Category: Ratings
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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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Cool Papa E Reviews Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight / Batman Series
One of the best examples of a reboot in cinematic history, Christopher Nolan’s Batman Trilogy comes to an end July 20, 2012. As sad as it will be that it has ended, it has been a historic masterpiece and one wonderful ride. The best thing it did was to cleanse the visionary palate of a…
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CPE and Em (and El): You don’t have to save the world to be Brave
Brave – 2012 Directed by Mark Andrews, Brenda Chapman Starring (voices) Kelly Macdonald, Billy Connolly, Emma Thompson, Craig Ferguson, Kevin McKidd, Robbie Coltrane, John Ratzenberger Screenplay by Brenda Chapman, Mark Andrews, Steve Purcell, Irene Mecchi Expectations for Pixar lowered significantly over the last year. Cars 2 was the kind of film released when a company is out…
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Safe House: Bullets, Crunching Metal and Quick Cuts
Safe House – 2012 Directed by Daniel Espinosa Starring Denzel Washington, Ryan Reynolds, Brendan Gleeson, Vera Farmiga, Sam Shepard, Rubén Blades, Robert Patrick, Liam Cunningham Screenplay by David Guggenheim “I need to find out who this Matt Weston is right now…” is a demand made by CIA Deputy Director Harlan Whitford. This after the safe house in which…
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21 Jump Street takes a different, better turn
21 Jump Street – 2012 Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ellie Kemper, Dave Franco, Rob Riggle, Ice Cube Screenplay Michael Bacall It’s not that I did not ever watch the original television show, I just didn’t ever make it a point to watch 21 Jump Street. All of the hullabaloo…
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They are here for us: Act of Valor
Act of Valor – 2012 Directed by Mike McCoy, Scott Waugh Starring US Navy Seals, US Navy Special Warfare Combatant Crewman, Roselyn Sánchez, Nestor Serrano, Emilio Rivera, Alex Vedov, Screenplay by Kurt Johnstad I am an American. I live under the protection of the men who are portrayed in this film… portrayed by the men themselves. I am not fit…
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CPE and Em: John Carter is a mess of good stuff
John Carter (Of Mars) – 2012 Directed by: Andrew Stanton Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Willem Dafoe, Samantha Morton, Mark Strong, Ciarán Hinds, Dominic West, James Purefoy, Lynn Collins, Bryan Cranston, Daryl Sabara, Thomas Hayden Church Written by Stanton, Mark Andrews and Michael Chabon based on A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs It’s hard to reconcile what kind of movie qualifies…
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