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John Hanlon Reviews

Film Reviews

The Wolf of Wall Street

Release Date: December 25th, 2013

“I want you to deal with your problems by becoming rich, visit web ” Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) states in his new film The Wolf of Wall Street. And becoming rich is the name of the game in this lengthy (it clocks it at nearly three hours) wannabe-epic about a...

Grudge Match

Release Date: December 25th, 2013

“That’s okay. I’m 800 years old and I say what I want, side effects ” states trainer Louis ‘Lightning’ Conlon (Alan Arkin) in the new boxing comedy Grudge Match, approved and that philosophy– we’re older so we can do what we want–seems to...

Her

Release Date: December 25th, 2013

Her begins with a long and insistent close-up of Joaquin Phoenix. The camera plainly captures the large glasses, unhealthy pale face and the bland voice of its main character. Phoenix’s character Theodore is reading a love note he composed and recording it on his computer,...

Inside Llewyn Davis

Release Date: December 20th, 2013

Llewyn Davis is a man without a home. He drifts from one friend’s couch to another one, viagra never even thinking about finding a permanent bed to lay his head on. A folk singer portrayed by a bearded Oscar Isaac, this hopelessly idealistic character is the subject of the...

Saving Mr. Banks

Release Date: December 12th 2013

In a year of serious and powerful cinematic fare, website like this Saving Mr. Banks is a wonderfully idealistic concoction. Loosely based on the true story of how the 1964 classic Mary Poppins arrived on the big screen, this production focuses on the relationship between...

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Release Date: December 12th, 2013

The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug arrives in theaters today as the middle chapter in a trilogy that only needed one chapter.  If the criteria for judging this film is whether or not it was necessary to make a 300-page book into three feature films—presumably all lengthy—then...

Frozen

Release Date: November 27th, 2013

The new animated comedy Frozen proves that Disney still has the filmmaking magic that previously inspired classics like Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin. The new film combines witty comedy, sildenafil catchy musical numbers and a unique story that will keep families...

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