Month: January 2009
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Is It Just Me, Or Does the New Fast and Furious Look Decent?
Fast and Furious 4 Trailers Consider the original Fast and Furious. The first mega-hit for stars Vin Diesel and Paul Walker, the film pushed them towards careers as solo leads in similarly action-oriented fare. Walker still returned for Fast and Furious 2 (another hit) but skipped the third outing, whereas Diesel hasn’t been in the…
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Kinda Like A Rough, Over-acted Draft of Juno
United States of Tara Pilot Review One wonders how much clout a Steven Spielberg created series has based on the pilot of United States of Tara. The idea is okay, and certainly fits easily into the “edgy” family subgenre popular on channels like Showtime, HBO, and FX. But something is lacking in the execution. Maybe…
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Hustle and Flow in a Semi?
Craig Brewer, writer-director of the magnificent Hustle and Flow as well as the less-seen but nearly equally intriguing Black Snake Moan is apparently set to do an update on Smokey and the Bandit according to Hollywoodreporter.com. His upcoming film Mother Trucker is described as an action comedy about a man who steals an 18 wheeler…
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Terrence Howard pulls a Djimon Hounsou
Fighting-Trailer Watching the trailer for Fighting makes you think of one thing…the trailer for Never Back Down. Here’s the link for Fighting http://www.rottentomatoes.com/dor/objects/964810/fighting/videos/FIGHTING_T1_122908.html Here’s a link for the trailer of Never Back Down http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/neverbackdown/ Let’s compare the two. Never Back Down -About the underground fighting scene -Stars a buff white guy -Weird named love interest…
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Entertainment Things That Merit Attention in 2009
2009 Things To Look For 1. Will Watchmen Be Released? Watchmen has been heavily advertised. It’s a big movie. It’s expensive. It’s probably considered a possible tentpole by its studio. It also may not even get a release date. As has been reported by numerous outlets, Fox has basically said Warner Bros doesn’t have the…
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Considering the Biggest Movies of 2008-And Why?
Looking Back at 2008 Box Office *The following is for US domestic box office figures unless otherwise specified 1. Dark Knight And it damn well deserved it. How many times have you seen a movie that EVERYONE likes? The critics liked it. Audiences liked it. Everyone and their dog saw this movie. Because it was…