Winter in Los Angeles usually comes with at least three things: holiday cheer, complaints of 55 degree weather and over-hyped films. Revolutionary Road may not tickle your holiday funny bone or particularly make you feel warmer this winter. However, it is one film that not only lives up to its hype, this must-see novel-turned-film beautifully reminds us why movies were ever made and why we pay 12 dollars to see them. Director Sam…

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Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Can you hear it? It’s that time of year again. And a lot of that Oscar Buzz is (or should be) for Special, the quirky, brilliant lovechild of writers/directors Hal Haberman and Jeremy Passmore, and their heroic nut, Les (played by Michael Rapaport.) Special is about a guy who really, well, isn’t. Les decides to jazz up his Meter Maid existence by joining a medical study that’s testing a new anti-depressant…

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“Absolutely delightful” is an understatement when describing Rocket Science, a story centering on Hal (played by Reece Thompson), a highschooler with no game and a stuttering problem, who gets the shock of a lifetime when a fellow popular classmate, Ginny, (played by Anna Kendrick), recruits him onto the high school debate team. A stutterer on the debate team? That’s right! And for the first time in Hal’s life, he finally belongs to…

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Anthony Hopkins Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins is recognized as one of Hollywood’s greatest actors. Receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003 for his outstanding accomplishments in the arts, Hopkins is also a double Emmy, triple BAFTA, Golden Globe, and Academy Award winner. His lengthy list of films include The Mask of Zorro, Hearts In Atlantis, Fracture, Nixon, All the King’s Men, Beowulf, The Human Stain and of course,…

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With my family residing in Jacksonville, Florida, I have heard about Fred Durst for many years now. Ever since he formed the band Limp Bizkit in 1994, Durst has made his hometown incredibly proud. Jacksonville is the polar opposite of Los Angeles or NYC. “Traffic” entails 5 cars on the road. Restaurants are never full and 9-5 jobs are the norm. Weekends consist of sipping on beers at the beach, surfing, and fishing….

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