The Raid

Odd. Remember last week I saw Dredd 3D? It was an interesting futuristic sci-fi movie that focused on a small team of cops who are sent to flush out a criminal kingpin who basically owns an entire tower-block of low lifes, and even runs a drug empire from one of the upper floors. There’s a…

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Savages

Savages is the tale of two peace loving pot dealers who are targeted for take-over by a vicious Mexican cartel. As luck would have it, I was invited (thanks Jon) to a special screening of the movie at the DGA theater, in the presence of the director, Mr. Oliver Stone himself. I almost genuflected. Because…

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Eat, Pay, Love.

How not to work with the local community: embarrassed officials said that when the crew of Julia Robert’s new movie, “Eat, Pray, Love“, rocked up in Bali’s Bentuyung village a month ahead of schedule, locals blocked roads and demanded 32,000 dollars…….. “There was a misunderstanding. The crew came in 20 trucks… earlier than their scheduled…

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