Hard to believe this was a hole in the ground on Monday!

Day 4 and things are moving along........

Friends and neighbors are amazed at the speed and proficiency! For us,
it's just another day in the park.

Progress...

Day three and work goes on........

Tuesday June 28, 2011

last week continued..

our new project

Take a look.  Will add updated pictures daily

In case you are taking Friday off.......

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_transformers3.htm> Transformers:
Dark of the Moon
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - For all its shortcomings, let it be known that "Transformers:
Dark of the Moon" could have been worse. Much, more worse. Thrilling, then
deflating, the film bores just when it should be taking itself to the next
level. Concluding on an especially shrug-worthy note, "Transformers: Dark of
the Moon" cannot be recommended when all is said and done. Considering how
much more disastrous it could have been, however, this is one instance where
two stars is almost something to celebrate.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_transformers3.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

Reviews Coming Soon: "Larry Crowne" and "Monte Carlo"

(c) 2011 Dustin Putman
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Face lift complete!

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Sunday face lift continued....

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Sunday face lift!

East, West, North or South....Music is Music everywhere......

When Flamenco meets Qawwali! Enjoy!

http://www.kabobfest.com/2011/04/qawwali-meets-flamenco.html

Happy Anniversary Dustin! Thanks for keeping them honest.....

Celebration!

In June 2001, TheMovieBoy.com was born. Over 2,000 film reviews later, the
now-titled DustinPutman.com celebrates its 10-year anniversary this week!

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_badteacher.htm> Bad Teacher
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - "Bad Teacher" is quick-paced and diverting, to be sure, but
when the end arrives at the 89-minute mark the immediate reaction is that
it was too slight by a half and a lot safer than expected. It's not
difficult to see that the project started as something greater than it
ultimately finished as.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_badteacher.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/11_cars2.htm> Cars 2
½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Here is a film-easily Pixar's worst, so junky it seems to have
been made by an imposter studio-that ruthlessly betrays every last thing
the first "Cars" so passionately stood for. A direct-to-video-level piece
of twaddle that shouldn't even be considered canon, "Cars 2" deserves to be
sent straight to the scrap heap. John Lasseter has some serious explaining
to do.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/c/11_cars2.htm> Read the Full Review
>>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/k/11_kidnapped.htm> Kidnapped
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

OnDemand & Select Cities - More a grim, crafty exercise rather than
anything deeper, but it still delivers the desired impact. "Kidnapped"
doesn't tell you anything you didn't already know, but it sure is
engrossing. It knows exactly what it's doing.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/k/11_kidnapped.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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And the transformation continues....

Another happy client.  Take a look for yourself.

 

Before:

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After:

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get out of the sweltering heat this weekend.........

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_artofgettingby.htm> The Art of
Getting By
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - The writing-directing debut of Gavin Wiesen, "The Art of
Getting By" is halfway endearing in its semi-amateurishness, plagued by all
the mistakes that can come from limited-resource indie filmmaking while
overflowing with the clichés inherent in design-by-committee studio fare.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/11_artofgettingby.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_beautifulboy.htm> Beautiful Boy
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - "Beautiful Boy" is a frank, melancholy drama, but it's not
morose. Like 2010's "Rabbit Hole" before it, the film's depiction of a
married couple in emotional peril rings true rather than maudlin, sustained
at a riveting pitch through the consummately raw, sympathetic performances
of its two leads.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_beautifulboy.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/11_greenlantern.htm> Green Lantern
★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - The umpteenth comic book to be made into a splashy summer
popcorn extravaganza, "Green Lantern" returns audiences yet again to Origin
Story Central, where the fine details might be different but the plot
trajectory is very much the same. One has to wonder if all these superhero
tales were created by way of "Mad Libs."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/11_greenlantern.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mrpopperspenguins.htm> Mr.
Popper's Penguins
★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A particularly plain, patly penned picture preoccupied with
penguin poop. It's pedestrian pabulum, too prosaic for preteens and too
plodding and progressively predictable for pubescent patrons. "Mr. Popper's
Penguin" is a flavorless, out-of-touch trifle without an idea in the world
how to captivate its audience, young or old.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/11_mrpopperspenguins.htm> Read the
Full Review >>

© 2011 Dustin Putman
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Feel like getting out of heat this weekend? Go see a movie.

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_beginners.htm> Beginners
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Written and directed by Mike Mills with semi-
autobiographical shades from his own life, "Beginners" is meaningful yet
told with a light hand, touching yet a little undernourished. Nevertheless,
the messages the film imparts are valid and succinct without growing
maudlin or preachy.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/b/11_beginners.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_judymoody.htm> Judy Moody and
the NOT Bummer Summer
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - "Supermegatotally thrilladelic" is the lofty tagline
brandishing the poster one-sheet for "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer
Summer." It does not accurately describe the film in question, but then, a
more honest appraisal such as, "Just kind of there," probably wouldn't send
kids or their parents racing to the multiplex.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/j/11_judymoody.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_submarine.htm> Submarine
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - A coming-of-age story that wants to blend the bittersweet
with the sardonic. It is so self-aware, however, and its lead character so
stringently contrived with hipster 'tude and affectations that it's
difficult to take it seriously and become emotionally invested in the lives
of the people involved.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_submarine.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_super8.htm> Super 8
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Certain to go down as one of the most worthwhile and memorable
of this year's big-budget summer tentpoles. "Super 8" has all the requisite
fireworks and pizzazz one expects, but its special weapon-the thing that
helps to separate it from the crowd-is how much it cares. For that,
Hollywood would be wise to take note.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_super8.htm> Read the Full Review
>>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_trollhunter.htm> Troll Hunter
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

OnDemand and Select Cities - An ambitious treat of equal parts threat and
whimsy. Bursting with ingenuity and simply stunning to look at, "Troll
Hunter" stands as an example next to 2010's shoestring sensation "Monsters"
of just how much bang indie filmmakers these days can get with their bucks.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/t/11_trollhunter.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

ⓒ 2011 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman

A trip to the cinema may be worth the time this weekend........

Opening Thursday:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_super8.htm> Super 8
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Certain to go down as one of the most worthwhile and memorable
of this year's big-budget summer tentpoles. "Super 8" has all the requisite
fireworks and pizzazz one expects, but its special weapon-the thing that
helps to separate it from the crowd-is how much it cares. For that,
Hollywood would be wise to take note.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/11_super8.htm> Read the Full Review
>>

Reviews Coming Soon: "Beginners," "Judy Moody and the NOT Bummer Summer" and
"Submarine."

(c) 2011 Dustin Putman
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<http://www.twitter.com/DustinPutman> twitter.com/DustinPutman

Maybe a good weekend for popcorn.........

 

Opening This Week:   Tree of Life ★★ (out of ★★★★) Select Cities - Over thirty years in the making from initial idea to finished product, "The Tree of Life" dares to explore no less than the wonders of life, the mysteries of death, and the very creation of the universe. It is no doubt Terrence Malick's most ambitious motion picture to date, and, regrettably, his most misguided. Read the Full Review >> X-Men: First Class ★★★ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - A prequel that stays true to the mythology already established while simultaneously revitalizing the series with fresh blood and new ideas, "X-Men: First Class" is an altogether superior motion picture—grander, better written, and more dramatically sound. Read the Full Review >>

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