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The Invention Of Lying
2012. 100 Minutes. PG-13.
Films regurgitate, it’s just in their nature. It’s not always a bad thing, some ideas work over and over, and frankly, it doesn’t matter when they are replicated; 500 Days of Summer is a remake of Annie Hall (basically). Warrior is a remake of Rocky (basically). It’s not the end of the world, they are all good movies.
On occasion, movies are original. On rare occasions… comedies are original. Welcome to one of the most original comedies I’ve ever seen, starring, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais.
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Tagged Comedy, Edward Norton, Jennifer Garner, Louis CK, Peter Struzziero, Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Gervais, Rob Lowe, THE INVENTION OF LYING, Tina Fey
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Moonrise Kingdom
2012. PG-13. 94 minutes.
“I love you, but you have no idea what you’re talking about.”
To love Wes Anderson or not to love Wes Anderson? That is the question.
The director has now produced seven films. Some say his films are too precious and don’t have a soul; that they are TOO quirky and too stylized; that Wes Anderson films are all the same. But others love the quirkiness and laugh uproariously at the dry humor. They enjoy the gorgeousness of the filming, the extreme attention to detail. If you are the latter, you will love Moonrise Kingdom. It is, in my opinion, definitely one of the best films Anderson has done, and I’ll tell you why.
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Tagged Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Comedy, Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Jared Gilman, Kara Hayward, MOONRISE KINGDOM, Noelle Boc, Romance, Tilda Swinton, Wes Anderson
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The Avengers
2012. 142 Minutes. Rated PG 13.
“Because if we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it.”
I know some girls wouldn’t dream of going to see a movie based on comic books, but The Avengers was pure eye candy (I’m not biased due to my secret crush on Mark Ruffalo either; ever since 13 Going on 30, there is a quiet sadness look that I just can’t get enough of.) If Ruffalo isn’t your type, this movie also has Robert Downey Jr. in his reprise of millionaire playboy Ironman (who always seems to get better with age), the loyal and patriotic newcomer Chris Evans as Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth as warrior god of Thunder, Thor. Oh, and for everyone else, Scarlett Johansson bends and twists in skin tight leather as the spy, Black Widow.
Primal Fear
Primal Fear
Edward Norton? Who’s Edward Norton? That’s what people were saying when they heard about Primal Fear, or “That new Richard Gere movie.”
1996 rolled around and so did the film debut of some simple looking man in his late twenties. He sunk his hooks in deep with role as a man suspected of a brutal murder and facing the death penalty. He only had interactions with a few characters in Primal Fear, but that’s all he needed. No one asked “Who’s Edward Norton?” ever again.
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Tagged Edward Norton, Frances McDormand, Laura Linney, Peter Struzziero, PRIMAL FEAR, Richard Gere, Stanley Anderson
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