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Oscars – Yay or Meh?

Okay, so, I LOVE the Oscars. Love them. Like to most gays, it is my Super bowl. However, this year I could not be less excited. The Artist? Who cares? Hugo? It looks creepy and not in a Paranormal Activity 5 kind of way

Girls Kick Ass

Was it Buffy? Xena? Sabrina Duncan? Who cares when the first kick ass female character arrived. What matters is that she is here and she is NOT taking no for an answer. She’ll kick you in your screaming balls first. Oh yes, she will.

The Artist Review

By now we’ve all heard the hoopla about the French film The Artist and even know it won best picture at the Golden Globes. Yes, it was clever and fun. Yes, it was original (and in some ways very much not.) But at the end of the day it wasn’t my cup of tea. I like my films to have a little more meat to them.

The Iron Lady Review

Take the life of British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and add iron actress Meryl Streep playing her and you’d think this biopic would be pure gold, Oscar gold. It’s a shame that the script wasn’t ironed out before they rolled camera. It was an almost unwatchable film.

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo A++ Review

Rarely has a character gotten under my skin as much as unwanted heroine Lisbeth Salander. Having read the books and seen the 2009 Swedish version twice, I could barely wait to see the American film and found it spectacularly lived up to every expectation and then some.

Young Adult Review

As with any Diablo Cody movie, you know you are going to get a wonderfully dark, comedic story with snarky, flawed characters, especially teaming up with helmer Jason Reitman. And as with Ellen Page as “Juno”, you couldn’t see anybody else in the role of Mavis

The Muppet Movie Not Just For Kids

For those of us who grew up with the magic of master puppeteer Jim Henson and his Muppets and Fraggle Rock, this movie delivers and delights.  The movie stars Jason Segel, Amy Adams, Chris Cooper and just about every favorite fuzzy Muppet you can think of

Best Scary Movies for Halloween

So you and your man are staying in this Halloween, but that doesn’t mean you want it tame. For a cozy night of popcorn, arm gripping and being scared half to death, these are the movies that you’ll love to hate from my top ten list of all time horror movies. 

7 Ways to Save Money Going to the Movies

Today you practically have to take out a second mortgage to go to the movies for a date or to bring your family to see a new release. 

“The Help” Surprises in Summer

Usually a movie of this caliber with Oscar contender performances hits the theaters late in the year, but to see it at the end of Summer blockbuster season is a surprise and a joy. Maybe Hollywood undervalued it,

Crazy, Stupid, Love Review

Tell whomever your going with that you heard the directing was fantastic, performances were beyond stellar and the script is as solid a script as you could come across, which is all true. But know the real reason you are going to see this movie is that wonderful piece of eye candy known as Ryan Gosling