Category: 2 Stars
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Gone is a mediocre thriller, PG-13 style
Gone – 2012 Directed by Heitor Dhalia Starring Amanda Seyfried, Daniel Sunjata, Jennifer Carpenter, Wes Bentley, Sebastian Stan, Katherine Moenning, Michael Paré Screenplay by Allison Burnett Here’s for not being a victim. The protagonist from the movie Gone had been kidnapped, nearly killed and lived to tell about it. She wasn’t believed. Instead of accepting this, she changes her life, becoming…
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Project X: For all of those who never enjoyed a High School party at another’s expense
Project X – 2012 Directed by Nima Nourizadeh Starring Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Jonathan Daniel Brown, Kirby Bliss Blanton, Alexis Knapp, Dax Flame Screenplay by Matt Drake, Michael Bacall “Oh my God,” says the guy holding the camera, “Dude that sign f#$@ing worked.” Of course it did, because it’s part of the script. Project X is a movie with many qualities.…
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Wanderlust is just a typical commune movie
Wanderlust – 2012 Director David Wain Starring Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Malin Åkerman, Ray Liotta, Lauren Ambrose, Kathryn Hahn, Ken Marino, Michaela Watkins, Joe Lo Truglio Screeenplay by Wain and Marino It’s awkward in its attempt at random. It’s occasionally funny, even more occasionally intentionally funny.The payoffs are labored. Ideas are not original, unless you take into account the…
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One for the Money is worth more than it got
One For The Money – 2011 Directed by Julie Anne Robinson Starring Katheryn Heigl, Jason O’ Mara, Daniel Sunjata, Debbie Reynolds, John Leguizamo, Sherri Shepherd, Annie Parisse Screenplay by Liz Brixius, Stacy Sherman and Karen Ray, based on the novel by Janet Evanovich Despite my best intentions, I do enjoy Katheryn Heigl. Never liked her in Grey’s Anatomy, not…
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A Dangerous Method: Of course you’re not mad
A Dangerous Method – 2011 Director David Cronenberg Starring Kiera Knightley, Viggo Mortenson, Michael Fassbender, Vincent Cassel, Sarah Gadon Screenplay by Christopher Hampton There is a scene almost directly after the credits where Carl Jung (Fassbender) describes the method of Q&A that he is going t0 use with his new prospective patient, Sabina Speilrein (Knightly). She gives…
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Immortals: More Fighting and Chicks in Sepia Tone
Immortals – 2011 Directed by Tarsem Singh Starring Henry Cavill, Freda Pinto, Mickey Rourke, John Hurt, Stephen Dorff, Luke Evans, Isabel Lucas, Kellan Lutz Screenplay by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides At the beginning of Immortals, Zeus, in his “Old Man” disguise, gives the following exposition: “When this world was still young, long before man or beast roamed…
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The Rum Diary: Notes on a life full of exits
The Rum Diary – 2011 Written and Directed by Bruce Robinson Starring Johnny Depp, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Rispoli, Giovanni Ribisi, Amber Heard, Richard Jenkins I had always wondered whether I should read any of Hunter S. Thompson’s stuff. I had a quirky friend who had read him in High School and, before he went off…
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Texas Killing Fields: Has the pedigree, but gets lost in the hills
Texas Killing Fields – 2011 Directed by Ami Caanan Mann Starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Sam Worthington, Chloe Grace Moretz, Jessica Chastain, Jason Clarke, James Hebert, Stephen Graham Written by Don Farrarone In watching the trailer, one gets the brooding sense of foreboding that was present in Fincher’s classic, Zodiac. Investigators (Worthington, Morgan and Chastain) looking seriously…
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The Roommate: PG-13. Exactly PG-13
The Roommate – 2011 Directed by Christian E. Christiansen Starring Leighton Meester, Minka Kelly, Cam Giganet, Aly Michalka, Danneel Harris, Billy Zane Written by Sonny Mallhi If one ever wanted to see a beautiful girl wear a stupid hat, they need only watch the first 15 minutes of The Roommate, and you will get to…
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