Author: coolpapae
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Dan Le Batard is Highly Questionable (DLHQ): It’s about love
Dan Le Betard is Highly Questionable Weekdays 1:30PM (PST), 4:30PM (EST), ESPN2 Producer – Erik Rydholm Gonzalo Le Batard went through an improbable string of accurate predictions during the World Series. He got every game right, except for the last one. That was the game where he ruled with his heart instead of his head,…
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Just relax, enjoy the ride, ’cause you’re Fair Game
Fair Game – 2010 Directed by Doug Liman Starring Naomi Watts, Sean Penn, Michael Kelley, Noah Emmerich, Ty Burrell, Sam Shepard, David Andrews, Adam LeFevre, Khaled Nabawy Written by Jez and John Butterworth “They lied. That’s the truth.” Five words, six if you count the apostrophe, that most succinctly describe the Cheney/Bush Administration. Many egregious…
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John Carpenter’s The Ward has plenty going for it, even if he’s working with a pedestrian script
John Carpenter’s The Ward – 2011 Directed by John Carpenter Starring Amber Heard, Mamie Gummer, Danielle Panabaker, Laura-Leigh, Lyndsy Fonseca, Mika Boorem, Jared Harris, Susana Burney, Dan Anderson Written by Michael and Shawn Rasmussen The best of John Carpenter is among the best films of the late 70’s and early 80’s. Halloween, Assault on Precinct…
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The Office: Episode 144 – Doomsday
The Writer – Daniel Chun Directed by – Troy Miller A brief synopsis – An end of workday tradition thought up by Andy starts grating on the staff. Dwight thinks up a wonderful device to detect mistakes within the branch and fire employees after five of them. The best line – Pam: What are you doing? Dwight:…
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All this useless pondering: The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life – 2011 Written and Directed by Terrance Mallick Starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, Sean Penn, Joanna Going, Hunter McCracken “The nuns taught us there were two ways through life – the way of nature and the way of grace. You have to choose which one you’ll follow. Grace doesn’t try…
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The Office: Episode 143 – Spooked
The Writer – Carrie Kemper Directed by – Randall Einhorn A brief synopsis – Erin is organizing the Halloween party, in hopes to spark something with Andy again. Andy, hoping to keep Robert impressed, changes the party from “PG to PG13,” much to Erin’s dismay and confusion. Jim battles with the notion that his wife Pam believes…
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Forgotten Gem: Mao’s Last Dancer
Mao’s Last Dancer – 2009 Directed by Bruce Beresford Starring Cin Cao, Bruce Greenwood, Joan Chen, Kyle MacClachlan, Wang Shuangbao, Amanda Schull, Ferdinand Hoang Written by Jan Sardi, based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin There’s a point early in Mao’s Last Dancer when young Li Cunxin, is missing home badly. He’s been selected from his small…
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Monte Carlo: Gomez has fun just slightly off the beaten Disney path
Monte Carlo – 2011 Directed by Thomas Bezucha Starring Selena Gomez, Katie Cassidy, Leighton Meester, Catherine Tate, Andie MacDowell, Pierre Boulanger, Cory Monteith Written by Bezucha, April Blair, Maria Maggenti, based on the novel Headhunters, by Jules Bass Doppelganger. Whenever this is the basis of your film, you can safely adjust your expectations. This is…
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Green Lantern is darkened with too many writers, effects
Green Lantern – 2011 Directed by Martin Campbell Starring Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively, Peter Sarsgaard, Mark Strong, Angela Bassett, Tim Robbins Written by Greg Berlanti, Michael Green, Marc Guggenheim, Michael Goldenberg There is an easy theory to have with movie making. After 2, the more writers you get for a film, the more trouble you have.…
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Zookeeper: Kevin James is the scream queen for fat guys
Zookeeper – 2011 Directed by Frank Coraci Starring Kevin James, Rosario Dawson, Mark Wahlberg, Leslie Bibb, Joe Rogan, Ken Jeong, with the voice work of Sylvester Stallone, Cher, Nick Nolte, Adam Sandler, Maya Rudolph, Bas Rutten Written by Nick Bakay, Rock Rueben, Kevin James, Jay Scherick, David Ronn It took 5 writers for this movie.…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 