Month: November 2012
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Corner Gas, Episode 33: Key To The Future
The Writers – Brent Butt and Mark Farrell Director – David Storey A brief synopsis – Hank starts having vaguely prophetic dreams, convincing himself he is psychic. Brent and Wanda take advantage of this situation. Lacey gets “help” from Oscar fixing the town’s one pothole. Karen and Davis have a hard time keeping track of the keys. The…
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The Office: Episode 169 – The Whale
Written by Carrie Kemper Directed by Rodman Flender A brief synopsis – Dwight gets etiquette lessons on dealing with a woman client from Pam. Angela enlists Oscar to help her catch the person her husband is cheating with. Toby starts a trend to commemorate “Movember.” Andy checks in from his boat trip with his brother via Skype. The best line…
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CPE, Em and El: Wreck-It Ralph appeals to girls and boys
Wreck-It Ralph – 2012 Director Rich Moore Starring (voices) John C. Reilly, Sarah Silverman, Alan Tudyk, Jack McBrayer, Jane Lynch, Mindy Kaling, Ed O’Neill, Dennis Haysbert Screenplay Phil Johnston, Jennifer Lee The genius of Wreck-It Ralph is not in the ground that it treads. The multi-licensed cameos has been done before by Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and the…
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The Office: Episode 168 – The Boat
Written by Dan Sterling Directed by John Krasinski A brief synopsis – Andy’s family is now broke, and his brother (Josh Groban) is an alcoholic. Kevin finds out something about The Senator and Oscar. Dwight’s moment of glory on a radio call in show is upended by…you know. The best line – Erin: So this is how your family came…
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Magic Mike: Typical story made special by Soderbergh and Horn
Magic Mike – 2012 Director Steven Soderbergh Starring Channing Tatum, Cody Horn, Alex Pettyfer, Matthew McConaughey, Joe Manganiello, Matt Bomer, Olivia Munn, Kevin Nash Screenplay Reid Carolin Almost 1/3 of the way through Magic Mike, there is a point where Brooke (Horn) has just discovered where her brother Alex (Pettyfer) has been working. She does her best to…
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Hotel Transylvania is Finding Nemo for Monsters
Hotel Transylvania – 2012 Director Genndy Tartakovsky Starring (voices) Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez, Andy Samburg, David Spade, Steve Buscemi, Kevin James, Fran Drescher, Jon Lovitz, Cee Lo Green, Molly Shannon Screenplay by Peter Baynam, Robert Smigel,Tartakovsky So after all of this time, I finally decided to figure out whether Transylvania really exists. It does. It’s somewhere in…
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Rock Of Ages: Hair Spray on a Wig
Rock of Ages – 2012 Directed by Adam Shankman Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Bonita, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige Screenplay by Justin Thoroux, Chris D’Arienzo, Allan Loeb “What’s it like to be THE Stacie Jaxx?” And do we care? Time for nonsense of a different sort. Rock…
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Coriolanus: Shakespeare works best in its original Klingon
Coriolanus – 2012 Director Ralph Fiennes Starring Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Cox, Jessica Chastain, Paul Jesson, John Kani Screenplay John Logan based on the play by William Shakespeare Before I say anything else, I must say this: Coriolanus is nonsense. Out of context and out of its time, it is the square peg trying stubbornly to fit within…
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