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Couples Retreat

October 10th, 2009
Couples Retreat again casts Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Kristen Bell in a tropics set comedy. Here she’s Cynthia the wife of tightly wound Jason (Jason Bateman). Their infertile loins has put a strain on their marriage to the point (or should that be power point) where divorce is one of only two options left to them. Through a series pf charts and graphs they convince their friends that th ...

Capitalism: A Love Story

October 3rd, 2009
Capitalism: A Love Story is the latest skewering from writer-director Michael Moore which is assembled with his usual efficient prompting of infuriation. Put to the lie this time is the belief that the American Dream is only attainable through the current established capitalistic system. What is strongly suggested is a systematic erosion of the middle class by the very wealthy (mostly banks) ...

Zombieland

October 3rd, 2009
Zombieland is not to be confused with Adventureland even though they both revolve somewhat around amusement parks and both star Jesse Eisenberg as a virginal but horny co-ed. Here he plays Columbus who we meet sometime after a mutation of the mad cow virus infected a fast food patron which caused a pandemic that turned continental USA into Zombieland. Because of his anal personality Columbus ...

Whip It

October 3rd, 2009
Whip It re-immerses us in the world of women’s roller derby, the roller skating contact sport that fizzled in the 1970’s but apparently is making a resurgence in the cultural watershed of Austin Texas. Canada’s Ellen Page makes another solid career choice (although this one probably won’t garner any Oscar nominations) playing the mousey high school sophomore Bliss Cavendar in the Lone Star St ...

The Invention of Lying

October 3rd, 2009
The Invention of Lying written by and starring Ricky Gervais, takes us to a parallel world that looks suspiciously like any town USA (right down to the green backed legal tender) where telling anything but the truth is inconceivable. As a matter of fact being brutally honest overtakes every conversation so instead of polite banter people say exactly what is on their minds and then some. This ...

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