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Holy shit, looking at his IMDb how does this guy get work, most of these are terrible.
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70 . The Bourne LegacyDirector(s) - Tony Gilroy
Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Edward Norton, Albert Finney, Oscar Issac, Scott Glenn, Corey Stoll, Stacey Keach, Željko Ivanek, Joan Allen, David Straithairn
Writer(s) - Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy
Source Material/Connections - Fourth film in the "Bourne" franchise. First film without Jason Bourne (Matt Damon); takes place at the same time as The Bourne Ultimatum
MPAA Rating - PG-13
Release Date - August 10
Runtime - 2 hours, 15 minutes
RT Score - 53%
Metacritic - 61/100
Views - 2
Viewed - theaters, ondemand
Quote - "We are the sin eaters. It means that we take the moral excrement we find in this equation and we bury it down deep inside of us, so that the rest of our case can stay pure. That is the job. We are morally indefensible, and absolutely necessary."
Review - Once announced, I expected next to nothing from this movie. The addition of Jeremy Renner as the new Bourne, essentially, didn't really add to my interest, either. I love the Hurt Locker, but Renner has been seemingly robotic since then. Here, it works for him in terms of being a stone cold killer, but once he has to actually show emotion, you're left scratching your head. Once I heard Tony Gilroy, the writer of the first two was on board to direct, I couldn't help but get a bit excited. Add Ed Norton one of my favorite actors as the villain and I got a bit excited for it. I still tried to keep my expectations down and I wasn't especially satisfied nor disappointed. Could have been better, could have been a lot worse.
Jeremy Renner pulls off the badass, kick ass portion of the new-Bourne role very well, but the vulnerable, confused part doesn't go over as well. I was more curious about the other Bourne-esque guy in Oscar Issac's character, who is only in the movie for about 10 minutes but his scene with Renner's Aaron Cross is really well done. Both super-spy artificially made genius-warriors helping one another while also keeping each other on their toes was a lot of fun. You can tell Tony Gilroy was pretty dedicated to the Bourne world and is a really smart dude, but his subtle cleverness is lost, everything seems to be forcibly connected to the Bourne series with David Strathairn's Noah Voson and Joan Allen's Pamela Landy as minor characters just to keep you familiar. At some points there is so much lingo and references to previous Bournes and missions that it all gets a little too involved with itself. Not unlike The Grey, you can totally tell this movie is trying to be much more than it is and it can't overcompensate for the loss of Matt Damon, not even with Edward Norton coming on as the villain. Even though he disappears about 2/3 of the way through, which is extremely frustrating, he handles the role perfectly. The threat that Aaron Cross faces to the gov't is tired and was covered three times in the other Bourne films. We get it, there are security breaches with these top secret agents and you're gunna wanna close it by killing those responsible. Oh, you mean Jason Bourne is that breach? Thanks quick shot of Pamela Landy! On top of all of this, it takes really long to get to the point of where Aaron Cross is now that threat, too. With the spoiler-heavy trailer, you'd think they'd cut to the chase sooner. The movie is about a half hour too long and the part where Željko Ivanek snaps is really forced to get Rachel Weisz and Jeremy Renner together. Oh and the fact that Jeremy Renner comes out of nowhere at some point to save her life. We have no clue how he gets to where she lives, how he finds out, etc. Just shows up and saves her life. It's shit like that that keeps this movie back from being on the first three Bourne's radar. Either they get Damon back to cross over with Renner or don't make any more of these. The choice is yours, studio who owns the rights to the Bourne franchise!
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Agreed. The girl they got to play Murray's sidekick was a big letdown especially after Goldthwait nailed it when he cast the kid in World's Greatest Dad.72 . God Bless AmericaDirector(s) - Bobcat Goldthwait
Joel Murray, Tara Lynn Barr, Melinda Paige Hamilton, Rich McDonald, Mackenzie Brooke Smith, Maddie Hasson
Writer(s) - Bobcat Goldthwait
Source Material/Connections - n/a
MPAA Rating - R
Release Date - May 11 (limited)
Runtime - 1 hour, 34 minutes
RT Score - 67%
Metacritic - 56/100
Views - 1
Viewed - netflix
Quote - "Why have a civilization if we are no longer interested in being civilized."
Review - I kind of had a hard time rating this movie. I liken this movie to last year's Hobo with a Shotgun - it's a violent, over the top "revenge" B-movie. Joel Murray stars as Frank a guy who after being diagnosed with some sort of terminal illness, finally snaps and begins a cross country road trip killing everyone who represents something that is wrong in this world, concluding at an American Idol spoof with guns a-blazing. What's good about this movie sometimes turns bad. It blends the aforementioned elements of violence and redemption with satire and black comedy, so what's wrong with it? Well, it's over-the-top, too ambitious and angry. The targets are obvious and Goldthwait winds up being his own worst enemy here, getting self involved. It's essentially Goldthwait's way to blow off steam about all the shit he hates in the world. It's preachy and a bit hypocritical at times. The entire thing has a low budget feel, but not ironically like Hobo with a Shotgun. The acting, outside of Joel Murray, is borderline embarrassing and it gets ridiculous at certain points.
Rating - CComment
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69 . CollaboratorDirector(s) - Martin Donovon
Martin Donovan, David Morse, Olivia Williams, Katherine Helmond, Eileen Ryan, Julian Richings
Writer(s) - Martin Donovon
Source Material/Connections - n/a
MPAA Rating - Unrated
Release Date - July 6 (limited)
Runtime - 1 hour, 27 minutes
RT Score - 75%
Metacritic - 56/100
Views - torrent
Viewed - 1
Quote - "I was thinkin' you and I should have a beer man."
Review - Before his BRILLIANT role as Ezra Stone on Boss, Martin Donovan was always that DEA guy Nancy Botwin was fucking on Weeds or Al Pacino's partner in Insomnia. Now, I go out of my way to see his directorial debut. That happens to be this movie Collaborator in which a struggling playwright (Martin Donovan) goes back to his childhood home to visit his mother, he is taken hostage by a batshit crazy neighbor (David Morse). Seeing as how the two are pretty much polar opposites of one another, which leads to some really interesting and thought provoking stuff. Unfortunately, even though the movie is less than 90 minutes long, it gets a bit stale after a while, with some plot lines outside from the two men being underdeveloped and brought up only when necessary. The movie shines the brightest when the two men are arguing or debating or digging into each other. It's extremely well acted and has a great play-like setting and feel but it unfortunately kind of wears you down and bores you at points, which ultimately hurt the film in the long run. Good first effort for Martin Donovan.
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68 . Game ChangeDirector(s) - Jay Roach
Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, Woody Harrelson, Sarah Paulson, Ron Livingston, Peter MacNicol, Jamey Sheridan, David Barry Gray, Bruce Altman
Writer(s) - Danny Strong
Source Material/Connections - based on the book of the same title by Mark Halperin John Heilemann which is based on a true story.
MPAA Rating - Unrated
Release Date - March 10 (HBO)
Runtime - 1 hour, 58 minutes
RT Score - 63%
Metacritic - n/a
Views - 1
Viewed - HBO
Quote - "There are unknowns with Palin, and ah, certainly it could go bad. But if it were me, I'd rather lose by ten points going for the win than lose by one point and look back and say 'Goddamn, we should have gone for the win'."
Review - As if the Sarah Palin bullshit hadn't been beaten into our skulls enough, Hollywood found it necessary to bring a made-for-HBO movie about the 2008 Republican Campaign for the White House by John McCain and Sarah Palin. If you don't know who Sarah Palin is, then piss off and go back into your hole and live your happy life. Everyone else knows everything about her. So why make this movie? I don't know, maybe Hollywood has an agenda?! dun dun dun! It seems to me any middle aged actress needs to do to pull in a Palin performance is the obnoxious accent and makeup/hair/wardrobe and make sure you don't go full retard. Golden Globes and Emmys later and you're welcome. Woody Harrelson absolutely steals the show as the campaign manager who swung for the fences for "his guy" John McCain and missed, which is something Woody does more often than not. Ed Harris brings his old man A-game and does such a good job it seems like he just coasted his whole way through. Sarah Paulson of American Horror Story fame also pulls in a good performance. Unnecessary movie with solid acting and a played-out celebrity at its core. It's just some bullshit to get Americans interested in the upcoming election. This is inferior to Jay Roach's 2008 movie Recount about the 2000 election between Al Gore and George W. Bush. What's good about that is the characters we knew so well from the election were the focal point of what was happening in the movie. Woody Harrelson and Sarah Paulson play the best characters in Game Change because they're the ones you don't know. Wouldn't watch again.
Rating - CComment
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I enjoyed Game Change, and Sarah Paulson is of Deadwood fame in my telling of the events
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Wanderlust is on HBO right now, and my family is watching. I think the fact that I'm posting on here instead shows a lot.
Fucking hippies.Comment
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Been super busy lately. Gunna post my Oscar predictions real quick then get back to everything tomorrow.Comment
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