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Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps Movie Review

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  By Eddy Gleaned from the pages of the Wall Street Journal as well as likely the gossip columns and "real truth" website, Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps attempts to open our eyes to the greed and corruption that led to our current economic situation.  Of course, much of the film is certainly slanted to villanize the stock brokers, firms and even the U.S. Government that leveraged heavily on insurance and home values that eventually collapsed the market, I found myself feeling like I have already seen this movie play out on the small screen. Current T.V. and news already spins on a 24hr cycle and the ubiquitous nature of the internet no longer leaves anything to the imagination.   The first Wall Street opened our eyes to a world of deal making, trading and materialistic values that essentially symbolized the entire decade weather you were on Wall St. or not. We were given a view into a world that was not yet known.   You felt as if you were getting a view of … [Read more...]

Taxi Driver: Collector’s Edition Movie Review

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‘You're only as healthy as you feel' By Jeff You either love it or hate it. So it shouldn't be that hard of a decision if you're even remotely considering buying this 2-disc DVD set, a vast improvement from the previous version released in 1999. If you love Taxi Driver , then this is a must-have. If you hate it...you actually might want to give it another go around... So, ya'll know the plot. Oscar winner Martin Scorsese directed this cult-classic about "honorably discharged" Vietnam-vet Travis Bickle (a brooding Robert De Niro) who returns home to a disheveled New York City and finds himself working graveyard shift for a taxi service, living in a scabby apartment building, condemning society and plotting mayhem. It's an experience that envelopes you more and more in its dark shroud every time you watch it, with many scenes that remain permanently ingrained your memory (for me it's not so much the ‘gun-pointed-at-mirror scene' as it is the slow-mo shot of De … [Read more...]