Movie Notes: Rocky III

June 2nd, 2008

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Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone), soft from celebrity, loses his heavyweight title to the extremely pissed off Clubber Lang (Mr. T). After his trainer Mickey’s death, Rocky enlists his former adversary, Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers) to help him reclaim the title.

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Movie Notes: Indiana Jones And The Kingdom Of The Crystal Skull

May 30th, 2008

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A much older Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) becomes entwined in a Russian search for mysterious crystal skulls, which take him to South America with his son “Mutt” (Shia LaBeouf), and old flame Marion (Karen Allen).

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Movie Notes: Saved!

May 22nd, 2008

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Mary (Jena Malone), a senior at American Eagle Christian high school accidentally becomes pregnant, which is a very bad thing.

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Movie Notes: The Science Of Sleep

May 6th, 2008

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Shy Stephane (Gael Gacia Bernal) enlivens his boring life with creative dreams. His relationship with neighbor Stephanie (Charlotte Gainsbourg) is both enriched and threatened by Stephane’s nocturnal imaginings.

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Movie Notes: Ocean’s Twelve

April 7th, 2008

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Terry Benedict (Andy Garcia) wants back the money the Ocean’s 11 gang stole from him. Leaders Danny Ocean (George Clooney) and Rusty Ryan (Brad Pitt) come up with a plan to hit Amsterdam, Rome, and Paris in a series of audacious heists.

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Movie Notes: War Of The Worlds

April 6th, 2008

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Aliens invade Earth and all hell breaks loose.

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Movie Notes: Beauty Shop

April 2nd, 2008

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Fed up with her boss Jorge (Kevin Bacon), hair stylist Gina (Queen Latifah) opens her own beauty shop. Much of the entertainment comes from the unusual characters that work, patronize, and hang out at Gina’s new hair salon.

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Movie Notes: The Darjeeling Limited

March 13th, 2008

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Three brothers journey to India to find their mother (Angelica Huston) and strengthen their family ties.

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Movie Notes: Changing Lanes

March 11th, 2008

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Lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) gets in a car accident with Doyle Gipson (Samuel Jackson). Instead of doing the right thing, he hastily drives off, forgetting an important files folder. With Doyle in possession of the folder, the two men begin a morally questionable game of blackmail, largely as an outlet for intense pressures in their personal lives.

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Movie Notes: Tron

March 9th, 2008

MoviesAs a kid, I was obsessed with Tron. I remember absolutely having to see it, and my parents bought me the book Art of Tron. While other kids clamored for Rocky III I wanted to see computer nerds hacking into a corporate system populated by guys in spandex throwing Frisbees. Today, I live in the Bay Area.

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