127 Hours (2010) Review

Aron Ralston (Franco) is a mountain climber who ends up trapped by a bolder and must go to extreme lengths in order to survive. We are taken on the very personal journey with Aron, and get to know exactly how he is feeling trapped where no one can hear him.

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The Blind Side (2009) Review

 The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.

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Invictus (2009) Review

Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

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What’s Love Got to Do with It (1993) Review

A film about the singer Tina Turner and how she rose to stardom with her abusive husband Ike Turner and how she gained the courage to break free.

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Gypsy (1962) Review

Based on the Broadway hit about the life and times of burlesque dancer Gypsy Rose Lee and her aggressive stage mother, Mama Rose.

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Julie & Julia (2009) Review

I would advise not to watch this film when hungry as it will just make you even worse. So much food that really does look good enough to eat and even makes you want to cook it. Is that partly the point of this film, to encourage people to cook? That would make sense as Julia makes Julie want to cook and inspires her blog. I decided to read some what in to the background of Julie Powell’s blog and found out that it is the first blog to be made into a movie. How ironic that I am not blogging about a movie that was based on a blog?

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The Basketball Diaries (1995) Review

Jim Carroll as a teenager looks set to have a fantastic life ahead of him and becoming a huge basketball star. But that is all threatened when he falls into the horrific world of drug addiction.

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Public Enemies (2009) Review

Three notorious American Gangsters; John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd are involved in the booming crime wave in the 1930s, but the Feds are doing everything to take them down!

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Notorious (2009) Review

The life and then death story of Notorious B.I.G. (Christopher Wallace) who took the world by storm with his rap music from Brooklyn.

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Cadillac Records (2008) Review

The rise of Chess Records and the artists it was trying to promote and record!

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