The Monuments Men

By Suzanne A. Marshall  from the April 2014 Edition Director: George Clooney Starring: George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett, John Goodman, Jean Dujardin, ”An unlikely World War II platoon is tasked to rescue art masterpieces from Nazi thieves and return them to their owners”. This is a true story based on the book by Robert M. […]

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12 YEARS A SLAVE

By Suzanne A. Marshall  from the April 2014 Edition Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender, “In the antebellum United states, Solomon Northrup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.” This movie was nominated for 9 Oscars and took home 3, including Best Picture and Best Supporting […]

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Local Flavor Tours

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2014 Edition VIVEPLANTS – Orchids & Exotics Another Manzamigos Local Flavor Tour was enjoyed by twenty plus people, deftly organized by Crystal and Doug Winger. Commencing at the ‘Viveplants‘ location (a few kilometers north of Manzanillo) around 9:30 in the morning, we were all treated to an exceptionally informative tour of […]

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The Wolf of Wall Street

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the March 2014 Edition Director: Martin Scorcese Starring: Leonardo DeCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie, Matthew McConaughey “”In the Wolf of Wallstreet, DiCaprio plays Belfort, a Long Island penny stockbroker who served 36 months in prison for defrauding investors in a massive 1990s security scam that involved widespread corruption on Wall Street and in […]

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Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2014 Edition Director:Kenneth Branagh Starring:Chris Pine, Keira Knightley, Kevin Costner,Kenneth Branagh “Jack Ryan, as a young covert CIA analyst, uncovers a Russian plot to crash the U.S. economy with a terrorist attack.” If you’re a Tom Clancy fan like me, you’ll like the movie. It’s well acted and looks great. It […]

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American Hustle

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2014 Edition Director: David O. Russell Starring: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jennifer Lawrence,Jeremy Renner “A con man, Irving Rosenfeld, along with his seductive British partner, Sydney Prosser, is forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. DiMaso pushes them into a world of Jersey powerbrokers and mafia” […]

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Last Vegas

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the February 2014 Edition Director:Jon Turteltaub Starring:Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro,Morgan Freeman, Kevin Kline “Three sixty something friends take a break from their day-to-day lives to throw a bachelor party in Las Vegas for their last remaining single pal.” This movie is totally predictable in a really ‘good’ way. I knew it would […]

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