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Cyrus (2010)

A while ago Anomolous Material had an article about actors that are better at doing supporting roles instead of playing the main part in a movie. One of the actors that was on the list was John C. Reilly and I agree with his inclusion on the list. He was funny in Talladega Nights and Step Brothers, but the reason for it was because of the rest of the cast. In Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, which spoofed Walk the Line, he starred and I was really disappointed by that film as it just wasn’t funny. With Cyrus he gets another chance to show he has the star power to pull it off. Does he manage to do it or does this movie show he just can’t? Continue reading →

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Groundhog Day (1993)

There are movies which I will watch on TV if I just happen to see it playing (although I actually hate to watch movies on cable because of all the commercial breaks). Coming to America is one of those movies and Groundhog Day is another one. Bill Murray is weather man Phil who, together with his producer Rita (Andie MacDowell) and cameraman Larry (Chris Elliott), travels to the little village of Punxsutawney to report on Groundhog Day, the day on which a groundhog does a prediction on how long the winter will last.

Everything seems like routine job and Phil heads back home. They find out quickly they won’t be able to make it because of blizzard and are forced to return to Punxsutawney. It will be Phil’s longest day. Lees verder

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Machete (2010)

When Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez were making the Grindhouse movies (Death Proof and Planet Terror), they wanted to show some fake trailers between the movies. One of those trailers was Machete, which was about a Mexican who was hired to kill someone, but finds out it’s a trap and as a result is hunted by a lot of people. Time for him to take revenge on those responsible.

The trailer turned out to be so popular (I really liked it as well when I first saw it) that Rodriguez got a lot of questions about it. People actually wanted to see the movie so he decided to make a feature length film of it. Is the movie just as much fun as the trailer or shouldn’t Rodriguez have bothered? Continue reading →

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Garden State (2004)

Zach Braff has written, directed and stars in this movie about Andrew Largeman, a man who returns to his home town after many years to attend the funeral of his mother. He almost has no contact with his father anymore, so their relationship is almost nonexistent. While he’s back he meets some of his friends he knew when he was a kid. They all think that he has become a successful actor in Hollywood, but reality is a bit different.

Since he was young his father prescribed him medicines and because of this he feels he hasn’t really lived as he experienced it all in a state where he was numb to it all.
He decides to stop taking them and meet up with another doctor to discuss the effect this might have. While he’s waiting for his appointment he meets Sam (Natalie Portman) who says she is waiting for a friend. It doesn’t take long for Andrew to find out she’s also there because of psychological issues (she’s a big liar). He gives here a ride home and the two start seeing more and more of each other. Continue reading →

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Barry Munday (2010)

Barry Munday was a movie I hadn’t heard anything about. After seeing the trailer, which looked like fun I decided to watch it. It also stars Patrick Wilson who can be very funny.
Enough reason to give this movie a chance. Barry Munday has got an office job, a girlfriend he hardly sees and as a result of that he is a womanizer. He has some success, until he chooses the wrong girl. This results in him being attacked by a guy with a trumpet and losing both his testicles. Yeah, definitely a painful idea, but although some jokes are being made about it at the start, not much more is done with that fact. You would expect other characters to keep making jokes about it, but this is not the case.
Barry receives a letter from a lawyer stating that one of the women he slept with is pregnant. Continue reading →

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Dinner for Schmucks (2010)

When the first line of a comedy is “Poor Jacobson, they took his stapler”, it already has done something good in my book with this obvious reference to Office Space. Although this movie doesn’t have any similarities to it, the tone has been set. Paul Rudd is Tim, an analyst who is trying hard to move up the corporate ladder. During a meeting he gives a presentation which catches the eye of higher management and gets the chance to realise his dream.

There is a small precondition though. His boss regularly organizes dinners where everyone has to bring a guest along. These are not normal guests, but people with a “special gift”. It turns out that his boss expects everyone to invite the biggest losers they can find. The person who has the biggest one wins a prize. Although Tim really does not want to join this dinner, he doesn’t want to throw away his chance to play in the big league. Continue reading →

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Lottery Ticket (2010)

This movie stars Bow Wow as Kevin Carson, a young man who still lives with his grandmother and works at Footlocker. His grandma regularly plays the lottery and although he never enters is he does decide to play for one time with the numbers he got from a fortune cookie.

It doesn’t take long for hm to find out that he has won $370 million dollars. Only problem is that he can’t immediately claim his price because the lottery office isn’t open till after the weekend. He wants to try to keep it a secret, but his grandmother can’t keep her mouth shut and the whole neighbourhood turns up at the house to get something from him. Continue reading →

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Easy A (2010)

The past few year Emma Stone has been hard at work making a name for herself in Hollywood. She played in Superbad, Paper Man and Zombieland. With Easy A she gets the chance to show if she has enough talent to carry the weight of a whole movie.
In Easy A she’s Olive Penderghast, a normal girl who spends a lot of time with her friend Rhiannon (Alyson Michalka) and does ok at school. Rhiannon’s parents are a bit weird and when they invite Olive to join them for a weekend in the country she tells Rhiannon that she can’t go as she has a date.

After the weekend Rhiannon ask her about the date and whether or not she slept with the guy. Olive decides to lie about it and confirms that she has. She doesn’t know that Marianne (Amanda Bynes) is listening in and it only takes a few minutes before everyone at school knows about it. It’s the first time that Olive is the center of attention. Continue reading →

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Land of the Lost (2009)

Land of the Lost was a series for children that ran on NBC from 1974 until 1976 and we have seen the last couple of years, Hollywood likes looking at old shows to use as a basis for a movie. Recent examples are Starsky and Hutch, Miami Vice, Dukes of Hazard or the A-Team. So Land of the Lost is one that can be added to the list. The thing with this movie is that to me it was very unclear which kind of audience the movie caters to, because there were a lot of things in the movie that are not aimed at children, but at the same time there isn’t much to enjoy for grown-ups either. Don’t be fooled by the picture I’ve added above, it may look spectacular, but in reality it will dissapoint you. Continue reading →

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Due Date (2010)

Visiting a movie theatre is not what is used to be. There once was a time where you could just buy a ticket, get your refreshments and wait for the doors to open, no more. It seems that visiting a cinema needs to be an “experience”. At least that was what I found out when visiting to see this movie.

The theatre I go to (called Pathé) has special Ladies nights, which I was not aware of. It’s quite succesful as most of the people walking around were actually women. To cater to these women they were selling clothing, makeup etcetera and a lot of women were buying. It was something I was not prepared for. After finally managing to get through the crowd it was time to watch Due Date, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Zach Galifianakis. Continue reading →