Waiting owes a lot to Caddyshack, a comedy classic that finds humor in the everyday antics of apathetic teenage employees at a country club. Waiting - filmed 25 years later - is a bit more raunchy, and ages the employees a few years into their young adulthood, but the concept is basically the same.
Waiting follows the staff at a chain restaurant through an average day of service. We meet the servers (led by Justin Long and Ryan Reynolds), the bartenders, the cooks, and the manager (a flop sweat-drenched David Koechner.) The movie lets us watch the restaurant staff use
Waiting Finds Laughs in Sordid Life of Restaurant Staff
by Dennis Mayer September 28th, 2011 | Movie Reviews
I Don’t Know How She Does It
by Shannon and Michael September 27th, 2011 | Movie Reviews
Kate Reddy (Sarah Jessica Parker) is wife to Richard Reddy (Greg Kinear) and mother of two who is able to masterfully balance her career and family life until she's offered a highly coveted position to work on a project with Jack Abelhammer (Pierce Bronson). Kate finds herself losing her ability to balance time between work and family and ends spending more time on her career with Jack away from her family. Her absence begins to alienate her husband and kids and Kate comes to realize the hard truth that something has to give.
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13 Going on 30
by Shannon and Michael September 23rd, 2011 | Movie Reviews
13 Going on 30 is about a 13-year-old girl named Jenna (Christa Allen), who strives to be part of the popular clique at school called the “Six Chicks." In an attempt to gain acceptance by the Six Chicks, Jenna invites them over to her house for her birthday party. When a game started by Tom-Tom (Alexandra Kyle), leader of the Six Chicks, ends up turning into a cruel joke on Jenna, Jenna wishes for escape as a 30-year-old , independent woman so she no longer has to deal with the social hardships of being a teenager. Much to her
Attack of the Remakes
by Ronald A. Rowe September 21st, 2011 | Movie Commentary, Movie News
Remakes are running wild in October. Footloose, The Thing, and The Three Musketeers are all making their way to the silver screen - again.
Some stories are classic. All film versions of The Three Musketeers spawned from the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas. The story -- in varying degrees of faithfulness to the source material -- has been translated into film 20 times, not counting the animated spoofs like the immortal Barbie and the Three Musketeers in 2009. So it should come as no surprise that we will be treated to a 21st version coming to theaters next month.
Some stories are classic. All film versions of The Three Musketeers spawned from the 19th century novel by Alexandre Dumas. The story -- in varying degrees of faithfulness to the source material -- has been translated into film 20 times, not counting the animated spoofs like the immortal Barbie and the Three Musketeers in 2009. So it should come as no surprise that we will be treated to a 21st version coming to theaters next month.
The Butterfly Effect
by Shannon and Michael September 30th, 2011 | Movie Reviews