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Erased | Originally titled “The Expatriate”
Plot >> A man and his estranged daughter are forced to go on the run when his employers marked them for termination as part of a wide-reaching international conspiracy. Conclusion >> The...
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Cloud Atlas
Conclusion >> By now, tattoo artists around the world have a generic template modelling “the comet”. Scores of consumers are once again buying the myth of birthmarks being evidence of...
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Upside Down
Plot >> Adam and Eden fell in love as teens despite the fact that they live on twinned worlds with gravities that pull in opposite directions. Ten years after a forced separation, Adam sets out...
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A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære)
Plot >> A young queen, who is married to an insane king, secretly falls in love with her physician. Together they start a revolution that changes a nation forever. Conclusion >> In the...
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Hitchcock (2012)
Plot >> A love story between influential filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and wife Alma Reville during the filming of Psycho in 1959. Conclusion >> An entertaining, well produced film. With that...
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The Master (2012)
Plot >> A naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future — until he is tantalized by The Cause and its charismatic leader. Conclusion >> Although cinema tropes in...
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The Best Movies of 2012 | Top 20
While lackluster compared to the golden year of 2008; 2012 was still pretty good in general for movie buffs. So these are twenty picks from the best I have seen. The list predominantly contains...
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End of Watch
Plot >> Shot documentary-style, this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in LA who are partners and friends, and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than...
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Zero Dark Thirty
Plot >> A chronicle of the decade-long search for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May 2011....
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NO (2012)
Plot >> An ad executive comes up with a campaign to defeat Augusto Pinochet in Chile’s 1988 referendum. Conclusion >> NO is a tremendously simple film that burns with quiet ferocity. Pablo...
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Sightseers | Word of warning to litterbugs and brides-to-be in hen parties
Plot >> Chris wants to show girlfriend Tina his world, but events soon conspire against the couple and their dream caravan holiday takes a very wrong turn. Thoughts >> You may have heard of...
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The Hunt (Jagten)
Plot >> A teacher lives a lonely life, all the while struggling over his son’s custody. His luck slowly improves as he finds love and receives good news from his son, but things are about to be...
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Ruby Sparks | Ambitious diatribe on the Manic Pixie Dream Girl self-contradicts
Plot >> A novelist struggling with writer’s block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence. [...]
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To Rome With Love (2012)
Plot >> The lives of some visitors and residents of Rome and the romances, adventures and predicaments they get into. Conclusion >> Classical plot structures often take the form of [...]
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What Richard Did
Plot >> A privileged youth lives the perfect life until one summer night, he destroys everything and shatters the lives of everyone closest to him. Thoughts >>> The calm, composed [...]
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Kon-Tiki (2012)
The story of legendary explorer Thor Heyerdahl’s 4,300 miles crossing of the Pacific. 65 years after his courageous voyage; 10 years after his death, Thor Heyerdahl’s legacy continues to inspire and...
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Life of Pi
First of all; Life of Pi has very little appeal for movie goers unfamiliar with Yann Martel’s novel. They will have to glean from whatever information is available before deciding […]
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Silver Linings Playbook
As Sigmund Freud said, “One is very crazy when in love.” Silver Linings Playbook delivers a little less than what its title suggests; but as a romantic comedy, it is […]
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The Sessions
Sex surrogates in pop culture surfaced in mainstream media via legal dramedy, Boston Legal five years ago. Philandering attorney Alan Shore hired a surrogate for treatment in sexual anxiety. Aside […]
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The Impossible (Lo imposible)
This latest film by Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage) is based on a real family and their harrowing experience while holidaying in Thailand. When violence struck the seaside region […]
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