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Cellular starring Chris Evans, Kim Basinger, Jason Statham & William H. Macy: Fun Action with Good Actors

Posted on February 26, 2012 Written by ripitup

Ryan (Chris Evans) is your typical carefree young man who doesn’t take anything seriously. In fact he was dumped by his girlfriend Chloe (Jessica Biel) because of it.

Jessica Martin (Kim Basinger) is a science teacher married to a realtor and the mother of pre-teen. Her comfortable world is disrupted when she is kidnapped by a group of men, led by Ethan (Jason Statham). The men are ruthless, and she doesn’t even know what they could ever want from her. Luckily she manages to put the wires together of a shattered phone and reach a random number – Ryan’s.

Ryan doesn’t take Jessica seriously at first, but Jessica persuades him to at least take the call to a police officer. Veteran cop Bob (William H. Macy) does take her seriously, but his attention is divided by a gang, and he sends Ryan to another floor. This gives Ryan enough time to overhear Jessica being terrorized and he realizes that he really is the only hope of a kidnapped woman.

The problem is he can’t get upstairs without breaking the line, and Jessica asks him to go pick up her kid from school before the kidnappers get to him.

From then on Ryan fights, often creatively, against time, dying batteries, armed and dangerous men, and lack of resources to help Jessica and her family, as the guys seem to be after something her husband has (Richard Burgi)…

Cellular is one fun, exciting, and outside-the-box thriller where the victim and the hero are connected only randomly.

The hero, though he occasionally manages (or forces) to get help from others. He is not a cop, convict or someone even remotely trained to save anyone. So seeing Ryan change from the selfish beach bum to the hero of the day is fun.

The story has some twists and turns, and even though none of them really shock you, it manages to keep the movie interesting and fun throughout.

If you like entertaining action without gore, too many clichés and with unconventional heroes and actors you like, Cellular won’t disappoint you.

Rated at 6.5 on IMDB. I’d give it at least a 7. 9 for the entertainment value.

Fun Cast Facts

* William H. Macy is the real life husband of actress Felicity Huffman, who has starred as Lynette in the hit TV show Desperate Housewives in all of its 8 seasons.

* Richard Burgi, who plays Kim Basinger’s on-screen husband, played the on-screen ex-husband of Teri Hatcher’s Susan on Desperate Housewives. Susan and Lynette are best friends and neighbors.

* Chris Evans worked with Jason Statham twice. They also starred in London, a drama romance co-starring Jessica Biel. Jessica Biel also has a small part in Cellular as Chris Evans’ girlfriend. The duo also dated in real life.

* Chris Evans’ best friend is played by NCIS Los Angeles’ Marty Eric Christian Olsen.

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What’s Your Number starring Anna Faris & Chris Evans: Raunchy, Funny, Annoying, Honest

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What’s Your Number starring Anna Faris & Chris Evans: Raunchy, Funny, Annoying, Honest

Posted on February 18, 2012 Written by ripitup

whats-your-number-movie-poster — What's Your Number starring Chris Evans and Anna Faris. Feat. Blythe Danner & Andy Samberg.

What’s Your Number Plot

Ally (Anna Faris) is a normal, single woman in her 30s who is working at a job that she doesn’t like, and dating guys she probably shouldn’t. Oh, and she has a tendency not to know exactly what she wants, and she listens to what other people think.

That’s why when stumbles upon a girlie magazine article, she realizes that her number (of guys she has slept with) is a bit too high than others around her, as well as the national average. Determined to keep her number 20, she decides to seek out all her exes –inspired by her sister, who is marrying one of her exes.

Surely some of hers just got better in time too? She is assisted by her hunky womanizer neighbor Colin (Chris Evans) whose detective skills are impressive. In return, Ally provides haven for Colin from all the girls he slept with.

But tracking down so many men takes a lot of time, and this ends up in Colin and Ally spending a lot of time together. As they both realize that the other is fun, spontaneous and easy-going- not to mention attractive – things get a little complicated. Can the one-night-stand guy actually be the one? And what happens if one of them doesn’t notice it on time?

Funny? Check. Romantic? Check. Sometimes too crude? Check.

What’s Your Number is a fun romantic-comedy with some annoying qualities, but it is interesting enough to ignore them. Of course I’m completely biased: being a girl who’s a Chris Evans fan and all that…

But putting that aside, all movies can be nitpicked to pieces. I just don’t see the point in doing with any movie (unless it really gets on my nerves), especially not with romantic comedies (although I do analyze the issue on my dating blog.)

Are you annoyed by the girl’s number? Do you think it is too low to care? Too high already? Who cares? In the end she ends up with the guy that she should- the guy who doesn’t give a damn about that (which is just as well since his number is way too huge), who can be her best friend and most importantly, this is the guy who loves exactly who she is, and supports her dreams. Combine that with Chris Evans’s looks, and you’ve already scored half of your female target audience.

I don’t get it. What’s the big deal with any number? Don’t talk about it if it bothers you. It is a personal choice, everybody’s own business. But yeah, I would be alarmed at Colin’s number and freak out before ending up with him.

Assuming that his number is 300+, surely that does scream non-relationship-material! It says that you have one night stands all the time just because you can. That’s way too shallow and random for my taste. But I might totally overlook it for the right guy. After all what matters is the last number, and him staying at that! As long your partner doesn’t try adding numbers when you are together, you can let any number go to hell.

Bottom line for What’s Your Number?

Often funny, sometimes sexy and partly annoying, it is just about anything you can expect from a romcom.

Favorite Scenes/Things from the Movie.

– Strip basketball where Ally is the much better player

– All of Ally and Colin’s relationship.

– Ally’s methods of saving Colin from his dates

Favorite Lines

Ally: “I was thinking that maybe you’d want to be my date to my sister’s wedding.”
Rick (Zachary Quinto, number 19): “Are your parents going to be there?”
Ally: “At my sister’s wedding? I think so.”
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Colin and Ally’s first actual conversation

Colin (Chris Evans): I locked myself out of my apartment – do you mind if I use your phone?
Ally: (seeing he is just trying to avoid his latest conquest) Do you think the woman coming out of your apartment could have helped you with the being locked out problem?
Colin: I look at it as trying to avoid her feelings.

Simon: (In British accent) Ally! It’s brilliant to see you.
Ally: [faking British accent] Simon, I can’t believe it.
Ally: This is Colin, but he has to go now.
Colin: (laughing at her faking) No, I don’t

Ally: He probably still works at Starbucks but he’s the best sex I ever had.
Colin: You haven’t had sex with me.
Ally: No, but I have had sex with other overly confident, struggling musicians so I’m good.
Colin: What makes you think I’m a musician?
Ally: Guitar in your apartment, you dress like a horny teenageR, I paid for that sandwich, struggling musician.

On finding one of the exes on Facebook, married:

Ally: He’s adorable…and so are his wife and kids.
Colin: Well he clearly doesn’t understand what Facebook is for.

Colin: What’d you do to turn him off?
Ally: Nothing, he’s a gentlemen.
Colin: You wore that pantsuit, didn’t you?
Ally: Hey, that pantsuit is sexy. It’s very Katherine Hepburn.
Colin: All right, let’s clear something up right now. Katherine Hepburn was not sexy, Audrey Hepburn was sexy, Katherine Hepburn was a dude.

Ally: I think I love you number 21.

Colin: I love you too number 300 and… (Ally puts her hand over his mouth to prevent him from finishing the number and they kiss).

Fun Cast & Entertainment Facts

– Is it just me or the one of the exes they see on Facebook looks like Jason Segel?

– The puppeteer ex is Andy Samberg, one of Saturday Night Live’s regulars.

– Ally’s mother is Blythe Danner, Gwyneth Paltrow’s real-life mother.

– The movie is based on the book called 20 Times a Lady written by Karyn Bosnak. The premise reminds me a lot of Shari Low’s book What If. The premise is similar, but in that book it is the girl who has walked away from a lot of the relationships. And although her number is lower, the changes in the guys are far more hilarious and extreme. Oh, and she does travel all around the world to find them. What If is one of my favorite books. It is hilarious, with the actual female lead being actually British and not faking it. : )

– The disgusting boss is Community TV series star Joel McHale.

– Heroes’ Sylar Zachary Quinto plays the doggy-style-lover/environmentalist number 19.

– The English ex is actually English. He’s played by The Office (original UK version)’s Martin Freeman who also co-starred as the shy porn actor in the ensemble cast Love Actually.

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The Perfect Score starring Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg & Scarlett Johannson

Posted on February 16, 2012 Written by ripitup

The Perfect Score Plot

Best friends Kyle (Chris Evans) and Matty (Bryan Greenberg) aren’t exactly looking forward to taking their SATS. Kyle is good in class, but there is no way his scores will get him into his dream school Cornell. Matty needs to get into Mary’s, because his girlfriend Sandy is there, but it doesn’t look possible.

Still, when first Matty suggests stealing the exam answers, Kyle isn’t on board. But when he realizes that SAT is a big profit machine to everyone involved, and nobody seems to care that it is affecting the lives of the students so dramatically. This makes Kyle angry enough to want to steal the answers, but they will definitely need the help of the rebel daughter (Francesca-played by Scarlett Johansson) of the owner of the building where results are kept.

Matty would rather keep the team a trio, but Kyle has already mentioned this to the honor student Anna (Erika Christensen), who just can’t seem to get near her desired score for Brown. And when the pot-smoking weirdo Roy overhears the conversation and Anna brings in the basketball player Desmond who needs the answers as badly as they do, they finally have a team of 6 where the members don’t necessarily trust each other.

Still, Kyle manages to come up with the perfect plan, and the application of the plan brings members closer. But have they really thought everything through? Can they really pull it off?

*

FUN ENOUGH TO WATCH

The Perfect Score is a lovely heist comedy with some action, romance and interesting characters. Roy has been a little overused and his presence can get a bit annoying, but it all blends into the fun relationships and moments of the movie.

It is nostalgic to see Chris Evans, Bryan Greenberg and Scarlett Johansson in high school roles-especially since the last time I saw Evans he was Captain America, Bryan was the jerk doctor in Friends with Benefits and Scarlett was once again Black Widow, this time for The Avengers.

It is not hilarious, but it is very enjoyable and highly entertaining. I have to say anyone who rated it below 6 doesn’t just remember what it was to be a high school senior under all that pressure. Granted, we didn’t try to steal the answers, but surely many fantasized about finding a way to bypass the ridiculous exam(s) that determine our future.

And The Perfect Score is just that: a fun fantasy with fun characters, where two of its actors really scored big time in Hollywood. Worth watching, especially if you agree SAT should stand for suck-a** test….(not a name I came up with.: )

Fun note:

Matthew Lillard plays Kyle’s older loser brother who lives above his parents’ garage and thinks it is cool to play Smoke on the Water with the help of the dryer buzzing.