Category: 3 Stars
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Moonrise Kingdom: I get it. I just don’t care.
Moonrise Kingdom – 2012 Director Wes Anderson Starring Jared Gilman, Kara Howard, Bruce Willis, Edward Norton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, Jason Schwartzman, Bob Balaban Screenplay Anderson and Roman Coppola The only Wes Anderson movies I own are The Life Aquatic… and The Fantastic Mr. Fox. According to Rotten Tomatoes, the former is his…
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Rock Of Ages: Hair Spray on a Wig
Rock of Ages – 2012 Directed by Adam Shankman Starring Julianne Hough, Diego Bonita, Russell Brand, Paul Giamatti, Alec Baldwin, Tom Cruise, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Bryan Cranston, Malin Akerman, Mary J. Blige Screenplay by Justin Thoroux, Chris D’Arienzo, Allan Loeb “What’s it like to be THE Stacie Jaxx?” And do we care? Time for nonsense of a different sort. Rock…
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People Like Us is not quite like us, but it is getting there.
People Like Us – 2012 Director Alex Kurtzman Starring Chris Pine, Elizabeth Banks, Olivia Wilde, Michelle Pfeiffer, Jon Favreau, Philip Baker Hall, Michael Hall D’Addario, Mark Duplass Screenplay Roberto Orci, Bobby Cohen, Clayton Townshend There is a scene near the beginning of People Like Us when we find out about the father of Sam (Pine) for the first time.…
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Samuel L. Jackson is The Samaritan: Need I say more?
The Samaritan – 2012 Director David Weaver Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wilkinson, Luke Kirby, Ruth Negga, Gil Bellows, Aaron Poole, Debra Kara Unger Screenplay Weaver and Elan Mastai Iris: “I can’t remember the last time I did something I was proud of.” Foley: “I know what you mean.” Foley (Jackson) is a grifter, who did 25…
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Battleship: Featuring ships that battle and loud music
Battleship – 2012 Director Peter Berg Starring Liam Neeson, Taylor Kitsch, Brooklyn Decker, Alexander Skarsgård, Rihanna, Tadanobu Asano, Peter MacNicol, Adam Godley, Hamish Linklater, Gregory D. Gadson Screenplay John and Erich Hoeber Early on in Battleship, there is a moment when a very large vessel is raised out of the water. The ship, recently landed on Earth is jutting out of the water hundreds of feet…
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Blade Runner: Director’s Cut it’s not just the effects that aren’t special
Blade Runner: The Director’s Cut – 1992 (1982) Director Ridley Scott Starring Harrison Ford, Sean Young, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah, M.Emmett Walsh, Edward James Olmos, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Brion James, Joe Turkel Screenplay Hampton Fancher, David Peoples based upon the story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick “This was not called execution, it was called retirement.”…
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Friends with Kids: I’m pretty sure they’re cooler than we are
Friends with Kids – 2012 Written and Directed by Jennifer Westfeldt Starring Adam Scott, Jennifer Westfeldt, Jon Hamm, Kristin Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Chris O’Dowd, Megan Fox, Edward Burns From the moment the camera starts, we are treated to a cover of the book, The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins. That’s life in the big city. You get…
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CPE, Em and El: The Odd Life of Timothy Green: sappy, somewhat clumsy
The Odd Life of Timothy Green – 2012 Written and Directed by Peter Hedges Starring Jennifer Garner, Joel Edgerton, CJ Adams, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ron Livingston, Dianne Wiest, David Morse, Common, Odeya Rush, M. Emmet Walsh …Timothy Green is a film that tries so hard to be liked, it makes one wonder what is wrong with it. The vibe…
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The Three Stooges is a win, any way you figure it
The Three Stooges – 2012 Directed by Bobby and Peter Farrelly Starring Chris Diamantopoulos, Sean Hayes, Will Sasso, Jane Lynch, Larry David, Sofia Vergara, Craig Bierko, Stephen Collins, Lin Shaye, Brian Doyle-Murray, The Cast of the Jersey Shore Screenplay by Mike Cerrone and The Farrelly Brothers Never having been a fan of The Stooges, I was nonplussed when…
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