Month: July 2012

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Dark Knight Rises

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Christopher Nolan’s highly anticipated end to his Batman trilogy hit theatres on July 20.

Starring Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne/Batman, Morgan Freeman as Lucius Fox, Gary Oldman as Commissioner Gordon and Michael Caine as Alfred, the movie also introduced some new faces. Anne Hathaway joined the series as Selina Kyle/Catwoman, Tom Hardy as Bane, Marion Cotillard as Miranda Tate and Joseph Gordon Levitt as John Blake, whose character has been surrounded by mystery from the get go. Continue reading “Dark Knight Rises”

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The Amazing Spiderman

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Just five years after the last installment of Sam Raimi’s “Spiderman” series, Sony has set out to re-establish the web slinger in theatres. ‘The Amazing Spiderman” opens May 3 and stars Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker/Spiderman and Emma Stone as Gwen Stacy. Sally Field and Martin Sheen play Aunt May and Uncle Ben and Rhys Ifans plays the conflicted villain Dr. Curt Connors and his counterpart, the Lizard.

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Magic Mike

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The most anticipated movie directed at women since “Bridesmaids” finally hit theatres. ‘Magic Mike” loosely based on star Channing Tatum’s time as a stripper in Florida, opened June 27. Women turned out in droves and sold out screenings opening night.

The movie stars a bevy of grinding muscled men in thongs. Sounds like every woman’s dream flic, right? Spoiler: it’s not all stripping. There is an actual plotline.

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