Category: Ratings
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Ron Howard’s The Dilemma fails to earn any sympathy…or laughs
The Dilemma – 2011 Directed by Ron Howard Starring, Vince Vaughn, Kevin James, Jennifer Connelly, Winona Rider, Queen Latifah, Channing Tatum Written by Allen Loeb The first thoughts that run through my head as I look at Kevin James’ character, Nick, explain to his friend and business partner, Ronny, played by Vince Vaughan, why their…
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Get Low shows the high virtue of forgiveness
Get Low – 2010 Directed by Aaron Scheider Starring Robert Duvall, Bill Murray, Lucas Black, Sissy Spacek, Bill Cobbs, Gerald McRaney, Lori-Beth Edgeman, Andrea Powell, Scott Cooper Written by Chris Provenzano, C. Gaby Mitchell The human soul is a curious thing. It can go for years at a time helping the mind to deny certain truths, while…
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Cyrus shows that Tomei is without peer
Cyrus – 2010 Written and Directed by Jay and Mark Duplass Starring John C. Reilly, Marisa Tomei, Jonah Hill, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh, Kim Rhodes Marisa Tomei has had an interesting career. She had acted in major motion pictures since 1984’s The Flamingo Kid, but was thought of as a relative newcomer when she surprised the world with…
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The King’s Speech is quiet, humble and dignified
The King’s Speech – 2010 Directed by Tom Hooper Starring Colin Firth, Geoffery Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce, Timothy Spall, Derek Jacobi, Jennifer Ehle, Michael Gambon Written by David Seidler First thing’s first: The King’s Speech is a great film. It was not, however, the best film of last year. That movie was Inception.…
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I Love You Phillip Morris is one long con after another
I Love You Phillip Morris – 2010 Written and Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Starring Jim Carrey, Leslie Mann, Ewan McGregor, “Being gay is really expensive,” is one of the first things we learn about Steven Jay Russell (Carrey), the protagonist in the movie billed as gay and funny, I Love You Phillip Morris. As…
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Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows: Part 1 – Plays like, surprise, half of a movie
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hollows, Part 1 – 2011 Directed by David Yates Starring Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Ralph Fiennes, Alan Rickman, Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, John Hurt, Imelda Staunton, Bill Nighy, David Thewlis, Patricia Walters, Rhys Ifans Written by Steve Kloves based on the book by…
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Tron: Legacy – The Dude abides an old new world
Tron: Legacy – 2010 Directed by Joseph Kosinski Starring Jeff Bridges, Garret Hedlund, Bruce Boxleitner, Olivia Wilde, Michael Sheen Written by Adam Horowitz, Edward Kitsis There’s a concept expressed in Tron: Legacy that is a clever one, considering it is based on life inside of a computer program. Kevin Flynn, having discovered the existence of…
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Black Swan is not exactly Let’s Dance
Black Swan – 2010 Directed by Darren Aronofsky Starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey Written by Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, John McLaughlin “Let’s Dance” – Lyrics by David Bowie “Let’s dance Let’s dance Let’s dance, put on your red shoes and dance the blues Let’s dance, to the song they’re playin’ on the radio…” Well,…
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The Next Three Days feels like a week or so
The Next Three Days – 2011 Directed by Paul Haggis Starring Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Liam Neeson, Brian Dennehy, Olivia Wilde, Jason Beghe Written by Haggis and Fred Cavayé The Next Three Days is a well-intentioned, methodical, and ultimately plodding remake of a French film (written and directed by Cavayé) called Anything for Her. It follows its…
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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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