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Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Fan Voting Results + Top 10 Best Movies of 2009 (6-10)
Posted Thursday, January 7, at 10:54 AM
(Before the countdown begins, here now are the final results of the Mountain Home fan vote for the Best Movies of 2009) 1. Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen 2. Twilight Saga: New Moon 3. Up 4. The Hangover 5. Star Trek 6. Harry Potter & The Half Blood Prince...

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Top 10 Worst Movies of 2009 (6-10)
Posted Monday, January 4, at 2:54 PM

(Before I begin, I just you want all to know this will be my final regular week for the Reel Revue, hopefully the blog will continue and I'll be able to still write for you guys, if not it's been fun) 10. G-Force Of all the cartoons, and kid's movies I saw this year, G-Force ranked at the bottom of the list. It's a shame with such a big cast including Nicolas Cage and cameos from Steve Buscemi and Jon Favreau couldn't deliver a better film...

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Pirate Radio
Posted Wednesday, December 23, at 11:25 AM

Phillip Seymour Hoffman leads a band of rogue DJ's in Pirate Radio. In the film, The Count (Hoffman), a buoyant rock-loving American is among a group of British disc jockeys who sail the seas aboard a ship called "Radio Rock", a pirate radio station in the middle of the North Sea...

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REEL REVUE DOUBLE FEATURE: Twilight Saga: New Moon
Posted Thursday, December 10, at 3:27 PM

Well for all the "Twi-Hard" fans, the second installment of the epic book series written by Stephanie Meyer released due to theaters in record numbers scoring the largest opening weekend in history. Following the first film, Bella Swan narrowly escaped the clutches of the evil vampire James (Cam Gigandet) while finding love with vampire Edward Cullen. ...

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The Men Who Stare At Goats
Posted Wednesday, November 25, at 1:50 PM

George Clooney is a military psychic spy on a secret mission in The Men Who Stare At Goats. In the film, directed by Grant Heslov, reporter Bob Wilton (Ewan McGregor) is investigating a story of a top secret military organization who trained psychic soldiers...

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Official Twilight Saga: New Moon page
Posted Wednesday, November 18, at 10:44 AM

With the upcoming sequel to the Twilight series upon us, now here is your chance to post your comments about the upcoming movie, Twilight Saga: New Moon opening nationwide on Friday, Nov. 20. Also here's a look at the Behind The Scenes footage of New Moon...

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Zombieland
Posted Thursday, November 12, at 1:05 PM

Woody Harrelson and Jesse Eisenberg are on the run from a world gone zombie in Zombieland. In the film, directed by Ruben Fleischer, Earth's population becomes decimated by a virus, similar to the mad cow disease that turns people into flesh-craving zombies. ...

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Law Abiding Citizen
Posted Monday, November 9, at 3:34 PM

Gerard Butler is a man out for revenge in Law Abiding Citzen. In the film, directed by F. Gary Gray, Butler plays Clyde Shelton, a man who is seeking redemption against the men who brutally murdered his wife and daughter ten years ago. When the assailants are caught, assistant district attorney Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx) makes a deal that sends one man to jail for 10 years and the other given the death penalty. ...

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Couples Retreat
Posted Thursday, November 5, at 12:48 PM

Vince Vaughn, Jon Favreau and Jason Bateman travel to an exotic island to help save their marriages in "Couples Retreat." In the film, directed by Peter Billingsley (Ralph from "A Christmas Story"), Jason (Bateman) and Cynthia (Kristen Bell) are a married couple on the verge of a divorce. In efforts to save their marriage, they book a vacation to a couples therapy retreat, called "Eden."...

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Where The Wild Things Are
Posted Wednesday, October 28, at 3:52 PM

Director Spike Jonze brings the classic children tale to the big screen in "Where The Wild Things Are." In the film, Max (played by Max Records) is a lonely and troubled youth with a unique fantasy life. When Max's snow fort is destroyed in a snowball fight by his sister's friends, Max becomes angry and destroys her room, then Max while in his tantrum bites his mother (Catherine Keener) and runs away from home where he finds an abandoned sailboat and sets sail...

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G-Force
Posted Wednesday, October 21, at 4:50 PM

A group of highly government trained guinea pigs attempt to stop an evil billionaire from destroying the world in "G-Force." In the film, directed by Jerry Bruckheimer, the "G-Force" comprised of squad leader Darwin (Sam Rockwell), weapons expert Blaster (Tracy Morgan), martial artist Juarez (Penelope Cruz), cyber intelligence expert Speckles (Nicolas Cage) and a high tech surveillance fly Mooch (Edwin Louis) is tasked to stop an plan of world domination with the use of household appliances...

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The Informant
Posted Wednesday, October 14, at 12:08 PM

Matt Damon blows the whistle on his company in "The Informant." The movie, based on Kurt Eichenwald's book of the same name, is the true story of Mark Whitacre (Damon), an Ivy League graduate who is a rising star at Arthur Daniels Midland in the early 90's, when Whitacre learns of his company's illegal price fixing he chooses to go the FBI and becomes the highest ranked-executive to ever turn whistle blower. ...

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Summer '09 Review (Best and Worst)
Posted Wednesday, September 30, at 2:14 PM

With the Fall Movie Season upon us, Reel Revue will now breakdown the best and worst of the Summer '09 Season. (Keep in mind, these are movies that I saw during the Summer). Best Movie: Star Trek This was a close call, District 9 was a remarkable film, but Star Trek had it all this year with rocking action sequences and stellar performances. ...

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Julie and Julia
Posted Wednesday, September 23, at 11:57 AM

Meryl Streep plays the legendary TV chef Julia Child in Julie and Julia. In the film, based on two true stories, Streep's portrayal of Child is played opposite to Julie Powell, an aspiring cook played by Amy Adams, who writes a blog challenging herself to cook each and every recipe from Child's cookbook, "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" within a one year time period, a challenge that tests not only Powell's will and spirit, but her marriage as well...

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Extract
Posted Thursday, September 17, at 3:15 PM

Jason Bateman deals with a bad marriage and the possible sale of his flavor extract comedy in "Extract." The film directed by Mike Judge, (Beavis and Butthead, King of the Hill, Office Space), stars Bateman as Joel Reynold an owner of a company that he built from the ground up with its patented brand of culinary extracts. But as he serves as the Extract King, Reynold deals with a romantically challenged life with his wife Suzie played by Kristen Wiig...

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The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Posted Thursday, September 10, at 12:51 PM

Jeremy Piven is hired to sell cars for a struggling dealership in "The Goods: Live Hard Sell Hard." In the film, Piven plays Don "The Goods" Ready, a smooth talking car salesman and leader of a crack team of car mercenaries played by David Koechner, Ving Rhames and Kathryn Hahan, who is hired by Ben Selleck (James Brolin) to help ramp up sales during Fourth of July weekend...

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District 9
Posted Wednesday, September 2, at 11:45 AM

Personally, I'm not such a big fan of science-fiction films, and I went to see District 9 on sheer curiosity based off the critic buzz, the film has gotten. Now, after seeing the film, I believe that District 9 is clearly one of the best films of the year...

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Upcoming Reviews
Posted Monday, August 31, at 3:58 PM

Stay tuned to the REEL REVUE for my reviews on District 9 and The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard starring Jeremy Piven coming later this week.

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The Ugly Truth
Posted Thursday, August 27, at 1:38 PM

It's a battle of sexes between Katherine Heigl (Grey's Anatomy/Knocked Up) and Gerard Butler (300) in "The Ugly Truth." In the film, Abby Richter (Heigl) is a romantically challenged TV morning show producer whose struggling search for the perfect man has left her hopelessly single...

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Posted Friday, August 14, at 3:40 PM

The real American heroes, G.I. Joe are back in G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. In the film, Duke (Channing Tatum) and Ripcord (Marlon Wayans) while leading a group of Army soldiers tasked with delivering four nuclear warheads, their convoy is attacked by a mysterious ship trying to steal the warheads, the group is led by the Baroness (Sienna Miller)...

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