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MY MOVIE WISHLIST: MOVIE 43

What’s it about? “An ensemble comedy intertwining different tales.” IMDB Who made it? Directors: Elizabeth Banks, Steven Brill, Steve Carr, Rusty Cundieff, James Duffy, Griffin Dunne, Peter Farrelly, Patrik Forsberg, James Gunn, Bob Odenkirk, and Brett Ratner; Writers: Steve Baker, Will Carlough, Patrik Forsberg, Matt Portenoy, Greg Pritikin, Rocky Russo, and Jeremy Sosenko Who’s in it? First […]

End of Watch

Now this is what I’m talking about: an action(ish) movie with well-developed characters you can actually care about and whose well-being through the end is not a given. If you’ve read some of my reviews for action movies, you know that one of the biggest issues I have with them is how predictable they are. […]

Red Hook Summer

It’s summer vacation for thirteen-year-old Silas Royale (played by Jules Brown), or Flik as he likes to be called, and instead of spending it at his house with his friends in Atlanta, he gets dumped by his mother at his grandfather’s two bedroom apartment in the Red Hook neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. We’re never […]

For A Good Time, Call (A Small Review)

What’s it about? Lauren (played by Lauren Miller) is a brunette. She’s prim, she’s proper, she’s smart. She’s being kicked out of her apartment. Katie (played by Ari Graynor) is a blonde. She’s a bit of a wild child and she’s catty. She has a two bedroom apartment that she can no longer afford on her […]

Premium Rush (A Small Review)

What’s it about? Wilee (yes, like the coyote) is a New York bike messenger. He rides a fixed gear bike, and he doesn’t have any brakes because without brakes he has to be alert at all times. When he approaches an intersection at breakneck speed, as he’s wont to do, he can’t simply stop; he […]

MY MOVIE WISHLIST: SEVEN PSYCHOPATHS

What’s it about? “A struggling screenwriter inadvertently becomes entangled in the Los Angeles criminal underworld after his oddball friends kidnap a gangster’s beloved Shih Tzu.” —IMDB Who made it? Directed and written by Martin McDonagh.   Who’s in it?  Colin Farrell, Woody Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Christopher Walken, and Abbie Cornish. When’s it coming out? October 12, 2012. Why […]

The Campaign (A Small Review)

What’s it about? Cam Brady (played by Will Ferrell) had it all. He was the Congressman for North Carolina, he had an easy life full of power, prestige, and money, and he had a good family that supported him. He may have been a questionable leader at best, but every term he got reelected because no […]