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RYAN: This is the new zombie summer blockbuster starring Brad Pitt and I like him. The buzz has been so mixed around this film because it has notoriously had production problems. Expectations have been lowered, budgets have gone up; reshoots, etc… but I liked it. I kept waiting throughout the film to decide it was ..
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RYAN: It’s the new movie from M. Night Shyamalan and after three great movies, followed by four stinkers, this one was primed to go in any direction. CAROLINE: How did it turn out? RYAN: I really liked it. It’s a cool sci fi movie but underneath all of the dystopian future and cool effects, there’s ..
DRAMA
RYAN: Oh no. CAROLINE: Oh no, what? RYAN: Good trailer, bad movie. CAROLINE: Oh really?! That’s so sad. This cast is amazing. RYAN: I know. I’m seriously disappointed. I obviously went in with high expectations because of the cast and the trailer is amazing. But this movie is a major fail. CAROLINE: It’s possible. ..
SCI FI / FANTASY
RYAN: I had such high hopes for this movie because I love sci fi, Tom Cruise and the trailer looked great, but those hopes have been dashed. CAROLINE: Oh no. Why? RYAN: It’s such overblown science fiction. I really love the genre and when it’s good, it’s brilliant and innovative. When it’s bad, or mediocre, ..
DRAMA
RYAN: This is the new film directed by and starring Robert Redford with a great cast including Shia LaBoeuf, who I like as an actor, but am confused by as a person. CHUCK: [laughs’ He does tend to confuse people and his film choices are interesting – from the Transformer movies to things like this, ..
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RYAN: Trance is the new movie from director Danny Boyle starring James McAvoy, Eva Mendes Lite aka Rosario Dawson and Vincent Cassel, whom I find very ugly. CAROLINE: Interestingly, until very recently Rosario Dawson was Danny Boyle’s girlfriend. Wonder how she got the part in this movie? RYAN: OMG I didn’t know that! They were ..
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RYAN: The Call starring Halle Berry and Abigail Breslin is a new thriller, almost action movie. I didn’t have major expectations because these movies can be cheesy but I thought this was actually riveting. CHUCK: It definitely has good parts. It was somewhat formulaic, which you can expect. But Halle did a fantastic job. She ..
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RYAN: Stoker is the new moody thriller from a Korean director Chan-wook Park that stars Nicole Kidman, Matthew Goode and Mia Wasikowska. I always look forward to a Nikki Kidman movie, and this one pleased me so much more than her last one, The Paperboy. CAROLINE: I too was interested in this movie because of ..
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RYAN: Side Effects is a new drama from one of Hollywood’s most prolific writer/directors, Steven McSoderbergh. CAROLINE: First off, I’d call it a thriller. It’s got some real noir elements. And Mr. Soderbergh claims that this is his final movie, but I think we’ve heard that from him at least three time already. RYAN: Yeah, ..
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RYAN: This movie is finally here! I feel like we’ve been waiting forever. CAROLINE: It was originally supposed to come out in September 2012 but then got pushed back due to the Dark Knight movie theater massacre. It contained a scene with shooting in a theater which has since been removed. RYAN: And they may ..
RYAN: This is the latest from writer/director Quentin Tarantino and it’s so consistent with his brand of film making, from the music, to the pacing, style, editing, zooms and then the bloodshed. ERIN: Yeah the classic Tarantino. RYAN: And I loved every minute of it. ERIN: I did too. This is the first of ..
RYAN: This is one of those movies that’s available on iTunes before its release and I watched the trailer one night, thought it looked suspenseful, liked the cast. and so I rented it. CAROLINE: Was it worth it? RYAN: Not really. It’s rather forgettable. CAROLINE: That’s too bad. And you paid for it! RYAN: I ..
