Category: Movie Reviews
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Forget sobriety: Get Him To The Greek
Get Him To The Greek (***) Written and Directed by Nicholas Stoller Starring Jonah Hill, Russell Brand, Elizabeth Moss, Sean Combs, Rose Byrne, Colm Meany It’s an interesting proposition to make a career portraying a sober rock star when you present yourself as someone who appears to be ill with drug abuse at all times.…
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You can throw Case 39 in the round file
Case 39 (*) Directed by Christian Alvart Starring Renée Zellweger, Bradley Cooper, Ian McShane, Jodell Ferland, Callum Keith Rennie, Kerry O’Malley Written by Ray Wright About 15 minutes into Case 39, social worker Emily Jenkins (Zellweger) and her friend, Det. Mike Barron (McShane), make a miraculous save of an innocent little girl (Ferland). The persons who had…
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Cool Papa E Reviews the original SCREAM Trilogy
The most original horror movie to be unleashed upon the world since Halloween, Scream literally re-invented the slasher flick on December 20, 1996. Wes Craven, the director of The Hills Have Eyes, The Last House on the Left, and more notably, A Nightmare on Elm Street, committed to direct a screenplay by Kevin Williamson. In…
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Just looking for a heart like mine – Hachi: A Dog’s Tale
Hachi: A Dog’s Tale Directed by Lasse Hallström Starring Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sara Roemer, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Jason Alexander, Erick Avari Screenplay by Stephen P. Lindsey A movie comes around every once in a while that tells a tale so astounding, that no one could make it up. Back in 1920’s Japan, a professor at the…
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It takes a nation of Minions to make Despicable Me worth a look
Despicable Me – 2010 Directed by Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Starring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristin Wiig, Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher Screenplay by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul Whoever thought up those adorable little Minions saved this movie from being an hour and a half of puppy dog…
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Samuel L. Jackson stares down the Unthinkable
Unthinkable – 2010 Director – Gregor Jordan Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Carrie Anne Moss, Brandon Routh, Stephen Root, Michael Sheen, Gil Bellows, Martin Donovan Screenplay by Oren Moverman, Peter Woodward There is a scene early in Unthinkable where special interrogator named “H”, played with a simple, elegant wisdom by Samuel L. Jackson, interrupts a standard…
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World doesn’t require an explanation
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World – 2010 Directed by Edgar Wright Starring Michael Cera, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Kieran Culkin, Alfie Rackley, Ellen Wong, Anna Kendrick, Alison Pill, Mark Webber, Johnny Simmons Screenplay by Edgar Wright, Michael Bacall based on the comic book series by Bryan Lee O’Malley The first best thing about Scott Pilgrim vs.…
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Polley and Brody get to play Frankenstein in Splice
Splice – 2009 Directed by Vincenzo Natali Starring – Sarah Polley, Adrien Brody, Delphine Chanéac, Brandon McGibbon Screenplay by Vincenzo Natali, Doug Taylor, Antoinette Terry Bryant Abomination. That’s the name of the game in Splice. The implications of mad science in modern-day is met with the responsibility of meeting deadlines for those who supply the funds. In the midst…
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Clooney’s The American can never rest
The American – 2010 Directed by Anton Corbijn Starring George Clooney, Violante Placido, Thekla Rueten, Paolo Bonacelli, Irina Bjorklund, Johan Leysen Screenplay by Rowan Joffe Hit man movies have only so far to go. You are usually making the hit, and then becoming the target. There are other options, where one becomes entangled along the way,…
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Jonah Hex What In Tarnation’s Going on?
Jonah Hex – 2010 Directed By Jimmy Hayward Starring Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Aidan Quinn, Wes Bentley, Tom Wopat, Will Arnett Screenplay By Neveldine/Taylor Around the second time Jonah Hex (stoically grimaced by Josh Brolin) is injured to the point where he should be dead, a series of…
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