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The People I’ve Slept With: A Review

by Jaclyn Abergas June 30th, 2011 | Comedy, Independent, Movie Reviews
The People I've Slept With has become a big hit in the Asian film community. Directed by Quentin Lee, written by Koji Steven Sekai and produced by Lee, Sekai and Stanley Yung, The People I've Slept With is a light romantic comedy about coming to terms with reality and committing to decisions made.

Angela Yang (played by Karina Cheung) loves sex and she's not gonna apologize for it. She even creates baseball cards of the all guys and girls she's slept with, complete with nicknames and basic information about them. And then the unthinkable happens: the stick turns blue.

Her gay
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Something Borrowed

by Shannon and Michael June 29th, 2011 | Comedy, Movie Reviews, Romance
He Said:
This film is about a law student named Rachel (Ginnifer Goodwin) who falls for another student named Dex (Colin Egglesfield). They end up on their first date together when Rachel's best friend, Darcy (Kate Hudson), surprisingly shows up and ends up making a move on Dex. Rachel, being too shy to say anything, lets it happen. Fast forward into the future, Dex and Darcy are engaged with Rachel to be Darcy's maid of honor. However, one night out with Dex, Rachel lets it slip that she had feelings for Dex. Little does Rachel know Dex also
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Captain America

by Ronald A. Rowe June 28th, 2011 | Action, Movie Reviews
It's Captain America, but not the one you think

In honor of the theatrical release of Captain America: First Avenger coming up in less than a month, we pause to remember that this is not the first time that this star-spangled hero has graced the big screen.

In 1992, the movie going public was primed for super heroic entertainment. 1989's Batman was a surprise hit. The sequel, Batman Returns, was due out in a few months. The time was right for Captain America to make his first big screen appearance since the serials of the 1940s.

The only problem
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The Hangover Part II—Or, the Hangdo-over

by Samantha Glavin June 24th, 2011 | Comedy, Movie Reviews
With the release of the Hangover Part II (2011), Todd Phillips has created the framework for a whole franchise—Phil, Stu, and Alan get very drunk and have to retrace their steps in every city on Earth. Another sequel, another city, another million in return, and all the producers have to do is just follow this uncreative formula. The Hangover Part II is a dry copy of the first, and while following the successful formula of the first movie isn’t that bad of an idea on its own, it’s the unimaginative, too-predictable, and minimal-effort approach to the script that really
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With Lebowski, Coens Create Successful Inside Joke

by Dennis Mayer June 22nd, 2011 | Movie Commentary, Movie Reviews
Joel and Ethan Coen have a long history of bucking convention and making whatever movies they want to make. That habit was never more evident than in 1998, when on the heels of the Academy Award success of Fargo (the picture won Best Original Screenplay, earned Frances McDormand a Best Actress win, and scored five more nominations), they released The Big Lebowski, a well-crafted pastiche of quirky characters, buddy comedy, and film noir conventions. The brothers capitalized on the success of Fargo by lovingly creating an inside joke of a movie.

Lebowski functions as a  rewrite of a Raymond Chandler
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