This film is based on the story The Song of the Dragon by John Taintor Foote. Alicia Huberman’s father was a German Nazi and he was convicted of treason against the United States. He was executed and soon after Alicia is approached by a government agent. He asks her to spy on a group of her father’s Nazi friends operating out of Rio de Janeiro. Alicia is happy to work with Devlin on this case and she is ready to get out of the States. Alicia is in love with Devlin but she accepts Alexander Sebastian's marriage proposal in order to be able to spy on him and his associates. Alicia learns that Devlin is leaving Rio and she goes to see him. He thinks she has been drinking and that’s what she did when her father died?
It is implied that Alicia is having an affair with Devlin and her future husband Sebastian. Other characters frequently comment on her immoral character. Devlin also allows Alicia to drive while she is very drunk. Being a spy must not be easy because you need to watch your back at all times and you never know when someone will turn on you!! 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
102 min, Drama directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by Ben Hecht with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern, Leopoldine Konstantin, Reinhold Chunzel, Moroni Olsen, Ivan Triesault, Alexis Minotis, Wally Brown, Charles Mendl, Ricardo Costa, E.S. Krumschmidt, Fay Baker.
Note: Imdb 7.9 out of 10 with 86,755 reviews, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 388 reviews, Letterboxd 4* out of 5* with 202 reviews, Metacritic 100 with 16 critics (positive), 7.9 out of 10 with 39 reviews (34 positive, 2 mixed, 3 negative), Common Sense Media Kathryn McGarr age 11+, drinking, drugs & smoking 3*.
Special Note: Filmed in Ro de Janeiro, Brazil; Miami, Florida; Arcadia and Beverly Hills, California. There is a key in this film with the letters UNICA. Cary Grant had the key after filming. Several years later he gave the key to Ingrid Bergman. He thought it gave him luck and he hoped it would do the same for her. Many years later Ingrid gave the key to Alfred Hitchcock at a tribute presentation. Leopoldine Konstantin plays the mother of Claude Rains but she is actually only four year older. Hitchcock claimed that the FBI had him under surveillance for three months because this movie deals with uranium? Hitchcock appears at about one hour and four minutes into the film. At the party, he gets a glass of champagne from the bartender. Hitchcock and Bergman got along well during production but he was very infatuated with her.
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Wednesday, November 20, 2019
The Lady killers 1955
Five criminals are planning a bank robbery and they need to rent some rooms in a certain area. They stumble upon an octogenarian widow, Mrs. Wilberforce and she has a large room she can rent to them. They say they are classical musicians and they do have instruments. I knew right away that there was something very fishy about these men!!
This one of Peter Sellers early roles and this was before Herbert Lin was in the Punk Panther films with Peter. Katie Johnson steals the scenes since she is a very proper Englishwoman!! Everything is right and good in the UK!! She believes what the men say up to a certain point!! This has a LOT of funny moments and I really wondered if the gang would be able to carry out their robbery? I thought it was interesting that the scenes of the town and the scenes inside the home show them to be very plain and also quite dirty?? Must be the burning of coal?? As early as 1228, sea coal from the north-east was being taken to London. In the 12th century, the trading of coal increased across Britain and by the end of the century most of the coalfields in England, Scotland and Wales were being worked on a small scale. The burning of coal to generate electricity was first used in the 1880’s. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
91 min, comedy direct ted by Alexander Mackendrick and written by William Rose with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lim, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd.
Note: Imdb 7.7 out of 10 with 24,478 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 100% critic 87% audience, Metacritic 91 out of 100 with 7 critics (7 positive), The Independent Critic 3.5* and a grade B+, Richard Propes, Letterboxd 3.7* out of 5*, Amazon 4.3*out of 5* with 207 reviews.
Special Note: Originally the producers reject ted director Alexander Mackendrick’s choice of Katie Johnson for the role of Mrs. Wilberforce. At the age of 76 they thought she might be too frail for the project. They cast a younger actress and she died b before filming began? Maybe Katie Johnson was hale and hearty enough for the role after all!! The birds belonging to Mrs. Wilberforce were voiced by Peter Sellers. The parrot flies out of the living room and into the hallway. The bird clearly says Alec Guinness as it lands!! During pre-production writer William Rose and director Mackendrick quarreled violently and Rose stormed off leaving his screenplay not quite finished? Mackendrick and a television comedy writer Larry Stevens provided the finishing touches. Later, Rose apologized profusely to Mackendrick and praised his handling of the movie lavishly. Critics have praised William Rose’s script as a first-rate example of British comedy and for doing an excellent job of capturing the world of British manners and tradition. William Rose is an American and he decided to stay and work in Britain and he married a British woman.
This one of Peter Sellers early roles and this was before Herbert Lin was in the Punk Panther films with Peter. Katie Johnson steals the scenes since she is a very proper Englishwoman!! Everything is right and good in the UK!! She believes what the men say up to a certain point!! This has a LOT of funny moments and I really wondered if the gang would be able to carry out their robbery? I thought it was interesting that the scenes of the town and the scenes inside the home show them to be very plain and also quite dirty?? Must be the burning of coal?? As early as 1228, sea coal from the north-east was being taken to London. In the 12th century, the trading of coal increased across Britain and by the end of the century most of the coalfields in England, Scotland and Wales were being worked on a small scale. The burning of coal to generate electricity was first used in the 1880’s. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
91 min, comedy direct ted by Alexander Mackendrick and written by William Rose with Alec Guinness, Peter Sellers, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lim, Danny Green, Jack Warner, Katie Johnson, Philip Stainton, Frankie Howerd.
Note: Imdb 7.7 out of 10 with 24,478 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 100% critic 87% audience, Metacritic 91 out of 100 with 7 critics (7 positive), The Independent Critic 3.5* and a grade B+, Richard Propes, Letterboxd 3.7* out of 5*, Amazon 4.3*out of 5* with 207 reviews.
Special Note: Originally the producers reject ted director Alexander Mackendrick’s choice of Katie Johnson for the role of Mrs. Wilberforce. At the age of 76 they thought she might be too frail for the project. They cast a younger actress and she died b before filming began? Maybe Katie Johnson was hale and hearty enough for the role after all!! The birds belonging to Mrs. Wilberforce were voiced by Peter Sellers. The parrot flies out of the living room and into the hallway. The bird clearly says Alec Guinness as it lands!! During pre-production writer William Rose and director Mackendrick quarreled violently and Rose stormed off leaving his screenplay not quite finished? Mackendrick and a television comedy writer Larry Stevens provided the finishing touches. Later, Rose apologized profusely to Mackendrick and praised his handling of the movie lavishly. Critics have praised William Rose’s script as a first-rate example of British comedy and for doing an excellent job of capturing the world of British manners and tradition. William Rose is an American and he decided to stay and work in Britain and he married a British woman.
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
Cain and Mabel 1936
Mabel O’Dare is a waitress and she looses her job because of a customer. He feels very badly about this because Mabel needs the job. He gets her a job as the lead dancer in a musical. She is practicing in a hotel and the noise is keeping boxer Larry Cain from getting the sleep he needs for a fight. Mabel and Larry do not have any good feelings about each other!! The do seem to make a change in each other when they are together? Their managers arrange for the couple to begin to like each other so that Mabel’s show can keep running and Larry can win his fights.
This is a depression era boxing movie with star power. It seems like a slice right out of 1936 with black and white filming and snappy dialogue. Davies and Gable have good chemistry and they were not hard on the eyes to look at. It is probable that Marion’s hair was bleached and a mixture of ammonia, Clorox bleach and Lux soap flakes was usually the mixture of choice. This could and probably did weaken and damage hair!! 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
90 min, Musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns, Walter Catlett, Robert Paige, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ruth Donnelly, Pert Kelton, William Collier Sr., Sammy Whiate, E.E. Clive, Allen Romeroy, Robert Middlemass,Joseph Crehan.
Note: Imdb 6.6* out of 10* with 1664 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 55% audience, Letterboxd 3.2* out of 5*, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 11 reviews.
Special Note: The opening scene is at Champs Diner in NYC. The elaborate musical numbers were filmed on stage 7 (now stage 16) at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. The sets were enormous and the roof and walls for the stage were raised an additional 35 feet. This cost $100,000 in 1926 dollars and it was paid for by William Randolph Hearst. The carousel in the Coney Island sequence was built for the film at a cost of $35,000. Marion Davies kept it for her Santa Monica home after filming wrapped. This is often cited as being a box-office flop? Grosses reported in the trades show that the film was quite popular and did especially well in cities? This is probably another case of creative bookkeeping on the part of the studio?
This is a depression era boxing movie with star power. It seems like a slice right out of 1936 with black and white filming and snappy dialogue. Davies and Gable have good chemistry and they were not hard on the eyes to look at. It is probable that Marion’s hair was bleached and a mixture of ammonia, Clorox bleach and Lux soap flakes was usually the mixture of choice. This could and probably did weaken and damage hair!! 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
90 min, Musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with Marion Davies, Clark Gable, Allen Jenkins, Roscoe Karns, Walter Catlett, Robert Paige, Hobart Cavanaugh, Ruth Donnelly, Pert Kelton, William Collier Sr., Sammy Whiate, E.E. Clive, Allen Romeroy, Robert Middlemass,Joseph Crehan.
Note: Imdb 6.6* out of 10* with 1664 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 55% audience, Letterboxd 3.2* out of 5*, Amazon 3.5* out of 5* with 11 reviews.
Special Note: The opening scene is at Champs Diner in NYC. The elaborate musical numbers were filmed on stage 7 (now stage 16) at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank, California. The sets were enormous and the roof and walls for the stage were raised an additional 35 feet. This cost $100,000 in 1926 dollars and it was paid for by William Randolph Hearst. The carousel in the Coney Island sequence was built for the film at a cost of $35,000. Marion Davies kept it for her Santa Monica home after filming wrapped. This is often cited as being a box-office flop? Grosses reported in the trades show that the film was quite popular and did especially well in cities? This is probably another case of creative bookkeeping on the part of the studio?
Sunday, November 17, 2019
The Ox-Bow Incident 1942
This film is based on a novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark and the setting is 1885. Two drifters are passing through a Western town. News comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople and the drifters form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men that are in possession of the cattle. The men in the posse are determined to see justice done on the spot.
The men in the town needed to wait to form a posse and they also needed to verify their information. Instead, what comes out in the men is cruelty, blood-lust, *ruffianism, *pusillanimity and sordid pride. A tragic violation of justice and the swallowing of a bitter draught. The supposed rustlers declare their innocence but the men can’t bring themselves to listen or wait to enact their vengeance. It doesn’t matter what kind of story the accused men present to the audience, their minds were made up before they left town on their journey.
*Ruffianism, violent lawless behavior. *Pusillanimity, lack of courage or determination, timidity. 4* (I really liked this movie)
75 min, Drama directed by William A. Wellman with Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Matt Briggs, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Marc Lawrence, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson.
Note: Imdb 8* out of 10* with 19,470 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 90% critic 91% audience, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 172 reviews, Letterboxd 4* out fo 5*, radiotimes.com 5* Allen Eyles, 2020-movie-reviews 3* out of 4*.
Special Note: Filmed in Alabama Hills, Lone Pine; Chartsworth; Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios; Stage 14, 20th Century Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, California. Henry Fonda was unhappy with the quality of the films he had to do while under contract to 20th Century-Fox. The Grapes of Wrath 1940 and this film were the only two films he was actually enthusiastic about starring in. Henry Fonda witnessed at the age of 14 the lynching of Will Brown in Omaha, Nebraska on September 28, 1919. The western street is the same one used in The Gunfighter 1950. Because of the competition of Laurel & Hardy comedies released at the same time, this film was a box-office flop. Immediately after filming was completed, Fonda enlisted in the U.S. Navy and he served until 1946.
The men in the town needed to wait to form a posse and they also needed to verify their information. Instead, what comes out in the men is cruelty, blood-lust, *ruffianism, *pusillanimity and sordid pride. A tragic violation of justice and the swallowing of a bitter draught. The supposed rustlers declare their innocence but the men can’t bring themselves to listen or wait to enact their vengeance. It doesn’t matter what kind of story the accused men present to the audience, their minds were made up before they left town on their journey.
*Ruffianism, violent lawless behavior. *Pusillanimity, lack of courage or determination, timidity. 4* (I really liked this movie)
75 min, Drama directed by William A. Wellman with Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn, William Eythe, Harry Morgan, Jane Darwell, Matt Briggs, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Marc Lawrence, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson.
Note: Imdb 8* out of 10* with 19,470 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 90% critic 91% audience, Amazon 4.5* out of 5* with 172 reviews, Letterboxd 4* out fo 5*, radiotimes.com 5* Allen Eyles, 2020-movie-reviews 3* out of 4*.
Special Note: Filmed in Alabama Hills, Lone Pine; Chartsworth; Backlot, 20th Century Fox Studios; Stage 14, 20th Century Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Blvd, Century City, Los Angeles, California. Henry Fonda was unhappy with the quality of the films he had to do while under contract to 20th Century-Fox. The Grapes of Wrath 1940 and this film were the only two films he was actually enthusiastic about starring in. Henry Fonda witnessed at the age of 14 the lynching of Will Brown in Omaha, Nebraska on September 28, 1919. The western street is the same one used in The Gunfighter 1950. Because of the competition of Laurel & Hardy comedies released at the same time, this film was a box-office flop. Immediately after filming was completed, Fonda enlisted in the U.S. Navy and he served until 1946.
Saturday, November 16, 2019
The Intruder 2019
Scott and Meagan are a married couple and Scott has recently done very well at his job. They saw a house in Napa that Meagan liked very much. They are going back to look at it and it’s possible they may be able to buy it? They meet the owner Charlie Peck and at first the price of the house is too high. There is no way they could swing this price. Charlie needs to sell, he reduces the price and Scott and Meagan are able to purchase the house.. Scott and Meagan move into the house and they start to make it their own. There is one major problem!! Charlie said he was going to move to Florida to be near his daughter? He hasn’t left and he seems to always be around the house? He seems to think that it’s still his house and he doesn’t like anything to be changed? Scott is jogging and someone runs him off the road? He’s in the hospital with a concussion and Scott believes that Charlie may have been the driver of the car? Scott sends his friend Mike to check on Meagan. Mike sees Charlie eating pizza with Meagan.
This has some very creepy and scary moments but they were OK and I could take them. There is a LOT in Charlie’s background that he didn’t divulge to Scott and Meagan. It seems like Charlie wants to take over the house and own it again!! The only way this can happen is if he can get Scott and Meagan to leave the house behind?? Expect guns, shooting dead bodies, blood spurts, a woman beaten up by a man, fighting with knives, stabbing, punching, attack of a man by a car and a LOT of scariness!! 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
102 min, Drama directed by Deon Taylor with Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid, Erica Cerra, Kurt Evans, Carolyn Anderson, Lili Sepe, Raylene Harewood, Chris Shields, Sam Vincent, Caroline Muthoni Muita, Connor Mackay.
Note: Imdb 5.5 out of 10 with 7833 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 32% critic 70% audience, Roger Ebert 1* Odie Henderson, Metacritic 39 out of 100 with 25 critics (2 positive 15 mixed, 8 negative) 4.7 out of 10 with 32 user scores (9 positive, 13 mixed, 10 negative), Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 405 reviews, Letterboxd 2.3* out of 5*, Common Sense Media 1* out of 5*, age 14+, 4* violence, 3* sex, 3* language, 1* consumerism 2* drinking, drugs & smoking.
Special Note: Filmed at 6741 24th Street, Langley and Vancouver, British Columbia. Budget was estimated at $8 million and worldwide gross was $36,599,361. This is the same house used for Cheryl’s house in Riverdale. In the film Cold Creek Manor 2003, Quaid plays the husband of the couple who bought Stephen Dorff’s old house and then they are terrorized by Doff. Ealy and Good also starred together in the Think Like A Man series.
This has some very creepy and scary moments but they were OK and I could take them. There is a LOT in Charlie’s background that he didn’t divulge to Scott and Meagan. It seems like Charlie wants to take over the house and own it again!! The only way this can happen is if he can get Scott and Meagan to leave the house behind?? Expect guns, shooting dead bodies, blood spurts, a woman beaten up by a man, fighting with knives, stabbing, punching, attack of a man by a car and a LOT of scariness!! 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
102 min, Drama directed by Deon Taylor with Michael Ealy, Meagan Good, Dennis Quaid, Erica Cerra, Kurt Evans, Carolyn Anderson, Lili Sepe, Raylene Harewood, Chris Shields, Sam Vincent, Caroline Muthoni Muita, Connor Mackay.
Note: Imdb 5.5 out of 10 with 7833 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 32% critic 70% audience, Roger Ebert 1* Odie Henderson, Metacritic 39 out of 100 with 25 critics (2 positive 15 mixed, 8 negative) 4.7 out of 10 with 32 user scores (9 positive, 13 mixed, 10 negative), Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 405 reviews, Letterboxd 2.3* out of 5*, Common Sense Media 1* out of 5*, age 14+, 4* violence, 3* sex, 3* language, 1* consumerism 2* drinking, drugs & smoking.
Special Note: Filmed at 6741 24th Street, Langley and Vancouver, British Columbia. Budget was estimated at $8 million and worldwide gross was $36,599,361. This is the same house used for Cheryl’s house in Riverdale. In the film Cold Creek Manor 2003, Quaid plays the husband of the couple who bought Stephen Dorff’s old house and then they are terrorized by Doff. Ealy and Good also starred together in the Think Like A Man series.
The Emoji Movie 2017
There is a secret world inside smartphones!! Textopolis is in the messaging app. This is a busy city where all your favorite emojis live. Each emoji hopes to be selected by the user of the phone. All the emojis except for Gene have one facial expression. Gene is an exuberant emoji without a filter. He is always bursting with many expressions. Gene feels different and he is determined to become just like the other emojis. He asks his best friends Hi-5 and the code breaker Jailbreak to help him. They embark on an adventure through all of the apps on phones. Each emoji has it’s own personal fun world. The plan is to fix Gene but a greater danger threatens the phone?? The fate of all the emojis is in jeopardy!! There is the possibly that all the emojis will be deleted?
Everything about this film really got on my nerves and my very last one nerve!! Possibly the most exasperating of any film I’ve ever seen!! I could not stand the voices, the music and the talk. I felt very tense and I could only view for a SHORT time!! What is this movie doing to children? It’s directed at them and what about their new and still formative brains? I think everything about this movie is bad news for everyone unless they are not listening or watching but doing something very engrossing instead!! The only plus for this film is that it emphasizes being true to yourself and the value of honest plus teamwork. 1/2* (I really hated this movie and I don’t feel the least bit bad about this rating!!)
96 min, Animation directed and written by Tony Leondis with the voices of R.J. Miller, James Corden Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Sofie Vergara, Rachael Ray, Sean Hayes, Jake T. Austin, Tati Gabrielle, Jude Kouyate, Jeffrey Ross.
Note: Imdb 3.2 out of 10 with 50,593 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 7% critic 38% audience,The Guardian 1* out of 5* Charles Bramesco, Roger Ebert 1/2* Peter Sobczynski, Common Sense Medai Betsy Bozdech, age 6+, 1* educational, 4* positive, 3* role models, 2* scariness 1* sex, 2* language, 4* consumerism, 1* drinking, drugs & smoking, Amazon 4.1 out of 5* with 756 reviews.
Special Note: The fasted produced animated movie in history?? On January 13, 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on movie theaters. This was the first movie publicly shown along with Captain Underpants. This must have been a terrible disappointment for the new viewers!! This is the first feature-length animated movie to be nominated for Razzies for Worst Picture, Work Director and Worst Screenplay. Also the first animated movie nominated for a Worst Written Film Grossing Over One Hundred Million Dollars in 1997. There was win for all five nominated Razzies. (I really feel on track and vindicated about everything I've felt and written regarding this film after learning these facts!!)
Everything about this film really got on my nerves and my very last one nerve!! Possibly the most exasperating of any film I’ve ever seen!! I could not stand the voices, the music and the talk. I felt very tense and I could only view for a SHORT time!! What is this movie doing to children? It’s directed at them and what about their new and still formative brains? I think everything about this movie is bad news for everyone unless they are not listening or watching but doing something very engrossing instead!! The only plus for this film is that it emphasizes being true to yourself and the value of honest plus teamwork. 1/2* (I really hated this movie and I don’t feel the least bit bad about this rating!!)
96 min, Animation directed and written by Tony Leondis with the voices of R.J. Miller, James Corden Anna Faris, Maya Rudolph, Steven Wright, Jennifer Coolidge, Patrick Stewart, Christina Aguilera, Sofie Vergara, Rachael Ray, Sean Hayes, Jake T. Austin, Tati Gabrielle, Jude Kouyate, Jeffrey Ross.
Note: Imdb 3.2 out of 10 with 50,593 reviews, Rotten Tomatoes 7% critic 38% audience,The Guardian 1* out of 5* Charles Bramesco, Roger Ebert 1/2* Peter Sobczynski, Common Sense Medai Betsy Bozdech, age 6+, 1* educational, 4* positive, 3* role models, 2* scariness 1* sex, 2* language, 4* consumerism, 1* drinking, drugs & smoking, Amazon 4.1 out of 5* with 756 reviews.
Special Note: The fasted produced animated movie in history?? On January 13, 2018, Saudi Arabia lifted a 35-year ban on movie theaters. This was the first movie publicly shown along with Captain Underpants. This must have been a terrible disappointment for the new viewers!! This is the first feature-length animated movie to be nominated for Razzies for Worst Picture, Work Director and Worst Screenplay. Also the first animated movie nominated for a Worst Written Film Grossing Over One Hundred Million Dollars in 1997. There was win for all five nominated Razzies. (I really feel on track and vindicated about everything I've felt and written regarding this film after learning these facts!!)
Friday, November 15, 2019
Long Shot 2019
Charlotte Field is Madam Secretary to the President of the United States. She is one of the most influential women in the world. She has the ear of the President and he tells her in confidence that he is leaving his office. He also tells her that he will recommend her as the next President. Fred Flarsky is a journalist and he is an old friend of Charlotte. She used to babysit him when they were both younger. He had a crush on her then and he still does. On an impulse, Charlotte hires Fred to be her speechwriter. Charlotte’s team of advisers disagree with her choice and they think it’s a very bad idea? Fred is not exactly the same spiffy dresser that Charlotte has honed for her image. Steps may be needed get Fred out of his current wardrobe.
I didn’t think I would like this film but I thought there was weight and comedy both to the plot. Theron and Rogen seem to mesh even though they seem like oil and water? Opposites do attract!! Even thought the subject is heaven it is funny and light at the same time. This isn’t the first time Rogen has landed a role with a very attractive woman. He has been in a LOT of films and he has acted with Katherine Heigl, Joey King, Maria Blasucci, Aasha Davis, Glenne Headly, Kristen Bell, Danielle Davenport, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lolli Sorenson, Elizabeth Gilles and many others. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
125 min, Comedy directed by Jonathan Levine with Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Tristan D. Lalla, Alexander Skarsgard, Aladdin Tawfeek, Wanya and Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Isla Dowling.
Note: Rotten Tomatoes 81% critic 75% audience, Imdb 6.9 out of 10 with 54,779 reviews, Roger Ebert 3* Brian Tallerico, Metacritic 67 out of 100 with 45 critics (31 positive, 14 mixed) 6.7 out of 10 with 193 user scores (131 positive, 35 mixed, 27 negative), Washington Post 2* out of 4* Ann Hornaday, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Wendy Ide, Letterboxd 3.4* out of 5*, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 786 reviews.
Special Note: Filmed in Cartagena, Colombia and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seth Rogen was one of the few actors able to successfully transition from TV to films. He was previously on Freeks and Geeks. There is a mistake in one of the scenes. Fred is in a convenience store and a bag of Doritos Sonic Sour Cream is seen in the store. This item is only sold in Canada and the scene is supposed to be in New York City.
I didn’t think I would like this film but I thought there was weight and comedy both to the plot. Theron and Rogen seem to mesh even though they seem like oil and water? Opposites do attract!! Even thought the subject is heaven it is funny and light at the same time. This isn’t the first time Rogen has landed a role with a very attractive woman. He has been in a LOT of films and he has acted with Katherine Heigl, Joey King, Maria Blasucci, Aasha Davis, Glenne Headly, Kristen Bell, Danielle Davenport, Rosemarie DeWitt, Lolli Sorenson, Elizabeth Gilles and many others. 3 1/2* (I liked this movie)
125 min, Comedy directed by Jonathan Levine with Charlize Theron, Seth Rogen, June Diane Raphael, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Ravi Patel, Bob Odenkirk, Andy Serkis, Randall Park, Tristan D. Lalla, Alexander Skarsgard, Aladdin Tawfeek, Wanya and Nathan Morris, Shawn Stockman, Isla Dowling.
Note: Rotten Tomatoes 81% critic 75% audience, Imdb 6.9 out of 10 with 54,779 reviews, Roger Ebert 3* Brian Tallerico, Metacritic 67 out of 100 with 45 critics (31 positive, 14 mixed) 6.7 out of 10 with 193 user scores (131 positive, 35 mixed, 27 negative), Washington Post 2* out of 4* Ann Hornaday, The Guardian 4* out of 5* Wendy Ide, Letterboxd 3.4* out of 5*, Amazon 4.1* out of 5* with 786 reviews.
Special Note: Filmed in Cartagena, Colombia and Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Seth Rogen was one of the few actors able to successfully transition from TV to films. He was previously on Freeks and Geeks. There is a mistake in one of the scenes. Fred is in a convenience store and a bag of Doritos Sonic Sour Cream is seen in the store. This item is only sold in Canada and the scene is supposed to be in New York City.
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