Author: coolpapae
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The Change-Up: Because The Switch was already taken
The Change-Up (Unrated)- 2011 Directed by David Dobkin Starring Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann, Olivia Wilde, Alan Arkin, Written by Jon Lucas, Scott Moore There is a moment in The Change-Up when Ryan Reynold’s character, who is at that moment played by Jason Bateman, explains that Bateman’s original character’s boss may be an anti-Semite.…
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Pirates of the Carribbean: On Stranger Tides must be viewed with subtitles on
Pirates of the Carribean: On Stranger Tides Directed by Rob Marshall Starring Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Penélope Cruz, Ian McShane, Keith Richards, Kevin McNally, Richard Griffiths, Sam Claflin, Àstrid Bergès-Frisbey Screenplay by Terry Rossio, Ted Elliott based on the book On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers It’s quite a testament that Geoffrey Rush has made it through…
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Super 8: Kind of like the Goonies, only good.
Super 8 – 2011 Written and Directed by J.J. Abrams Starring Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, Kyle Chandler, Ron Eldard, Riley Griffiths, Ryan Lee, David Gallagher, Noah Emmerich, Bruce Greenwood, Amanda Michalka When seeing The Goonies at age 14, I remember asking myself what the hell Spielberg, Columbus and Donner must have thought of kids. Given that the…
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Water For Elephants is an easy job until the elephants arrive
Water for Elephants – 2011 Directed by Francis Lawrence Starring Reese Witherspoon, Robert Pattison, Christoph Waltz, Tai, Hal Holbrook, Paul Schneider, James Frain, Ken Foree, Tim Guinee, Mark Povinelli, Scott McDonald, Jim Norton, Richard Brake Written by Richard LaGravenese, based on the novel by Sara Gruen One thing that is apparent in watching the first half hour…
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The Complete Muppet Theatrical Movie Series, Reviewed by Cool Papa E
The Muppet Movie Release Date – June 22, 1979 Directed by James Frawley Starring Jim Henson, Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelz (The Muppets) Charles Durning, Austin Pendleton Written by Jack Burns, Jerry Juhl Review – The international phenomenon, for the first time on the big screen, would have been an easy film to…
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The Office: Episode 146 – Gettysburg
The Writer – Robert Padnick Directed by – Jeffrey Blitz A brief synopsis – In hopes of motivating the group, Andy decides to take them to Gettysburg. Those who stay behind are subject to Robert’s quest for originality. The best line – “I thought you said you weren’t going to look back.” Dwight to Andy, walking away…
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2: Every promise fulfilled
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 – 2011 Directed by David Yates Starring Alan Rickman, Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Gint, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Jim Broadbent, Warwicke Davis, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Jim Broadbent, John Hurt, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith, Julie Walters, Mark Williams, David Thewlis, Matthew Lewis, Evanna…
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Cars 2 Looks like Pixar, plays like something less
Cars 2 – 2011 Directed by John Lasseter and Brad Lewis Written by Ben Queen Starring Owen Wilson, Larry The Cable Guy, Bonnie Hunt, Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Jason Isaacs, Thomas Kretschman, Eddie Izzard, Bruce Campbell, Tony Shaloub Discovering that the next Pixar sequel coming out was to be Cars 2 was disappointing. Finding out that it…
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The Office: Episode 145 – Pam’s Replacement
The Writer – Allison Silverman Directed by – Matt Sohn A brief synopsis – As Pam is training a temporary worker to take her place while she is on maternity leave, she starts to suspect that Jim thinks she is cute. She gets Dwight’s support to prove this contention. Robert asks if he can sit in with Andy,…
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Finally, a movie unafraid to show a Bad Teacher
Bad Teacher – 2011 Directed by Jake Kasdan Written by Lee Eisenberg, Gene Stupinsky Starring Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake, Lucy Punch, Phyllis Smith, Molly Shannon, John Michael Higgins, Eric Stonestreet Russell: …it might be too soon, but do you wanna grab a bite or something sometime? Elizabeth: You still a gym teacher? Russell: I am. Yeah. Elizabeth: Then,…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 