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11.14 starring Hilary Swank, Patrick Swayze, Rachel Leigh Cook and Barbara Hershey

Posted on March 21, 2010 Written by ripitup

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11.14, starring Hillary Swank, Patrick Swayze, Henry Thomas, Barbara Hershey, Rachel Leigh Cook and Shawn Hatosy
11.14 is one of the smartest and most fun scripts ever. It keeps you intrigued and the details are just impressive. Don't miss this little gem from 2003. Photo from: http://i36.tinypic.com/3582ph2.jpg

Jack (Henry Thomas) is driving his car at night, drinking, when all of a sudden he crashes into something that seems to have dropped from upwards. He realizes it is a human, and he is dead. He can barely get him in his trunk before a woman drives by, and thinking he hit a deer. She thinks she will help him by calling the cop nearby. Soon after the woman leaves, the cop arrives. He soon realizes it is not a dear and sets out to arrest him- only he has no handcuffs left because there are already two people arrested at the back of the car…

These are not spoilers. This is what happens in the first 5 minutes of the film. The crash happens at exactly at 11.14. What our half-sober driver doesn’t know is that everyone is actually, unknowingly, related to this incident one way or the other.

The movie is full of unexpected twists and turns, full of fun characters and a lot of complications. It has a cast full of names we are familiar with: Barbara Hershey, Rachel Leigh Cook, Patrick Swayze, Hillary Swank, Colin Hanks (son of Tom Hanks), Henry Thomas and Shawn Hatosy.

What the movie does is to take the clock a little back every time so that we can see what the other characters were doing and why. It is like a more entertaining and immediate version of a butterfly effect. It is a fun ride full of unexpected acts of crime and people’s reactions to it.

I was watching Prizzi’s Honor on TV and not really liking it when I stumbled upon 11.14’s opening credits on another channel. From minute 1, I was hooked. Recommended.

7.3 on IMDB. Wouldn’t rate it any less. Written and directed by Greg Marcks.

This movie has a terrific ending. Below are 2 different lists movies with great endings:

Top 5 Movie Endings9 Movies with Awesome Endings

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: 11.14, 11.14 movie, Barbara Hershey, Colin Hanks, Greg Marcks, Henry Thomas, Hillary Swank, movies, Patrick Swayze, Rachel Leigh Cook, Shawn Hatosy, thriller

Soldier’s Girl: A Haunting True Story starring Lee Pace and Troy Garity

Posted on March 20, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Soldier's Girl (2003)
Soldier's Girl (2003) starring Lee Pace and Troy Garity. It is haunting, disturbing, tragic andf beautiful. Well, the love is beautiful. The rest is...you wish it never happened. Photo: http://wimminwiselpts.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/soldiers-girl-orig.jpg

Barry Winchell (Troy Garity) is a young soldier just transferred to airborne infantry. Calpernia Adams (Lee Pace) is a transsexual nightclub performer.

Their paths cross when Barry’s roommate Fisher (Shawn Hatosy) takes his gang out to this club, supposedly on a test of manhood. While everyone enjoys Fisher’s crude behavior to a certain extent, Barry is embarrassed by it.  Moreover he seems fascinated by her. It seems like Fisher is a regular in the club yet he is referring to the performers as freaks. Barry, on the other hand, seems genuinely taken by Calpernia and starts dating her.  It takes a while for Barry to get rid of the shock himself but he realizes he is happy so he just tries to keep his private life secret. However Fisher seems bothered by the fact Barry is spending less and less time with him and the gang. It seems like Fisher is not as “straight” and as “butch” as he wants everyone to think. His behavior gets out of control and he finds a great way to make Barry’s life hell, especially when a young and impressionable kid joins their infantry…

Trailer:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sRGi4UFqj8[/pro-player]

Why you should see it:

* This is a haunting and tragic true story.

* The acting is fantastic. Both Troy Garity and Lee Pace were nominated for Golden Globes in 2003 for their roles. Why they didn’t win is beyond me, especially Lee Pace. If you have seen him in any other movie (Possession, The Fall, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day) or in the TV show Pushing Daisies, you will know what I am talking about.  We are talking about a tall, well-built, masculine actor who has completely transformed himself. Sure make-up helps, but the moves are all his.

Fun fact: The Fall’s director Tarsem Singh saw Soldier’s Girl and decided he wanted Lee Pace for the role of Roy Walker. Nope, there is nothing feminine about the Roy character. However Tarsem wanted to make sure Lee was a guy. You can watch the fun interview here.

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RVMuqBH9kc[/pro-player]

You can also check how Lee is in character during Soldier’s Girl interview on set:

[pro-player width=’530′ height=’253′ type=’video’]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wTVawteuLd4[/pro-player]

8.0 on IMDB. Fair enough. 10/10 for everyone involved, especially Troy and Pace.

A note: real Carpelia Adams was on the set as a consultant.

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When in Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. feat. Lee Pace

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Barry Winchell, Calpernia Adams, Lee Pace, Shawn Hatosy, Soldier's Girl, transsexual, transsexuality, Troy Garity

Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day starring Amy Adams, Frances McDormand and Lee Pace

Posted on March 18, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day with Amy Adams, Frances McDormand and Lee Pace
Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day with Amy Adams, Frances McDormand and Lee Pace. Light, entertaining and nostalgic travel through time. Photo: http://ciciyoung.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/809242.jpg

1939. Miss Pettigrew (Frances McDormand) is a little uptight,old-fashioned and opinionated- which doesn’t go well with her occupation as a nanny/housekeeper. She finds herself out on the streets, completely broke and unable to get a new job. But through a coincidence, she starts working for Delysia Lafosse (Amy Adams), the complete opposite of her in every way imaginable:

She is young,pretty,chirpy and well, very busy romantically. She has juggling a romance with her possibly future producer and the owner of her luxurious apartment and the club she is singing at (Mark Strong). Then there is the actual love of her life Michael (Lee Pace), just back from prison, willing to elope with her if she will have him. Pettigrew eventually gets over her shock and disapproval and she decides to be “the social consultant” Delysia needs her to be…but with all the shopping and the partying and juggling, Pettigrew’s life gets even more complicated when she develops a crush for a man who might be involved with one of Delysia’s friends…

This movie is really entertaining. I was either laughing or smiling the entire time. I love a good period piece.and this is as fun as it can ever get. I’ve loved seeing Amy Adams on screen ever since I first watched her in Enchanted as the fairy tale princess, fish out of water in the real world. Frances McDormand just oozes charm and perfect comedic timing. And Lee Pace as a romantic lead? Wonderful casting in a lovely and very fun(ny) movie. Check it out.

7.1 on IMDB. At least 7.5 from me.

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Possession starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Lee Pace and Michael Landes

Soldier’s Girl: A Haunting True Story starring Lee Pace and Troy Garity

The Fall starring Lee Pace and Catinca Untaru

When in Rome starring Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel. feat. Lee Pace

The Good Shepherd starring Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Angelina Jolie & Lee Pace

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Enchanted starring Amy Adams, Patrick Dempsey and James Marsden

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City by the Sea starring Robert De Niro, James Franco & Frances McDormand

Something’s Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves& Frances McDormand

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Amy Adams, comedy, Frances McDormand, Lee Pace, Mark Strong, Miss Pettigrew lives for a day, romance

Wedding Crashers starring Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, Bradey Cooper and Christopher Walken

Posted on March 16, 2010 Written by ripitup

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Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson
Wedding Crashers with Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson. Hilarious. Photo from: http://www.uic.edu/depts/chcc/programs/Campus/Files/wedding_crashers_ver2.jpg

Finally, a movie that shows how fun weddings can be. Yes, I have a confession to make. I am a girl, and I am a romantic but I absolutely detest weddings. I dodge every wedding my parents try to drag me to (even though I was childhood friends with the brides or grooms). When they try to suggest “But no one will come to your wedding if you keep doing this.” And I go “Promise?”

I am not fond of weddings because let’s face it, hardly any wedding we are invited to is organized by someone with money, taste and a good sense of fun. It is not like Nicole Kidman invited me to her wedding and I turned her down. Weddings usually involve weird relatives you wish you never knew, friends of your parents that you couldn’t care less about, awful music and equally awful food. The result is never worth the effort or actually going there. Obviously I’ll not run away when my best friends get married but that’s where I drive the line.

But I have to admit, watching Wedding Crashers was so much fun and I probably wouldn’t mind crashing them if I had pals like Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson’s characters. Jeremy and John. I may not be after bridesmaids, but it would sure be fun to meet single men and fool around. As for the plot:

John (Wilson) and Jeremy (Vaughn) work together and have been friends for a long time. When the wedding season comes, they go to weddings, pretend to be some friend or relative of either bride or groom’s and just join the party. They meet lots of hot, single women who are extra horny and not being bad-looking guys, the duo manage to score every time.

They make up a different back story every time and have a blast. However, at the latest wedding, something goes horribly wrong: John meets and falls for one of the bridesmaids- Claire (Rachel McAdams). By this time Jeremy is dying to get rid of the other bridesmaid, Claire’s clingy sister Gloria (Isla Fisher). However John is not deterred, even when he meets Claire’s boyfriend Zach (Bradley Cooper). So he gets himself invited to the family’s house where the real hilarity begins with the weird gay brother, slutty mother (Jane Seymour), Zach’s bullying and Gloria’s puppy behavior towards Jeremy….

This movie is one of the most fun romantic comedies ever. It is mostly funny than romantic and I love the cast. Claire’s father is played by the ever-awesome Christopher Walken, Bradley is really good as the baddie and I just cracked up at every scene of Vaughn and Wilson. It is R rated, so it won’t be for everyone but it is a very funny ride all around. It even has an equally hilarious cameo by Will Ferrell.

7.2 ON IMDB. Well, generally speaking, and including all genres, I agree. But if we have to compare with other comedies, I dare give it an 8.0.

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Filed Under: Movies and Actors Tagged With: Bradley Cooper, Christopher Walken, comedy, Isla Fisher, Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, romance, Vince Vaughn, Wedding Crashers, Will Ferrell

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