Engaging comedy defies gender roles
“How I Met Your Mother” star Jason Segel finds his comedic better half in the new romantic comedy “The Five-Year Engagement.”
- Friday, May 25, 2012
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‘Safe’: Action flick comes up short
Writer and director Boaz Yakin, known for his work in “Remember the Titans,” fails at keeping the adventure and action entertaining in his new film, “Safe.”
‘The Lucky One’: Sparks story shines
The romantic drama “The Lucky One” is the seventh film to be adapted from a Nicholas Sparks novel. Like “The Notebook,” “The Last Song,” “Dear John” and others before it, “The Lucky One” delivers a story about a star-crossed romance that must defy the inevitable odds. Aside from underwhelming acting from the leading man, “The Lucky One” offers a horribly cheesy but nonetheless enjoyable love story — puppies included.
‘Chimpanzee’: Chimp exploited in film
Oscar is a cute, orphaned chimpanzee, but the story of his life is overwhelmed by an unnecessary dichotomy manufactured by the filmmakers. Directors Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield successfully continued the theme of past Disneynature films with the recent “Chimpanzee.” The crew spent four years in Taï National Park in West Africa with troops of [...]
‘The Three Stooges’: Farrelly brothers bring Stooges back in modern flick
“Dumb and Dumber” directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly return to the big screen in the newest rendition of “The Three Stooges.” The Farrellys trade the Stooges’ traditional slapstick comedy for crude humor to turn out a new hit.
‘The Cabin In The Woods’: Horror finds refuge in twisted script
While horror films set in isolated woodlands aren’t hard to find, “The Cabin in the Woods” brilliantly takes the stereotypical thriller movie tropes and twists them inside out like a horror victim gutted in spectacular fashion. In the film, a group of college kids trek up to a secluded cabin for a weekend retreat. Someone [...]
‘Jeff, Who Lives at Home’: Segel hits home in comedy flick
In his first silver-screen appearance since “The Muppets,” Jason Segel continues his run as one of Hollywood’s most lovable leading men in “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” — a film that straddles the line between comedy and drama. The title character, Jeff (Segel), is an endearing ganja-loving slacker who — of course — lives with [...]
