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Reeltime Report: Man of Steel
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Monday, June 17, 2013. Man of Steel - *1/2. Henry Cavill, Amy Adams, Michael Shannon, Laurence Fisburn, Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, Diane Lane. Focus It’s a factor of human existence. Millions take prescription drugs on a daily basis to ensure we can focus enough just to make it through our lives. It’s a necessity. Based on ‘Man of Steel’ the ability to focus is looked upon as an advantage that our protagonist has because of his upbringing on this planet. It is never explained. An even further forgotte...
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Reeltime Report: 2013 Oscar Diary
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Sunday, February 24, 2013. Here it is. My fourth annual ‘Oscar Diary.’ This is one of my most fun posts of the year. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. Without further adieu…. 7:22 – Kristen Chenowith has the most annoying voice I have ever heard. Seriously, it’s piercing. 7:24 – Renee Zellwegger is being interviewed, I’m really glad she has gotten over her skeletor phase. It just wasn’t working for her. 7:30 – Here we go…I hope that Tommy Lee Jones is amused. I would actually p...
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Reeltime Report: Zero Dark Thirty
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Thursday, January 17, 2013. Zero Dark Thirty - * 1/2. Jessica Chastain, Jennifer Ehle, Jason Clarke, Kyle Chandler, Joel Edgerton. By conventional math it took nearly 10 years to catch Osama Bin Laden. By the math of what it took in manpower and the toll on the individuals involved in “the greatest manhunt in history” it was much longer. The constant weight of something of this nature will age you much more than the traditional year would. Part of what makes the movie successful is would be Chastain̵...
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The Kansas City Explorer: The Plaza: "Nichols' Folly"
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The Kansas City Explorer. Thursday, March 3, 2011. The Plaza: "Nichols' Folly". Raised by Hercules, Julius Caesar fortified me, with high walls and towers, I was conquered for the king of heaven by Garcí Pérez de Vargas.". Spoiler alert: That quote is not about Kansas City. Instead it is a popular verse- blending both mythology and history- used to describe Seville, Spain one of Kansas City's sister cities. It may or may not be well known around town, but. Kansas City has 13 "sister cities". JC Nichols, a.
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The Kansas City Explorer: June 2011
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The Kansas City Explorer. Friday, June 10, 2011. From First Fridays to Freeky Fridays. Sunday, June 5, 2011. A First Friday of Art, Fire, and Zombies. So until next time, remember: Cardio, seat belts, and this has nothing to do with anything, but a little sunscreen never hurt anybody." - Columbus from Zombieland. The KC Explorer is BACK! The KC Explorer started out the night at a closed off section dubbed the "No Coast KC Street Fair." With live music, small art booths, food vendors, drinks, and stre...
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Reeltime Report: Django Unchained
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012. Django Unchained - * *. Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington. Christoph Waltz gives yet another mesmerizing performance under the tutelage of Tarantino. What starts as a slightly different “good” version of his ‘Inglorious Basterds’ character Hans Landa becomes something altogether unique when he goes toe-to-toe with some of the other great actors on board. As Calvin Candie, DiCaprio’s plantation owner has come into the poss...
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Reeltime Report: Spring Breakers
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Tuesday, April 2, 2013. Spring Breakers - * *. Venessa Hudgens, Selena Gomez, James Franco, Ashley Benson, Rachel Korine, Gucci Mane. Like a rite of passage every March brings with it another spring break, a cauldron of false hope wrapped in temptation. Only this rite doesn’t involve a test of strength or of acumen, but reality. How far are some willing to let reality go? On a space station orbiting above Earth, how long are some willing to let themselves tether out? The frenetic- yet at times poetic- fr...
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Reeltime Report: Flight
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Flight - * *1/2. Denzel Washington, Kelly Reilly, Don Cheadle, John Goodman, Bruce Greenwood. After Whip, we are introduced to Nicole. She seems to live her life on that very same razor’s edge. For her though, this isn’t a choice but a prison. Nicole doesn’t want to be where and who she is but finds the harder she tries to dig herself out the further down she goes. Nicole is in a desperate attempt to get out of the rut her life is in. The major irony here is that Whip had th...
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Reeltime Report: Skyfall
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012. Skyfall - * *. Daniel Craig, Naomie Harris, Javier Bardem, Judi Dench, Ralph Fiennes. Skyfall represents a new page being turned for Bond bringing him nearly to the point where we always know him to be. Along the way the film makes subtle nods to the Bond we previously knew, while showing enough to prove to us that this one is different. Please note I do not include Timothy Dalton when I say this, sorry Timmy. Everything is planned out to a “T” and paints Bond in...It’...