics say

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I wanted to see Season of the Witch in its opening weekend but I had a few complications with my daughter that wouldn't allow me to. As always, I logged onto Meta...

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The Rite

Posted by Buddy Acker on February 10, 2011 at 5:55 PM Comments comments (0)

The Rite

Another exorcism movie?


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Rating: PG-13 (disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images and language including sexual references)

Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Dono...

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The Five Best Movies of 2010

Posted by Buddy Acker on January 7, 2011 at 10:36 PM Comments comments (0)

The Five Best Movies of 2010

By Buddy Acker


This list will probably change in time because I have not seen every movie in 2010 (I am not rich). But out of the ones that I have seen, these are undoubtedly the five best:


5. The Ghost Writer


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Paranormal Activity 2/Jackass 3D/Burlesque/Morning Glory/For Colored Girls

Posted by Buddy Acker on January 7, 2011 at 2:50 PM Comments comments (0)

QUICKIE REVIEWS - All reviews by Caleb Acker (with a second opinion by Buddy Acker)


Paranormal Activity 2

A disgrace to the original


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Ok, I’m not going to waste much time on this. This ...

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On DVD Now: Easy A/The Ghost Writer/Resident Evil: Afterlife/The Town

Posted by Buddy Acker on December 30, 2010 at 8:26 PM Comments comments (0)

On DVD Now


Easy A

Easy does it!


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The creative Easy A doesn’t get everything right but it is funny and charming. Emma Sto...

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Black Swan/True Grit

Posted by Buddy Acker on December 29, 2010 at 5:28 PM Comments comments (0)

12/28/10 - A great night out at the movies

Why I enjoyed my Tuesday night


Two reasons:


Black Swan

The performance of a lifetime


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Tangled

Posted by Buddy Acker on December 16, 2010 at 4:40 AM Comments comments (0)

Tangled

Not a Disney classic but still worth a watch


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Tangled is a disappointment when compared to the recent Disney classics like Ratatouille, WALL-E, and Up, but it’s stil...

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Secretariat

Posted by Buddy Acker on December 16, 2010 at 4:33 AM Comments comments (0)

Secretariat

Predictable yet unexpected


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Secretariat is easily one of the most predictable movies I have ever seen but it is still enjoyable to some degree, thanks mai...

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Avatar

Posted by Buddy Acker on December 16, 2010 at 4:19 AM Comments comments (0)

Avatar

Overrated but still great


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Avatar is smooth-sailing for about an hour and a half and then after that it becomes essentially a Fern Gully sequel, albeit a very good one. James...

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