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Lew's Movie Reviews
IN THEATERS
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
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****½
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A unconnected collection of older Brits are enticed
by a Photo-Shopped brochure to spend their final years in a converted
hotel in Jaipur, India. Their dreams of a luxurious retirement are
shattered when they discover the hotel is in bad need of maintenance.
The cast is fabulous, especially Judi Dench and Tom Wilkinson, The ability
to deal with the reality of the hotel shows the essence of each of the
characters. Most thrive, but at least one just cannot cope.
This movie is highly entertaining. (2012)
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 - chick flick
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DVD/HBO
Rango
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***
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This is a very strange animated Western.
Rango a lizard, reminiscent of the Geico gecko, becomes the sheriff of a
western city that had its water supply dry up. Battling his self-doubts,
he is inspired by a character from the Old West who looks and sounds like
Clint Eastwood, to take on the bad guys and save the city. Not for
everyone. (2011)
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Too Big To Fail
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***½
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One of the better made-for-TV biopics, this tells
the story of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and how the event nearly sank
the world's financial markets. William Hurt is outstanding as Hank
Paulson, the former head of Goldman, Sachs, who proved to be a real hero
in his roe as George Bush's Treasurer Secretary. Paul Giamatti
portrayal of Ben Bernanke's face and voice are eerily accurate - worth the
price of admission. The rest of the supporting cast is very good.
(2011)
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- chick flick
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* waste of time
and money
** coming soon to HBO
*** worth a trip to the neighborhood
cinema
**** worth a trip across town
***** don't miss |