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Allen Coulter’s new family drama/romance works pretty well for the most part and while it does nothing terribly new for the genre it is a solid and entertaining entry that avoids cheesiness at almost every turn.

The story’s protagonist is, Tyler, a 21 year old in a bit of a rut who doesn’t really care about anything right now in his life besides his younger sister.  His older brother committed suicide when he was 22 and Tyler’s approaching birthday is causing quite a bit of distress in his life as he wonders if said fate is awaiting him around the corner.  Enter Alyssa, a 21 year old student at the school Tyler’s roommate attends and that Tyler works at who also happens to have a cop for a dad that busted the two of them out on the town one night when they tried to break up a fight.  The two awkwardly dance around one another before quickly falling for one another with circumstances forcing them to be closer than they could have imagined.

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Matt Damon and Paul Greengrass have teamed up on an adaptation of Imperial Life in the Emerald City and the result is a decent political action hybrid that runs into some pretty big third act issues that really hurt the picture.

The story follows Chief Miller a WMD team leader for the Army and is coming up empty repeatedly on sites that are supposed to be legit and he begins to wonder why the hell he is over here in Iraq if there are no WMD’s.  After getting a tip from a local citizen, Freddy, who sees some top officials ducking into a secret meeting, Miller, is pulled into a chain of events that might uncover one of the government’s biggest secrets about the war.  Miller then starts to get pulled from both sides by a pair of clashing department heads for the White House and the CIA and he has to sort out whose intel he will believe to actually making a difference here in Iraq.

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Hello readers! My name is Trieu and I am a new writer to HST. A little bit about myself. I am a recent college-graduate who decided to stay in his rural college town. Why you ask? Mostly because I’m not ready for real life just yet. I took a film studies class back in high school and fell in love with the film-making process. But don’t worry, I still enjoy watching them more. However, having a job that doesn’t pay that well kind of limits me from always going to the cinema. That’s why I’ve fallen back to watching TV shows recently. Not that I’m complaining though, cause the more TV shows I watch, the more I appreciate them. TV shows just have the character development that cannot be matched by movies. I’m not saying one or the other is better (at least not for now), but that is what I’ll mostly be contributing initially. Read the rest of this entry »

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Pretty good, star studded stuff.
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So why now? It’s March weren’t you supposed to put lists out a couple months ago?  Well I don’t, and haven’t, and the 09 film year isn’t over till the Oscars are passed out if you ask me.  I also feel like lists made at the end of the year are not allowed enough time to breath and made on too many gut feelings.  Waiting a couple months allows me to not only digest these films a little longer but maybe even see it one more time.  It also allows you to look at films outside the end of year crush of films and the hectic nature of trying to see as many things as possible while also trying to list them.  If you have read one of these from me before this is not news to you, but for any new readers I just wanted you to give a picture of where I am coming from.

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Tim Burton’s latest collaboration with Johnny Depp is a gigantic, uninspired, and boring mess of an adaptation of the Alice in Wonderland mythology.

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Though I am happier than ever that my mother has remained married to the same non-crazy man for all of my life after watching this film, the concept behind The Stepfather has a much greater impact on this feeling than the film itself, which doesn’t even live up to the other “horror” films of the same caliber (e.g. Disturbia. Yes, I realize that comparing these films may annoy many a film watcher. Let me just stop you right there. I know that both films are remakes and that one came before the other. But just look at them; if you only consider these two remakes then, in a nutshell, the movies are freakishly similar in look, story elements, and bikini-clad girls… This just doesn’t have the comedic power of Shia LeBeouf. Or tension. Now breathe and read the rest of the review when you are ready).
Following the murder of his family, David Harris is in the market for another family to get to know and kill. While perusing the selection at the grocery store, he comes across a family of the perfect quality with Susan and her two children. The next time we see them Susan and David are quickly heading towards the altar and/or a massacre, and Susan’s eldest son, Michael is returning home from military school. Read the rest of this entry »