☆☆☆
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In this action-packed thriller, Shailene Woodley (Academy Award nominee for "The Descendants") gives a strong performance as Tris, a young woman who doesn't properly fit into any of the factions developed by society based on human virtues. Tris is unique...and in this world unique isn't good.
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The expectations may have been a little too high.
Rated PG-13
2 hr. 20 min.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Monday, March 17, 2014
The Grand Budapest Hotel
☆☆☆1/2
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Wes Anderson's visual treat..."The Grand Budapest Hotel"...is one of the best films of his career. It's fun and well-acted. Ralph Fiennes stars as the crazy concierge of the hotel.
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It is definitely worth seeing...I am just not a fan of quirky, screwball comedy.
Rated R
1 hr. 40 min.
Visit the website and watch the trailer.
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Wes Anderson's visual treat..."The Grand Budapest Hotel"...is one of the best films of his career. It's fun and well-acted. Ralph Fiennes stars as the crazy concierge of the hotel.
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It is definitely worth seeing...I am just not a fan of quirky, screwball comedy.
Rated R
1 hr. 40 min.
Visit the website and watch the trailer.
Blue Jasmine
☆☆☆☆1/2
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Cate Blanchett turns in an Academy Awarding winning performance as Jasmine, a New York socialite who loses everything and tries to start a new life by moving in with her sister Ginger (excellent performance by Sally Hawkins) who lives a much less glamorous life in a modest San Francisco apartment.
Blanchett convincingly captures the mental breakdown her character suffers from the stress of her loss.
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May be seen as an unhappy movie with performances that have a tough time keeping-up with Blanchett's.
Rated PG-13
1 hr. 38 min.
Visit the website and see the trailer.
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Cate Blanchett turns in an Academy Awarding winning performance as Jasmine, a New York socialite who loses everything and tries to start a new life by moving in with her sister Ginger (excellent performance by Sally Hawkins) who lives a much less glamorous life in a modest San Francisco apartment.
Blanchett convincingly captures the mental breakdown her character suffers from the stress of her loss.
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May be seen as an unhappy movie with performances that have a tough time keeping-up with Blanchett's.
Rated PG-13
1 hr. 38 min.
Visit the website and see the trailer.
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Oscar Winners 2014
* Denotes starmoviereviews.com Prediction
Best Picture
"12 Years a Slave" *
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron -- "Gravity" *
Best Actor
Matthew McConaughey -- "Dallas Buyers Club" *
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett -- "Blue Jasmine" *
Best Supporting Actor
Jared Leto -- "Dallas Buyers Club" *
Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong'o -- "12 Years a Slave" *
Best Original Screenplay
"Her" -- Spike Jonze *
Best Adapted Screenplay
"12 Years a Slave" -- John Ridley *
Best Animated Feature
"Frozen" *
Best Foreign Feature
"The Great Beauty" (Italy) *
Best Music (Original Song)
"Frozen": "Let it Go" -- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez *
Best Music (Original Score)
"Gravity": Steven Price *
Best Cinematography
"Gravity" -- Emmanuel Lubezki *
Best Costume Design
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin *
Best Documentary Feature
"20 Feet From Stardom" *
Best Film Editing
"Gravity" -- Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews *
Best Production Design
"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn *
Best Visual Effects
"Gravity" *
Best Sound Mixing
"Gravity" *
Best Sound Editing
"Gravity" *
Best Short Film, Live Action
"Helium"
Best Short Film, Animated
"Mr. Hublot"
Best Documentary Short
"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life" *
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Oscar Predictions 2014
Best Picture
*"12 Years a Slave"
"The Wolf of Wall Street"
"Captain Phillips"
"Her"
"American Hustle"
"Gravity"
"Dallas Buyers Club"
"Nebraska"
"Philomena"
Best Director
*Alfonso Cuaron -- "Gravity"
Steve McQueen -- "12 Years a Slave"
David O. Russell -- "American Hustle"
Alexander Payne -- "Nebraska"
Martin Scorsese -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Best Actor
*Matthew McConaughey -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Bruce Dern -- "Nebraska"
Chiwetel Ejiofor -- "12 Years a Slave"
Leonardo DiCaprio -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Christian Bale -- "American Hustle"actress
Best Actress
*Cate Blanchett -- "Blue Jasmine"
Amy Adams -- "American Hustle"
Judi Dench -- "Philomena"
Sandra Bullock -- "Gravity"
Meryl Streep -- "August: Osage County"
Best Supporting Actor
*Jared Leto -- "Dallas Buyers Club"
Barkhad Abdi -- "Captain Phillips"
Bradley Cooper -- "American Hustle"
Jonah Hill -- "The Wolf of Wall Street"
Michael Fassbender -- "12 Years a Slave"
Best Supporting Actress
*Lupita Nyong'o -- "12 Years a Slave"
Jennifer Lawrence -- "American Hustle"
June Squibb -- "Nebraska"
Julia Roberts -- "August: Osage County"
Sally Hawkins -- "Blue Jasmine"
Best Original Screenplay
*"Her" -- Spike Jonze
"American Hustle" -- David O. Russell and Eric Warren Singer
"Blue Jasmine" -- Woody Allen
"Nebraska" -- Bob Nelson
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Craig Borten and Melisa Wallack
Best Adapted Screenplay
*"12 Years a Slave" -- John Ridley
"Before Midnight" -- Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater
"The Wolf of Wall Street" -- Terence Winter
"Captain Phillips" -- Billy Ray
"Philomena" -- Steve Coogan and Jeff Pope
Best Animated Feature
*"Frozen"
"The Wind Rises"
"Despicable Me 2"
"Ernest & Celestine"
"The Croods"
Best Foreign Feature
*"The Great Beauty" (Italy)
"The Hunt" (Denmark)
"The Broken Circle Breakdown" (Belgium)
"Omar" (Palestinian territories)
"The Missing Picture" (Cambodia)
Best Music (Original Song)
*"Frozen": "Let it Go" -- Robert Lopez and Kristen Anderson-Lopez
"Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom": "Ordinary Love" -- U2, Paul Hewson
"Her": "The Moon Song" -- Karen O, Spike Jonze
"Despicable Me 2": "Happy" -- Pharrell Williams
"Alone Yet Not Alone": "Alone Yet Not Alone" -- Bruce Broughton, Dennis Spiegel
Best Music (Original Score)
*"Gravity" -- Steven Price
"Philomena" -- Alexandre Desplat
"The Book Thief" -- John Williams
"Saving Mr. Banks" -- Thomas Newman
"Her" -- William Butler and Owen Pallett
Best Cinematography
*"Gravity" -- Emmanuel Lubezki
"Inside Llewyn Davis" -- Bruno Delbonnel
"Nebraska" -- Phedon Papamichael
"Prisoners" -- Roger Deakins
"The Grandmaster" -- Phillippe Le Sourd
Best Costume Design
*"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin
"12 Years a Slave" -- Patricia Norris
"The Grandmaster" -- William Chang Suk Ping
"American Hustle" -- Michael Wilkinson
"The Invisible Woman" -- Michael O'Connor
Best Documentary Feature
*"20 Feet From Stardom"
"The Act of Killing"
"The Square"
"Cutie and the Boxer"
"Dirty Wars"
Best Film Editing
*"Captain Phillips" -- Christopher Rouse
"Gravity" -- Alfonso Cuaron, Mark Sanger
"12 Years a Slave"-- Joe Walker
"American Hustle" -- Jay Cassidy, Crispin Struthers and Alan Baumgarten
"Dallas Buyers Club" -- John Mac McMurphy and Martin Pensa
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
*"Dallas Buyers Club" -- Adruitha Lee and Robin Mathews
"The Lone Ranger" -- Joel Harlow and Gloria Pasqua-Casny
"Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa" -- Stephen Prouty
Best Production Design
*"The Great Gatsby" -- Catherine Martin and Beverley Dunn
"12 Years a Slave" -- Adam Stockhausen and Alice Baker
"American Hustle" -- Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler
"Gravity" -- Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin and Joanne Woollard
"Her" -- K.K. Barrett and Gene Serdena
Best Visual Effects
*"Gravity"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
"Star Trek Into Darkness"
"Iron Man 3"
"The Lone Ranger"
Best Sound Mixing
*"Gravity"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"Inside Llewyn Davis"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
Best Sound Editing
*"Gravity"
"All Is Lost"
"Captain Phillips"
"Lone Survivor"
"The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug"
Best Short Film, Live Action
*"The Voorman Problem"
"Aquel No Era Yo (That Wasn't Me)"
"Avant Que De Tout Perdre (Just Before Losing Everything)" "Helium"
"Pitaako Mun Kaikki Hoitaa? (Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?)"
Best Short Film, Animated
*"Get a Horse!"
"Feral"
"Mr. Hublot"
"Possessions"
"Room on the Broom"
Best Documentary Short
*"The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life"
"CaveDigger"
"Facing Fear"
"Karama Has No Walls"
"Prison Terminal: The Last Days of Private Jack Hall"
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