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April 1-6 “Les Miserables” Jacksonville Center for the Performing Arts fscjartistseries.org April 3 “A Year With Frog and Toad” Thrasher-Horne Center thcenter.org April 3-11 “Beautiful: The Carole King Story” Alhambra Theatre & Dining alhambrajax.com April 3-13 “Oklahoma!” Artist Connection Theatre artistconnectiontheatre.org April 4 “The Great Gatsby: A New Ballet” Florida Theatre floridatheatre.com April 4 &

THE ROAD movie review

November 26, 2009
by Rick Grant After a catastrophic global apocalypse, such as a series of mega-volcanoes or a massive asteroid strike, millions of people would be killed in the initial incident. Then millions more would die in the first few months. The long-term aftermath would be grim, as ash and debris blocked
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NINJA ASSASSIN movie review

November 26, 2009
photo: Daniel Goncalves by Rick Grant “Ninjas? Are you kidding me?” an Asian thug asks when ninjas send him a black sand letter, meaning that ninjas will appear any second out of the shadows and slaughter him and his heavily armed gang. This sums up the nutty idea for the
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The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

November 24, 2009
Freddy Bensch at O'Brothers The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is the much-anticipated sequel to the indie cult classic, The Boondock Saints. The film is the continuation of writer/director Troy Duffy’s tough, stylized cutting edge saga of the MacManus brothers (Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery). The two have been
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The Twilight Saga: New Moon Movie Review

November 21, 2009
by Rick Grant This teen fantasy ekes out every last drop of vampire blood lust from every scene, making anyone over 17 and not a girl squirm in their seat. Yes, the saga of mortal, Bella Swan’s love of brooding vampire, Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) heats up to hormonal critical
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PRECIOUS Movie Review

November 21, 2009
by Rick Grant This is a deeply disturbing film that features exemplary acting and a story about an abused woman, Precious (Gabourey “Gabby”Sidibe) overcoming extreme adversity. Set in 1987 in Harlem, Clareece “Precious” Jones is trapped in a hell-hole apartment with her evil abusive mother, Mary (Mo’Nique). Precious has been
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Planet 51

November 20, 2009
by Rick Grant On an alien planet, on the other side of the galaxy, light years from Earth, a civilization of green people live, speak English, and are living in a 1950s styled world. Funny thing about these people, their worst fear is an alien invasion by hostile creatures hell
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THE BLIND SIDE

November 19, 2009
by Rick Grant Sandra Bullock is an accomplished and versatile actress who has done Oscar worthy work in the past in such films as “Crash.” In this film, Bullock stretches her acting chops as a caring altruistic woman who takes in a wayward stranger, Michael Oher (Quinton Aaron) and helps
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2012 Movie Review

November 12, 2009
by Rick Grant Writer-director, Roland Emmerich of Independence Day fame conjured up this big budget end-of-the-world epic after reading the Mayan prophecies of the apocalypse happening in December, 2012 when the planets line up. Of course, it’s junk science but makes an intriguing premise for the mother of all disaster
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Failing Better Now

November 9, 2009
by Jack Diablo As a single writer nearing 30, I have to say that this movie touched dangerously close to home. Failing Better Now is a sort-of romantic comedy with a hint of drama (a rom-dram?) that comes off like a more mature, slightly less melodramatic Garden State. Mia is
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