Prediction for 4/28-4/30

United 93 ftw

Pree-dict for 4/14-4/16

The Benchwarmers FTW.


I actually saw a test screening about a month before it came out, and I meant to post a review, but never did. Anyway, I may as well do that now; a solid flick, quite funny if you're in to the stupid comedy genre. I particularly loved John Lovitz as a billionaire nerd. Basically, if you can laugh at an Adam Sandler movie, you'll enjoy this. It's not amazing, and it's not the best example of the genre, but it's entertaining.

Speaking of movie reviews and entertaining, I saw Lucky Number Slevin last night. Entertaining is another good word to describe that one, 'cause it is, and that's all I wanted. The critics called it "too complicated for its own good," and to comment on that, I'm going to have to put up a

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I suspect they got that idea from the plot twist of killing Lucy Liu, then bringing her back to life. (We find out she wore a bulletproof vest. Made me think of Back to the Future, but in a bad way). I thought that was absolutely stupid, but I liked the rest of the movie. The first half was rather fun and entertaining; the second half was primarily concerned with explaining the plot twists, and was rather weighty, but still quite good; I suspect the second half won't hold up to repeat viewings as much as the first.

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Anyway, if you like movies with death, and gangsters, and bizarre plot twists, see Slevin. The comparison to Guy Ritchie is obvious, but don't expect it to be as light-hearted.