Category: 2.5 Stars
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Kutcher and Heigl have their moments in Killers
Killers Directed by Robert Luketic Starring Ashton Kutcher, Katherine Heigl, Tom Selleck, Catherine O’Hara, Martin Mull, Rob Riggle Written by Bob DeRosa and Ted Griffin Everyone has an opinion about Ashton Kutcher. If you are honest, when you saw that name, I am pretty sure some feelings (maybe positive, most likely negative) ran through your…
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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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Ethan Hawke’s Daybreakers Needs Time To Flesh Out New Ideas
Daybreakers Directed by Peter Spierig, Michael Spierig Starring Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan, Michael Dorman Ethan Hawke is a long way away from Dead Poet’s Society. At that point, the sky was seemingly the limit for the next big thing. This has not been any sort of fall from grace. Instead…
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Dear John is an end to the relationship between the heart and the brain
Dear John Director – Lasse Hallström Starring – Channing Tatum, Amanda Seyfried, Richard Jenkins, Henry Thomas Lasse Hallström directed 26 music videos by the pop band, ABBA. Amanda Seyfried starred in the wildly successful movie version of the ABBA-inspired Mamma Mia! One would deem this combination of talents a natural progression for each. The end…
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So…Alice is Wonderful; Depp…not so much
Alice in Wonderland Director: Tim Burton Starring Mia Wasikowska, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Crispin Glover, Michael Sheen, Johnny Depp, Alan Rickman There was the book, Alice in Wonderland. This movie isn’t about that, so much. Then there was the book, Through The Looking Glass, and, What Alice Found There. This movie isn’t about that,…
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Legion brings us to the end of humanity…in a diner
Director: Scott Stewart Cast: Paul Bettany, Lucas Black, Charles S. Dutton, Tyrese Gibson, Adrianne Palicki, Kate Walsh, Dennis Quaid, Kevin Durand Written by: Peter Schink and Stewart Rule #1527 – Lucas Black is a good actor that nobody knows. Rule #1616- Never trust a diner that thinks a rare steak means still completely raw. Rule…
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Got a bad case of Pandorum
Starring: Ben Foster, Dennis Quaid and a bunch of low priced talent. Director: Christian Alvart There are a lot of films that on their face, look like they must be avoided. Yet, deep in the sub-cockles of one’s heart, something draws you back. “Pandorum” is one of those films. There are lots of moments in…
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