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Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
08 months ago
Directors: Glenn Ficarra and John Requa Writer: Dan Fogelman Rated: PG-13 (sexuality) Cast: Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, and Julianne Moore
On a typical night out to dinner, Emily (Moore) shockingly tells Cal (Carell) she wants a divorce while the couple browses dessert options. Cal doesn’t know what to do with his life without Emily, so he resorts to sulking in a local trendy bar. After many observations and becoming annoyed by Cal, ladies man Jacob (Gosling) decides to teach Cal the way of the gentleman. On comes the funny montage of the gents shopping for Cal’s hip new clothes More >
Insidious (2011)
0Director: James Wan Writer: Leigh Whannell Rated: PG-13 Cast: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye, Barbara Hershey, Leigh Whannell, and Angus Sampson
The Lamberts move into a new home, and not long after son Dalton (Ty Simpkins) falls into what seems to be a coma. Ty was playing in the attic when he’s spooked by something, only to not wake up in the morning. Initial reviews of this film gave me high hopes. My friends in the horror community claimed it to be an actual scary movie. To me, the film’s scares were nothing but jump scares with sudden loud noises and neat imagery, More >
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, The (2010)
0Director: Daniel Alfredson Writers: Ulf Ryberg, Steig Larsson (novel) Cast: Michael Nyqvist, Noomi Rapace, Lena Endre Rated: R (language, violence)
Daniel Alfredson, director of the second film installment of Steig Larsson’s epic Millennium trilogy, returns to direct the third and final chapter entitled The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. It’s fitting that Alfredson returns for the third film in that the two flow right into each other, and he handles it seamlessly. The story picks up right where The Girl Who Played with Fire left off with Lisbeth being taken to the hospital.
While Lisbeth More >
Alice in Wonderland (2010)
2Director: Tim Burton Writer: Linda Woolverton (screenplay) and Lewis Carroll (books) Cast: Mia Wasikowska, Johnny Depp, and Helena Bonham Carter Rated: PG As seen in good ‘ol 2D
Alice in Wonderland is known primarily as a children’s adventure story, however in Tim Burton’s version of Wonderland things are presented that make us question whether the tale really is meant to be child-friendly at all. In the film, somewhat scary images are presented, and even though many of the characters are cartooney and funny looking, most carry a sinister presence. I really didn’t know what to make of a lot More >
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
0Director: F. Gary Gray Writer: Kurt Wimmer Cast: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Bruce McGill, and Leslie Bibb Rated: R (bloody violence, language)
After Clyde Shelton’s wife and daughter are brutally slain during a home invasion, Clyde is left for dead but ends up surviving. While struggling to recover from the loss of his family, Clyde also has to deal with the results of a justice system that put one of the killers back on the streets. Clyde decides to get revenge, and more, and does so to the extreme.
One of the first things that will shock viewers very early on in the film is a scene where More >