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Date Night (2010)
Aug 21st
Director: Shawn Levy Writer: Josh Klausner Rated: PG-13 (mild language) Cast: Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Mark Wahlberg, Jimmi Simpson, Common, and Taraji P. Henson
Date Night opens with The Ramones’ ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ playing, which right away gave me a bad feeling about this movie. Not that I don’t like the song, I love it, but it has no business in a romantic comedy.
Steve Carrell and Tina Fey play a couple in a marriage crisis who find themselves mixed up in a sticky situation after a case of mistaken identity. What follows is a series of wacky and unrealistic events and More >
Say Goodnight (2008)
Aug 7th
Writer/director: David VonAllmen Rated: R (language/sexuality) Cast: Aaron Paul, Carly Pope, Rob Benedict, Shannon Lucio, Christopher Gessner, Smith Cho, and David Monahan.
Say Goodnight follows four buddies recalling the beginnings of which three of them found the so-called loves of their lives. The result is a blend of raunchiness, laugh out loud humor, and surprisingly realistic relationship situations.
First time writer and director David VonAllmen crafts a pleasant and sexy romantic comedy in a genre that seems to offer less and less originality these days. While the story behind Say Goodnight is nothing incredibly original, it’s still well executed, nicely acted, and most importantly More >
Peter and Vandy (2009)
Jul 12th
Director/Writer: Jay DiPietro Rated: n/a (language) Starring: Jason Ritter, Jess Weixler, Jesse L. Martin, Traci Thoms, and Noah Bean
Peter and Vandy (Jason Ritter and Jess Weixler) are two young lovers in Manhattan. The film is a classic boy meets girl tale, except being told out of sequence and following the many highs and lows that realistically exist in modern relationships. I found the film very reminiscent of last year’s 500 Days of Summer with respect to both the non-linear storytelling and extremely realistic and honest relationship portrayal. Where Peter and Vandy differs, however, is it its more basic approach. I absolutely More >
Youth in Revolt (2009)
Jul 11th
Director: Miguel Arteta Writers: Gustin Nash, C.D. Payne (novel) Rated: R (language, drug use) Starring: Michael Cera, Portia Douleday, Jean Smart, and Ray Liotta
Michael Cera plays Nick Twisp, a beyond-his-years high school geek determined to lose his virginity to his dream girl. After his mom (Jean Smart) brings home her new boyfriend (Zach Galifianakis) and his problems, the family is exiled to a trailer park. In comes Sheeni Saunders played by the beautiful Portia Doubleday who immediately wins the spot of Nick’s dream girl. Sheeni, who has an equally wise and refined persona, takes a liking to Nick as well More >
Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Jul 8th
Director: Steve Pink Writers: Josh Heald, Sean Anders, and John Morris Rated: R Cast: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson, and Rob Corddry
When Lou (Corddry) nearly kills himself in a drunken stupor, his buddies decide to take him on a getaway in a ski town for some male bonding. In their first night they take a dip in an alluring hot tub, and after a wild night of partying they wake up to a series of strange occurrences leading up to the fact that they’ve just found a hole in time through said hot tub. Sound crazy? Well it is, More >
