Take Me Out to the Ball Game

"How many times have I told you to pick on somebody your size?" "There ain't nobody my size." Denny Ryan (Sin...

February 28, 2015
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Let's Dance (1950)

During the war, Kitty McNeil (Hutton) and Don Elwood (Astaire) were dancing partners for the USO.  Years later, Kitty is a widow with a...

February 24, 2015
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It's Always Fair Weather

"Somebody stole my mustache. Fielding, I want that mustache returned, every hair in place." Ted Riley (Kelly), Dough Hallerto...

February 24, 2015
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Oscar Picks 2015

It's time to predict the outcome of the 2015 Oscars.  This is my 9th year of predictions!  Last year I saw 13 of the nominated film, an...

February 21, 2015
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Birdman

"I'm nothing. I'm not even here." Riggan Thomson (Keaton) is an out-of-work Hollywood actor.  He is best remembered a...

February 21, 2015
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The Tale of the Princess Kaguya

The Bamboo Cutter (Caan) sees a glowing bamboo stalk and finds a tiny girl.  He takes her home to his Wife (Steenburgen) and they are ...

February 18, 2015
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The Boxtrolls

"We're exterminators! Of justice!" "We exterminate justice!" The people of the town of Cheesebridge live in fe...

February 17, 2015
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Life of Crime

Louis Gara (Hawkes) and Ordell Robbie (Bey) are low level ex-cons in need of cash.  Through their connections they learn that real-esta...

February 14, 2015
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Begin Again

"You can tell a lot about a person by what's on their playlist." "I know you can. That's what's worrying me....

February 10, 2015
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The Hunters (2013)

The Flynn's are not a typical family.  Parents Carter (Payne) and Jordyn (Forbes) are part of an ancient group called Hunters that ...

February 06, 2015
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Finding Vivian Maier

John Maloof purchased a box of negatives at a flea market.  Two years later he started developing the photographs and was impressed with...

February 04, 2015
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Grassroots

In 2001, journalist Phil Campbell (Biggs) just lost his job.  While he decides what to do next, he agrees to help his eccentric best frie...

February 01, 2015
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The Grand Budapest Hotel

"Why do you want to be a lobby boy?" "Well, who wouldn't - at the Grand Budapest, sir. It's an institution....

January 29, 2015
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Virunga

The Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo is home to the last of the mountain gorillas.  The gorillas are considered ...

January 29, 2015
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The Interview

"Haters gonna hate, and ain'ters gonna ain't!" Dave Skylark (Franco) is the popular host of the show Skylark Tonight ...

January 25, 2015
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Fantasia 2000

As a follow-up to Walt Disney's Fantasia , Disney animators teamed with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to introduce a new generation ...

January 24, 2015
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Fantasia

"What you will see are the different things that might pass through your mind if you sat in a concert hall listening to this music....

January 24, 2015
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Ida (2013)

In 1962 Poland, Anna (Trzebuchowska) is a young novice nun just weeks away from taking her vows.  She has never known life outside of the...

January 23, 2015
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Million Dollar Arm

"How fast do they pitch in cricket? [ pause ] Fine, bowl. How fast do they bowl in cricket?" In 2008, J.B. Bernstein (Hamm) a...

January 22, 2015
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Grown Ups 2

"Confidence. K-O-B-R-Q-V-Y. Confidence." "Well, we're not gonna have to pay for college. That's for sure." ...

January 21, 2015
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