Movies – Page 17 – Deep Sand

Eagle Eye – A Movie Review

January 4, 2009January 4, 2009 John D. J. Caruso, Drama, Michelle Monaghan, Shia LaBeouf, Thriller

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations–using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country’s most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening–and more importantly, why.

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Spirit, The – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009January 3, 2009 John Action, Adaptation, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson

Lay and I went to see this movie last night. I will provide a review when we are able to actually watch the movie all the way through. For some reason, it was one of the most unruly theaters we’ve ever been in, and we left and got out money back after about 15 minutes. We were not the only ones from that movie at the customer service desk asking for our money back because of the noise and cell phones.

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Burn After Reading – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009 John Brad Pitt, Comedy, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Joel Coen, John Malkovich

An ousted CIA official’s memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.

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Visitor, The – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009 John Danai Gurira, Drama, Haaz Sleiman, Hiam Abbas, Marian Seldes, Richard Jenkins, Tom McCarthy

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. Sixty-two-year-old Walter Vale is sleepwalking through his life. Having lost his passion for teaching and writing, he fills the void by unsuccessfully trying to learn to play classical piano. When his college sends him to Manhattan to attend a conference, Walter is surprised to find a young couple has taken up residence in his apartment. Victims of a real estate scam, Tarek, a Syrian man, and Zainab, his Senegalese girlfriend, have nowhere else to go. In the first of a series of tests of the heart, Walter reluctantly allows the couple to stay with him. Touched by his kindness, Tarek, a talented musician, insists on teaching the aging academic to play the African drum. The instrument’s exuberant rhythms revitalize Walter’s faltering spirit and open his eyes to a vibrant world of local jazz clubs and Central Park drum circles.

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Doubt – A Movie Review

December 29, 2008December 29, 2008 John Amy Adams, Drama, John Patrick Shanley, Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Religion, Viola Davis

It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn, is trying to upend the school’s strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier, the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the country, and, indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James, a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius is galvanized to begin a crusade to both unearth the truth and expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shred of proof or evidence except her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn, a battle that threatens to tear apart the Church and school with devastating consequences. This is an excellent must-see movie.