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Pineapple Express – A Movie Review

January 19, 2009January 19, 2009 John Action, Comedy, David Gordon Green, James Franco, Pineapple Express, Seth Rogen

Process server Dale Denton has a grudging business relationship with the laconic Saul Silver, deigning to visit only to purchase Saul’s primo product–a rare new strain of pot called Pineapple Express. But when Dale becomes the only witness to a murder by a crooked cop and the city’s most dangerous drug lord, he panics and dumps the Pineapple Express at the scene. When it’s traced back to him, Dale and Saul run for their lives–and they quickly discover that they’re not just suffering from weed-fueled paranoia. If they survive, these two just might become real friends. All aboard the Pineapple Express.

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Savages, The – A Movie Review

January 5, 2009January 23, 2009 John Drama, Laura Linney, Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tamara Jenkins

The last thing the two Savage siblings ever wanted to do was look back at their difficult family history. Having wriggled their way out from beneath their father’s domineering thumb, they are now firmly cocooned in their own complicated lives. Wendy is a struggling East Village playwright, AKA a temp who spends her days applying for grants, stealing office supplies and dating her very married neighbor. Jon is a neurotic college professor writing books on obscure subjects in Buffalo. Then comes the call that informs them that the father they have long feared and avoided, Lenny Savage, is slowly being consumed by dementia and they are the only ones that can help. We were pleasantly surprised.

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Eagle Eye – A Movie Review

January 4, 2009January 4, 2009 John D. J. Caruso, Drama, Michelle Monaghan, Shia LaBeouf, Thriller

Jerry Shaw and Rachel Holloman are two strangers thrown together by a mysterious phone call from a woman they have never met. Threatening their lives and family, she pushes Jerry and Rachel into a series of increasingly dangerous situations–using the technology of everyday life to track and control their every move. As the situation escalates, these two ordinary people become the country’s most wanted fugitives, who must work together to discover what is really happening–and more importantly, why.

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Spirit, The – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009January 3, 2009 John Action, Adaptation, Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson

Lay and I went to see this movie last night. I will provide a review when we are able to actually watch the movie all the way through. For some reason, it was one of the most unruly theaters we’ve ever been in, and we left and got out money back after about 15 minutes. We were not the only ones from that movie at the customer service desk asking for our money back because of the noise and cell phones.

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Burn After Reading – A Movie Review

January 3, 2009 John Brad Pitt, Comedy, Ethan Coen, Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Joel Coen, John Malkovich

An ousted CIA official’s memoir accidentally falls into the hands of two unwise gym employees intent on exploiting their find.