Author: coolpapae
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The Office: Episode 172 – Lice
Written by Niki Schwartz-Wright Directed by Rodman Flender A brief synopsis – Jim has a great meeting with a basketball legend. Pam lets Meredith take the rap for bringing lice into the office. Dwight vows to exterminate the menace. Darryl gets unwanted help from Kevin, Phyllis and Nellie. The best line – Dwight (after letting loose an insecticide…
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Dredd: A world that no one wants to live in
Dredd – 2012 Director Pete Travis Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thirlby, Wood Harris, Leana Headey Written Alex Garland One could suppose that there is an attempt at some artistic statement to be made with the world as it appears in Dredd, which is the 2nd attempt at starting a franchise based on the comic book. Something akin to…
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Django Unchained: If Samuel L. Jackson doesn’t win an Oscar, there is no justice
Django Unchained – 2012 Written and Directed by Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Samuel L. Jackson, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, Don Johnson, Walton Goggins, James Remar, Michael Parks, Dennis Christopher There is a scene that resonates deeply. On the way into Candyland, Jamie Foxx’s freed slave, Django, rides along a group of men in chains.…
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Pitch Perfect: Hits almost every note
Pitch Perfect – 2012 Director Jason Moore Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Skylar Astin, Brittany Snow, Anna Camp, Ben Platt, Adam Devine, Freddie Stroma, Hana Mae Lee, Alexis Knapp, Ester Dean, Elizabeth Banks, John Michael Higgins, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, John Benjamin Hickey Screenplay Kay Cannon based on the book by Mickey Rapkin One thing that film makers and media…
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Looper is wound just right
Looper – 2012 Written and Directed by Rian Johnson Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Bruce Willis, Emily Blunt, Paul Dano, Noah Segan, Jeff Daniels, Pierce Gagnon, Garrett Dillahunt, Piper Perabo, Xu Quing, Joe Brennan The only thing that gives one pause in the first 20 minutes of the Looper is the obviously disfigured face of Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Even as…
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Ebert Does It Better: 2012 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: 19,000 people fit into the new Barclays Center to see Jay-Z perform. This blog was viewed about 140,000 times in 2012. If it were a concert at the Barclays Center, it would take about 7 sold-out performances for that…
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Liberal Arts: Radnor is no Woody Allen, Thank God
Liberal Arts – 2012 Written and Directed by Josh Radnor Starring Radnor, Elizabeth Olson, Richard Jenkins, Allison Janney, John Magaro, Zac Efron, Elizabeth Reaser As a 35-year-old college admissions officer in New York, Josh Radnor has the face that crosses most people after they’ve been gone from college for long enough to realize that this is all…
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Trouble with the Curve: No middle ground
Trouble with the Curve – 2012 Directed by Robert Lorenz Starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams, Justin Timberlake, Matthew Lillard, John Goodman, Robert Patrick, Scott Eastwood, Jay Galloway Screenplay Randy Brown Early on, there is a scene where baseball men are talking in the organizational offices of the Atlanta Braves. The discussion is revolves around whether Gus Lobel (Eastwood)…
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Premium Rush: Don’t expect Fly By Night
Premium Rush – 2012 Director David Koepp Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Shannon, Dania Ramirez, Wole Parks Screenplay Koepp and John Kamps Ever since discovering we were going to get a preview of Michael Shannon as a bad guy in Premium Rush, the movie rose to the top of the must see list. His skills have shown him without peer…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 