The Proposal is as polished and predictable a Hollywood romantic comedy as they come nowadays, but it does manage to fashion a handful of funny moments out of its wholly unoriginal concept before finally fizzling at the finish line. Sandra Bullock plays the much-disliked editor at a major publishing house who, to prevent her Canadian [...]
Read More Anne Fletcher, Betty White, comedy, Craig T Nelson, David, drama, DVD, Malin Akerman, Mary Steenburgen, Meryl Streep, PG-13, romance, Ryan Reynolds, Sandra Bullock, The ProposalThough nowhere near as good as the first-rate first X-Men flick, the comparatively operatic Wolverine still succeeds as solid action entertainment thanks to some suitably brawny set pieces and star Hugh Jackman‘s robust reprisal of the title role. A prequel pic, it explains how the mutton-chopped speed-healer’s involvement with his like-powered brother (Liev Schreiber) and [...]
Read More action, blu-ray, Danny Huston, David, Dominic Monaghan, DVD, Fantasy, Gavin Hood, Hugh Jackman, Liev Schreiber, Lynn Collins, PG-13, Ryan Reynolds, Sci-Fi, Taylor Kitsch, thriller, Will.i.am, Wolverine, X-Men OriginsAdventureland was written and directed by Greg Mottola, he who helmed the much-beloved Superbad, and I suspect people will want to see it because of that connection. But it’s not a broad and raunchy laughfest. Rather, it’s a modest, semi-autobiographical–albeit R-rated–comedy/drama about one of those transformative summers in a young person’s life. In this case [...]
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