MOVIES
DVD review: 13
13 is for anyone with morbid curiosity; an entertaining high-stakes movie, its weakness is that it fails in creating a strong connections with the various characters.
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Movie review: Tower Heist ****
Josh is the building manager in a high-rise condo complex where the richest of the rich live. When a swindling resident steals the staff’s retirement fund, they decide to get revenge by finding a thief to steal the money back.
A story of a whale and a tale of friendship feature in Weekend Film Series
A documentary about a whale who found friends in human beings and a romantic French comedy feature as part of the Bermuda Docs Weekend Film Series on Sunday.
David and Goliath story is funny and inspiring
Bermuda Docs will screen an additional showing of You've been Trumped at BUEI on December 4.
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Movie review: The Muppets ****
Gary and Walter visit the fabulous Muppet Studios in Hollywood only to find a cobwebbed shambles about to be torn down. With the help of the Muppets they must raise the $10 million needed to save the studio.
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CURB to screen film about African heritage holiday
Anti racism group CURB is to screen a documentary about Kwanzaa - the week-long secular holiday honouring African American heritage - at Chewstick in December.
DVD review: Rise of the Planet of the Apes ****
The Oscar winning visual effects team that brought to life Lord of the Rings and Avatar joined forces to create this morally and ethically jarring prequel.
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Movie review: Arthur Christmas ***
Santa's klutzy younger son Arthur has an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns. Arthur bypasses all his dad's new technology and uses grandpa's old sleigh and reindeer to make the critical delivery.
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Movie review: Immortals **
With help from gods Zeus, Athena and Poseidon, mortal Theseus must lead the battle against the evil King Hyperion. The king is on a rampage across Greece to obtain a weapon that could destroy humanity.
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Movie review: New Year's Eve **
New Year's Eve celebrates love, hope, forgiveness, second chances and fresh starts in intertwining stories told amongst the pulse and promise of New York City on the most dazzling night of the year.
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DVD review: The Help ***
The Help is a wonderful family film that elicits sadness and laughter, but it is not the movie it could have been.
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Movie review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo ****
Investigative reporter Mikael Blomkvist and researcher Lisbeth Salander go about nailing a killer of women, and solving the riddle of a teenaged girl's disappearance decades earlier. All roads, icy and grim, lead to the lair of the worst of the worst.
Bermuda Docs to show two films on Sunday
The Clean Bin Project and The Salt of Life will screen at the Bermuda Underwater Exploration Institute on Sunday.
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Movie review: Red Tails ***
1944. World War II rages. Meanwhile the black pilots of the experimental Tuskegee training program are courageously waging two wars at once - one against enemies overseas and the other against discrimination within their own ranks.
Chewstick reintroduces 'Bakatown' with film festival
Chewstick will present a short film festival starting on Thursday evening. The event will celebrate local filmmakers and musicians.
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