Category: Comedy
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Everyone loses in Dinner for Schmucks
Dinner for Schmucks – 2010 Directed by Jay Roach Starring Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, Zach Galifianakis, Bruce Greenwood, Ron Livingston, Jeff Dunham, Larry Wilmore Written by David Guion, Michael Handelman This movie shouldn’t have worked. It didn’t. The mouse sculptures are nice, though. If you want to know more, just look at the above picture for a…
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You Again is sometimes good and sometimes…Disney
You Again – 2010 Directed by – Andy Fickman Starring – Kristin Bell, Jamie Lee Curtis, Sigourney Weaver, Odette Yustman, Betty White, Victor Garber, Cloris Leachman Screenplay by – Mo Jelline You again was unnecessarily slaughtered upon its release in September, and I am not entirely sure why. This was not an award-winning film by…
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RED (Retired Extremely Dangerous): Kicking Ass, Taking Geritol
RED – 2010 Directed by Robert Schwentke Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Brian Cox, Morgan Freeman, Ernest Borgnine, James Remar, Rebecca Pidgeon, Julian McMahon, Richard Dreyfus Screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber RED is a movie that is in no way in love with itself. There are many people…
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Forget sobriety: Get Him To The Greek
Get Him To The Greek (***) Written and Directed by Nicholas Stoller Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elizabeth Moss, Sean Combs, Rose Byrne, Colm Meany It’s an interesting proposition to make a career portraying a sober rock star when you present yourself as someone who appears to be ill with drug abuse at all times.…
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It takes a nation of Minions to make Despicable Me worth a look
Despicable Me – 2010 Directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristin Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher Screenplay by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul Whoever thought up those adorable little Minions saved this movie from being an hour and a half of puppy dog…
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World doesn’t require an explanation
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – 2010 Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alfie Rackley, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall based on the comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley The first best thing about Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Easy A provides an all too simple view of High School
Easy A – 2010 Directed by – Will Gluck Starring – Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Amanda Bynes, Thomas Haden Church, Patrica Clarkson, Cam Gigandet, Lisa Kudrow, Malcom McDowell, Alyson Michalka, Stanley Tucci Written by – Bert V. Royal Everyone wants to imagine that they mastered High School, and Olive Pendergast (Stone) is no exception. Given…
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The Other Guys is Ferrell and Wahlberg on a trip
The Other Guys – 2010 Directed by Adam McKay Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Will Ferrell, Eva Mendes, Dwayne Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Steve Coogan, Ray Stevenson, Rob Riggle, Damon Wayans, Jr. with Narration by Ice-T Written by Adam McKay and Chris Henchy About midway through The Other Guys, detectives Allen Gamble (Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz…
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If you love your daughter(s), you’ll love Ramona and Beezus
Ramona and Beezus – 2010 Directed by Elizabeth Allen Starring Joey King, Selena Gomez, John Corbett, Bridget Moynahan, Josh Duhamel, Ginnifer Goodwin, Hutch Dano, Sandra Oh Written by Laurie Craid, Nick Pustay from the series of books by Beverly Cleary First thing’s first: this movie should just be called Ramona, as it takes many of…
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It’s Complicated…and pretty nice, too
It’s Complicated Written and Directed by Nancy Meyers Starring – Meryl Streep, Alec Baldwin, Steve Martin, John Krasinski, Lake Bell, Rita Wilson, Mary Kay Place, Hunter Parrish, Zoe Kazan There are so many ways this movie could have turned out so wrong in so many ways. As it is, it plays like kind of like…
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