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PLOT: When Dewey Cox was a young lad, his brother dies in a horribly machete accident leaving his father longing for his dead son. Meanwhile, poor Dewey loses his sense of smell leaving him a scared little boy. Lucky for...
Plot: On the eve of the Second World War, an upper class English family is torn apart when the youngest daughter Briony (Saoirse Ronan) falsely accuses a servant’s son, Robbie (James McAvoy) of raping her teenage cousin. Briony’s older sister,...
Plot: Charlie Wilson (Tom Hanks) is a womanizing, boozing Texas Congressmen whose concerns include ogling his young, all-female staff and doing just enough to get re-elected every few years. But when a news story about the war in Afghanistan catches...
Plot: Juno (Ellen Page), a sharp witted high school outcast, finds herself pregnant after a one night stand with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker (Michael Cera)- a high school track star with a penchant for orange tic tacks. She agrees...
Plot: In a world parallel to ours, twelve year old Lyra Belacqua (Dakota Blue Richards) is entrusted with a magical Golden Compass that has the power to change the world. The Magisterium- a nefarious organization that seeks to control all...
Plot: Clay Beresford (Hayden Christensen) – heir to a multi million dollar empire, finds himself awake during heart surgery due to a phenomenon called anesthetic awareness. He’s unable to communicate, but is fully conscious throughout the excruciatingly painful surgery. However,...
Plot: The life of Bob Dylan, interpreted through a series of vignettes featuring six actors- each of whom embodies a different aspect of his life and career. Review: I’M NOT THERE is a difficult film to pin down, much less...
This is JoBlo’s review of the original version of SOUTHLAND TALES shown in Cannes in 2006. You can read a review of the more recent edited version of this film by JimmyO here. JoBlo reviews "Southland Tales" JOBLO NOTE: Since...
PLOT: Agent 47 has been educated to become a professional assassin for hire, whose most powerful weapons are his nerve and a resolute pride in his work. The hunter becomes the hunted when 47 gets caught up in a political...
Plot: Two brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman & Ethan Hawke) is need of money hire an underworld associate to rob their parents’ jewelry store. The job goes awry, and the gunman not only gets himself killed, but also mortally wounds their...
