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Don’t Be An Idiot
Our Idiot Brother may be the most disappointing movie of the year. It’s chocked with talented, interesting performers– Paul Rudd, Elizabeth Banks, Zooey Deschanel, Steve Coogan, Emily Mortimer, Rashida Jones and more– yet it muddles around aimlessly trying to decide if it’s shooting for comedy, drama, dramedy, comedrama, morality tale, what exactly? In the end,…
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It’s The Script, Stupid!
Oh, Hollywood, how many times have you tried to throw star power at a project, locked in a grade-A director and spent the GDP of a small country on special effects only to end up with a celluloid turd that’s DOA? The answer is way too many times. The problem is black and white: the…
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Poo Flingers Rise Up
If you’ve ever been to the zoo, you’ve probably seen apes do some amazing things like fling their poo or eat their own vomit. Do not be mislead. Although they may act like drunk frat pledges, they’re actually crafty critters– especially when you give them some drugs that turbo-goose their intellect. Rise of The Planet…
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Are You Human or Special Effects?
Some film guru once stated that there are two types of movies: those stories about the human condition (timeless tales), and those that show you something you could never see otherwise (special effects extravaganzas). Right now, you can see two prime examples of these movie types, each a standout in its particular weight class. For…
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Cry, America, Cry
Think of the saddest tearjerker movie you’ve ever seen, now prepare for it to become #2 on the soggy hankie list. The documentary Inside Job is a must-see film about the financial meltdown that crippled the world thanks to the piggy greed of fat cat pin stripers on Wall Street and in the government. When…
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X Marks Spot for Cinematic Gold
For mutated wonders, there’s mind readers, a metal bender, shape shifter, chameleon, flier and fireball spitter, harness energy and zap it back at you wonderdude and more. Plus January Jones who had some superpower but she doesn’t really need it because she looks like January Jones and that’s strong enough stuff to stop Don Draper.