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Snowden is an actual good movie
Snowden is a bit of a curve ball. The beginning is just a bit better than awful, but the end is just a bit worse than amazing. The film details the past 10 years in the life of CIA whistleblower Edward … Continue reading
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Sully kicks Oscarbate season off to awful, tacky start
In January 2009, Chesley Sullenberger successfully ditched a commercial airliner in the Hudson River, averting what would have been a massive plane wreck. Now, Clint Eastwood has made things right by making a biopic about him that is just as big … Continue reading
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Tagged #9/11, #aaron eckhart, #biopic, #MiracleontheHudson, #steve jobs, #tom hanks, 2008 economic recession, 9/11 jokes, Artistic liscense, Bring along my coupon book whenever I'm on a date, Chesley Sullenberger, Clint Eastwood, housing market, Hudson River, I Instagram every meal I've had, Miracle on the Hudson, Never let you forget some favor I did for you, nice lies, Sully, Tacky
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Black Mass’ fiction less interesting than reality
Black Mass is one of those frustrating biopic movies that makes a big deal out of how it’s based on a true story but doesn’t really tell the true story on which it is based. It doesn’t tell a story at … Continue reading
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Tagged #adam scott, #alcatraz, #biopic, #black mass, #boston, #Breaking Bad, #corey stoll, #corruption, #dakota johnson, #david harbour, #Daydream Johnny, #family oriented?, #FBI, #fifty shades of grey, #house of cards, #jack nicholson, #jesse plemmons, #joel edgerton, #johnny depp, #kevin bacon, #leonardo dicaprio, #loyalty, #mafia, #martin scorcese, #matt damon, #most wanted, #motive, #mugshot, #Osama, #parks and recreation, #partner in crime, #rory cochrane, #southie, #the departed, #timey wimey, #warner bros., #where's my oscar, #whitey bulger, Benedict Cumberbatch, Billy Bulger, John Connolly, Sherlock
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