Category: Comedy
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A steaming pile of Grown Ups is not as horrible as I thought.
Grown Ups Director – Dennis Dugan Starring – Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph and a bunch of cameos. Screenplay – Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf In the spirit of Couples Resort, and every other film where people went to a nice place for a vacation…
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Sex and The City 2 presses all hot buttons very routinely
Sex and The City 2 Written and Directed by Michael Patrick King Starring – Sara Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth, John Corbett One gets the feeling, watching 4 very distinctive, yet alternately shallow (at the beginning) and unconvincingly deep (always just before credits roll) women, that Michael Patrick King must…
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Classic: Monsoon Wedding lets it rain down
Monsoon Wedding Directed by Mira Nair Starring: Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey, Shefali Shah, Vasundhara Das, Vijay Raaz, Tillotama Shome Written by Sabrina Dhawan Mira Nair has made a career out of beautiful films that empower women and men in most unusual ways. Her female characters, seemingly entrenched in tradition, make strides in their lives within the…
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Jennifer’s Body wants to be a Heather
Jennifer’s Body Directed by Karyn Kusama Starring Amanda Seyfried, Megan Fox, J.K. Simmons, Adam Brody, Johnny Simmons Written by Diablo Cody Okay I need to admit, I did not think that Juno was the end all be all of cinema. It was nice to see the unborn child treated like it was alive for a…
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Kutcher and Heigl have their moments in Killers
Killers Directed by Robert Luketic Starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Mull, Rob Riggle Written by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin Everyone has an opinion about Ashton Kutcher. If you are honest, when you saw that name, I am pretty sure some feelings (maybe positive, most likely negative) ran through your…
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Gervais and the Ghost Town citizens are quite charming
Ghost Town Directed by David Koepp Starring Ricky Gervais, Téa Leoni, Greg Kinnear, Billy Campbell, Kristen Wiig, Dana Ivey, Aasif Mandvi, Alan Ruck Written by David Koepp and John Kamps David Koepp has had part in very many blockbusters. The writer of great movies like Jurassic Park, Spiderman, Carlito’s Way and Men in Black, good…
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Carell and Fey are not enough to keep me awake through Date Night
Date Night Directed by Shaun Levy Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, James Franco, Mila Kunis, Ray Liotta, Mark Ruffalo, Common, J.B. Smoove, William Fichtner, Kristin Wiig What an immense amount of talent that showed up for a movie that plays like the married version of Adventures In Babysitting. I have two little girls…
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Forgotten Gems: Outsourced shows that even India has its pride
Outsourced Directed by John Jeffcoat Starring Josh Hamilton, Ayesha Dharker, Asif Basra, Arjun Mathur, Siddarth Jadhav Written by George Wing, John Jeffcoat It’s almost impossible to go through any working space these days without finding someone who has been laid off. It happened to me in 2004, and although I eventually landed on my feet,…
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Jay Baruchel proves he is up for She’s Out of My League
She’s Out of My League Directed by Jim Field Smith Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vigel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults, Lindsay Sloane Jay Baruchel has been solid in several projects for the last few years. After barely reaching the public consciousness in the very short-lived Judd Apatow series “Undeclared,” his star steadily…
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Bruce Willis’ and Tracy Morgan’s Cop Out Gives a Plea to End Kevin Smith’s directing career
Cop Out Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Rashida Jones, Sean William Scott, Jason Lee, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Michele Trachtenberg At first, they were going to call this movie A Couple of Dicks, then the movie worked under or was considered for 3 other names. They ended up with, Cop Out.…
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