Category: Comedy
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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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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,…
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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.…
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Horrible Bosses is not nearly as bad as it’s title
Horrible Bosses – 2011 Directed by Seth Gordon Starring Jason Sudeikis, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jennifer Aniston, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jamie Foxx, Donald Sutherland Written by Michael Markowitz, John Frances Daley, Jonathan Goldstein In the ever perfectly fitting placement of poor Hollywood screenwriting, three high school friends find themselves stuck between a rock and…
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Paul gives little evidence of intelligent life
Paul (Unrated) – 2011 Directed by Greg Mottola Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen (voice), Jane Lynch, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Joe Lo Truglio, Sigourney Weaver, Blythe Danner, John Carroll Lynch, David Koechner, Jesse Plemons, Jeffrey Tambor Written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost For Shaun of the Dead alone, Pegg and…
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Bridesmaids is an entertaining stumble through the life of a single woman
Bridesmaids – 2011 Directed by – Paul Feig Starring – Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Rose Byrne, Wendi McClendon-Covey, Ellie Kemper, Jon Hamm, Melissa McCarthy, Chris O’Dowd Written by – Annie Mumolo, Kristin Wiig Kristen Wiig seems to know what a woman is. This is good, as she has spent the better part of her life as…
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Forgotten Gems: Jerry Maguire is Love, Love, Love
Jerry Maguire – 1996 Written and Directed by – Cameron Crowe Starring – Tom Cruise, Renée Zellweger, Cuba Gooding, Jr., Kelly Preston, Jay Mohr, Jerry O’Connell, Regina King, Bonnie Hunt, Jonathan Lipnicki Listening to the podcast Mohr Stories earlier in the week and I was reminded of this movie. In describing his auditions with himself and…
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Win Win shows the epic heart of Giamatti
Win Win – 2011 Written and Directed by Thomas McCarthy Starring Paul Giamatti, Amy Ryan, Jeffrey Tambor, Bobby Cannavale, Burt Young, Alex Shaffer, Melanie Lynskey, Margo Martindale, David W. Thompson Win Win is a movie so effortlessly amazing that it makes you happy to be alive just long enough to have viewed it. Each performance…
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Don’t bother to Take Me Home Tonight
Take Me Home Tonight – 2011 Directed by Michael Dowse Starring Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer Written by Jackie and Jeff Filgo Definition of ANACHRONISM 1: an error in chronology; especially : a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in regard to each other 2: a person or a thing that is chronologically out-of-place;especially : one from a former age…
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