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The Last Time starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser and Amber Valletta

Posted on October 31, 2010 Written by ripitup

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The Last Time starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser and Amber Valletta
The Last Time starring Michael Keaton, Brendan Fraser and Amber Valletta.

Ted (Michael Keaton) is the best salesman of his company. He is confident as hell, very cocky and has a dirty mouth. He doesn’t tolerate failure or stupidity. His co-workers hate him.

When his boss asks him to take Jaime under his wing, he is less than pleased but his boss is desperate. Jaime has been transferred from Ohio but different rules apply in New York and he needs a mentor.

Jamie (Brendan Fraser) is the exact opposite of Ted – he is not unsure of himself, he is extremely polite and friendly. He is also more than willing to follow Ted. Ted hates every minute of this, until he meets Jaime’s beautiful fiancée Belisa (Amber Valletta). Belisa seems to be very fond of Jaime and  is worried about his performance and him. Ted senses the trouble: he is attracted to Belisa. She is not only pretty but she seems to be having more in common with Ted than she has with Jamie- plus, she’s attracted to him as well. And you can’t really blame her, as Brendan Fraser looks and acts like an incompetent teddy bear for most of the movie. This results in Belisa and Ted having a passionate affair. As Belisa falls for Ted and starts getting cold with Jamie, Jaime starts to lose it and from then on things get some very interesting twists…

The movie is an interesting and thrilling drama (or a dramatic thriller, depends on which parts of the movie you are considering) with absolutely top-notch acting; especially from Michael Keaton. Brendan Fraser and Amber Valletta are also very good. I loved the script too. It is smart, easy to follow yet grabbing and it successfully builds the tension. After all, appearances can be deceptive. Give it a go to see what can be done with a modest budget and good actors.

Written and directed by Michael Caleo, 2006.

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: amber valletta, Brendan Fraser, brendan fraser movies, drama, Michael Caleo, michael keaton, michael keaton movies, movies, romance, the last time, the last time movie

Chasing Liberty starring Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Jeremy Piven & Annabella Sciorra

Posted on October 28, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Chasing Liberty starring Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra and Caroline Goodall.
Chasing Liberty starring Matthew Goode, Mandy Moore, Mark Harmon, Jeremy Piven, Annabella Sciorra and Caroline Goodall.

This one could have been so much more fun if it hadn’t been chasing a ridiculous soundtrack and well, cheesy dialogue.

I mean I know most romcoms are cheesy but this tends to overdo itself. Nevertheless, I can think of worse things (for a girl) than sitting at home and watching a Matthew Goode movie where he gets to ne ridiculously romantic and all that. There is also some really fun scenes and great locations.

Here’s the movie’s deal:

Anna Foster (Mandy Moore) is the First Daughter. She is 18 and it is impossible for her to enjoy a romantic and private date out with a boy she likes because there are agents everywhere watching and following her. Her last date goes awry again and she decides that she can get a taste of the normal teenage life in Prague, where she will be traveling with her parents. She even convinces her dad (Mark Harmon) to assign only two agents: Weiss. and Morales (Jeremy Piven and Annabella Sciorra). She goes out with her friend Gabrielle (Beatrice Rosen), only to realize that Secret Service are again everywhere. So to punish her dad and prove her point, she gets on the motorcycle of the handsome English guy – Ben (Matthew Goode). Ben helps her ditch the agents Anna can’t believe her luck- she is free in Prague, hanging with a cute guy. Unbeknownst to Anna, however, Ben is also an agent. When her father learns that she ditched the others, he tells Ben to look after Anna, staying undercover. After all, he is sure Anna will come running very soon.

But Anna has other plans, including attending the Love Parade in Berlin.  Ben does his best to try to keep her out of trouble but of course Anna is far too naive, pig-headed and optimistic to be safe. There is also the fact she is making it clear she wants him. What is a secret agent to do, especially when he wants her too?

Fun premise, beautiful locations. We get to see  Berlin, Venice, Prague, London…I really like Jeremy Piven’s character. He is simply too funny to resist and the sub-plot involves him trying to get Morales  to like him.

The movie is only enemy is that it tries too hard to be romantic and it could have been just more fun and genuinely romantic, had they not exaggerated too many things on Mandy Moore and Matthew Goode’s sides. If you want Mandy Moore be subtler (and she can), watch Dedication. If you want a non-cheesy, genuinely sweet and naturally romantic film, watch Before Sunrise.

But even though it has too many flaws, Chasing Liberty follows a fun fantasy. Forget about being the president’s daughter, it is just so fun running off in Europe with a hot stranger no matter how old you are. Still, I’d like the movie more if Anna’s character hadn’t been so stupid in general…

Co-starring is Caroline Goodall as Anna’s mother.

Fun note: Matthew Goode’s 2010 romantic comedy Leap Year also has the leading female called Anna.

Favorite Lines/Scenes


Anna Foster: Dad! Way to go. I can’t believe you had that restaurant swarming with all of your secret servants. You ruined my date! And now, I’m going to die before I ever get to third base… I mean second base.
[Anna turns to see others in room]
President James Foster: Anna?
Anna Foster: I’ll talk to you about this later.
President James Foster: No, no. Stay. Pull up a chair. We were just discussing the G8 Summit in Prague, how to best persuade the EU leaders to adopt our plan for distributing humanitarian aid and medical technology to developing nations, but you had a bad date, so we should probably focus on that.
Anna Foster: No, no, no, I’m so sorry to have interrupted. Excuse me.
[Anna leaves]
President James Foster: So third base is what again?
[indistinct mumbling]
President James Foster: Glad I asked.

***

Anna Foster: I want to swim naked in the Danube!
Ben Calder: Actually, it’s the Vltava.
Anna Foster: Who wants to swim naked in the Vltava? Nobody says that.
Ben Calder: Because in English,Vltava means ‘unhealthy bacteria level’.
Anna Foster: Yeah, right.
Ben Calder: Why can’t you be free without being naked?

***

Ben Calder: [to Anna] Can you please stop taking your clothes off around me?

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Annabella Sciorra, Beatrice Rosen, caroline goodall, chasing liberty, chasing liberty movie, comedy, jeremy piven, leap year movie, Mandy Moore, mandy moore movies, mark harmon, Matthew Goode, matthew goode movies, movies, romance, romantic comedy, romcom

Anticipating: Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman, Aaron Eckhart and Dianne Wiest

Posted on October 27, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Rabbit Hole Movie starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart
Scene from Rabbit Hole starring Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart. Co-starring Dianne Wiest and Sandra Oh. Image via: 3.bp.blogspot.com

On the surface, Rabbit Hole doesn’t have a story we haven’t seen before. In fact, it is something we saw many, many times: a couple trying to cope with the death of their kid. But what does attract me to Rabbit Hole movie is the actors. The husband and wife are played by Aaron Eckhart and Nicole Kidman. With the exception one disappointment from Aaron Eckheart (Conversations with Other Women was a fairly boring, dialogue-heavy movie) and a couple more disappointments from Nicole Kidman (I mean- what the hell is she thinking with the movie Fur? And I really can’t stand Moulin Rouge), I like watching the works of these two.

Co-starring are Dianne Wiest and Grey’s Anatomy’s Christina- Sandra Oh.

Rabbit Hole is based on an award winning-play. Written for the screen by David Lindsay-Abaire, directed by John Cameron Mitchell. It looks like a good, heart-felt yet fairly depressing movie.

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Aaron Eckhart, aaron eckhart movies, David Lindsay-Abaire, dianne wiest, drama, John Cameron Mitchell, movies, Nicole Kidman, nicole kidman movies, rabbit hole, rabbit hole movie, Sandra Oh

The Truth starring John Heard, Erin Cardillo and Brendan Sexton III

Posted on October 26, 2010 Written by ripitup

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The Truth starring John Heard, Erin Cardillo, Brendan Sexton III, Daniel Baldwin, Carter MacIntyre and Erica Shaffer
The Truth starring John Heard, Erin Cardillo, Brendan Sexton III, Daniel Baldwin, Carter MacIntyre and Erica Shaffer. Spoilers: Seriously, do you think Carter MacIntyre will grow up to look like John Heard?

Wow, this was a terribly boring experience that required the assistance of the fast forward button.

It is difficult to create a thrilling experience with a small budget and you have to rely on the actors, story and the atmosphere more. Unfortunately, when you have uninteresting characters, awful dialogues and a boring villain, the movie keeps dragging on.

The plot :

Jonathan Davenport (John Heard) is a well-off, older guy married to the young and beautiful Dana (Erin Cardillo). Their relationship seems to be OK- that’s until a guy (Brendan Sexton III) breaks into their house, ties them up and tortures them a little. He wants money, of course. But there seems to be a lot of things off about him and the situation and maybe he knows the residents somehow. We also get to see his childhood in flashbacks- when his mother (Erica Shaffer) was having an affair with a guy (Carter MacIntyre), he knew about it and what happens when his dad (Daniel Baldwin) finds out. While the flashbacks reasonably explain why our “villain” is a “little” deranged. And the twists are just so out there…

The verdict:

Just don’t watch it. I wanted to see this one to see if this could be one those exciting low-budget thrillers. It wasn’t. If you also enjoy modest thrillers that rely on the actors and the story rather than effects but actually pulls the concept off, try these: 6 Solid Films with Low Budgets and Enclosed Locations Featuring Uma Thurman, Colin Farrell and Timothy Hutton

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Brendan Sexton III, Carter MacIntyre, Daniel Baldwin, Erica Shaffer, Erin Cardillo, John Heard, movies, the truth 2010, the truth movie, thriller

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