Posts tagged with ‘movie’

  • “Iesodo The Way of Jesus: Joy” DVD Review

    By Ruth on February 8, 2015
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    Disclosure: I was sent a copy of this DVD in exchange for my honest review. I was not financially compensated and all opinions are 100 percent mine. First of all, I realize this is a late for a “Christmas DVD” review, but somehow it got lost in the shuffle and I only just found it. However, children love Christmas stories […]
  • “The Nanny Express” Movie Review

    By Ruth on February 7, 2015
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    A young woman goes to work as a nanny for a widower whose two kids have already run off six other nannies. Slowly, the man’s young son warms to the new nanny, and the dad himself starts to fall for her as well, but his teenage daughter, still hurting over the death of her mother, has no interest in having […]
  • “First Shot” Movie Review

    By Ruth on February 7, 2015
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    Synopsis: Last time they kidnapped the President’s daughter. This time, they’re going after the Commander-in-Chief himself. And only one woman can stop them! A sniper’s bullet has left the President (Gregory Harrison) in critical condition. Now Secret Service agent Alex McGregor (Mariel Hemingway,1980 Academy Award nominee Best Actress in a Supporting Role, for MANHATTAN) must put her life on the […]
  • “Daniel’s Daughter” Movie Review

    By Ruth on January 26, 2015
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    Synopsis: When a woman learns that her father has passed away, she must confront the past (and the town) she left behind. (For my astute readers, you will remember a previous review of this film. It was written by a guest reviewer and good friend of mine. Access it here.) My review: This movie is like journeying back to another […]
  • “Battlestar Galactica: Blood and Chrome” Movie Review

    By Ruth on January 26, 2015
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    Synopsis: The first Cylon war has been raging for 10 years and a young Ensign William Adama joins the fleet. He’s disappointed not to be assigned to a fighter but to a freighter. His co-pilot, Lt. Coker Fasjovic, isn’t too keen on having a rookie flying his aircraft as he has only a short time before he again becomes a […]
  • “Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk” Review

    By Ruth on January 17, 2015
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    Emmy Award-winning television writer and creator Damon Lindelof teams up with legendary artist Leinil Francis Yu and Dave McCaig to bring to life the highly popular comic book series: Ultimate Wolverine Vs. Hulk. My review: I will admit that this was something that I probably never would have considered watching except that my good friend Sebastian Spence was one of […]
  • “A Bug and a Bag of Weed” Movie Review

    By Ruth on January 13, 2015
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    Peter Jordan is 33 years old and stuck in a dead end retail job at Super Duper Computers. To make matters worse, he’s managed to rack up over $35,000 worth of debt. Student Loans, credit cards, Big Screen TV. His love life is equally in debt. Just when it seems he will never break out of his rut, an old […]
  • “Dress To Kill” Movie Review

    By Ruth on January 12, 2015
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    This action-thriller follows the story of macho tough-guy, Daniel, who makes a deathbed promise to his father to turn their family from petty gangsters to upright brokerage owners. The only thing standing in his way, is a wild and mysterious romance with a blackmailing hooker, Devina. Daniel must find his way through a maze of disgrace and pleasure to discover […]
  • THE IDENTICAL DVD Review & Giveaway (Ends 1/19) U.S./Canada

    By Ruth on January 12, 2015
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    The Identical, starring Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Seth Green, and Blake Rayne is a redemptive movie about a young man, the son of a preacher, who rejects his father’s desire for him to join the ministry and instead embarks on a career as a rock singer. As he struggles to pursue his dream and rise to stardom, he finds love, […]
  • “Uncaged Heart” (or “Passion’s Web”) Movie Review

    By Ruth on January 7, 2015
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    Janet Tarr works as a prison psychologist for potential parolees, and she finds herself drawn to the intelligence and raw beauty of Robert Moss, an inmate convicted of a bank robbery. Eventually able to help facilitate his parole, she and Moss begin a heated affair. But he struggles to adjust to life “on the outside,” and is soon up to […]