Author: Paulette Cohn

Like so many movies from Walt Disney Studios, the hero in Big Hero 6, Hiro Hamada (Ryan Potter), lost his parents at a young age and is searching for a place to belong in the world. When his older brother Tadashi (Daniel Henney) finally gets him on the right track by taking him to the super-duper science lab where Tadashi has created a cutting-edge robot named Baymax (Scott Adsit), whose job it is to take care of people, tragedy strikes.

Hiro turns to Baymax in his time of need, as well as a group of science-minded friends — adrenaline junkie Go Go Tomago (Jamie Chung), neatnik Wasabi (Damon Wayans Jr.), chemistry whiz Honey Lemon (Genesis Rodriguez) and fanboy Fred (T.J. Miller) – to use their smarts to help him solve the mystery of what really … Read more

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We love William H. Macy as the well-lubricated Frank Gallagher on Shameless, a role he will reprise when the series returns to Showtime in January. But there is more to Macy than just his acting talent, which he proves with his first-rate directorial debut, tackling a tender story about finding happiness after suffering loss and pain, known as Rudderless.

Rudderless is the story of Sam (Billy Crudup), a former high-profile advertising executive whose life is hijacked by the sudden death of his son Josh (Miles Heizer). Living off the grid on a docked sailboat two years following the loss, he wastes away his days while drowning his pain in alcohol. When Sam’s ex-wife (Felicity Huffman) drops off a box filled with Josh’s demo tapes and lyrics, his own child’s musical talent is a revelation for him, a grieving father yearning to reconnect with … Read more

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In The Best of Me, Nicholas Sparks begs the question in yet another memorable tearjerker: Does everything happen for a reason when two former high school sweethearts are brought together by the death of a man they both loved?

Dawson and Amanda are two former high school sweethearts, who are reunited after 20 years apart, when they return to their small Louisiana town for the funeral of a beloved friend. Amanda is unhappily married with a son, while Dawson is recovering from an accident on an oil rig that should have killed him. When the two first meet, there is recrimination, but they quickly get past it and reignite the love they’ve never forgotten.

But even as they find happiness in each other, they soon discover that the forces that drove them apart initially, pose an even more serious threat in their present day.

James Marsden and Michelle Monaghan play … Read more

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He may not be 007 and have a license to kill, but it is great to have Pierce Brosnan back on the screen in a spy thriller that shows what might happen if James Bond got over his Peter Pan complex and grew up.

In “The November Man,” Brosnan plays Peter Deverarux, a highly trained and extremely lethal former CIA operative, who is much more cynical and hard-edged than Bond.

Deveraux, aka The November Man — so named because once he starts killing no one is left alive and it’s like winter, is drawn out of retirement in Switzerland for a personal mission that goes wrong.

As the bullets fly and the cars blow up, Deveraux is drawn into a conspiracy involving a Russian politician (Lazar Ristovski), who is hoping to be the next ruler of Russia. To prevent this, Deveraux must protect a valuable witness, Alice Fournier, (Olga … Read more

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(PCM) Most human beings only access 10-15 percent of their brains. “Lucy,” starring Scarlett Johansson in the title role, is the story of a woman who unwittingly exceeds that capacity.

From “La Femme Nikita” and “The Professional” writer/director Luc Besson comes this action-thriller that tracks a woman accidentally caught in a dark deal who turns the tables on her captors and transforms into a merciless warrior evolved beyond human logic.

Lucy (Johansson) is a carefree young student living in Taiwan who is tricked by her boyfriend into delivering a briefcase to a business contact. Before she can understand the situation in which she’s become ensnared, Lucy is grabbed and held hostage by the merciless Mr. Jang (Cho Min Sik).

When his thugs surgically implant a package loaded with a powerful synthetic substance – one that would likely kill her if it were to leak — in our heroine, her terror turns to desperation. Even … Read more

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Disney’s “Muppets Most Wanted” is clever, corny and chockfull of celebrity cameos, so it is a fun film for the entire family, with lots of innuendos that are only for the adults in the audience. But could you expect anything less with Ricky Gervais and his outrageous sense of humor … Continue reading →

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