Christopher Nolan’s The Prestige has gotten a modern makeover. Hugh Jackman has been replaced by Steve Carell, and Christian Bale by Jim Carrey. Turn-of-the-century England has been transformed into 21st century Las Vegas, and the drama has been replaced with slapstick comedy. It’s The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, and while the movie isn’t incredible, it manages to pull a few laughs out of the hat.
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My fantasy has finally come true. For years I’ve dreamed of a Meryl Streep/Tommy Lee Jones sex scene, and Hope Springs turned those dreams into reality. Funny and heartwarming, Hope Springs looks at the efforts of an aging couple whose marriage is hanging on by threads.
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It’s the alternate ending to Armageddon we never asked for. The space shuttle destroyed, a massive asteroid hurtling toward earth, humanity has days before it is wiped from the planet, and the planet destroyed. Within this context is set Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, a romantic quasi-comedy with lots of promise and not much else.
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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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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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Actor Steve Carell has been solid even when scripts faltered – which has not been that often.
Whether as the lead actor or as a supporting cast member, Steve Carell brings a quality to the screen that is hard to find among comedic-based actors – he brings a sincerity that defies the situation regardless of how ludicrous, ridiculous or outrageous it may be. He can certainly play a sympathetic character, drawing in audiences with a beaten puppy demeanor, but when he tackles comedy roles, his genius shines. Few actors can respond to slapstick circumstances, or deliver such entertaining lines with the straight-faced, totally aware, calm-cool-and-collected understatement that Carell can.
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