Category: Movie Reviews
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30 Minutes or Less: Or Less.
30 Minutes or Less – 2011 Directed by Ruben Fleischer Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Dilshad Vadsaria, Danny McBride, Aziz Ansari, Nick Swardson, Michael Pena, Fred Ward Written by Michael Diliberti 30 Minutes or Less is a nihilistic, sadistic, pessimistic and hedonistic mess trying to pass itself off as a caper movie. Parts of it work, but other parts make…
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Mission: Impossible series
Mission: Impossible – 1996 Directed by Brian De Palma Starring Tom Cruise, Emmanuelle Béart, Jon Voight, Kristin Scott Thomas, Emilio Estavez, Jean Reno, Ving Rhames, Vanessa Redgrave, Henry Czerny, Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė Written by David Koepp, Robert Towne Considered at the time to be a blasphemous departure to the original series is now seen as a pretty solid thriller.…
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The Help is better than a pie full
The Help – 2011 Directed by Tate Taylor Starring Viola Davis, Emma Stone, Bryce Dallas Howard, Octavia Spencer, Jessica Chastain, Sissy Spacek, Mike Vogel, Allison Janney, Mary Steenburgen Written by Taylor based on The Help by Kathryn Stockett When thinking of how to view The Help, I think of it in terms of how to…
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Our Idiot Brother is a younger, dippier Dude.
Our Idiot Brother – 2011 Directed by Jesse Peretz Starring Paul Rudd, Zooey Deschanel, Emily Mortimer, Elizabeth Banks, Adam Scott, Kathryn Hahn, Rashida Jones, Hugh Dancy, Steve Coogan, T.J. Miller, Shirley Knight Written by Evgenia Peretz, David Schisgall An interesting thing for me about Our Idiot Brother is that I spent the entire movie thinking that…
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Warrior is 3 remarkable journeys of one heart
The Warrior – 2011 Directed by Gavin O’Connor Starring Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Morrison, Frank Grillo Written O’Connor, Cliff Dorfman, Anthony Tambakis A recurring theme for Warrior is the tale of Moby Dick, which is being read, in audio form by the father of the two main characters, Paddy Conlon (Nolte). He is…
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Another Earth: A familiar song, but almost a masterpiece.
Another Earth – 2011 Directed by Mike Cahill Starring Brit Marling, William Mapother, Kumar Pallana Written by Mike Cahill, Brit Marling There is an overwhelming melancholy that permeates every inch of Another Earth. Every action is a deliberate intention to right a wrong, to help a vacant heart, to serve someone completely. The wrong that has…
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Consider The Debt paid in full
The Debt – 2011 Directed by John Madden Starring Helen Mirren, Jessica Chastain, Ciarán Hinds, Tom Wilkinson, Sam Worthington, Martin Csokas, Jesper Christensen Written by Matthew Vaughn, Jane Goldman, Peter Straughan After seeing her ridiculously dangerous beauty in the movie RED, I anticipated seeing Helen Mirren as an Israeli operative in The Debt would be at least as thrilling.…
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Friends with Benefits: Soft core romance and little else
Friends with Benefits – 2011 Directed by Will Gluck Starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Richard Jenkins, Emma Stone, Adam Samberg, Bryan Greenberg Written by Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck, Harley Peyton Four writers for one movie about spontaneous, no strings frivolity. The effect is a labored, clunky excuse for…
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Crazy Stupid Love has plenty of all three
Crazy Stupid Love – 2011 Directed by Glen Ficarra and John Requa Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon, John Carroll Lynch, Marisa Tomei, Analeigh Tipton Written by Dan Fogelman This is the kind of movie, made so many times in Hollywood, The Big Chill, Parenthood, Love Actually and Valentine’s Day…
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Cowboys & Aliens only because it has Harrison Ford.
Cowboys & Aliens – 2011 Directed by Jon Favreau Starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, Olivia Wilde, Sam Rockwell, Adam Beach, Paul Dano, Clancy Brown, Keith Carradine, Noah Ringer Written by Damon Lindelof, Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci, Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby based on Cowboys & Aliens by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg Harrison Ford has strolled into old age…
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