Movies this weekend

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews Opening This Week: After Earth ★★ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - Inert and curiously unimaginative. This is not the same M. Night Shymalan who gave audiences a reason to shriek in fright one minute and uncontrollably weep the next during "The Sixth Sense" and "Signs." Where has that artist gone? "After Earth" bears the mark of a work-for-hire who has all but given up. Read the Full Review >> Before Midnight ★★★ (out of ★★★★) Select Cities - "Before Midnight" lacks the sweeping romanticism of "Before Sunrise," replaced by the realities of one's day-to-day existence in a world where things don't always turn out the way one imagines, or hopes. Such is life. Read the Full Review >> Now You See Me ★½ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - A synthetic sleight of hand that divulges plenty of tricks but never quite settles on a satisfactory endgame, "Now You See Me" moves sluggishly through its paces while managing to waste just about every actor in its top-flight ensemble. Read the Full Review >> © 2013 Dustin Putman dustinputman.com twitter.com/DustinPutman

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Memorial Day 2013

I sat today to pen my thoughts for this Memorial Day. Instead I stumbled on
a piece written in emissourian.com that captures my feelings. I share it
with you in the hope that you will remember all our brave men and women who
served, continue to serve and especially those who died protecting our
freedom.

Memorial Day will be observed all over America Monday. It's a day when we
remember the sacrifices that men and women made for their country.

Through the observances that are held every year on this day, we reflect on
the men and women who wore, and who today, wear the military uniforms of the
United States. Many are not with us. They died on the fields, seas and skies
in combat in other lands. The ones who survived combat often wonder why they
were spared and others were not. It's a nagging thought and there's never an
explanation.

So many of our veterans have passed on with the passing of time.

Perhaps one of the saddest outcomes of war is that many of our military
personnel were reported missing and later they were listed as presumed dead.
The families of these warriors will never know how or exactly where their
loved ones died.

A group of veterans we must never forget for their sacrifices are the ones
in VA hospitals or rest homes. They survived but they wear the wounds of
battle - never to be the same as they once were.

We honor all veterans, not just the ones who were awarded medals and were
recognized for their valor under fire. There are others for whatever reason
were overlooked and they were never recognized for their heroic deeds in
combat. They were many and their comrades in arms recognize them in thoughts
that never die.

To all of our veterans and to all the veterans' organizations for their
staging of memorial services, our nation remembers the sacrifices. Old
soldiers do die but for generation after generation our thoughts of you do
not fade away. Memorial Day is but one day for special thanksgiving for your
sacrifices. For many, Memorial Day is every day!

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Long weekend movie choices

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews

Opening This Week: Epic ★★ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - Rule #1 for titling a motion picture: never provide false hopes to prospective viewers that cannot be lived up to. Forgettable to the point where its memory begins to fade the moment the film is over, "Epic" diverts only in that it's not strictly a chore to watch. Faint praise, to be sure, and epically un-epic. Read the Full Review >> Fast & Furious 6 ★½ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - Running a needlessly exorbitant 130 minutes, one must sit through 90 full minutes of macho posturing, moronic dialogue, and virtual dead air before the first halfway memorable action set-piece arrives. From there, things finally take off, but the diverting third act is not enough to make up for the endurance test of the first two. Read the Full Review >> Frances Ha ★★★ (out of ★★★★) Select Cities - The near-incomparable Greta Gerwig gives Frances a fire, an exuberance, and a three-dimensional uniqueness that ensures the viewer never sways from her side. Frances—and Gerwig—is a sympathetic, naturally funny original, earning every right to be happy and successful. Read the Full Review >> The Hangover Part III ★★ (out of ★★★★) Nationwide - In spite of its off-putting elements, "The Hangover Part III" is better than it probably deserves to be. When so many trilogies start strong and finish with a whimper, "The Hangover" movies set the bar very low to begin with, and then lower still, just so the only way to go for the finale would be up. Read the Full Review >>

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Star Trek!

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/13_startrekintodarkness.htm> Star
Trek Into Darkness
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A breathtaking, seat-gripping extravaganza of near-endless
scope, excitement, and personality. Giving all impending summer 2013
tentpoles a reason to be intimidated, "Star Trek Into Darkness" should
safely reintroduce audiences to just how much fun moviegoing can be.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/s/13_startrekintodarkness.htm> Read
the Full Review >>


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Happy Mother's Day

How To Call Mom In Different Languages
Afrikaans - Moeder, Ma
Albanian - Mëmë; Nënë; Burim; Kryemurgeshë
Arabic - Ahm
Aragones - Mai
Asturian - Ma
Aymara - Taica
Azeri (Latin Script) - Ana
Basque - Ama
Belarusan - Matka
Bengali - Ma,ammu, ammy
Bergamasco - Màder
Bolognese - Mèder
Bosnian - Majka
Brazilian Portuguese - Mãe
Bresciano - Madèr
Breton - Mamm
Bulgarian - Majka
Byelorussian - Macii
Calabrese - Matre, Mamma
Caló - Bata, Dai
Catalan - Mare
Cebuano - Inahan; Nanay
Chechen - Nana
Croatian - Mati, Majka
Czech - Abatyse
Danish - Mor
Dutch - Moeder; Moer
Dzoratâi - Mére
English - Mom, Mummy, Mother, Mama
Esperanto - Patrino, Panjo
Estonian - Ema
Faeroese - Móðir
Finnish - Äiti
Flemish - Moeder
French - Mère, Maman
Frisian - Emo, Emä, Kantaäiti, Äiti
Furlan - Mari
Galician - Nai
German - Mutter
Greek - Màna
Griko - Salentino, Mána
Hawaiian - Makuahine
Hindi - Ma, Maji
Hungarian - Anya, Fu
Icelandic - Móðir
Ilongo - Iloy; Nanay; Nay
Indonesian - Induk, Ibu, Biang, Nyokap
Irish - Máthair
Italian - Madre, Mamma
Japanese - Okaasan, Haha
Judeo Spanish - Madre
Kannada - Amma
Kurdish Kurmanji - Daya
Ladino - Uma
Latin - Mater
Leonese - Mai
Ligurian - Maire
Limburgian - Moder, Mojer, Mam
Lingala - Mama
Lithuanian - Motina
Lombardo Occidentale - Madar
Lunfardo - Vieja
Macedonian - Majka
Malagasy - Reny
Malay - Emak
Malayalam - Amma Maltese - Omm
Mantuan - Madar
Maori - Ewe, Haakui
Mapunzugun - Ñuke, Ñuque
Marathi -Aai
Mongolian - `eh
Mudnés - Medra, mama
Neapolitan - Mamma
Norwegian - Madre
Occitan - Maire
Old Greek - Mytyr
Oriya - Bou
Parmigiano - Mädra
Persian - Madr, Maman
Piemontese - Mare
Polish - Matka, Mama
Portuguese - Mãe
Punjabi - Mai, Mataji, Pabo
Quechua - Mama
Rapanui - Matu'aVahine
Reggiano - Mèdra
Romagnolo - Mèder
Romanian - Mama, Maica
Romansh - Mamma
Russian - Mat'
Saami - Eadni
Samoan - Tina
Sardinian (LimbaSardaUnificada) - Mama
Sardinian Campidanesu - Mamai
Sardinian Logudoresu - Madre, Mamma
Serbian - Majka
Shona - Amai
Sicilian - Matri
Slovak - Mama, Matka
Slovenian - Máti
Spanish - Madre, Mamá, Mami
Swahili - Mama, Mzazi, Mzaa
Swedish - Mamma, Mor, Morsa
Swiss German - Mueter
Tamil -Amma
Telegu - Amma
Triestino - Mare
Turkish - Anne, Ana, Valide
Turkmen - Eje
Ukrainian - Mati
Urdu - Ammee
Valencian - Mare
Venetian - Mare
Viestano - Mamm'
Vietnamese - Me
Wallon - Mére
Welsh - Mam
Yiddish - Muter
Zeneize - Moæ

Movies

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews

Opening This Week:

The Great Gatsby
★★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A sensory wonderland both intimate and vast as director Baz Luhrmann creates an immersive onscreen world that, for all of its bold and fancy reimaginings, remains accurate to F. Scott Fitzgerald's sumptuous literary descriptions. It's a lot to drink in all at once and a sight to behold, yes, but one that never loses sight of the heartstrings it keeps plucking.
Read the Full Review >>

© 2013 Dustin Putman

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DO NOT CALL REGISTRY

In case you did not know, cell phones numbers are going public. If you want
to place your phone on the National Do Not Call Registry - call to register
your cell phone on the National Do Not Call Registry for 5 years. The number
to call is (888) 382-1222. You can use this number to register your home
phone as well. And remember, you have to call this number from the phone
you want to register.

Gardening or movies this weekend?

Opening This Week:

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/13_happyhouse.htm> The Happy House
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

NYC - If writer-director D.W. Young hasn't made a particularly meaningful
movie, he has made an original one. "The Happy House" is nothing if not a
fresh mixture of colorful characters, questionable manners, and rusty,
suddenly-new-again horror conventions.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/h/13_happyhouse.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/13_ironman3.htm> Iron Man 3
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - A disappointingly middling start to this year's summer movie
season that, nevertheless, also serves as a fitting personal conclusion to
self-deprecating scientist/entrepreneur/makeshift superhero Tony Stark.
"Iron Man 3" might not be a total bust, but it does result in one big "meh."
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/i/13_ironman3.htm> Read the Full
Review >>


ⓒ 2013 Dustin Putman
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