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First Take: Patrick- dogs don’t make films better

SYNOPSIS: Sarah is a young woman whose life is in a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after. Yet, like it or not, her G…
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First Take: Sicario- esta película es absolutamente brutal

SYNOPSIS: An idealistic FBI agent is enlisted by a government task force to aid in the escalating war against drugs at the border area between the U.S…
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The Journal, Episode 1: And So It Begins...

In the premiere episode/pilot of The Journal, it’s a bit of housekeeping as it’s all about what you are actually going to see in this new series.
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First Take: Ocean’s 8- every heist needs a natural team leader

SYNOPSIS- Debbie Ocean gathers an all-female crew to attempt an impossible heist at New York City’s yearly Met Gala. 11 years on from Ocean’s 13 (the l…
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Projection Room: Five Years In

And here we are. Last week marked 5 years of reviews here on TheJackSmit.com. Wow. A lot’s been done since then. From radio shows, text reviews, Proj…
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First Take: On Chesil Beach- I always preferred Blackpool

SYNOPSIS: Based on Ian McEwan’s novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal…
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First Take Classics: 2001, A Space Odyssey- a cinematic anniversary, for a blog’s anniversary

SYNOPSIS: Humanity finds a mysterious, obviously artificial object buried beneath the Lunar surface and, with the intelligent computer HAL 9000, sets…
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