Category: 3 Stars
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Diary of A Wimpy Kid, Roderick Rules and Dog Days
The Diary of A Wimpy Kid – 2010 Directed by Thor Freudenthal Starring Zachary Gordon, Robert Capron, Rachael Harris, Steve Zahn, Devon Bostick, Connor and Owen Fielding, Chloë Grace Moretz, Grayson Russell, Laine MacNeil, Karen Brar Written by Jackie & Jeff Filgo, Gabe Sachs, Jeff Judah based on the book by Jeff Kinney I bought the…
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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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Conviction is average Oscar bait and switch
Conviction – 2010 Directed by Tony Goldwyn Starring Hilary Swank, Sam Rockwell, Peter Gallagher, Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis, Melissa Leo, Clea Duvall, Bailee Madison Written by Pamela Gray There is a scene early on in Conviction when Kenny Waters (Rockwell), who has brought his young child into a bar with loud, live music, along with…
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Drive Angry gives me a few good reasons I shouldn’t shoot it in the face
Drive Angry – 2011 Directed by Patrick Lussier Starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner, Katy Mixon, David Morse, Billy Burke, Tom Atkins Written by Lussier and Todd Farmer This film is bad in the most glorious way possible. It is offensive, crude, dumb, overly violent and wholly unbelievable. What else can one expect, though,…
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Battle: Los Angeles fights a valiant war with the power of cliche
Battle: Los Angeles – 2011 Director Jonathan Liebsman Starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramón Rodríguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo, Michael Peña Written by Chris Bertolini Rule#31 – Whenever a movie about an alien invasion starts mid-battle, and you know we have to go back to the beginning, the beginning needs to be exciting. Rule#548 – It’s never…
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Cool Papa E Reviews Marvel’s The X-Men / Wolverine Movies
Many are hailing this coming week’s X-Men: First Class as the best Marvel movie ever. Everything I have seen so far looks fantastic. Now is as good a time as any to check what we’ve seen so far from the X-Men Series of films. This list will be comprehensive within the next couple of weeks,…
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I Am Number Four takes it self seriously, but is fun
I Am Number Four – 2011 Directed by D.J. Caruso Starring Alex Pettyfer, Timothy Olyphant, Teresa Palmer, Dianna Agron, Callan McAullife, Kevin Durand Written by Alfred Gough, Miles Millar, Marti Noxon, based on I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (Jobie Hughes and James Frey) The name James Frey is a fount of controversy ever since…
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Something happened on the way to Hereafter: life got really slow
Hereafter – 2010 Directed by Clint Eastwood Starring Matt Damon, Cecile de France, Frankie and George McLaren, Jay Mohr, Richard Kind, Lyndsey Marshal Written by Peter Morgan So, I really like Clint Eastwood. Seriously. And more as a director than an actor, but it’s been close. I think he asks a lot of questions with…
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Life As We Know It is every romantic comedy as we know (and sometimes love) them
Life As We Know It – 2010 Directed by Greg Berlanti Starring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Christina Hendricks, Sarah Burns, Faizon Love Written by Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson There is a lot going on here, in this romantic comedy. The start is somewhat natural, given that the two leads have a meet-cute that…
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The A-Team rates a solid C+
The A-Team – 2010 – Unrated Edition Director – Joe Carnahan Starring – Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper, Patrick Wilson, Quinton Jackson, Sharlto Copely, Jessica Biel, Gerald McRaney, Brian Bloom, Henry Czerny, John Hamm Written by – Joe Carnahan, Brian Bloom, Skip Woods Of course I avoided The A-Team this summer when it came out, and…
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