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  Flickedup.com review “Little Fockers”

  December 26, 2010 at 12:56 pm

  That dysfunctional family with an unusual last name tacks on a third film and milks it for all its worth. Ben Stiller and Robert DeNiro go toe to toe…again…in “Little Fockers” In the first film…”Meet the parents”…we met the inlaws…in the second film “Meet the fockers”…the inlaws meet each other…now in the third film…kids are brought into the mix. Sure there is star power, which includes Blythe Danner, Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Streisand, Owen Wilson, Teri Polo, Jessica Alba, and yes [...]

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  Flickedup.com review “True Grit”

  December 26, 2010 at 12:55 pm

  The Dude takes on a roll made famouse by the “Duke” in an updated film of a classic western tale that may be better than the original. Academy award winner Jeff Bridges takes on the role of Rooster Cogburn in “True Grit”. I was unsure as to whether or not Bridges could pull off playing Cogburn, a role made famous by John Wayne in 1969… but…he does…and it stays true to the Charles Portis original story thanks to the vision [...]

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  Flickedup.com review “Gulliver’s Travels”

  December 26, 2010 at 12:50 pm

  Jack Black is back…this time as a “rock-n-roll” giant…I call his latest film “toilet humor” on a large scale. He takes on the 18th century adventure classic “Gullivers Travels”…in 3D. In a modern twist Black plays the role of Gulliver who works in the mail room in a Manhattan newspaper. He finally gets his shot to be a writer with the help of the Travel Editor (Amanda Peet). His first assignment is to Bermuda where, on the way there, he [...]

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  Flickedup.com review of “TRON:Legacy”

  December 17, 2010 at 7:26 pm

  In 1982 “Tron” was a breakout film and role for a young Jeff Bridges. Three decades ago everyone was trying to create the next big sc-fi sensation after the emergance of STAR WARS. “Tron” was an important part of that cinematic era. TRON:LEGACY has Bridges, still trapped in electronic purgatory , in an 80’s version of cyberspace. Now his son, played by Garret Hedlund, has been sucked in and with the help of Olivia Wilde’s character they try to escape [...]

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  Flickedup.com review “The Fighter”

  December 17, 2010 at 11:31 am

  One of the best films of the year has it all…crime, drama, comedy, sports, and heart. “The Fighter” is based on the true story of two boxing brothers in the 1980s. The film stars Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale. Bale plays the role of Dickey Eklund the pride of blue collar Lowell, MA. He was destined to be a champion in the ring but after a humiliating defeat by Sugar Ray Leonard, he descended into a life of drugs and [...]

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  Flickedup.com review “How do you know”

  December 17, 2010 at 11:28 am

  Reese Witherspoon, Paul Rudd, and Owen Wilson mix it up in a Romantic Comedy about people approaching middle age, in, “How do you know” Witherspoon has to choose between her clueless baseball star hunk (Owen Wilson) and a straight-arrow businessman upended by a federal investigation (Paul Rudd). The scenes did seem to go a bit long with the pace of the film a bit too loose, even disjointed at times. There are some real funny moments but not enough. Jack [...]

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  Flickedup.com review of “The Tourist”

  December 11, 2010 at 1:15 pm

  Its Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie together for the first time on the big screen for “The Tourist”. Jolie plays a woman being chased by Scotland Yard and the mob because of her ex-boyfriend, who has stolen a lot of money. They believe Jolie’s “ex” has had plastic surgery and when she uses Depp as a decoy, everyone thinks Depp is her ex, when, in movie reality, he is merely a math teacher from Wisconsin. Jolie spends most of the [...]

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  Flickedup.com review of “The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader”

  December 10, 2010 at 10:07 pm

  This fantasy adventure, in 3-d, has the kids going on a journey to help King Caspian save the seven lost Lords of Narnia. If, at this point, you have no idea what I am talking about, you may just want to see the movie for the action and special effects. In fact everyone should go and see this movie for visuals…and nothing more. The acting is stiff…and quite frankly its too long. Sure the animation is cool…and the battles are [...]

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  Flickedup.com : “The Company Men” review

  December 10, 2010 at 6:50 pm

  An ensemble cast of great actors star in a poignant film about the world we live in and answer the question…is there life after layoffs ? Its a timely, intelligently written, beautifully acted film about corporate downsizing that will definitely make you think.The film conveys wonderfully the dehumanizing effects that losing a job can have on grown men, and then shows you how some have found ways to pick up the pieces. Affleck, Jones, and Cooper do a great job [...]

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  “Black Swan” movie review

  December 3, 2010 at 12:22 pm

  Natlie Portman is amazing in her new film “Black Swan”. Her performance takes on wings but the movie is, at times, fowl. BLACK SWAN follows the story of Nina (Portman), a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She lives with her retired ballerina mother Erica (Barbara Hershey) who zealously supports her daughter’s professional ambition. When artistic director Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) decides to replace prima [...]

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