Posts Tagged ‘Ryan Gosling’

Gangster Squad proves that an all-star cast and flashy direction aren’t enough for what is essentially an unnecessary and ultimately bland upgrade of The Untouchables. Featuring the likes of Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Emma Stone, Robert Patrick, Michael Peña and Giovanni Ribisi, Gangster Squad is moderately entertaining on occasion but instantly forgettable.

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Frankly, 2011 was not a great year for movies. There were a lot of good movies, but few great movies. Spielberg released two movies, but neither were among his best. Scorsese made a kid’s movie, which, despite popular opinion, is not an Oscar-caliber film. The comic book adaptations were entertaining but not mind blowing. The various sequels lived up to their predecessors, but nothing more.

Still, there were a few that stood out from the rest. Few if any on this list were amazing, but they are the best that 2011 had to offer.

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If you survived Black Friday – meaning you avoided the pepper spraying, fighting, shootings and stabbings (what the hell is wrong with people these days?) – then you’re probably in full-on holiday buying mode. A lot of great movies were released this year – and a lot of bad ones, too – so for the average buyer, it’s tough to cut through the crap. Here is a list of ten movies to buy this holiday season that will make any movie lover happy:

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It’s a rule that has stood the test of time, from the days of Julius Caesar to the poetry of William Shakespeare: hubris is a bitch that will beat you, or stab you, dead. Confidence is important, but overconfidence – especially the assumption that things will always go your way because you’re more virtuous than the next guy – will ultimately destroy you. In George Clooney’s mesmerizing The Ides of March, people are but pawns, emotion and friendship unimportant in contrast to strategy and victory, pieces of flesh to be positioned and brushed aside for the sake of success. Or the twisted form of success idealized by politicians.

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When will criminals learn? Stick to your guns, stick to your rules, and things will be fine. Deviate from your simple guidelines, mix in a love interest and let things get personal, and all things will go to hell. Then again, if you’re the bad guys you know you should never mess with the quiet guy who’s the protagonist in a movie, especially if he looks like Ryan Gosling and is featured in the movie Drive. Because he’ll f**k them up, and the movie will blow audiences away.

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No, we’re not giving one lucky [presumably female] fan a date with Ryan Gosling, but we are giving away a cool prize pack to one lucky winner – worth $75 in anticipation of the September 16 release of the movie Drive, which stars Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, among others. The precision-crafted action caper is about a stunt man who also happens to steer getaway vehicles for armed heists by night.

Learn more about this great giveaway and the movie, and enter today!

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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