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Fracture starring Ryan Gosling & Anthony Hopkins

Posted on February 9, 2012 Written by ripitup

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Fracture starring Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling. 2007.

Fracture Premise

Ted Crawford (Anthony Hopkins) is a very smart, rich and successful man married to the beautiful  Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz) who is many years his junior. Of course she is cheating on him with a guy close to her age- cop Robert Nunally (Billy Burke).

So Ted decides to kill his wife, destroy Rob and get away with it. He plans everything- from how Rob is the cop that shows up because there was a shooting in his house to how he will confess…

Willy Beachum (Ryan Gosling) is a young and very successful prosecutor dying to move up to the corporate world. He has only one case left, and then he will leave for his glamorous new career.

The case seems easy enough- they have the weapon, the confession, the guy. They just don’t have the body since Jennifer has gone into a coma. But hey, they have everything they need. Moreover, the defendant, Ted, seems crazy enough to represent himself…

But of course Ted is a lot smarter and a lot more meticulous than they could have ever imagined. He plays his cards well, and he seems to have foreseen every move.

As the case goes on, and Willy gets to see Ted for who he really is, but both his relationship (with corporate lawyer Rosamund Pike) and career get jeopardized. How the hell can he win against Ted?

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Worth Watching

Fracture is a real treat for the lovers of a solid legal thriller. The actors, unsurprisingly, do a great job. The script is so cool that you think it was probably adapted (and adapted well) from a bestseller.  Sure, the movie has flaws, and I couldn’t have cared less about Willy’s romance with the gorgeous  lawyer Nikki (Rosamund Pike), but bear with it.

Their relationship gives us a good idea about Willy, and it carries elements that move the plot forward. The villain is extremely clever and well-prepared, and well… the only reason the movie got 7.1 (and not an 8 on IMDB) is because people don’t agree on the ending.  Frankly, I loved it. Watch it.

Directed by Gregory Hoblit, written by Daniel Pyne & Glenn Gers.

 

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Fun Notes on the Cast

–          English actress Rosamund Pike plays Elizabeth Bennet’s older/prettier/milder sister Jane in 2005’s movie Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth is played by Keira Knightley.

–          Cliff Curtis, who plays Rob’s partner, co-starred in Colombiana as the uncle of the main character (Zoe Saldana) and he also guest-starred in two episodes of Body of Proof as the love interest of the main character Megan Hunt (Dana Delany).

–          Billy Burke, who plays the lover/cop, is Bella’s father in the Twilight series.

 Recommended Reading feat. The Cast

Ryan Gosling:

The Ides of March feat. George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Evan Rachel Wood, Paul Giamatti & Philip Seymour Hoffman

Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carell, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone

Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone Trivia

All Good Things starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst & Frank Langella

Movie Reviews of 4 Nicholas Sparks Adaptations: A Walk to Remember, Nights in Rodanthe, Message in a Bottle and The Notebook

Anthony Hopkins:

The Devil and Daniel Webster starring Alec Baldwin, Anthony Hopkins and Jennifer Love Hewitt

3 Movies with “Tristan” Protagonists feat. Legends of The Fall, Stardust, Tristan & Isolde


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 starring Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner & Kristen Stewart

Posted on June 18, 2011 Written by ripitup

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The 4th movie of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part – 1 is hitting the theaters in November. Since the teaser trailer is on the web, let’s talk about where we left off the characters, what happens in the trailer and how we feel about the series in general.

Eclipse made the rivalry between Jacob Black (Taylor Lautner) and Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) even clearer. The werewolves and the vampires fought side by side to get rid of Seattle’s evil vampire gang lead by Victoria (Bryce Dallas Howard), but this didn’t really make vampire Edward and shapeshifter Jacob  bond.

Bella (Kristen Stewart) and Edward’s relationship saw a hard, yet romantic bargain: Our old-fashioned vampire wanted to get married – and he wouldn’t have sex with Bella until they did. Bella wanted to become a vampire to be able to spend eternity with him, and she wanted him to turn her. Edward’s family also agreed that it was the smarter thing to turn Bella. So Edward accepted to turn her as soon as they were married.

The 4th movie will obviously see Bella’s father Chief Swan (Billy Burke) go mad. He doesn’t know anything about vampires and werewolves, but he just trusts Jacob more. Plus, many sane fathers don’t look forward to their high school graduate daughters getting hitched right away. Obviously Jacob will do everything in its power to stop the wedding. But if the trailer is any indication, the wedding (and the much expected first-time sex) will take place. I haven’t read the 4th book, but from what I know (from the readers and the trailer), Bella will get pregnant against all odds…

You can watch the trailer here.

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I really enjoyed the Twilight saga. Well, admittedly I enjoyed Twilight and Eclipse a lot more than New Moon because depression is not my thing. But I enjoy this fantasy world with eternal beauty, health, youth and love. I enjoyed the jealousy between a gorgeous vampire, and a soon to be gorgeous (come on, he is only 19!) werewolf, not to mention a vampire family led by the highly talented (and also pretty) Peter Facinelli.

Yes, the effects with the wolves should have been much better. The stories could have more thrills and surprises. But all in all this is a fun, harmless romance movie for people who like the supernatural stuff, with the emphasis on romance. If you want all action and gore, see Blade. If you want more literature where vampires don’t shine, watch Interview with the Vampire. For pop-corn romance and good alternative rock, Twilight is pretty good.

I’ll see this film in November. How about you?

 

Previous Articles on the Twilight Movies and Cast

The Ultimate Twilight Saga Test – Read to Decide If You Will Enjoy The Twilight Movies

Twilight Saga 101: 33 Things You Should Know About Twilight Before Seeing New Moon

Twilight Saga 102: 24 Things You Should Know About New Moon Before Seeing Eclipse

Twilight Mania: Twilight Movie Review

New Moon Movie Review: New Moon Dissected

Eclipse Movie Review

Twilight Saga Cast Trivia 101: Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner

Twilight Saga Cast Trivia 102: Peter Facinelli, Nikki Reed, Jackson Rathbone, Elizabeth Reeser, Ashley Greene, Kellan Lutz

Twilight Saga and The Rest of The Cullen Family

Robert Pattinson vs. Edward Cullen: The Cute Robert Pattinson, The Beautiful Edward Cullen

Pattinson vs.. Lautner

Other Movies and Articles featuring Robert Pattinson

Remember Me starring Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Pierce Brosnan, Lena Olin and Chris Cooper

Golden Globes 2011- The Best of Host Ricky Gervais

Also on Taylor Lautner

Valentine’s Day starring Julia Roberts, Jessica Alba, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Lautner & more

My Own Worst Enemy, starring Christian Slater feat. Taylor Lautner

 

 

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Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Gary Oldman & Billy Burke

Posted on June 13, 2011 Written by ripitup

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Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Gary Oldman & Billy Burke
Red Riding Hood starring Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Max Irons, Gary Oldman & Billy Burke

Valerie (Amanda Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman living in a medieval village by a forrest. The most common fear among the people is the wolf that keeps attacking the village. While they managed to keep the wolf from attacking the humans by presenting it with animals, the wolf starts killing with Valerie’s sister. This infuriates them all,and the town priest (Lukas Haas) calls for the expert werewolf-hunter priest, Father Solomon (Gary Oldman). However many of the villagers don’t want to wait and kill the wolf themselves. Among these brave men are Henry and Peter, the two men who make Valerie’s lives highly complicated:

 

Peter (Shiloh Fernandez) is Valerie’s childhood friend and the love of her life. He is a loner without much money. Henry (Max Irons), on the other hand, is well-off, and Valerie’s mother (Virginia Madsen) is adamant? that her daughter marries Henry to get a better life.

 

As the villagers come back with the head of the wolf, and minus Henry’s father, they are certain they don’t need Father Solomon. However Solomon arrives with bad news. He informs the villagers that what they hunted is a simple wolf, whereas they are being hunted by a werewolf. He closes the village doors and tells everyone to be suspicious of each other, as the werewolf has a human form and could be any one of them. When the werewolf attacks, he doesn’t harm Valerie. Instead he talks to her, and apparently only she can hear it. It asks Valerie to come with it, and if she doesn’t, it just won’t leave the villagers alone. This sends the villagers into suspecting that she is a witch, and she starts suspecting everyone. Can the werewolf be Henry or Peter? Or her own grandmother (Julie Christie). And whoever it is, why does it want Valerie?

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Red Riding Hood takes the basic elements from the fair tale, plays around a little, puts in a werewolf instead of wolf, puts in a love triangle and serves it with a good cast. We get a mystery thriller, which is more of a gothic romance than a thriller.

While it is not a bad experience overall, I just had one big annoyance: the werewolf. Directed by Twilight’s director Catherine Hardwicke, the werewolf- very much like the wolves in Twilight– big and very badly structured on the computer. When you have a laughable villain, It really takes a lot from the movie, a movie that is supposed to be a thriller.
But the ridiculousness of the villain aside, it is a fun film. You get to guess who the wolf might be, who Valerie will end up with and when she just might have sex with one of them…
I did mention good cast, right? You have Amanda Seyfried, Gary Oldman, Billy Burke, Virginia Madsen & Julie Christie.
It is not great, but it is not bad (apart from the wolf’s appearance). It also has a decent soundtrack. It is watchable if you are in the mood for a romance with supernatural elements lurking around.

 

Fun notes:


– Many watchers inevitably compared this to Twilight, where there the series are based on the love triangle. Here, the love triangle consists from 3 humans- although we suspect there is a werewolf among them.

– Twilight’s Chief Swan (Billy Burke), a.k.a. Bella’s father again gets to play the female protagonist’s father. Although Valerie’s dad could learn a thing or two from Swan when it comes to parenting.

– You might be bothered that a medieval village is dominated by modern English and American accents. But if I can accept a werewolf exists (for a movie), I can accept the accents.

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Currently Rated 4.9 on IMDB. I suspect it could have earned higher votes, had the wolf looked menacing and not fake.

 

Also on Amanda Seyfried:

Chloe starring Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried

Veronica Mars starring Kristen Bell, Teddy Dunn, Jason Dohring & Enrico Colantoni


Also on Gary Oldman:

GARY OLDMAN: Talk about diversity!

Air Force One starring Harrison Ford, Glenn Close and Gary Oldman

When adultery is okay, part 3: The Scarlet Letter

Lestat, Dracula and Other Vampires featuring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Gerard Butler, Stuart Townsend and More

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Drive Angry 3D starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner & Billy Burke

Posted on January 26, 2011 Written by ripitup

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Drive Angry 3D starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner & Billy Burke
Drive Angry 3D starring Nicolas Cage, Amber Heard, William Fichtner & Billy Burke. Image via moviepostershop.com

Milton (Nicolas Cage) is angry enough to be able to break out of hell – or drive out of it, to be exact. After all, a vicious cult led by Jonah (Billy Burke – Bella’s father from Twilight series, the attorney from The Closer’s Power of Attorney episode) killed Milton’s daughter and now they have taken his granddaughter to kill her as well. Of course the Devil’s “Accountant” (William Fichtner) is not happy about Milton’s escape and goes after him. But Milton is determined not to stop at anything and with the help of the fearless and gorgeous Piper (Amber Heard), he just might accomplish his mission…

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Written by Todd Farmer and Patrick Lussier. Directed by Patrick Lussier.

Drive Angry is shot in 3D and I really can’t wait to see it. Granted, it is not going to be deep or very original but I love revenge flicks filled with action and I really like Nicolas Cage – especially in action films. After all, he gave us The Rock, Face/Off, Lord of War, Con Air and more.


The movie also guarantees huge grins with its funny one-liners. My favorites:

The Accountant: (to one of the teenagers) I won’t see you again until you are 73. (to the other): You, I’ll see in 3 months.

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The Accountant: Wouldn’t want to be you when Satan finds out.

Milton: (coolly) What’s he gonna do? Not let me back in?

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Expectation: Very harmless, very entertaining, cliché-filled yet satisfactory rockin’ action. Hope it delivers. Coming to US in February, 25th.

The Trailer:

Other Nicolas Cage Movies and Posts

Face/Off starring John Travolta and Nicolas Cage

Lord of War starring Nicolas Cage, Ethan Hawke and Jared Leto

Nicolas Cage Trivia

Moonstruck starring Nicolas Cage and Cher

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice starring Nicholas Cage, Monica Belluci, Jay Baruchel and Teresa Palmer

City of Angels starring Meg Ryan and Nicolas Cage

Knowing starring Nicolas Cage

Favorite Actors to Play Villains feat. Nicolas Cage, John Travolta and more

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