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Saving Mr. Banks

By Manzanillo Sun Writer from the May 2014 Edition Director: John Lee Hancock Starring: Emma Thomson, Tom Hanks, Colin Farrell, Bradley Whitford, Paul Giamatte “Inspired by the extraordinary, untold backstory of how Disney’s classic ‘Mary Poppins,’ made it to the screen.” When Walt Disney’s daughters begged him to make a movie of their favorite book, P.L. Travers’ […]

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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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2 Guns

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2014 Edition Starring: Denzel Washington, Mark Wahlberg Directed by: Baltasar Kormaker Running Time: 109 minutes A DEA agent and an undercover Naval Intelligence officer who have been tasked with investigating one another find they have been set up by the mob  the very organization the two men believe they have […]

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The Butler

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2013 Edition Lee Daniels’ “As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family and American society.” I really loved this picture. I loved the way it looked as if […]

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