Category: Romance
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2: Falling for the bluff
Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 Directed by Bill Condon Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellen Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Sarah Clarke, Michael Sheen, Mackenzie Foy, Maggie Grace Screenplay by Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer At this point, its obvious to everyone. This was…
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To Rome with Love – Rented by mistake
\To Rome with Love – 2012 Written and Directed by Woody Allen Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Ellen Page, Alec Baldwin, Penélope Cruz, Woody Allen, Roberto Begnini, Judy Davis, Greta Gerwig, Allison Pill, Flavio Parenti, Alessandro Tiberi, Alessandra Mastronardi When my wife told me she rented To Rome with Love, she seemed kind of curious. She no doubt had seen the…
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What to Expect when You’re Expecting is only as strong as its best material
What to Expect When You’re Expecting – 2012 Director Kirk Jones Starring Cameron Diaz, Jennifer Lopez, Elizabeth Banks, Brooklyn Decker, Anna Kendrick, Chace Crawford, Matthew Morrison, Dennis Quaid, Chris Rock, Rodrigo Santoro, Kim Fields Screenplay Shauna Cross and Heather Hauch based very, very loosely on the novel by Heidi Murkoff It’s like Love, Actually, Valentine’s Day and New Year’s Eve:…
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October Classics: Cool Papa E’s favorite Baseball Films
The season of the year has come where, despite football’s best efforts, it’s baseball’s time to shine. A few readers have been after me for a while to come up with a list of the best baseball films of all time, and one might think it’d be a bit easier than it turned out to…
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This Means War is way better than the trailer
This Means War – 2012 Directed by McG Starring Chris Pine, Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon, Til Schweiger, Chelsea Handler, Angela Bassett Screenplay by Timothy Dowling, Simon Kinberg The weakest part of any screenplay is when one uses words for exposition when actions could do it much more effectively. Lines like “This is a covert exercise” and “You know…
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Footloose is tight as a coin in the back pocket of Julianne Hough’s pants
Footloose – 2011 Directed by Craig Brewer Starring Julianne Hough, Kenny Wormald, Dennis Quaid, Andie MacDowell, Miles Teller, Ser’Darius, Ziah Colon, Patrick John Flueger, Ray McKinnon, Kim Dickens Screenplay by Craig Brewer, Dean Pitchford It took me a while to learn to appreciate Kevin Bacon, and when the original Footloose was released, I was still in the warming up phase. The…
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Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part I: Watching Grown Men Cry
Twilight: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 – 2011 Directed by Bill Condon Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattison, Taylor Lautner, Billy Burke, Dakota Fanning, Ashley Greene, Peter Facinelli, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellen Lutz, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Anna Kendrick, Sarah Clarke Written by Melissa Rosenberg based on the novel by Stephanie Meyer There is a point after Bella (Stewart) has…
Ebert Did It Better: Gasbag Reviews 