Category: 2.5 Stars
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Jumping The Broom: From Payton Place to in your face
Jumping the Broom – 2011 Directed by Salim Akil Starring Angela Bassett, Paula Patton, Laz Alonso, Loretta Devine, Mike Epps, Meagan Good, Tasha Smith, Gary Dourdan, Julie Bowen, DeRay Davis, Brian Stokes Mitchell, T.D. Jakes, Valarie Pettiford, Screenplay by Arlene Gibbs, Elizabeth Hunter A whirlwind romance between a young couple, each from a different side…
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Arthur: Guess who’s playing Russell Brand?
Arthur – 2011 Directed by Jason Winer Starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Greta Gerwig, Jennifer Garner, Luis Guzman, Nick Nolte Written by Peter Baynam based on a story by Steve Gordon There is a point 30 minutes into Arthur where Nick Nolte joins Russell Brand on the screen. After squinting really hard for about a…
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The Eagle sees Channing Tatum fighting people with wild hair
The Eagle – 2011 Director Kevin Macdonald Starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Bell, Donald Sutherland, Mark Strong Written by Jeremy Brock based upon The Eagle of the Ninth by Rosemary Sutcliff It’s hard to tell whether Channing Tatum is a good actor or a meat head who has been given some decent material to work with.…
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Red Riding Hood has a woman’s touch, but it ain’t enough
Red Riding Hood – 2011 Directed by Catherine Hardwicke Starring Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Julie Christie, Virginia Madsen, Billy Burke, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Lukas Haas Written by David Johnson based on the Brothers Grimm tale Catherine Hardwicke must have high standards. She declined to direct Twilight: New Moon, which then made about a gazillion dollars.…
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Faster: In which The Rock is really pissed at a minimal rate of speed.
Faster – 2010 Directed by George Tillman, Jr. Starring Dwayne Johnson, Billy Bob Thorton, Carla Gugino, Tom Berenger, Moon Bloodgood, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Maggie Grace, Mike Epps Written by Joe and Tony Gayton There is a prologue to the movie Faster in which Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is getting out of prison. He looks real hard…
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Green Hornet: Stoners aren’t very compelling heroes
The Green Hornet – 2011 Directed by Michael Gondry Starring Seth Rogen, Cameron Diaz, Jay Chou, Christoph Waltz, Edward James Olmos, Tom Wilkinson, David Harbour Written by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg based on The Green Hornet by George W. Trendle, Fran Striker “So what if we had a hero movie, where the hero is a semi-conscious…
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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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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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A steaming pile of Grown Ups is not as horrible as I thought.
Grown Ups Director – Dennis Dugan Starring – Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, Rob Schneider, David Spade, Salma Hayek, Maria Bello, Maya Rudolph and a bunch of cameos. Screenplay – Adam Sandler, Fred Wolf In the spirit of Couples Resort, and every other film where people went to a nice place for a vacation…
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CPE’s Prometheus / Predator / Alien Universe Chronological Timeline Reviews
With the release of the first good Predator film in almost 25 years, and the making (by Ridley Scott) of an Alien prequel, Prometheus, now is a great time to review the two series as a whole. Both series have gone to hell and back (sometimes together), but overall, the entire series has provided many intense,…
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