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The problem with recent romantic comedies is that they all seem spliced from the same Petri dish. A few variables change slightly: stars (Katherine Heigl or Kate Hudson), settings (wedding in Rhode Island or wedding in New York) and plot details; but the general lackluster style remains unvaried.
Heist movies are great. I love putting the plan that's unfolding onscreen under a microscope and picking it apart. Who doesn't like to think they are smarter than a criminal mastermind? Without even seeing Tony Scott's The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3, I had a pretty good idea why the heist was bound to fail and what I'd do differently.
There are few phenomena in this universe as evocative and imbued with as much symbolic power as a lightening bolt. When one gazes at these pillars of light descending from the heavens, charged with devastating potential, one understands why pre-technological societies believed them the instruments of gods.
In the realm of world cinema, Norwegian film remains largely unknown -- perhaps eclipsed by their Scandinavian neighbors, Sweden and Denmark. While Norway has a long cinematic tradition, dating back to the first decade of the twentieth century, only seven to eight features are produced annually and most productions remain unavailable to English-speaking audiences.
Up is the latest installment of Disney's long list of classic movies. The film is about an elderly man named Carl Fredricksen who, when he is forced to move out of his longtime home, decides to go on the adventure he and his late wife never got to go on.
Beautiful. Magnificent. Transcendent. These are all adjectives I would use to describe Earth, the first film released under the newly formed Disneynature production label. That being said, the film does not exist because of anyone at Disney's mind-blowing vision. Rather, Earth is a condensed new edit of the groundbreaking BBC series, Planet Earth.
Sunshine Cleaning aspires to explore several meaningful ideas and themes: coming to grips with aging, failed ambitions, childhood trauma, the grieving process, the effects of being brought up in a single parent home, and the aftermath of violent deaths.
Since I attending the screening for I Love You, Man, I've had mixed emotions about it. This has probably been one of the most difficult reviews for me to write and I don't know why. This was one of my top 5 "films I'm most excited to see in 2009". I've been anticipating it since I first heard of the premise.
I'll be honest: when I first glanced at the press material for RiP: A remix manifesto I was filled with dread.
Confessions of a Shopaholic, adapted from the series by Sophie Kinsella, is the latest chick lit bestseller to find its way to the silver screen.
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