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I personally find Steve Carell hilarious. Some people don't like him. Well, I do.
Tina Fey is cute as ever, but she has been shadowed by an even cuter, sexier girl who goes by the name of Leighton Meester. Yum.
Ray Liotta is still doing gangster roles. Isn't he a bit old to keep doing that? And by the way, he does look old. Older than how I remember him, of course.
Olivia Munn may have a cameo, but she doesn't look as hot here as she does on TV. And I'm sorry, Leighton Meester is hotter.
And the winners for this movie are:
- James Franco ─ Again, like in Pineapple Express, for acting weird roles, and refusing to be typecast as a Hollywood pretty boy.
- Mark Wahlberg ─ Mr. Shirtless himself has inspired me to lift weights.
- William Fichtner ─ Any movie with Fichtner in it is a treat to watch. He is such a natural actor, he doesn't even have to talk. He can act with just facial expressions.
- Mark Ruffalo ─ Despite the less than five minute-screen time, this is the first time I've seen him look scruffy. And it works. The scruffiness, I mean.
- Leighton Meester ─ Last, but definitely not the least. Leighton Meester is so hot, she makes ice cubes melt in Alaska in winter. What?
*some info from IMDb
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Date Night. USA. 2010.
Rating: Six and a half out of ten.
Once again, pretty heavy stuff.Very few films manage to pull off a serious topic such as immigration, and translate it into a cinematic work. Immigration has already been a serious issue in the United States, and placing the setting just after the 9-11 terrorist attacks makes the issue twice as serious. Great job for writer and director Wayne Kramer, who obviously did his research.
This film covers all points of entries for immigrants. We have the stereotype Mexicans, the Asians (the Orientals, mind; the Malay race is again unrepresented), the Arabs, and also the non-American Caucasians. Each of them have their own dramas. And each of their dramas is as heartbreaking as they can get.
Harrison Ford, although the biggest name in this movie, does not carry the acting load alone. He has a great supporting cast of...non-Caucasian Americans. Well, not all of them are Americans, anyway. Ford, Ray Liotta, and Ashley Judd (who is still pretty, despite the obvious signs of aging) are Americans who play Americans; Jim Sturgess is a Brit who plays a Brit; Summer Bishil is an American who plays an Arab; Cliff Curtis is a New Zealander who plays an Arab; and Alice Braga is a Brazilian who plays a Mexican. Ah, the magic of movies. It's like Reggie Lee, who is a Filipino who plays a Chinese pirate in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. It's looks that matter in Hollywood, not country of origin.
Anyway, like I said, pretty heavy stuff. Makes you want to rethink any dreams you might have had of moving to greener pastures. After watching this, I suggest you follow it up with a light comedy, or a rom-com. Just to get that heavy feeling out of the way.
*some info from IMDb
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Crossing Over. USA. 2009.
Rating: Eight out of ten.
I just recently took something called The Ultimate Jack Sparrow Quiz on Facebook, without realizing it was supposed to be for ladies.Anyway, why did I mention that? Oh right, Johnny Depp. Somehow Johnny Depp is getting too...familiar. Especially this certain smirk that he does. There are some roles that don't have that smirk, like Raoul Duke in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, or Willy Wonka in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. But in this movie, Johnny Depp as George Jung definitely has that smirk. And in the trailer of the upcoming Public Enemies, Johnny Depp as John Dilinger also has that smirk. C'mon!
Moving on, Blow is actually another one of those drug movies. There are actually two types of drug movies: first is the feel-good stoner flick, like Pineapple Express; next is the hard-core drug film, like Scarface, the I-want-to-be-a-drug-dealer-because-they-make-a-lot-of-money-and-don't-pay-taxes kind of film. And obviously, this film is not like Pineapple Express. Go figure.
Anyway, here's what I have to say to the actors.
Johnny Depp: Work on that smirk.
Ray Liotta: You are always great.
Paul Reubens: Nothing's changed. You will always be Pee-Wee Herman to me.
Franka Potente: They murdered your screen time!
Penélope Cruz: I really hate your accent.
*some info from IMDb
pic from ohjohnny.net
Blow. USA. 2001.
Rating: Six out of ten.
Johnny Depp's smirk: Six out of ten.
This is one of the best computer games of this generation.If Pac-Man ruled the eighties, and Street Fighter ruled the nineties, then I would say the millennium belongs to Grand Theft Auto. And we have Rockstar Games to thank for that.
Vice City is sort of like an improvement of its predecessor, Grand Theft Auto III, which was also a 3-D improvement of its two-dimensional bird's eye-view predecessor, the original Grand Theft Auto game. In GTA III, you play an escaped convict, and you have to complete missions which involve driving cars. And you aren't provided with a car of your own---you have to steal one. Once inside a vehicle, radio music starts playing, and you can even change stations. The beauty of this is that when you get down from your vehicle, hit someone on the head with a lead pipe, and then get back on the driver's seat, the radio song will still be playing, like it was a real radio song.
Vice City takes GTA III one step further because while GTA III uses original music by unknown artists, Vice City gives you a blast from the past---all eighties music. Imagine driving around town with Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" blasting from the car stereo. That's because the game is set in 1986, in a city heavily inspired by Miami Vice, where the lead character Tommy Vercetti (voiced by Ray Liotta---yes, the Hollywood actor) is just one of the many colorful yet shady characters in the Florida underworld.
Vice City has set the standard for the soundtrack possibilities in video gaming, and its sequel Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas fast forwards a decade into the future, with nineties rock on the soundtrack this time. Playing video games has never been this fun, and sometimes you'd just find yourself sitting inside the car, waiting for the song "Africa" by Toto to finish.
Rating: Masterpiece.
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