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Movie reviews
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Life Of Pi
Written by: David Magee, from the novel by Yann Martel
Directed by: Ang Lee
Starring: Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Rafe Spall, Gérard Depardieu, Tabu
Rated PG
Running time: 125 mins
When a family that owns a zoo in India decides to move to Canada, their … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Skyfall
Written by: Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, John Logan
From the character created by Ian Fleming
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Javier Bardem, Naomie Harris, Albert Finney, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Whishaw, Bérénice Marlohe
Rated PG-13
Running time: 142 mins
When he fails to retrieve a … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Cloud Atlas
Written by: From the novel by David Mitchell, Screenplay by Lana & Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Directed by: Lana Wachowski, Andy Wachowski, Tom Tykwer
Starring: Tom Hanks, Hugo Weaving, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, Jim Broadbent, Doona Bae, Keith David, Xun Zhou, Ben Whishaw, James D’Arcy, Susan Sarandon, … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Seven Psychopaths
Written by: Martin McDonagh
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Starring: Christopher Walken, Colin Farrell, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, Linda Bright Clay, Tom Waits and many others
Rated R
Running time: 109 mins
A struggling screenwriter comes up with a movie title, but not much else. His … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Argo
Written by: Chris Terrio
Directed by: Ben Affleck
Starring: Ben Affleck, Alan Arkin, John Goodman, Bryan Cranston, Victor Garber,
Rated R mainly for a lot of F-Bombs
Running time: 120 mins
During the Iranian Revolution in 1979, a group of students breaks into the American Embassy and … Read more
Review 2012 by S Lillie
Frankenweenie
Written by: Leonard Ripps, John August, Tim Burton
Directed by: Tim Burton
Starring: Charlie Tahan, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Short, Winona Ryder, Martin Landau, Atticus Shaffer
Rated PG
Running time: 87 mins
Frankenweenie is the story of how far a young Victor Frankenstien will go when his one and … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Looper
Written by: Rian Johnson
Directed by: Rian Johnson
Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon
Rated R
Running time: 118 minutes
In the near future, an organization of assassins, called Loopers, dispose of people for mobsters from 30 years in their future. One of … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Trouble With The Curve
Written by: Randy Brown
Directed by: Robert Lorenz
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, John Goodman, Justin Timberlake,
Rated PG-13
Running time: 111 Mins
A legendary baseball scout (Eastwood) is starting to lose his eyesight; he trips over his own furniture and has trouble getting his … Read more
Review 2012 by S Lillie
Dredd 3D
Written by: Alex Garland (screenplay) Carlos Ezquerra & John Wagner (characters)
Directed by: Pete Davis
Starring: Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Lena Headey, Wood Harris
Rated R
Running time: 95 min
In the future, America is a wasteland. The 800 million people reside on the East Coast, running … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
House at the End of the Street
Written by: David Loucka (screenplay) — Jonathan Mostow (story)
Directed by: Mark Tonderai
Starring: Jennifer Lawrence, Elisabeth Shue, Max Thieriot, Allie MacDonald,
Rated PG-13
Running time: 101 Minutes
Four years after child gustily kills her parents, a mother and daughter move into … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Resident Evil: Retribution
Written by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Starring: Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Aryana Engineer, Michelle Rodriguez, Bingbing Li, Boris Kodjoe, Shawn Roberts
Rated R
Running time: 95 minutes
Alice is back and she is not pleased. Picking up (in a weird way) from … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Hit And Run
Written by: Dax Shepard
Directed by: David Palmer & Dax Shepard
Starring:
Kristen Bell, Dax Shepard, Tom Arnold, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rosenbaum, Kristin Chenoweth, Joy Bryant
Rated R
When his girlfriend gets a marvelous job offer in Los Angeles, a Witness Protection Programee decides to … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
The Bourne Legacy
Written by: Tony Gilroy and Dan Gilroy — from the Bourne series by Robert Ludlum
Directed by:Tony Gilroy
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Stacy Keach, David Strathairn, Scott Glenn
Rated PG-13
Because of the mayhem that Jason Bourne has caused, a group of … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
The Amazing Spiderman
Written by: James Vanderbilt, Alvin Sargent, Steve Kloves
Directed by: Marc Webb
Starring: Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Martin Sheen, Sally Field, Denis Leary,
Rhys Ifans, Irrfan Khan
Rated PG-13
A brilliant nerdy high school student gets bitten by a radioactive, er genetically modified, well, some… Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
Total Recall
Written by: Kurt Wimmer and Mark Bomback
Kinda, sorta adapted from the story, “We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” by Phillip K. Dick
Directed by: Len Wiseman
Starring: Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, Jessica Biel, Bokeem Woodbine
Rated PG
On a future Earth that has been … Read more
Review 2012 by RD Clark
The Dark Knight Rises
Written by: Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer
Directed by: Christopher Nolan
Starring: Christian Bale, Anne Hathaway, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, Burn Gorman, Matthew Modine and many, many more…
Rated PG-13
A mysterious masked man (who … Read more
