5 Star Movies

Movie Notes: Crimes And Misdemeanors

July 2nd, 2009

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Judah (Martin Landau) unsuccessfully tries to end an affair with stewardess Dolores (Anjelica Huston), who is increasingly getting out of hand and threatening to expose everything to his wife. Meanwhile, Cliff (Woody Allen) is filming a documentary starring his successful brother in law Lester (Alan Alda), and finding it to be extremely stressful.

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Movie Notes: Hannah And Her Sisters

June 28th, 2009

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Hannah’s (Mia Farrow) husband Elliot (Michael Caine) initiates an affair with his sister-in-law Lee (Barbara Hershey). Meanwhile, Hannah’s hypochondrica ex-husband Mickey (Woody Allen) contemplates his own death, and other siter Holly (Diane Wiest) struggles to form an idenity for herself.

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Movie Notes: The Purple Rose Of Cairo

June 27th, 2009

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Waitress Cecilia (Mia Farrow) obsessively goes to movies to escape the dreariness of her marriage during the Great Depression. After watching The Purple Rose Of Cairo several times in one day, the character Tom Baxter (Jeff Daniels) steps off the screen and into her life.

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Movie Notes: Manhattan

June 22nd, 2009

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Recently divorced Isaac Davis (Woody Allen) is dating Tracy (Mariel Hemmingway) - who is only seventeen. Meanwhile, Isaac’s good friend Yale (Michael Murphy) is cheating on his wife with Mary (Diane Keaton), and Isaac’s bitter ex Jill (Meryl Streep) is penning a tell-all book on their failed marriage.

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Movie Notes: Annie Hall

June 20th, 2009

MoviesWoody Allen polarizes many. I find his whiny life observations true, succinct, and hilarious. But I know those who can’t get beyond his personal life, or write him - and his stock Allen character that appears in most of his films - off, as overtly annoying.

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Movie Notes: Sleeper

June 18th, 2009

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Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) wakes up 200 years in the future and finds a bizarre, unfamiliar world populated by robots, a supreme leader, and revolutionaries. Hilarity ensues.

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Movie Notes: Up

June 7th, 2009

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Grumpy old guy Carl Fredrickson spent his whole life dreaming of a great South American adventure, and finally decides to make good on his intentions.

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Movie Notes: Alien

May 20th, 2009

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On a return voyage to Earth, the crew of a large mining ship inadvertently brings aboard an extremely dangerous alien creature that threatens to do them all in.

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Movie Notes: Star Trek (11)

May 16th, 2009

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The rebellious James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) enlists in Starfleet Academy and soon finds himself aboard the starship Enterprise, battling the same mysterious Romulan ship that destroyed his father’s starship 22 years ago.

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Movie Notes: Star Trek 2: The Wrath Of Khan

May 7th, 2009

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Feeling past his prime, Admiral James T. Kirk (William Shatner) is pulled into an encounter with an old nemesis, Khan (Ricardo Montalban) who spent the last 15 years stranded on Ceti Alpha VI.

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