Have you ever wanted to own a movie studio? Think you could make better greenlight decisions than the current production executives? This is your chance. An investment opportunity previously limited to the wealthy is now open to regular, ordinary people thanks to the new JOBS Act (Jumpstart Our Business Startups), signed by President Obama. Protections …

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10-year old Olivia and her 17-year old brother are left home alone when their Mom goes on a business trip for the weekend. Olivia sees a young woman being kidnapped on the empty New York City streets. Her brother doesn’t believe her, and neither do the cops. So Olivia starts investigating on her own, trying …

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Even the most outrageous comedy has to have some grounding in reality, if only through taking place in a world that is consistently imagined. If we don’t know where we are, there may be jokes, but it is not truly comedy. Writer/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are not people with a lot of ideas. …

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Whoever thought that the “Fast and Furious” series would keep getting better while the once-smart “Bourne” series is the one that drives off a cliff? During the boring parts of this movie, I played a game I made up that I called “Same or Different.” For example, in one of the earlier Bourne movies, our …

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Oscar-winner Natalie Portman directs and stars in “A Tale of Love and Darkness,” based on the international best-seller by Amos Oz inspired by his own story.