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SPEED RACER
- (3 out of 4 Buckets) -
"Every year, there seems to be
one movie released that simply mystifies the viewer solely through its
technical mastery. This movie isn’t a spectacle simply because it is
full of flashy and impressive special effects; it bends all of the rules
of traditional filmmaking as we know it. Last summer, this film came in
the form of The Bourne Ultimatum, a picture
that contained so many handheld shots and complicatedly-staged
action sequences that it was jarring to think about the levels
of intricacy and continuity that director Paul..."
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WHAT HAPPENS IN
VEGAS
- (1 1/2 out of 4 Buckets) - "Is
there really any legitimate reason for me to be reviewing What Happens
in Vegas? In truth, there is probably only one: that this write-up will
garner significant readership because the movie will rake in a healthy
gross at the box-office. [...] The fact of the matter is that no
negative review of the movie will discourage any potential viewer from
seeing it (nor would a positive one encourage many of those already not
interested to check it out). As a result, to review What Happens in
Vegas seems a bit of a useless task. The..."
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IRON MAN
- (3 out of 4 Buckets) -
"What
a way to start the summer movie season! [...] No, Jon Favreau’s Iron Man is
not a masterpiece—nor is it even one of the best comic-book
adaptations ever made—but it represents the first time I’ve had
unadulterated, big-budget fun at a cinema since… well, last
summer. The movie represents exactly what a summer release
should: loud and spectacular entertainment that makes a point of
remaining cohesive and involving despite its enormousness. With Iron Man, Favreu has tackled a Herculean project and, in
the..."
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BABY MAMA
- (2 out of 4 Buckets) -
"The following is an excerpt from the meeting in which
writer/director Michael McCullers pitched his new film, Baby
Mama, to two Universal Studios executives: [...] Executive A: How are you, Michael?
We’re so glad to see your face around these parts given the
success of Goldmember and Undercover Brother. What
took you so long to come back to us? [...] Michael McCullers:
Well, I really wanted to explore my comedic ideas – you know, give birth
to a whole new type of comedy that will leave audiences rolling but
touch their hearts at..."
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FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL
- (2 out of 4 Buckets) -
"Slowly
but surely, Judd Apatow the Producer is breaking my
heart. In my reviews for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
and Drillbit Taylor, I commented on just how
disappointing it was to see the same man who brought us The
40-Year-Old Virgin, Knocked Up, and Superbad
now backing the very cruddy comedy his previous works were
antitheses of. Now, he has slapped his name on Forgetting
Sarah Marshall, which isn’t nearly as bad as the previous two
catastrophes, but it still falls considerably flat in the..."
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