Category: Comedy
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Michael Moore has a (not so much) love for Capitalism: A Love Story
Capitalism: A Love Story Directed by Michael Moore Starring Michael Moore and a bunch of miserable Americans. Written by Michael Moore As much as it pains me to say it, America needs Michael Moore. His passion for pointing out fraud in the American system of government, in the business world, and other areas is a…
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Cusack and Robinson Hitch A Ride in the Hot Tub Time Machine
Hot Tub Time Machine Directed by Steve Pink Starring John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Craig Robinson, Clark Duke, Chevy Chase, Crispin Glover This movie is about as unlikely as its title. Part Peggy Sue Got Married, part Back To The Future and part every other movie in the ’80’s, Hot Tub Time Machine is fun, crude…
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Duhamel makes When In Rome a fun trip…almost
When In Rome Directed By Mark Steven Johnson Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjelica Houston, Bobby Moynihan, John Heder, Danny DeVito When In Rome spends most of its time in New York. I have to say this, because I felt a little ripped off by this. Of course, the Guggenheim provides some memorable moments, but…
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Post Grad is awkward at times, but allows major talent to roam
Post Grad Directed by Vicky Jenson Starring Alexis Bledel, Zach Gilford, Michael Keaton, Jane Lynch, Carol Burnett, Rodrigo Santoro One thing I felt while watching this movie was joy, and a good amount of it. It is nice to see Michael Keaton back on-screen being the happy-go-lucky guy from Mr. Mom and Night Shift. I…
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Amy Adams helps differentiate Leap Year from all of the others
Leap Year Directed by Anand Tucker Starring – Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow This is an incredibly tough field to cover in a movie. There are so many bad ones, you find yourself in a rut, waiting for the next Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Judd Apatow or Rob Reiner effort and hoping…
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Pirate Radio is a boat full, but it’s fun
Pirate Radio Directed by Richard Curtis Starring – Tom Sturridge, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Emma Thompson, Talulah Riley So, pretty much everything you hear on the trailer voice over here is bunk: That said, this still is a pretty good flick. Hoffman’s character was not the person who…
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Whip It has some nice performances
Whip It Directed by Drew Barrymore Screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her own novel Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, Andrew Wilson In the wake of the phenomenon that was Juno, Ellen Page was nominated for an academy award. She was on a nice little roll,…
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The Men Who Stare At Goats – The Title Is Enough
Director: Grant Heslov Cast: George Clooney, Jeff Bridges, Ewan McGregor, Kevin Spacey “It wasn’t the Dim Mak that was killing Lyn. And it wasn’t the cancer. He was dying of a broken heart. And maybe, the cancer as well.” This is, perhaps, George Clooney’s most serious role yet. Much like Syriana’s Bob Barnes, Lyn Cassady…
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Couples Retreat is only an apostrophe away from Paradise
Director: Peter Billingsley Starring: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love, Tasha Smith About 10 years ago, I saw the movie Deep Blue Sea with the reasonable expectation that I was going to see one of my favorite actors and the film’s main stars, Samuel L. Jackson, kick…
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Up In The Air…sort of
Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick Director: Jason Reitman This is a conventional movie about an unconventional occupation. George Clooney is a charming man, given an charmless job as a designated hitter of firing. When a company can’t do the job of face to face meetings of people they just screwed over, then they…
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