3 Star Movies

Movie Notes: Alice

July 3rd, 2009

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Alice Tate (Mia Farrow), a wealthy but bored Manhattan housewife, contemplates leaving her husband (William Hurt) after some mysterious treatments by an acupuncturist.

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Movie Notes: Radio Days

June 29th, 2009

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A heartwarming nostalgia trip to World War II America when radio was a primary form of entertainment.

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Movie Notes: Zelig

June 25th, 2009

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Documentary profiling Zelig (Woody Allen), a human chameleon, who takes on the personality and appearance of those in his immediate vicinity.

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Movie Notes: A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy

June 24th, 2009

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Set in the early 1900s, Nutty inventor Andrew (Woody Allen) invites several couples to a summer party at his house. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: Love And Death

June 19th, 2009

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Boris Grushenko (Woody Allen) becomes a war hero as Napoleon invades the Russian empire, and strives to hook up with his highly intelligent cousin Sonja (Diane Keaton).

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Movie Notes: Bananas

June 16th, 2009

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Fielding Mellish (Woody Allen), a typically noncommittal American, meets activist Nancy (Louise Lasser) who spurs him to visit the Latin American country San Marcos, where he winds up joining a revolutionary force. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: Eyes Wide Shut

June 6th, 2009

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Physician Bill Hartford (Tom Cruise) and wife Alice (Nicole Kidman) attend a Christmas party, where some sexually charged events set Bill on a course of marital infidelity.

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Movie Notes: King Corn

June 5th, 2009

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Two young men investigate the profession of corn farming in Iowa, and learn about its pervasive infiltration of American food, from animal feed to produce beef to high fructose corn syrup.

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Movie Notes: Angels And Demons

May 28th, 2009

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Following the Pope’s death, symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) and scientist Vittoria Vetra (Ayelet Zurer) become involved in a mysterious plot to destroy Vatican City using a vial of antimatter stolen from CERN. The perpetrators are soon revealed as the Illuminati, a shadowy secret society striving to destroy the Catholic church.

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Movie Notes: Goodbye Columbus

May 23rd, 2009

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Librarian Neil Klugman (Richard Benjamin) embarks on a summer romance with college student Brenda Patimkin (Ali McGraw) who is staying with her family in the suburbs. Based on a book by Philip Roth.

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