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Editor's rating:
3.0
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
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Written by
Brittani Simberg
I have a proposal for you. I’ll give you, say, twelve of my hard earned dollars and two hours of my time. I’ll even let you try and sell me a car and some soda pop before we get down to business. All I ask for in return is some fresh romantic comedy entertainment – a storyline that hasn’t been sewn from the scraps of ones that came before it (and that isn’t based on a lie or misunderstanding – I am SO over that), two affable main characters with chemistry that makes me root for them to be together and some clever bits along the way. Why is it so FREAKING hard for you to hold up your end of this bargain???The creators of The Proposal came through for us on only one of these counts. With two lesser ...
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Editor's rating:
1.5
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
When Michael Bay was brought on to direct a live action rendition of the beloved Saturday morning cartoon Transformers, emotions ran high among the series' fans. Bay is a divisive director and many felt he couldn't pull it off. When design sketches from a production laptop were leaked, people really went nuts. They couldn't believe the changes that Bay was making to the franchise they grew up with. Optimus had flames on his side when in truck form? Megatron looking like Treebeard? What the heck was Bay up to? Of course, as we all now know, Transformers turned out to be a really fun movie. It wasn't perfect (why on Earth was Anthony Anderson in there?), but it was a surprisingly good time at the movies. Since then, co-writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman were hired to pen J.J. Abrams' reboot ...
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Editor's rating:
2.5
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
Harold Ramis began his directing career auspiciously, helming the golf classic Caddyshack. He followed this up with the equally classic Chevy Chase vehicle Vacation, and in the early 90’s landed yet another enduring comedy winner with the wonderful Groundhog Day (and I can’t help but give him credit for the should-be-a-gimmick but aren’t romps that are Multiplicity and Bedazzled). And yet, despite these landmarks and his work as an actor in such venerable comedies as Stripes and Ghostbusters, Ramis’ career has been plagued with sub par elements. Whether it be the ill-conceived Al Franken stinker Stuart Saves His Family or the boring sequel Analyze That, Ramis’ career has not been without its missteps. After releasing the forgettable The Ice Harvest with John Cusack, Ramis shifted to television, directing several episodes of The Office. During that time, comedy juggernaut Judd Apatow ...
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Editor's rating:
1.0
Monday, 15 June 2009
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Written by
Brittani Simberg
Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Eddie Murphy’s career. After a long illness, it finally succumbed this weekend when the final nail, Imagine That, was hammered into its coffin. It fought the good fight, but even an Oscar nomination (for 2006’s Dreamgirls) was not enough to save it. In the end, crappyfamilycomedyitis just proved too darn strong.Let us, for a moment, think of better times. Oh, Raw. Oh, Delirious. How a single tear rolls down my cheek as I remember chortling at your antics. I cannot help but sadly sing to myself, “You have no iiiiice cream, you can’t affooord it, cuz you’re on the welfare and your dad’s an alcohoooolic”. I remember, too, when you were far and away the best thing about Saturday Night Live (sorry, Joe Piscopo, but it’s true). I ...
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Editor's rating:
3.0
Wednesday, 10 June 2009
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Written by
Brittani Simberg
Sam Mendes intrigues me. He won an Oscar for his very first feature (American Beauty), an auspicious beginning that I assume puts a lot of pressure on a chap. He then failed to capture the public’s imagination with his subsequent efforts (Road to Perdition, Jarhead, & Revolutionary Road) which all seemed to just miss the mark somehow. I keep waiting, however, for him to live up to the promise he showed when he had the entire movie world talking about the stunning grace to be found in a plastic bag. Of course, the screenplay for American Beauty is something that comes along once in a career and the material he chose afterwards was far less accessible. Who wants to see a couple tear each other apart or the misery of what war is really like for soldiers in the Middle ...
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