Category: 1.5 Stars
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Friends with Benefits: Soft core romance and little else
Friends with Benefits – 2011 Directed by Will Gluck Starring Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Woody Harrelson, Patricia Clarkson, Jenna Elfman, Richard Jenkins, Emma Stone, Adam Samberg, Bryan Greenberg Written by Keith Merryman, David A. Newman, Will Gluck, Harley Peyton Four writers for one movie about spontaneous, no strings frivolity. The effect is a labored, clunky excuse for…
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Cool Papa E Reviews The Movies of Todd Phillips, backwards
The Hangover, Part II – 2011 Written by Scot Armstrong, Craig Mazin and Todd Phillips Starring Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Paul Giamatti Synopsis Second verse, same as the first, only this time it takes place in “Thighland,” Helms character is getting married and his future brother-in-law is the one getting married.…
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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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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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MacGruber: It’s hard work to be that stupid, but it’s still stupid
MacGruber -2010 Directed by Jorma Taccone Starring Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillipe, Val Kilmer, Powers Boothe and a bunch of big time wrestlers Written by Taccone, Forte, John Solomon If time on earth has tought me one thing, it’s that, if you have moderate success with a skit on SNL, you stand a good…
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Just Go With It: Many lies, many hugs, much learning = not much of a movie.
Just Go With It – 2011 Directed by Dennis Dugan Starring Adam Sandler, Jennifer Aniston, Brooklyn Decker, Nicole Kidman, Dave Matthews, Nick Swardson Written by Allen Loeb, Timothy Dowling When Jennifer Aniston looks back on her career and wonders why she never hit it big, I wonder if it will be her acting talent she…
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Burlesque is about…119 minutes
Burlesque – 2010 Directed by Steve Antin Starring Cher, Christina Aguilera, Eric Dane, Stanley Tucci, Julianne Hough, Kristin Bell, Alan Cumming, Peter Gallagher Written by Steve Antin, Diablo Cody So, tell us a bit about yourself – My name is Cool Papa, father of two girls with first names that start with an “E,” but…
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My Soul To Take moves around a lot but doesn’t go anywhere
My Soul To Take – 2010 Directed and Written by Wes Craven Starring Max Thieriot, Denzel Whitaker, Raul Esparza, Shareeka Epps, John Magaro, Zena Gray, Emily Meade, Jessica Hecht, Harris Yulin Harris Ulin is one of my favorite character actors. The first time I remember seeing him was as the grouchy Judge Stephen Wexler in…
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Travolta and Rhys Meyers Not So Lovable in From Paris With Love
From Paris With Love Directed By Pierre Morel Starring John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers and no one else worth mentioning Wow, this movie stinks. I was first introduced to this movie’s driving force, co-producer and co-writer Luc Besson in the 90’s with the incredible Leon: The Professional. That movie is a standard by which many action…
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