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Home run after home run after home run...NOT! We applauded(a few of us) when the movie was over and it wasn't because we were so bored, but on the contrary.  We were so engrossed with the film and we liked the film as a whole. My mother noticed a lot of flaws, but liked the story anyway. Dad and I agreed with her when she said that the "thing" that happened towards the end needed to happen.  The person that "thing" happened to saw it coming.  He already got what he wanted. What is that? Watch the film to find out.  If you want spoilers, there are links here somewhere.  ;-) There were many hostage taking stories that have been filmed already, but I have yet to check if this is the first one involving someone like Lee Gates(George Clooney).  I vaguely remember something similar, but maybe it was a figment of my imagination or I dreamed of it somehow. OK, everyone did great, but let me mention a few: Caitriona Balfe---not only a sigh...

A former boy-genius (George Clooney) and a gifted teenager (Britt Robertson) set out on a dangerous mission to unearth the secrets of "Tomorrowland," an enigmatic location caught between time and space- WWW Official Website Kudos to the cast and crew!   DIRECTOR Brad Bird PRODUCER Jeffrey Chernov Producer  Damon Lindelof Producer ACTORS George Clooney - Frank Walker   Hugh Laurie - David Nix  Raffey Cassidy - Athena   Thomas Robinson - Young Frank Walker  Britt Robertson - Casey Wow.  I didn't even feel that this movie is more than two hours.  I was really transported to Tomorrowland and when I was there, I wanted to kick David Nix(played by Hugh Laurie)'s butt.  I love the scenes between Athena and Frank(EVERYTHING...yes, including the scenes with George Clooney as the much older Frank).  I also love how Raffey Cassidy  portrayed Athena.  She is a very good actor and she move...

Source “The thought came back to him, as it often did: To save the culture of your allies is a small thing. To cherish the culture of your enemy, to risk your life and the life of other men to save it, to give it all back to them as soon as the battle was won … it was unheard of, but that was exactly what Walker Hancock and the other Monuments Men intended to do.”  ―  Robert M. Edsel ,  The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves, and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History Dad and I have Father-Daughter movie (+ lunch or merienda or dinner) dates once in a while and I think this was one of the best movies we ever watched together. I know that a lot of critics have lambasted this film, but I must say that most of the critics like it. They noted the  flaws , but  in toto , it made us believe that we were watching every scene like we were actually there. My favorite ones were that of  Donald Jeffries (Hugh Bonneville) writ...