10 Word (or less) Film Review

Hot Tub Time Machine

• Directed by: Steve Pink
• Starring: John Cusack, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson
• Plot: ”Four guy friends, all of them bored with their adult lives, travel back to their respective 80s heydays thanks to a time-bending hot tub.”

Review: Hot tubs? Time machines? This movie has everything! (B+)

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10 Word (or less) Film Review

Edge of Darkness

• Directed by: Martin Campbell
• Starring: Mel Gibson, Ray Winstone, Danny Huston
• Plot: ” As homicide detective Thomas Craven investigates the death of his activist daughter, he uncovers not only her secret life, but a corporate cover-up and government collusion.”

Review: Mel Gibson hasn’t kicked this much ass since Hanukah. (B+)

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10 Word (or less) Film Review

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

• Directed by: Chris Columbus
• Starring: Logan Lerman, Brandon T. Jackson, Alexandra Daddario
• With: Uma Thurman, Sean Bean, Piece Brosnan, Steve Coogan, Rosario Dawson and Catherine Keener
• Plot: ” A teenager discovers he’s the descendant of a Greek god and sets out on an adventure to settle an on-going battle between the gods..”

Review: Epic! … ly bad. (C-)

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10 Word (or less) Film Review

Youth In Revolt

• Directed by: Miguel Arteta
• Starring: Michael Cera, Portia Doubleday, Jean Smart
• Plot: ”While his trailer trash parents teeter on the edge of divorce, Nick Twisp sets his sights on dream girl Sheeni Saunders, hoping that she’ll be the one to take away his virginity.”

Review: Watch Micahel Cera stage the most boring rebellion ever. (Alternate review: Scott Pilgrim Better Be Way, Way Better.) (C+)

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10 Word (or less) Film Review

When in Rome

• Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson
• Starring: Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Anjeica Houston
• Plot: ”Beth is a young, ambitious New Yorker who is completely unlucky in love. However, on a whirlwind trip to Rome, she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, and is then aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.”

Review: …Make terrible films! (It’s what the Romans would do) (D-)

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Buy My Stuff

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray! For many days only, we’re having a blowout sale at Alex’s apartment. I’m packing up, and you get all the deals! Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

Seriously, I am moving and have furniture I don’t want to bring to the new apartment. It’s not that it’s bad, I just don’t need it anymore and I’d rather have it go to a good home (also, you know, make a little cash off of it.)

What I’m selling:

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