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  • ‘Our Idiot Brother’ is a funny comedy that is idiot proof

    ‘Our Idiot Brother’ is a funny comedy that is idiot proof

    August 26, 2011 at 9:25 am

    A clueless hippie with no real goals in life drives his family crazy but ends up providing some real life lessons, man. Paul Rudd looks all hippie dippy as “Ned”, an immature man-child who drives his family crazy, with his honesty,in the film “Our idiot Brother”. He spends most of the film hopping from one sofa to another after a series of unfortunate events. First he crashes at his sister Liz’s house, played by Emily Mortimer. She’s an insecure Brooklyn [...]

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  • New ‘Conan the Barbarian’ movie is a blood drenched harlequin story on steroids

    New ‘Conan the Barbarian’ movie is a blood drenched harlequin story on steroids

    August 18, 2011 at 10:48 pm

    Conan the Barbarian is back. Bare chested, bloody, and brutal its everything you would expect from a franchise that helped launch Arnold Schwarzenegger’s career 30 years ago. Move over “ah-nold” there is a new barbarian breaking new ground. Hasta la vista Arnold. The 1982 movie that made him a star has been remade. This new 3D version introduces us to a new young movie star who more than fits the part in the film “Conan the Barbarian”. Hawaiian actor Jason [...]

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  • ’30 minutes or less’ delivers the cheese and a whole lot more

    ’30 minutes or less’ delivers the cheese and a whole lot more

    August 11, 2011 at 9:05 pm

    The pizza businesses is bombing one slice at a time…one chuckle at a time. The Social Network’s Jesse Eisenberg plays a pizza delivery guy who ends up with a bomb-rigged vest wired to go off unless he robs a bank, in the dark comedy “30 minutes of less”. Eisenberg, along with ‘Parks and Recreation’s’ star Aziz Ansari team up to rob a bank because of th Danny McBride’s character. He needs 1-hundred-thousand dollars to pay hit man (Michael Peña) to [...]

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  • ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ gives humans a primal smack down

    ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ gives humans a primal smack down

    August 4, 2011 at 9:23 pm

    There is some monkey business to take care of and I think you are going to enjoy it. It has taken more than 4 decades but finally Hollywood has it right Chimps, gorillas, and other primates take some mind altering drugs and give a big hairy smackdown to the puny humans in the film “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. James Franco plays a scientist who is trying to find a cure for Alzheimer’s disease. He has a personal [...]

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