Category: Movie Reviews
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Matt Damon’s The Green Zone plays like a hippie dream
The Green Zone Directed by Paul Greengrass Written by Brian Helgeland Starring Matt Damon, Jason Isaacs, Brendan Gleeson, Amy Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Khalid Abdalla Jason Isaacs was in a movie earlier in the decade called Black Hawk Down. This movie, even with its dramatic flourishes and cliches, Ridley Scott got this right; the military always…
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Clash of the Titans is an interesting, if incomplete take
Clash of the Titans (2010) Directed by Louis Leterrier Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Aterton, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Mads Mikkelson Not since Nancy Kerrigan was knocked in the knee has there been such a hubub over something so unimportant as the late stage 3 D conversion of Clash of the Titans. There was…
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Jay Baruchel proves he is up for She’s Out of My League
She’s Out of My League Directed by Jim Field Smith Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vigel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults, Lindsay Sloane Jay Baruchel has been solid in several projects for the last few years. After barely reaching the public consciousness in the very short-lived Judd Apatow series “Undeclared,” his star steadily…
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Bruce Willis’ and Tracy Morgan’s Cop Out Gives a Plea to End Kevin Smith’s directing career
Cop Out Directed by Kevin Smith Starring Bruce Willis, Tracy Morgan, Rashida Jones, Sean William Scott, Jason Lee, Kevin Pollak, Guillermo Diaz, Michele Trachtenberg At first, they were going to call this movie A Couple of Dicks, then the movie worked under or was considered for 3 other names. They ended up with, Cop Out.…
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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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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Big, Dumb, Fun
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Dennis Quaid Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett The first real cognitive activity I experienced while watching G.I. Joe occurred when the President of the United States makes an appearance…
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The Crazies – Olyphant makes the best of what’s still around
The Crazies Directed by Breck Eisner Starring Timothy Olyphant, Rahda Mitchell, Joe Anderson, Michelle Panabaker Written by Scott Kosar and Ray Wright based on the story by George Romero The Crazies is a taut, well-paced, science fiction movie that comes close enough to classic, one would be hard pressed to emerge from this film without…
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Jackie Chan is your average Chaplinesque hero in The Spy Next Door
The Spy Next Door Directed by Brian Levant Starring Jackie Chan, Billy Ray Cyrus, George Lopez, Amber Valletta, 1 Little Jimmy, 1 Princess, and 1 Little Tyke. Questions run through your mind when you suffer through the exposition of any Jackie Chan movie. Every single set up that is presented has to withstand more suspension…
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Percy Jackson & The Olympians – The Lightening Thief is one long title and a decent kid’s movie
Percy Jackson & The Olympians – The Lightning Thief Directed by Chris Columbus Starring Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Catherine Keener, Kevin McKidd, Sean Bean, Pierce Brosnan, Alexandria Daddario, Jake Abel, Uma Thurman, Joey Pantoliano, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson Screenplay by Craig Titley and Joe Stillman based on the Novel by Rick Riordan That this…
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