Category: 2 Stars
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Fright Night: Yelchin breaks even with yet another reboot
Fright Night – 2011 Directed by Craig Gillespie Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette Written by Marti Noxon based on the original story by Tom Holland One of the first horror movies I remember watching alone as a teenager, the original Fright Night has always held a special place…
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One Day: One wishes it to be over early
One Day – 2011 Directed by Lone Scherfig Starring Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, Patricia Clarkson, Rafe Spall, Ken Stott Written by David Nicholls Early on, one gets a sense of the game they are being subjected to with One Day: what if we made When Harry Met Sally, but instead of making random check ins throughout…
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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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Something Borrowed is one long reason why
Something Borrowed – 2011 Directed by Luke Greenfield Starring Ginnifer Goodwin, Kate Hudson, John Krasinski, Colin Egglesfield, Steve Howey, Ashley Williams Screenplay Jennie Snyder Urman based on the book Something Borrowed by Emily Giffin Deception, by another name, is the good girl’s revenge. Something Borrowed is the bookworm’s fantasy. Rachel (Goodwin) has been afflicted by…
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Sucker Punch – Sometimes you just have to call b.s.
Sucker Punch – 2011 Directed by Zack Snyder Starring Emily Browning, Jena Malone, Abbie Cornish, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Carla Gugino, Isaac Blue, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn Written by Steve Shibuya and Snyder Chain Gang Chicks in sepia tone. This is the kind of movie that can only be thoroughly enjoyed by those men (or…
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Dylan Dog: Dead of Night – Brandon got a raw deal
Dylan Dog: Dead of Night – 2011 Directed by Kevin Munroe Starring Brandon Routh, Sam Huntington, Anita Briem, Peter Stormare, Taye Diggs, Kurt Angle, Brian Steele Written by Thomas Dean Donnelly, Joshua Oppenhiemer “There was only one way to get into Corpus House, if you weren’t a vampire,” intones Routh, in a voice over as…
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Yogi Bear: Because Dan Ackroyd needs work
Yogi Bear – 2010 Directed by Eric Brevig Starring Dan Ackroyd, Justin Timberlake, Anna Faris, Tom Cavanagh, J.T. Miller, Andrew Daly, Nate Corddry Written by Brad Copeland, Jeffrey Ventimilia, Joshua Stremin I would be amazed that this movie took 3 writers to create…until you take into account the earlier work of these “Bill” Shakespeares. Stremin…
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Going the Distance? Okay, maybe we’ll take a shortcut.
Going The Distance – 2010 Directed by Nanette Burstein Starring Drew Barrymore, Justin Long, Christina Applegate, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Ron Livingston Written by Geoff LaTulippe Nanette Burstein has a career varied and dotted with awards. Most of what she’s done have been documentaries thus far. That she was chosen to direct the latest Drew Barrymore…
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon obliterated by edits
Transformers: Dark of the Moon – 2011 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, John Turturro, Frances McDormand, John Malkovich, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, Peter Cullen (voice), Hugo Weaving (voice), Leonard Nimoy (voice), Alan Tudyk Written by Ehren Krueger About 45 minutes into Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Optimus…
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Transformers Trilogy Reviewed by Cool Papa E
Transformers – 2007 Directed by Michael Bay Starring Shia La Beouf, Megan Fox, John Turturro, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Peter Cullen (voice), Hugo Weaving (voice), Rachael Taylor, Anthony Anderson, Jon Voight, Kevin Dunn, Julie White Written by Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman Review: This movie was a pleasant surprise how good it was. Michael Bay was never…
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