Category: Movie Reviews
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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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Piranha 3D should not be taken seriously. Seriously.
Piranha – 2010 Directed by Alexandre Aja Starring Elisabeth Shue, Ving Rhames, Christopher Lloyd, Richard Dreyfus, Jerry O’Connell, Adam Scott, Steven R. McQueen, Jessica Szohr, Eli Roth Screenplay by Really? The best moment in the movie Piranha 3D (or just plain Piranha in 2D) happens early in the movie. Crusty old Richard Dreyfus climbs in…
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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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Secretariat: Disney makes the rare good family movie
Secretariat – 2010 Directed by Randall Wallace Starring Diane Lane, John Malkovich, James Cromwell, Fred Dalton Thompson, Dylan Walsh, Dylan Baker, Margo Martindale, Nelsan Ellis, Scott Glenn Written by Mike Rich Mike Rich has made a living writing screenplays about true life sports competitors, from unlikely MLB starting pitcher Jim Morris, to unlikely football player…
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The Night Chronicles: Devil is up a tick from expectations
The Night Chronicles: Devil – 2010 Director – John Erick Dowdle Starring – Chris Messina, Bojana Novakovic, Bokeem Woodbine, Logan Marshall-Green, Jenny O’Hara, Geoffery Arend, Jacob Vargas, Matt Craven Screenplay – Brian Nelson Cinematography – Tak Fujimoto The name of M. Night Shyamalan is enough to evoke harmful images these days. Having a string of…
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Machete is a political softball and hardcore action
Machete – 2010 Directed by Robert Rodriguez, Ethan Maniquis Starring Danny Trejo, Robert DeNiro, Jeff Fahey, Michelle Rodriguez, Jessica Alba, Don Johnson, Steven Seagal, Cheech Marin, Lindsay Lohan Written by Robert Rodriguez, Alvaro Rodriguez Machete was the goose that laid the golden eggs, but that changed to just an ugly duckling with the political climate of…
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Fincher’s The Social Network is a perfect marriage about an imperfect team
The Social Network – 2010 Director David Fincher Starring Jessie Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Rashida Jones, Rooney Mara, Armie Hammer, Brenda Song, Max Minghella, Joseph Mazzello Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin based on the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich David Fincher is perhaps the finest director working today. He certainly is my favorite.…
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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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Wall Street Money Never Sleeps and neither does Michael Douglas
Wall Street Money Never Sleeps – 2010 Directed by Oliver Stone Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michael Douglas, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan, Eli Wallach, Frank Langella, Susan Sarandon Screenplay by Allan Loeb, Stephen Schiff based on characters created by Oliver Stone, Stanley Weiser When Oliver Stone made the film Wall Street in 1987, he hoped to shed…
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The Last Exorcism is the father of lies being exposed
The Last Exorcism – 2010 Directed by Daniel Stamm Starring Patrick Fabian, Iris Bahr, Caleb Landry Jones, Louis Hertham, Ashley Bell, Tony Bentley, Logan Craig Reed Screenplay by Huck Botko, Andrew Gurland Reverend Cotton Marcus (Fabian) thinks he is providing a service to the ignorant. A series of bells and whistles in a pretentious show…
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