Category: Movie Reviews
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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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The Conspirator reveals a dangerous tipping point in our country’s history
The Conspirator – 2010 Directed by Robert Redford Starring James McAvoy, Robin Wright, Evan Rachel Wood, Tom Wilkinson, Kevin Kline, Justin Long, Danny Huston, Alexis Bledel Written by James D. Solomon “…I too, hold sacred our rights, counselor. But they count, not at all, if our nation ceases to exist.” These words from Secretary of…
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Red State is a right turn in the career of Kevin Smith the director
Red State – 2011 Written & Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Michael Parks, John Goodman, Kevin Pollak, Melissa Leo, Stephen Root, Kerry Bishé, Michael Angarano, Nicholas Braun, Kyle Gallner When one considers the downward spiral that Kevin Smith’s career has taken lately, it can’t help but be noticed that it was with an obvious state of…
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The Beaver shows that nobody wants to be alone
The Beaver – 2011 Directed by Jodie Foster Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin, Jennifer Lawrence Written by Kyle Killen I have never pretended to understand depression. Not many people lately have tried to understand Mel Gibson. I have been quite interested in understanding him since his groundbreaking directorial début so many years ago in Braveheart.…
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Soul Surfer is an inspirational true story for the family
Soul Surfer – 2011 Directed by Sean McNamara Starring AnnaSophia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood, Kevin Sorbo, Craig T. Nelson Written by Sean McNamara, Deborah and Douglas Schultz, Michael Berk based on the book by Bethany Hamilton, Sheryl Berk, Rich Bundschuh Faith-based films have been a force in the movie world for the…
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Fast Five. Duh.
Fast Five – 2011 Directed by Justin Lin Starring Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jordana Brewster, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Dwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot, Joaquim de Almeida, Matt Schulze, Sung Kang Written by Chris Morgan This series is never going to end. At a point where most franchises have long run out of steam, this one made…
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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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Priest by another name, is Doom
Priest – 2011 Directed by Scott Stewart Starring Paul Bettany, Cam Giganet, Karl Urban, Christopher Plummer, Maggie Q, Alan Dale, Brad Dourif, Stephen Moyer, Mädchen Amick, Lily Collins Written by Cory Goodman based on the comic series Priest by Min-Woo Hyung Paul Bettany is wasted. Maggie Q is wasted. Karl Urban is wasted. They make ill use of Christopher…
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Everything Must Go is a soft landing for a hard lesson
Everything Must Go – 2011 Directed by Dan Rush Starring Will Ferrell, Rebecca Hall, Michael Peña, Laura Dern, Christopher Jordan Wallace, Stephen Root Written by Dan Rush based on the short story “Why don’t you dance?” by Raymond Carver My first experience with Raymond Carver stories was in the Robert Altman near masterpiece Short Cuts, which joined…
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