Category: 3 Stars
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Gyllenhaal Brings The Wacky Pain in Prince of Persia The Sands of Time
Prince of Persia – The Sands of Time Directed by Mike Newell Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley, Alfred Molina At first, I thought that this movie was trying to outdo Brokeback Mountain in the homo-erotic delights. Having seen more of Jake Gyllenhaal’s chest hair than I ever wanted to see in the first 15 minutes,…
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Cool Papa E’s Complete Harry Potter Movie Series Reviews
Having spent the first 2 movies avoiding Harry Potter, I was intrigued by the choice of director to finally watch Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. That movie, with its time-turner, Buckbeak and the incredible Gary Oldman, impressed me enough to give the rest of the series a chance. Still, I kept the series…
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Clash of the Titans is an interesting, if incomplete take
Clash of the Titans (2010) Directed by Louis Leterrier Starring Sam Worthington, Gemma Aterton, Ralph Fiennes, Liam Neeson, Danny Huston, Mads Mikkelson Not since Nancy Kerrigan was knocked in the knee has there been such a hubub over something so unimportant as the late stage 3 D conversion of Clash of the Titans. There was…
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Jay Baruchel proves he is up for She’s Out of My League
She’s Out of My League Directed by Jim Field Smith Starring Jay Baruchel, Alice Eve, T.J. Miller, Mike Vigel, Nate Torrence, Krysten Ritter, Geoff Stults, Lindsay Sloane Jay Baruchel has been solid in several projects for the last few years. After barely reaching the public consciousness in the very short-lived Judd Apatow series “Undeclared,” his star steadily…
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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra: Big, Dumb, Fun
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra Directed by Stephen Sommers Starring Channing Tatum, Sienna Miller, Christopher Eccleston, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Rachel Nichols, Marlon Wayans, Ray Park, Lee Byung-hun, Dennis Quaid Screenplay Stuart Beattie, David Elliot, Paul Lovett The first real cognitive activity I experienced while watching G.I. Joe occurred when the President of the United States makes an appearance…
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Amy Adams helps differentiate Leap Year from all of the others
Leap Year Directed by Anand Tucker Starring – Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow This is an incredibly tough field to cover in a movie. There are so many bad ones, you find yourself in a rut, waiting for the next Nora Ephron, Nancy Meyers, Judd Apatow or Rob Reiner effort and hoping…
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Whip It has some nice performances
Whip It Directed by Drew Barrymore Screenplay by Shauna Cross, based on her own novel Starring: Ellen Page, Marcia Gay Harden, Daniel Stern, Kristen Wiig, Alia Shawkat, Juliette Lewis, Andrew Wilson In the wake of the phenomenon that was Juno, Ellen Page was nominated for an academy award. She was on a nice little roll,…
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Couples Retreat is only an apostrophe away from Paradise
Director: Peter Billingsley Starring: Vince Vaughn, Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman, Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau, Kristin Davis, Faizon Love, Tasha Smith About 10 years ago, I saw the movie Deep Blue Sea with the reasonable expectation that I was going to see one of my favorite actors and the film’s main stars, Samuel L. Jackson, kick…
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In which there is plenty of “Fighting”
Channing Tatum seems like a model pretty boy, but after half an hour of Fighting, it is apparent he is a good fit for this type of movie. Playing a down on his luck college wrestler who is in NYC just looking for a break. Or, at least, looking to sell fake Harry Potter books. The movie…
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