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Original movie reviews presented here DAILY. 2010 has 365 days, till December 31 we should have as many reviews.
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  • Gladiator (2000)

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    “Father of a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife and I shall have my vengeance in this life or the next..” That kinda explains the entire plot. A general from Spain, Maximus (Russell Crowe), brave and respected by his soldiers has won the emperor’s heart. Marcus Aurelius (Richard Harris) is dying and prepares to [...]

    Born Into Brothels (2004)

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    When you look at the poster for Born Into Brothels: Calcutta’s Red Light Kids you cannot miss the many logos from the most prestigious movie awards (2005 Academy Award® – Best Documentary Feature, 2004 Sundance Film Festival® – Audience Award: Documentary, Grand Jury Prize: Documentary nominee). It looks like it did get some attention. With [...]

    The Remains of the Day (1993)

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    The book? Or the movie? “The Remains of the Day” is based on Kazuo Ishiguro‘s novel, something no one would have been able to imagine as being made into a movie. I have read the book when in college (years after seeing the movie) and, contrary to The Empire of the Sun (when the book [...]

    Requiem for a Dream (2000)

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    For an addict the drugs (any form of them, even alcohol or TV) are the answer. They make their miserable life bright and beautiful. After the effects go off, they need another dose to escape from the grim reality. There’s nothing more important in their lives than this downward spiral. One of the addicts is [...]

    Ally McBeal (1997)

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    Lawyers. What boring people. Dressed in gray/black suits, able to recite pages and page of laws, usually pretty affluent (so that I don’t say rich), in their private gated communities, jets and yachts, people you might befriend but are always scared of, especially when dealing with them in the court. Of course their lives should [...]

    Sunshine Cleaning (2008)

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    Three nights ago, M. our friend from here, recommended us a “good dark comedy” as he read this movie is, so we looked for it on NetFlix and watched the streaming. This is not a comedy though, it’s not a real drama either, but, since the comic situations are less frequent, I have still placed [...]

    Charlie Wilson’s War (2007)

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    Politics. Congressmen who drink and consume drugs, while hiring an army of Playboy like assistants. Who go to Las Vegas and get wasted in a tub with naked women and use some coke to make it all better. Who sometimes vote, when it’s something interesting, then just waste time and look good. That’s of course, [...]

    Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares (U.K.) (2005)

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    Restaurants filled with cockroaches, badly prepared frozen / super-market food presented as “gourmet”, people who have started a business in this area without having the talent or at least the brains to make it. Failing restauranteurs who need a BIG helping hand from someone who’s done it, failed, done it again and did better. Since [...]

    Valentine’s Day (2010)

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    It’s February 14th again. The entire world (at least those who celebrate it) is filled with joy and stress in the end, to get the perfect gift, the best looking flowers,  maybe propose. For the florists, it’s one of the busiest time of the year. So it is for Reed Bennett (Ashton Kutcher) who owns [...]

    What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993)

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    As if having a morbidly obese mother and a lousy badly paid job wasn’t enough, Gilbert Grape (Johnny Depp) has to take care of his mentally challenged brother Arnie (Leonardo DiCaprio) who’s always climbing the water tower and remains stuck there. His life is not thrilling at all. At home there’s constant bickering and he’s [...]

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