Casey LaMarca Movie Reviews
Sunday, February 26, 2012

THE 2012 OSCAR PREDICTIONS

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The 84th Academy Awards Feb. 26, 2012 In wasting no time, let's get right down to the predictions with one sentence explanation...
Saturday, February 25, 2012

Top Ten Films of 2011: A Year Worth Celebrating

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Finally, the end of a calendar year where I can safely say..."what a great year for movies!" It really was. It seemed like week ...
Sunday, December 25, 2011

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

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***1/2 stars Leave it to David Fincher to adapt the enormously popular Swedish book and films series by Stieg Larsson and Niels Arde...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Mission Impossible - Ghost Protocol

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***1/2 stars No recent blockbuster does a better job at creating organic action than Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol , the best ...
Friday, December 16, 2011

The Artist

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**** stars This is one of those films that’s so entertaining and educational on every single level that it’s a shame it’s not being ...
Thursday, December 15, 2011

My Week with Marilyn

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*** stars There is something innocently fascinating about watching a modern day star portray a star from the past. It’s always a grea...
Friday, December 09, 2011

The Descendants

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**** stars There’s a reason why George Clooney is the frontrunner in this year’s Oscar race for best actor. He’s superb. And not jus...
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Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Hugo

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**** stars So it seems Martin Scorsese can do just about anything. When I say this, I mean that the man behind some of the greatest f...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Five for Five: A Rare Run of Great Movies

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I apologize for the two month hiatus. LaMarcable Productions is stringing me up by my pull strings. With Oscar season alive and well, I prom...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

Contagion

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** stars     Just because a threat in a movie feels real doesn't mean you have the authority to supersede tension. For the fi...
Friday, September 09, 2011

$1 Billion Ain't What It Used To Be

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Before this millennium, there was only one film in history (not counting adjustment for inflation) that ever cr...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Post Labor Day: A Return to Glory?

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(Leonardo Dicaprio in Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar ) The 2011 summer movie season is over and done with. Water under the bridge. So long Ha...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Our Idiot Brother

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*** stars Our Idiot Brother tries a lot harder than other films in its genre to have a reason for existing. It's a comedy about a stone...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Another Earth

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**** stars There is something miraculous about a movie that has huge ambitions, is able to surpass those huge ambitions, and land somewher...
Friday, August 12, 2011

30 Minutes or Less

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** stars In an era where comedy seems almost impossible to replicate, 30 Minutes or Less does nothing to retort this claim. Nothing b...
Friday, August 05, 2011

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

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***1/2 stars Maybe it was the low expectations. Maybe it's because of Andy Serkis and his brilliance with motion captured performa...
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Saturday, July 30, 2011

Cowboys & Aliens

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**1/2 stars There is something oddly comforting knowing that a film like Cowboys & Aliens is apart of the summer movie tent-pole. It...
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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Captain America: The First Avenger

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*** stars Captain America: The First Avenge r wastes no time in tricking you that it's a straight-up comic book movie. At first glance,...
Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2

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***1/2 stars Regardless if you're a fan of the ridiculously successful franchise (over $6 billion worldwide and counting) or not, y...
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Friday, July 08, 2011

Horrible Bosses

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***1/2 stars There's something wickedly clever about a summer comedy where normal people are thrown into nasty situations, yet there...
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