‘Marley & Me’ Download and Reviews

December 15, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Drama, Family

“Marley & Me” Movie Details

Marley & Me tagline: Heel the love
Marley and Me - DVD Cover

Marley & Me DVD Cover

Actors:
Owen Wilson John Grogan
Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Grogan
Eric Dane Sebastian
Kathleen Turner Ms. Kornblut
Alan Arkin Arnie Klein
Nathan Gamble Patrick
Ann Dowd Dr. Platt
Haley Bennett Lisa
Clarke Peters Editor
Finley Jacobsen Conor
Lucy Merriam Colleen
Bryce Robinson Patrick
Ben Hyland Conor
Sarah O’Kelly Neighbor Mom
Keith Hudson Big Guy
Directors: David Frankel
IMDB Rating: 7.0/10 out of 28,578 votes

“Marley & Me” Movie Review

“Marley and Me” Plot Summary

A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

Best film of the holiday season

Short-attention-span synopsis: Best film of the holiday season

Marley & Me (PG, 2:00) 9I felt bad having to deliver the news to my fellow fans about what a poor crop of SF&F films we have to pick from this holiday season, so let me make it up to you by giving a totally unqualified recommendation for Marley & Me! It’s not science fiction. Heck, it’s barely fiction at all, since it’s drawn from the real-life experiences of newspaper columnist John Grogan, his wife Jen, their kids, and their yellow labrador retriever, Marley, ‘the worst dog in the world’.I do some database work for the Wisconsin Academy of Graduate Service Dogs, and I have to say that Marley would have washed out of the academy in 15 minutes. He’d be a terrible service dog, but he makes a wonderful friend

This film is utterly realistic. It never strikes a forced or false note. There are lots of laffs, but they all arise organically out of real life. John and Jen are good, decent people (like virtually all Americans), and they behave naturally, without any visible ‘acting’. It’s a little slice of Americana. If a big-budget spectacular like Benjamin Button had been able to muster a quarter of the heart of this modest film, they’d already be rolling Oscar’s red carpet up to its front door.’I'd like to be the man my dog thinks I am.’ — Mike McGuire, songwriter

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‘Fame’ Download and Reviews

December 5, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Drama, Family

“Fame” Movie Details

Fame tagline: Dream It – Earn It – Live It
Fame - DVD Cover

Fame DVD Cover

Actors:
Kay Panabaker Jenny Garrison
Naturi Naughton Denise Dupree
Kherington Payne Alice Ellerton
Megan Mullally Ms. Fran Rowan
Bebe Neuwirth Ms. Kraft
Debbie Allen Ms. Angela Simms
Asher Book Marco
Cody Longo Andy Matthews
Walter Perez Victor Taveras
Charles S. Dutton Mr. James Dowd
Kelsey Grammer Mr. Martin Cranston
Collins Pennie Malik Washburn
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle Joy
Paul McGill Kevin Barrett
Paul Iacono Neil Baczynsky
Directors: Kevin Tancharoen
IMDB Rating: 4.4/10 out of 3,527 votes

“Fame” Movie Review

“Fame” Plot Summary

An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the New York Academy of Performing Arts.

A surprise

I saw this film by myself in the cinema which gave me the chance to really focus on it-since I went to an early show. I thought the film would be a flop-I was kind of just killing time-in a nutshell. Surprisingly, I found the film very well done, hard and soft in all the right places-and bang on in its portrayals of the disciplinarians that exists in many American families. I was completely blown away by some of the music in the film. All in all I had a really good time and wasn’t expecting to at all

I saw the film Rent when that came out and I was expecting to have a better time than I did at it-I found Rent depressing whereas this one was really very life affirming in many ways

I guess you either get it or you don’t, just like you either appreciate the better dance and trance tunes or ya don’t.

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‘Miss Congeniality’ Download and Reviews

November 23, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Comedy, Crime

“Miss Congeniality” Movie Details

Miss Congeniality tagline: Unpolished. Unkempt. Unleashed. Undercover.
Miss Undercover - DVD Cover

Miss Congeniality DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Gabriel Folse
  • Sandra Bullock Gracie Hart
    Michael Caine Victor Melling
    Benjamin Bratt Eric Matthews
    Candice Bergen Kathy Morningside
    William Shatner Stan Fields
    Ernie Hudson FBI Asst. Director Harry McDonald
    John DiResta Agent Clonsky
    Heather Burns Cheryl Frasier, Miss Rhode Island
    Melissa De Sousa Karen Krantz, Miss New York
    Steve Monroe Frank Tobin
    Deirdre Quinn Mary Jo Wright, Miss Texas
    Wendy Raquel Robinson Leslie Davis, Miss California
    Asia De Marcos Alana Krewson, Miss Hawaii
    Ken Thomas FBI Agent Harris
    FBI Agent Jerry Grant
    Directors: Donald Petrie IMDB Rating: 6.1/10 out of 39,807 votes

    “Miss Congeniality” Movie Review

    “Miss Undercover” Plot Summary

    An FBI agent must go undercover in the Miss United States beauty pageant to prevent a group from bombing the event. add synopsis

    Wonderful comedy, unmissable!

    I absolutely loved Miss Congeniality, it was funny warm and completely likable. The best aspect was the charming and funny performance of the underrated Sandra Bullock as Gracie, in possibly her best role. Gracie is a beautiful woman, but her behaviour like the pig snorting isn’t very typical of women. She is excellently supported by a witty, side splittingly funny script, and some lovely camera-work. (the painting scene was priceless)Not to mention the original plot that never marred the feel good nature of the film. The performances of Michael Caine and Candice Bergen were excellent. But if I had one minor criticism, it would be that William Shatner slightly overplayed his part of Stan, other than that it is a comedy you just don’t want to miss. 9.5/10 Bethany Cox.

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    ‘The Boat That Rocked’ Download and Reviews

    October 18, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Drama, Music

    “The Boat That Rocked” Movie Details

    The Boat That Rocked tagline: 1 Boat. 8 DJs. No Morals.
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    The Boat That Rocked DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Bill Nighy Quentin
    Kenneth Branagh Minister Dormandy
    Philip Seymour Hoffman The Count
    Nick Frost ‘Doctor’ Dave
    Tom Sturridge Carl
    Rhys Ifans Gavin Cavner
    Rhys Darby Angus ‘The Nut’ Nutsford
    Tom Brooke Thick Kevin
    Gemma Arterton Desiree
    Ike Hamilton Harold
    Chris O’Dowd ‘Simple’ Simon Swafford
    Talulah Riley Marianne
    Tom Wisdom ‘Midnight’ Mark
    Will Adamsdale ‘On-The-Hour’ John
    Ralph Brown Bob
    Directors: Richard Curtis
    IMDB Rating: 7.6/10 out of 17,917 votes

    “The Boat That Rocked” Movie Review

    “Pirate Radio” Plot Summary

    A period comedy about an illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960s.

    Very funny and clever

    The best feel-good-factor film I’ve seen since Little Miss Sunshine. In 1967 I won a transistor radio and spent the next ten years listening to Radio Caroline (at night under the pillow, so the early scene is uncanny!!) The film is a clever amalgam of pirate radio fact and myth featuring barely disguised DJs, and cameo scenes from album covers, fashion shoots, etc.. (orgy in the hold = Electric Ladyland; girls arriving on the prow of the boat = Mary Quant…; poster scenes = Abbey Road…, etc.) Anyone’s guess if the station/boat owner is based on Ronan O’Rahilly. The kind of guy who, 20 years later might have founded a low-cost airline; The Marine Offences Act was a heinous offense against liberty and popular culture, worthy of the cold war opponents

    Beautifully filmed, a bit like smoking grass while listening to CSNY.

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