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Posts tagged "Movie"

The celebrity wattage of ‘Valentine’s Day’

Last night I watched a screening of the rom-com of the moment, Valentine’s Day and couldn’t help but think how much this movie was like a Jenga game of celebrities. It was like a celebratory orgy of fame – but exactly how much star wattage was on this crowded Hollywood hayride? I put my disdain...

I don’t know if I am ready to ‘Whip It’

The Hurl Scouts jam out on the roller derby track: (from left) Smashley Simpson (Drew Barrymore), Babe Ruthless (Ellen Page) and Maggie Mayhem (Kristen Wiig) “Let’s celebrate mediocrity,” says Razor (Andrew Wilson), the coach of the roller derby team affectionately called “The Hurl Scouts” in the movie Whip It after they lost one of many...