Posts Tagged ‘Movie review’
By J.A. O’Sullivan The only statistic as bleak as our unemployment numbers has to be this year’s mounting pile of shoddy romantic comedies. Did You Hear About the Morgans? does nothing to reverse this genre’s slide down the trash chute. The Morgans, Paul (Hugh Grant, Love Actually) and Meryl (Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the [...]
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Movie review – “Couples Retreat”
By J.A. O’Sullivan While you might get a laugh or two out of “Couples Retreat,” a comedic stab at relationship therapy, you won’t get much more. As a stab, it’s a weak one – more like a wan attempt. Starring Vince Vaughn and Jon Favreau, who also wrote the script, “Couples Retreat” follows four supposedly [...]
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By J.A. O’Sullivan It was funnier in the trailers, but “Aliens in the Attic,” a PG-rated romp through an extraterrestrial invasion of a summer lake house isn’t totally devoid of moments. Like when super-slick boyfriend Ricky (Robert Hoffman, “You Got Served”) is used as a spinning, twirling fighting machine to drop-kick Nana Rose in the [...]
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Tags: aliens in the attic 2009, andy richter, ashley tisdale, autin butler, carter jenkins, doris roberts, kevin nealon, Movie review, movies, tim meadows
Movie review – “The Ugly Truth”
By J.A. O’Sullivan The snark factor alone is reason enough to see “The Ugly Truth.” There hasn’t been a wittier, more crass romantic comedy in recent memory. That said, the movie’s shine is dulled by a predictable ending and the usual stereotypes, ie, men are mindless pigs, women delicate prudes. Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl, “Knocked [...]
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