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Tag Archives: Cate Blanchett

Second Breakfast: ‘Carol’ Is Pretty Good, Yeah

Every year I kind of forget to prepare myself for the Oscar Drama genre, a subgenre of the Drama made specifically in an effort to win awards. Or maybe I just harbor some secret hope that they’ll go away one day. They won’t. I know they won’t. It’s okay. They’re not all bad. Carol (2015)…

December 6, 2015 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast: “Wow, I’ve Never Seen a ‘Cinderella’ Like This Before”

Disney is currently in the no doubt arduous process of remaking all of their classic princess movies as live action films, apparently shot for shot. No matter how many letters I write to Disney World politely asking for an explanation, they won’t respond. The only possible explanation for this, and for their secrecy, is that…

March 29, 2015 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast: ‘The Monuments Men’ Leaves Much to Be Desired

I’m still reeling a bit from The Lego Movie. I’ll calm down soon, I promise. Time marches on and movies just keep coming out. Like, all the time, and if we want to stay afloat as film review site in the incredibly cutthroat industry of film review sites (someone from the competition shot a gun…

February 16, 2014 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast Gets Around to Saving Mr. Banks

Ugh. The semester. It has started up again. Sigh. Well, it’s my last one. Alright, to prep myself for the impending semester I’ve been watching quite a few uplifting movies so far this year. I saw Walter Mitty and I re-watched Frozen. Also The Hunt, but… yeah, whatever. I’ve got another uplifting movie for y’all:…

January 26, 2014 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

Second Breakfast Saw That New Woody Allen Movie

A friend of mine recently observed, and I think he’s quite right, that, “you can tell a lot about a person based on their reaction to the question, ‘Hey, do you want to go see the new Woody Allen movie tonight?’” Admittedly, neither he nor I were a hundred percent positive as to what you…

September 15, 2013 in Movie Review, Second Breakfast.

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