The plot of Maggie Moore(s) makes for an intriguing trailer but a deeply flawed movie. The plot involves the death of two different women named Maggie Moore in the same small town exactly one week apart. There are basically two-halves of the story stuck together with scotch tape and a prayer with a romance subplot thrown in as well creating a film with enjoyable moments here and there but more than a few issues it simply can’t overcome.
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Released as part of DC’s “DC Retro Wave,” here’s a look at figures for the 1977 animated series The New Adventures of Batman featuring Batman, Robin, the Joker, Batgirl, Commissioner Gordon, and the Riddler which you can now pre-order for the combined low, low price of $108.
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Leo starts with the same premise of one of my favorite films from one of my favorite years of movies. Joseph Vijay stars as a shop owner who defends his cafe against armed intruders. News of the event, however, brings out even more trouble. First we get the wave of violence from the dead robbers’ friends and family which only draws more attention to the reclusive Parthiban. This brings the attention of a criminal empire who believes this local hero to be a mass murderer known as Leo.
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From director Alexander Payne comes this tale of an unlikely group of miserable people spending the holiday break together. In a Summer School-esque setup, we get Paul Giamatti as a frumpy history teacher at a prestigious New England boarding school dragged into filling in as the faculty member necessary to stay around while the rest of faculty and students return home for the winter holiday. Everyone’s least favorite teacher, Mr. Hunham (Giamatti) is paired with one of the school’s most unruly students (Dominic Sessa), abandoned by his family at the last-minute, and the school’s head cook (Da’Vine Joy Randolph) still grieving the loss of her son.
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