Long and Barrymore in ‘Going the Distance’ Photo credit: Warner Bros. Pictures
When I say that Nanette Burstein’s romantic comedy, Going the Distance is a fictional take on long distance relationships – I mean exactly that: it’s fictional. I am not saying that they never work nor am I speaking from first-person experience; I am just [...]
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There’s a part in The Switch where Wally (Jason Bateman) has to procure a head lice situation with his artificially/illegitimately inseminated son Sebastian (Thomas Robinson).
It’s probably the best part of the entire movie – that and the tormented cuteness of Robinson’s portrayal of Sebastian.
But let’s rewind just a little bit to paint a picture [...]
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Eat Pray Love: Food porn at its finest
Throughout the entire (I repeat: ENTIRE) 133 minutes of the screening of Eat Pray Love, I had the pleasure of sitting next to a young woman who said, “That’s cute” every 15 minutes. Occasionally, she would repeat the dialogue said by the characters and then giggle to her [...]
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The internet is used for a lot of things: email, research, shopping and social networking; but what would it be without porn? And who knew that the origin story of internet porn would be so enthralling?
Actually, anything involving porn is captivating. And depending on what kind of person you are, it can captivate you or [...]
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Luke (center – Rick Malambri) and his “Pirates” get ready for battle
Is it really necessary to have a third installment of Step Up? Apparently yes — and in 3-D no less! If this movie franchise made Channing Tatum a megastar, then it must be important.
Even though the movie’s plot doesn’t need an explanation (it’s secondary [...]
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Earth! Wind! Fire! Water! Heart!
No, that is not in reference to Captain Planet and the Planeteers, it is the foundation of M. Night Shyamalan’s latest cinematic venture, The Last Airbender – well, minus the “heart.” – and I say that literally and figuratively.
Based on the Nickelodeon cartoon of the same name, The Last Airbender is [...]
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Dear Miranda, Carrie, Samantha and Charlotte: I love you, but maybe your lives would be better without a sequel documenting your lives
On Monday, I watched a pre-screening of Sex and the City 2. As I sat there trying to trudge through the less-than-witty writing, unbelievably hollow storyline and gratuitous glitz & glamour, I thought, “I [...]
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Saldana (from left), Evans, Morgan, Short, Elba and Jaenada march into battle in ‘The Losers’
The movie: The Losers
Directed by: Sylvain White
Written by: Peter Berg and James Vanderbilt
Comic book origin: The Losers was a comic book series created by Andy Diggie and was loosely based on a DC Comics series by the same name set in [...]
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J. Lo and S. Lo in the Back-Up Plan
The movie: The Back-Up Plan
Directed by: Alan Poul
Written by: Kate Angelo
Hot, famous people you will recognize: Jennifer Lopez
Hot, famous people you probably won’t recognize (but will probably see more in the future – mainly in the “reimagining” of Hawaii Five-O) : Alex O’Loughlin
The story: Zoe (Lopez) [...]
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Kick-Ass (Johnson) and Hit Girl (Moretz) get ready to brawl
The Movie: Kick-Ass
Directed by: Matthew Vaughn
Written by: Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn
Based on the graphic novel by: Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.
Famous who you probably won’t recognize: Aaron Johnson, Evan Peters, Clark Duke, Chloe Moretz
Famous people you probably recognize: Nicolas Cage, Mark Strong, [...]
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