From the director of The Visitor and The Station Agent comes yet another well-made personal drama, this one starring Paul Giamatti as a financially strapped lawyer and high school wrestling coach who finds inspiration literally on his doorstep. Win Win is one of the best movies of the year so far.
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It’s been the summer of R-rated comedies, and just when you thought Hollywood couldn’t subject the audience to even one more film, yet another arrives. Thankfully, and for a change, the best was saved for last as 30 Minutes or Less is the funniest movie of the year so far.
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Shaun of the Dead is one of my favorite movies. I thoroughly enjoyed the next Simon Pegg/Nick Frost satire Hot Fuzz. Needless to say, I had high hopes for Paul, their latest collaboration, a sci-fi spoof from the director of Superbad. Unfortunately, Paul is about as funny as a wisecracking alien. Which isn’t very funny at all.
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May 6, 2011 was a wonderful day. That was the day Jumping the Broom was released, which meant I no longer had to see its eye-rolling trailer before every movie. The romantic dramedy is now available on Blu-Ray and DVD, and, surprisingly, it’s watchable. But not much more than that.
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Review by Nathan Samdahl (C)
In Miranda July’s sophomore feature The Future, the director assembles an eccentric cast and story that is a mixed bag of successes and misfires. While brimming with creativity, The Future feels forced in many ways, trying to incorporate elements of magical realism and a collection of offbeat moments that prove more distracting than anything else.
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I’m not good with women. For whatever reason, I didn’t get that gene that allows me to undress a scorching hot Hollywood actress with a line of dialogue and a Ryan Gosling squint. I’ll keep trying, but in the mean time I can live vicariously through Crazy, Stupid, Love., a funny and lighthearted romantic comedy starring Steve Carrell and the Gosling.
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The Guard is a film that works on many levels, but ultimately proves to be its own worst enemy. The debut feature of writer/director John Michael McDonagh, The Guard sports an impressive cast, including Brendan Gleeson, Liam Cunningham, Mark Strong and one of my all-time personal favorites, Don Cheadle.
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The Guard, starring Don Cheadle (Hotel Rwanda, Ocean’s Thirteen) and Brendan Gleeson (Braveheart, 28 Days Later), opens in theaters July 29th!
In this comedic fish-out-of-water tale of murder, blackmail, drug trafficking and rural police corruption, two policemen must join forces to take on an international drug- smuggling gang – one, an unorthodox Irish policeman (Gleeson) and the other, a straitlaced FBI agent (Cheadle).
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Proof that a good concept doesn’t always translate into great comedy, Hall Pass, starring Owen Wilson, Jason Sudeikis, Jenna Fischer and Christina Applegate, offers a few laughs but fails to embrace its potential.
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Overlooked and underappreciated, the romantic comedy/party flick Take Me Home Tonight earned only $7 million in the United States, despite a talented cast and an entertaining – albeit predictable – story. While no award winner, Take Me Home Tonight is a fun, lighthearted throwback to the coming-of-age movies of the 1980′s.
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The popular HBO television show Entourage wraps up its eighth and final season this summer, bringing to an end one of the most entertaining, funny and celebrity-laden television shows of the 21st Century. In preparation for the show’s July 24 premiere, Entourage: The Complete Seventh Season partied its way onto DVD yesterday.
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Have you ever had a bad boss? Do you have one now? Have you ever just wanted to kill the slimy bastard? In the entertaining dark comedy Horrible Bosses, Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis devise a seemingly foolproof plan to eliminate their bosses (played by Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston and Colin Farrell) from this world. Of course, foolproof plans conducted by fools are doomed to fail.
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John C. Reilly is filling a unique niche genre right now: two films in two years where he plays a guy who attempts to understand an overweight youth. But Terri is no Cyrus. Despite the outward similarities of the two comedy-dramas, Reilly’s performance and relationship here strike a much different note.
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With an 80% fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a critical consensus that says “with a magnificent performance by Paul Giamatti, Barney’s Version offers much comedy and insight to thecomplexities of modern romance”, it’s clear the movie is one of the most overlooked films of the year.
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