Disconnect

If you’ve “liked” Louis CK’s rant about smartphones recently, you’ll also enjoy Disconnect. Well, maybe enjoy is a strong word. It’s basically a grim tale about cyber crime and identity theft and online bullying and the tendency these days for us to play out our lives via the internet with no thought to the consequences….

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Identity Thief

Let’s face it, we were all expecting Identity Thief to be the comedy of the summer. I mean, Jason Bateman’s in it, right? And the brilliant Melissa McCarthy. And a whole host of great supporting folks. Well, sorry to say…. Diana (McCarthy) is a conwoman who steals the identity of struggling family man, Sandy (Bateman)….

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Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium

This is what my Sunday afternoons have come to: Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium. Oh dear. Now to be fair, this movie had a few things going for it. First it was written by Zach Helm, the same chap who penned the inestimable Stranger than Fiction. It’s exudes some of that same sweet and gentle whimsy….

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