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gone baby gone

I thought this movie was pretty good. It started off straightforward enough, but in the last hour, there were more twists and turns than a James Patterson novel. But, in the end, it was a movie about the moral choices we make and the effect of these choices on others.

the addams family

We watched this for our monthly family movie night last night. Apparently I was the only person in the house to have seen the movie before. While not a masterpiece of cinema, it was better than I remembered. Everyone enjoyed the film, so we’ll be putting the sequel on our …

we own the night

This was a pretty good crime-drama. Not great, but good. It started off a little slow, but then picked up the pace. The plot was fairly predictable so that’s why I can’t review this with greater enthusiasm, but if you like this genre of films, you will probably like this …

no country for old men

This was the first Coen brothers’ movie that I’ve liked. In actuality, I’ve only seen a few of their movies, but I could never understand what the critics were gushing about until watching this film. It told a story of a man who stumbles upon a drug deal gone wrong …

baby mama

Getting back to what I said last week, the reason I don’t watch many comedies is that there aren’t many good ones out there. I think if this movie had been written by Fey, it would have been a lot better. But, it wasn’t. And, while there were certainly some …