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Editor's rating:
4.0
Thursday, 19 August 2010
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
Before we get into this review, I have some questions for you. First, do you like nudity? I mean, in your face, eye-popping, Playboy playmate level nudity. Right, moving on. Do you like gore? I'm talking about outrageous, vicious, unexpected gore. Do you like Christopher Lloyd, Ving Rhames, Elisabeth Shue, and Richard Dreyfuss? Do you love a hilarious, massive, over the top spectacle? And if you could have all of these things, would you want it in 3D? If you answered yes to any of those questions, you owe it to yourself to see Piranha 3D.Piranha 3D steals its plot from Jaws: A lakeside town dependent on tourism gears up for a busy but fruitful Spring Break. Out of towners are already there en masse, causing trouble for the local sheriff, Julie (Elisabeth Shue). Her son, Jake (Steven R. McQueen, seriously, Steve McQueen), slaves ...
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Editor's rating:
2.0
Friday, 13 August 2010
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
What happens when you take Sylvester Stallone, an action film legend whose career is back on the upswing, and put him in a movie with some action movie veterans and up and comers? I'll tell you what we should have gotten: A kick-ass movie that blew everyone away, highlighting actors that many have forgotten about years ago, while giving an opportunity for new actors to make their mark. What did we get instead? A poorly cut film that can hardly sustain the interest of the audience. Oh Stallone, where did you go wrong?The Expendables is the name of an elite mercenary group. Led by Barney Ross (Sylvester Stallone) and Lee Christmas (Jason Statham), they take jobs that no one else will. As the film opens, the team is in the midst of saving hostages from pirates. When one of their ...
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Editor's rating:
5.0
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
"Scott Pilgrim is dating a high schooler!"So begins Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, the new film from Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, and Spaced director Edgar Wright. It's also the first line of Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, the first volume of the Scott Pilgrim comics by Bryan Lee O'Malley, on which the film is based. The comic book is an amalgamation of comedy, drama, sci-fi, and action run through the filter of video games and garage bands. The movie is an amalgamation of comedy, drama, sci-fi, and action run through the filter of video games and high profile bands. It's a crazy ride, and also the most fun you'll have at the movies this year. Scott Pilgrim (Michael Cera) is a twenty-something guy living in Canada with his gay roommate Wallace Wells (Kieran Culkin). He's in a band, Sex Bob-omb, and is dating a high ...
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Editor's rating:
4.0
Friday, 06 August 2010
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
Adam McKay (Will Ferrell's creative partner and the director of Step Brothers, Talladega Nights, and Anchorman) is angry. He's sick of corporate malfeasance, Ponzi schemes, and government bailouts. He's so mad that he's decided to make a movie about it. But instead of getting on a soap box, he's using his weapon of choice: crazy comedy. He's enlisted some major league help, including Will Ferrell, Mark Wahlberg, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson, Anne Heche, Steve Coogan, Michael Keaton, and even Derek Jeter. And it appears his rage has given him focus, as The Other Guys is both McKay's and Ferrell's best film sinceAnchorman, and also the closest McKay has yet come to forging a real narrative. Allen Gamble (Will Ferrell) and Terry Hoitz (Mark Wahlberg) aren't super cops. In fact, they're the bane of the NYPD. Gamble is a pencil pusher, following trails of un-filed ...
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Editor's rating:
4.5
Friday, 30 July 2010
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Written by
Daniel Hirshleifer
In Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums, Margot (Gwyneth Paltrow) calls childhood mate Eli Cash (Owen Wilson) "especially not a genius" in reference to his derivative cowboy novels. Shocked by this assessment, Eli asks, "How can you say that someone is especially not a genius?" As I looked over the career of director Jay Roach, it struck me that he is especially not a genius. He works with the material and the cast that he has and if those are good, the movie is good. If they're not, Roach can do nothing to save the project. Luckily for him--and for us--Dinner For Schmucks contains the best material and the best cast Roach has had since Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery. Based on the French film Le Diner de Cons (from the same screenwriter of La Cage Aux Folles, a film that would be remade into The Birdcage), Dinner for Schmucks stars Paul Rudd as Tim, ...
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