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Beauty and the Beast (2017)

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Director:  Bill Condon Writers:  Stephen Chbosky, Even Spiliotopoulos (Screenplay), based upon the tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. Cast: Emma Watson (Belle), Dan Stevens (Beast), Luke Evens (Gaston), Josh Gad (Lafou), Kevin Kline (Maurice), Hattie Morahan (Agatha / Enchantress), Hayden Gwynne (Clothilde), Gerard Horan (Jean the Potter), Ray Fearon (Pere Robert), Ewan McGregor (Lumiere), Ian cKellen (Cogsworth), Emma Thompson (Mrs. Potts), Nathan Mack as Chip. Opening Sequence: On November 22, 1991 the Disney animated feature opened State side. 25 million budget, this little film earned 44,797 on it's opening day. Who would've known this little musical, and the third in the Disney Renaissance period would become a world wide instant classic. Based on a French fairy tale by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont. It went on to collect a whopping 425 million in the world wide box office. So we flash forward to 2017. A new film that was destined to grow like ...

Logan (2017)

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Director:  James Mangold Writers:  James Mangold, Michael Green (screenplay), John Romita Sr. and Roy Thomas (Characters), Lein Wein, Herb Trimpe, (Characters), and Craig Kyle and Christopher Yost (X-23, Laura Kinney). Cast:  Hugh Jackman (Logan), Patrick Stewart (Charles), Dafine Keen (Laura), Boyd Holbrook (Pierce), Stephen Merchant (Caliban), Elizabeth Rodriguez (Gabriela), Richard E. Grant (Dr. Rice), Eriq La Salle (Will Munson), Elise Neal (Kathryn Munson), and Quincy Fouse (Nate Munson). Opening sequence: Finally a Wolverine film that has something to offer than a humdrum story. Unlike the other Wolverine films this one has a balls to the wall kinda feel to it. The film never lets you go, it continues to grab you as the story goes along. I can say that with relief, because this is it, not going to get anything better than what you saw in this film. Not going to say much more before i go into my review, i just wanted to let you guys know where i came ...

Arrival (2016)

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Director: Denis Villeneuve Writers: Eric Heisserer (Screenplay), Ted Chiang (based on a story "Story of your life") Cast: Amy Adams (Louise Banks), Jeremy Renner (Ian Donnelly), Forest Whitaker (Colonel Weber), Michael Stuhlbarg (Agent Halpern), Mark O'Brien (Captain Marks), Tzi Ma (General Shang), Abigail Pniowsky (8-Year-Old-Hannah), Julia Scarlett Dan (12-Year-Old-Hannah), Jadyn Malone (6-Year-Old-Hannah). Opening Sequence: The Arrival has been out for some time, and for a change i'm glad i reviewed this film. Because it's an alien film, with a very different twist. The flow from the first Act to the very last. Films like this one should be best picture, but, not going judge what is good and bad. Remember films are all about the audiences, not the Academy or Award people behind the scenes. The people's choice awards are my kinda thing, because of the people voting for best picture, and so forth. Movies like this particular one makes you think. So ...