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by on June 10, 2010

Killers Movie Review

killersreviewReviewed by: Edward Douglas
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Cast:

  • Ashton Kutcher as Spencer
  • Katherine Heigl as Jen
  • Tom Selleck as Mr. Kornfeldt
  • Catherine O’Hara as Mrs. Kornfeldt
  • Katheryn Winnick as Vivian
  • Kevin Sussman as Mac Bailey
  • Lisa Ann Walter as Olivia Brooks
  • Casey Wilson as Kristen
  • Rob Riggle as Henry
  • Martin Mull as Holbrook
  • Alex Borstein as Lily Baily
  • Usher Raymond as Kevin the Manager
  • Letoya Luckett as Amanda
  • Michael Daniel Cassady as Milo Larry Joe Campbell as Pete Denham
  • Directed by Robert Luketic

Story:
While on vacation with her overbearing parents, Jen Kornfeldt (Katherine Heigl) meets the good-looking Spencer (Ashton Kutcher). One thing leads to another and three years after getting married, Jen learns that there’s more to Spencer than he seems – he’s an assassin! And though he retired to be with her, a $20 million bounty has been put on his head forcing them both on the run from all the killers trying to collect it.

Analysis:

If you ever wondered who might win in an “Who is More Annoying?” Contest between Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher, their first (and hopefully last) pairing together in “Killers” makes it an even tougher call, since they both do little to endear themselves to anyone who may feel anything good or entertaining can come out of putting them together.

The obvious reference for this high concept situational comedy is Doug Liman’s “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” which first brought the pairing of Brangelina to light. For many reasons, “Killers” completely misses the point of why that movie worked by never figuring out how to blend the comedy, the romance and the action into anything that feels like it belongs in the same movie.

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by on June 10, 2010

Get Him to the Greek Review

gethimtothegreekreviewReviewed by: Edward Douglas
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Cast:

  • Russell Brand as Aldous Snow
  • Jonah Hill as Aaron Green
  • Elisabeth Moss as Daphne Binks
  • Sean ‘P. Diddy’ Combs as Sergio Roma
  • Rose Byrne as Jackie Q
  • Colm Meaney as Jonathan Snow
  • Aziz Ansari as Matty
  • Lino Facioli as Naples
  • Kali Hawk as Kali
  • Nick Kroll as Kevin
  • Ivan Shaw as Pinnacle Executives
  • Ellie Kemper as Pinnacle Executives
  • Derek Resallat as Dr. Coltrane
  • Dinah Stabb as Lena Snow
  • Kristen Bell as Sarah Marshall
  • Roger Joseph Manning Jr. as Infant Sorrow Keyboardist / Guitarist
  • Sean Hurley as Infant Sorrow Bassist
  • Victor Indrizzo as Infant Sorrow Drummer
  • Elena Beuca as Monique
  • Directed by Nicholas Stoller

Story:

The music industry is on the skids and Junior A&R executive Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) has an idea that can help the record label survive by getting his favorite musician, rocker Aldous Snow (Russell Brand), to play a comeback show at L.A.’s Greek Theater. His boss Sergio (Sean Combs) agrees and sends Aaron to England to retrieve Snow with three days to get him to Los Angeles for the important gig.

Analysis:

When it was announced Jonah Hill and Russell Brand would be reuniting after their chronic scene-stealing in “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” for a spin-off sequel (of sorts), that movie’s fans probably wondered what more could be done with them. That film’s director Nick Stoller takes point this time around, writing and directing what ends up being a riotous road comedy that offers almost as much heart as it does humor.

When the film opens, an undefined time after “Sarah Marshall,” Aldous Snow is about to make the biggest career gaff of his life, releasing an offensive and distasteful song called “African Child,” which sends his career into a tailspin. When his long-time girlfriend Jackie Q (Rose Byrne) leaves him, Aldous’ confidence follows suit, and he falls off the wagon into his previous drinking and drugging ways. This is where he’s at when A&R guy Aaron Green (Jonah Hill) shows up to retrieve the difficult rocker for his comeback show, leading to a three-day promotional tour from hell as Green finds himself being dragged into the worst situations from scoring heroin in Vegas to being assaulted by the skanky groupies that follow Snow everywhere. When he’s not trying to please the boss, Green is at home trying to please his career-minded girlfriend Daphne (Elisabeth Moss), often to his own detriment. She wants to take a job in Seattle, which would force him to leave the job of his dreams, but Aaron goes against her wishes and takes the assignment, enabling Snow to put his new chaperone through all sorts of unspeakable hell.

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by on June 9, 2010

Letters To Juliet – Review

Letters-to-JulietReviewed by: Joshua Starnes
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Cast:

  • Amanda Seyfried as Sophie
  • Chris Egan as Charlie Wyman
  • Vanessa Redgrave as Claire
  • Franco Nero as Lorenzo Bartolini
  • Gael García Bernal as Victor
  • Lidia Biondi as Donatella
  • Daniel Baldock as Lorenzo
  • Milena Vukotic as Maria
  • Luisa Ranieri as Secretary
  • Marina Massironi as Francesca

Review:

It seems like there are only a handful of careers open to the female of romantic comedies: writer, editor, fashion designer, maybe a songwriter or painter. Sometimes. It’s because the movies these characters appear in are fantasies, which is fine as far as it goes, but it also usually means the stories they appear in have been designed to work as vehicles for a fantasy, not as a workable narrative. It doesn’t mean it can never work, but you can still take it as a useful rule of thumb that a movie where the main character is one of these simply isn’t serious.

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by on March 19, 2010

The Bounty Hunter Movie – Review

In their latest romantic comedy The Bounty Hunter, Jennifer Aniston is lovely and Gerald Butler is an immature 12-year-old trapped in the body of a middle-aged man. Aniston is one of the ladies in Hollywood who’s taken up more rom-coms than anyone else, while Butler is slowly dipping his feet into the genre — he’s already got two under his belt (P.S. I Love You and The Ugly Truth). Now the duo joins director Andy Tennant, who like Aniston, has plenty of experience in the realm of unconventional love backed by hilarious circumstances.

Find out if these veterans made a film worth watching…

The Players:

  • Director: Andy Tennant
  • Writer: Sarah Thorp
  • Cast: Jennifer Aniston, Gerard Butler, Christine Baranski, Jason Sudeikis, Jeff Garlin, Peter Greene
  • Music: George Fenton
  • Cinematography: Oliver Bokelberg

The Plot:

Milo Boyd (Butler), a former cop turned bounty hunter is given the ‘gig’ of his dreams when he’s assigned to hunt down his ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurley (Aniston), after she skips court to work on a story. After very few attempts, Milo catches his ex-wife (mind you she does try to escape by running away in heels) only to find himself involved in some of her risky business. The two try to sabotage each other throughout until they find themselves on the run for their lives.

The Good:

  • Music: The music made this romantic thriller a bit enjoyable. There’s a wide variety of tunes in this film from Cage the Elephant to Ke$ha to Jerry Reed — whose song “She Got The Gold Mine (I Got The Shaft)” completely blew my mind.
  • Set Design: From the hotels to Nicole’s apartment, everything was so pleasing to look at. There was attractive wallpaper, pretty flowers, and extremely nice bedding. Usually I don’t pay too much attention to the set design the first time around, but in the case of The Bounty Hunter, observing the set was more interesting than observing the characters.
  • Supporting Actors: Jason Sudeikis plays an annoying yet likable character as Aniston’s co-worker Stewart, who happens to worship the ground she walks on. Despite the part he’s given, he manages to make you crack a smile. Peter Greene also gives a solid performance as Mahler (the bad guy). Ever since Pulp Fiction and The Mask, Greene has been acing the villain role, and this time he does it again.

The Bad:

  • Story: The story is very unoriginal — but then again, what can you expect from the guy who directed both Sweet Home Alabama and Fool’s Gold? There are so many questions involving the word ‘why’ that I want to ask. Here we have two great-looking and decent actors, but one lame romantic tale. I hate to say this but there really is no other way to put it: If you’ve seen Sweet Home Alabama, then you’ve seen Fool’s Gold and if you’ve seen Fool’s Gold, then you’ve seen The Bounty Hunter (it’s just set in and around Atlantic city). The problem with this story isn’t that it is completely fictitious, but that it’s annoying while being so fictitious.

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Overall:

Good music, good design, and good acting don’t make up for a lousy story.

Rating: 3.5/10

The Bounty Hunter debuts in theaters on Friday, March 19, 2010.

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