Mother’s Day

Special Edition:

In celebration of Mother's Day weekend, I have for you a special early
review and a fitting new/retrospective review holiday-combo! Enjoy!

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> The Dictator
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide Wednesday 5/16 - Sacha Baron Cohen is a fearless actor, never
ceasing to impress with how far he'll go to sell his characters and their
personas. When "The Dictator" wants to make a point, it does. When it
doesn't, it moves steadily between strikingly clever and disappointingly
immature.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_dictator.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Mother's Day
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Now on Blu-ray/DVD - "Mother's Day" is nothing if not affecting and
effective. Reactions will be split down the middle, depending on the
viewer's endurance for tough material, but no one can say the filmmaker
didn't achieve what he set out to.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/12_mothersday.htm> Read the Full
Review >>
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/m/80_mothersday.htm> Retrospective
Review - "Mother's Day" (1980) >>


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Blue courts

To be honest with you, I hope they do boycott the match and come this fall,
perhaps Boise State should take note of the fact that no one like watching
football on a blue field!!!

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/tennis-busted-racquet/rafael-nadal-novak-djoko
vic-threaten-madrid-boycott-over-165258856.html

Foursquare

Anybody else disappointed with the inefficiency of Foursquare? More and more often, an error message displays saying location not found. Is it time to chalk this app up to "another one hit wonder"?

Take in a movie before the pools open!

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews


Opening This Week:



<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Dark Shadows
★★★ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - Based on the 1966-1971 soap opera by Dan Curtis, this long-in-
the-works big-screen adaptation is fittingly lavish and tongue-in-cheek
without, as the misleading trailers would have a viewer believe, turning
the material into a joke. Hodgepodge or not, the nostalgia-laced "Dark
Shadows" is as imaginatively eccentric as it is blithely ghoulish.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/d/12_darkshadows.htm> Read the Full
Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> God Bless
America
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities and VOD - An unblinking rally cry for humanity in a pop-
culture-laden media landscape that makes its fortune out of exploitation
and humiliation. Writer-director Bobcat Goldthwait casts a cynical eye at
the place we all live and makes good enough points for his cinematic
diatribe to remain timely and worthwhile.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/g/12_godblessamerica.htm> Read the
Full Review >>

<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> The Road
★★ (out of ★★★★)

Select Cities - Heavy on atmosphere but light on substance. While some of
writer-director Yam Laranas' bag of genre tricks are effective for such a
clearly low-budget effort, his tendency to cut to black before the payoff
becomes more frustrating than fun. "The Road" leaves one wishing for more
than it offers.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/r/12_road.htm> Read the Full Review >>


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USPS-Cut hours! Not offices!

With all due respect, we all know that this will not amount to hill of
beans.
http://news.yahoo.com/usps-cut-hours-not-close-post-offices-185030579--abc-n
ews-politics.html

Summer time savings

Memorial Day is around the corner and the summer heat will not be far
behind. With energy costs soaring, here are some helpful hints to remain
comfortable while saving money for your vacation.
<http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html>
http://www.consumerenergycenter.org/tips/summer.html

Have a safe and pleasant summer.

Opening this Friday

Dustin Putman's Movie Reviews


Opens Friday:



<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Marvel's The
Avengers
★★½ (out of ★★★★)

Nationwide - As the first of 2012's summer blockbuster hopefuls, "Marvel's
The Avengers" is a crowd-pleaser through and through. It's thrilling when
it wants to be, it's got star power to spare, and the action and effects
are top-notch.
<http://www.dustinputman.com/reviews/a/12_avengers.htm> Read the Full
Review >>


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