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Zaz
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The Amphitheatre
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4/11 7:58pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "Prom Night"
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Well, not a good slasher movie, I fear. 
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YoungAngus
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4/12 5:21am
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "Prom Night"
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I wish all the girls at my school looked like the ones in the trailer.
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Zaz
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4/13 12:00am
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "Prom Night"
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"88 Minutes" (2008)
14% N/A 54% N/A N/A 14 % Reviews Counted: 7 Fresh: 1 Rotten:6 Average Rating: 2.8/10
Rated: R
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: "In 88 Minutes Al Pacino stars as Dr. Jack Gramm, a college professor who moonlights as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI. When Gramm receives a death threat claiming he has only 88 minutes to live, he must use all his skills and training to narrow down the possible suspects, who include a disgruntled student, a jilted former lover, and a serial killer who is already on death row, before his time runs out."
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Amy Brenneman, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger
Director: Jon Avnet
Poster: Good
Pro: Pacino
Con: The rest of the cast; the reviews are very, very bad (samples below)
Verdict: Probably not, if it's really as bad as "Revolution"
Sample reviews:
Pacino and company mark time in this preposterous copycat killer thriller.
Full Review | Comment 04/11/08 03:27 PM Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
Top Critic
Even Zinnemann (High Noon) and Badham (Nick of Time) knew that to heighten suspense of a story spanning real time, the film's running-time must be the same or close, but Avnet and scripter unnecessarily extend their inane saga from 88 to 106 minutes. [it's actually 148 minutes]
Full Review | Comment 04/10/08 02:35 PM Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
The picture easily snatches from Revolution the prize as Al Pacino's career worst.
Full Review | Comment 04/09/08 04:41 PM Todd McCarthy
Variety
Top Critic
For sheer silliness, nothing in 88 Minutes tops the fact that Witt's English ex-con husband boasts the ridiculously fanciful name Guy LaForge, presumably because "Fakey McMake-Believe" was already taken.
Full Review | Comment 04/01/08 05:04 PM
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Zaz
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4/14 12:49pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "88 Minutes"
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"The Life Before Her Eyes" (2008)
40% N/A 75% N/A N/A 40 % Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 4
Rotten:6 Average Rating: 5/10 Rated: R
Runtime: 90 mins Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: "Imaginative, impetuous and wild, Diana (Evan Rachel Wood) can’t wait for her adult life to begin. Whiling away the final days of high school in the lush springtime, Diana tests her limits with sex and drugs as her more conservative friend Maureen (Eva Amurri) watches with concern. But Diana’s aura of invincibility is shattered when a senseless act of violence erupts at school, forever changing the lives of the two best friends. Fifteen years later, a grown Diana (Uma Thurman) is still trying to come to terms with the traumatic events of that fateful day. On the surface, the adult Diana has made a picture perfect life for herself. She’s still living in the sleepy Connecticut suburb she grew up in with her husband Paul, a professor at the local college. Her beautiful young daughter, Emma, is smart and creative, and possesses a fiercely independent streak reminiscent of her mother. But all is not well—as the anniversary of her adolescent trauma approaches, the darkness that Diana has tried to escape closes in. Meanwhile, her husband has become increasingly absent, her daughter has taken to hiding from teachers, and worst of all, Diana’s own grip on reality is starting to falter. Moving seamlessly through both stages of Diana’s evolution, THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES delves deep into the crossroads that we all face—where a simple decision can change the course of everything to come, and where a lifetime can be encapsulated in a single moment. With THE LIFE BEFORE HER EYES, Vadim Perelman, director of the acclaimed HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG, has established himself as one of America’s greatest young directors of serious, probing drama."
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Uma Thurman, Evan Rachel Wood, Eva Amurri
Director: Vadim Perelman
Poster: Fair
Pro: the cast
Con: the story sounds a lot like "13"
Verdict: DVD, if ever
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Date Posted:
4/16 3:34pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Life Before Her Eyes"
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"The Forbidden Kingdom" (2008)
64% N/A 65% N/A N/A 64 % Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 9
Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.7/10 Rated: PG-13
Theatrical Release: 2008
Synopsis: "An American teenager who is obsessed with Hong Kong cinema and kung-fu classics makes an extraordinary discovery in a Chinatown pawnshop: the legendary stick weapon of the Chinese sage and warrior, the Monkey King. With the lost relic in hand, the teenager unexpectedly finds himself traveling back to ancient China to join a crew of warriors from martial arts lore on a dangerous quest to free the imprisoned Monkey King.
Directed by Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, Lion King), the film marks the first-ever onscreen pairing of martial arts superstars Jackie Chan (Rush Hour, Drunken Master) and Jet Li (Fearless, Once Upon a Time in China). The original screenplay by John Fusco (Young Guns, Hidalgo) is based on the traditional Chinese legend of the Monkey King. The film is produced by Casey Silver (Ladder 49, Hidalgo, the upcoming Leatherheads) of Casey Silver Productions. Renowned action choreographer Wo Ping (The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) is creating the fight sequences, and the director of photography is Peter Pau (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon). --© Lions Gate"
Genre: Action/Adventure, Action, Martial Arts, Theatrical Release, Teenagers, Teenage Fantasy Adventure, China, Kung Fu
Starring: Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Michael Angarano, Crystal Liu, Collin Chou
Director: Rob Minkoff
Screenwriter: John Fusco
Producer: Casey Silver
Poster: Good
Pro: Chan, Li
Con: The American teenager
Verdict: If it has Chan and Li, I'll see it sometime
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Armenian_Jedi
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4/16 4:20pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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must. see. this.
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Jango10
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4/16 4:39pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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I'll probably pass.
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Rouge Null
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4/16 6:18pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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I'll see it, but I only for the action sequences. The plot, acting and dialog will all be sub-par at best.
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4/16 6:45pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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Definitely gotta see this.
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Thunderstruck
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4/16 6:45pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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I am going to see this.
Jackie Chan, Jet Li and some chick. Epic Formula!
I am planning on coupling this with heavy drinking and a late night showing of Harold and Kumar. Of course my very best Asian friend must attend because whats the point otherwise?
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Zaz
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Date Posted:
4/17 12:37pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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What, indeed? It will also relieve the movie of the responsibility of being good...
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4/19 7:05pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The Forbidden Kingdom"
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"The First Saturday in May" (2008)
61% 50% 97% N/A N/A 61 % Reviews Counted: 18 Fresh: 11 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 6.4/10
Rated: Not Rated
Runtime: 1 hr 36 mins Theatrical Release: Apr 18, 2008 Limited
Synopsis: "40,000 horses are born each year. Only 20, however, will make it to the gate in the Kentucky Derby.
Known as ʺthe most exciting two minutes in sports,” the Kentucky Derby is racingʹs holy grail and every horsemanʹs ultimate goal. Just to get a horse to the gate in the world’s most prestigious race defies all odds.
The path to the first Saturday in May remains long and unpredictable. Euphoria and heartbreak abound. But as a race tracker, you’re prepared for everything.
Follow six diverse trainers – as well as the mighty Barbaro - as they jockey for position along the 2006 Kentucky Derby trail. From Hot Springs in Arkansas to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, youʹre along for the ride with the dedicated men and women that make the “sport of kings” tick."
Genre: Sports/Recreation
Director: Hennegan Brothers
Screenwriter: Hennegan Brothers, Mark Krewatch
Pro: I like horseracing
Con: Some people don't
Verdict: I want to see it.
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Date Posted:
4/22 11:18pm
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RE: Preview of Coming Attractions: "The First Saturday in May" (2008)
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"Baby Mama" (2008)
88% N/A 54% N/A N/A 88 % Reviews Counted: 8 Fresh: 7 Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7/10
Rated: PG-13
Theatrical Release: Apr 25, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: "In a comedy that brings together some of today's sharpest talent, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler team with writer/director Michael McCullers and producers Lorne Michaels and John Goldwyn to tell the story of two women, one apartment and the nine months that will change their lives: Baby Mama. Successful and single businesswoman Kate Holbrook (Tina Fey) has long put her career ahead of a personal life. Now 37, she's finally determined to have a kid on her own. But her plan is thrown a curve ball after she discovers she has only a million-to-one chance of getting pregnant. Undaunted, the driven Kate allows South Philly working girl Angie Ostrowiski (Amy Poehler) to become her unlikely surrogate. Simple enough... After learning from the steely head (Sigourney Weaver) of their surrogacy center that Angie is pregnant, Kate goes into precision nesting mode: reading childcare books, baby-proofing the apartment and researching top pre-schools. But the executive's well-organized strategy is turned upside down when her Baby Mama shows up at her doorstep with no place to live. An unstoppable force meets an immovable object as structured Kate tries to turn vibrant Angie into the perfect expectant mom. In a comic battle of wills, they will struggle their way through preparation for the baby's arrival. And in the middle of this tug-of-war, they'll discover two kinds of family: the one you're born to and the one you make. --© Universal"
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Greg Kinnear, Sigourney Weaver, Dax Shepard
Director: Michael McCullers
Producer: Lorne Michaels, John Goldwyn
Composer: Jeff Richmond
Poster: Dull
Trailer: The one with the baby-proofed toilet? I laughed til I cried.
Pro: The talent
Con: Dunno the director
Verdict: I might well see this.
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ForceJumpAnakin
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4/23 5:47pm
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I'm waiting for Harold and Kumar...
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Zaz
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4/23 9:05pm
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Well, okay then!!!
"Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" (2008)
69% N/A 81% N/A N/A 69 % Reviews Counted: 13 Fresh: 9 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Rated: R
Theatrical Release: Apr 25, 2008 Wide
Synopsis: "Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay marks the triumphant return of these two hilarious, slacker anti-heroes. The movie stars John Cho (American Pie I & II, American Dreamz) as Harold and Kal Penn (Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj, Epic Movie) as Kumar, two stoners who can’t seem to get a break. Their last adventure found them traveling across country to find a White Castle hamburger in order to satisfy a weed-induced case of “the munchies.”
This time, the boys get themselves in trouble trying to sneak a bong on board a flight to Amsterdam. Now, being suspected of terrorism, they are forced to run from the law and try to find a way to prove their innocence. What follows is an irreverent and epic journey of deep thoughts, deeper inhaling and a wild trip around the world that is as “un-PC” as it gets."
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Kal Penn, John Cho, Rob Corddry, Neil Patrick Harris, Roger Bart
Director: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Screenwriter: Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg
Producer: Greg Shapiro, Nathan Kahane
Composer: George S. Clinton Reviews
Poster: Dumb
Pro: ?
Con: !
Verdict: ;
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