the amazing spider-man...pretty much a recap! cinema report!!!

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canadian release date: 3-july-2012
writer: james vanderbilt, alan sargent
director: marc webb
starring: andrew garfield, emma stone, rhys ifans, dennis leary, sally fields, michael sheen


every so often, the staff here at ...prettymuchamovie decides to let our hair down and have a night on the town. usually, this amounts to a night at the local cinema. somewhat recently we took in The Amazing Spider-Man. It only seemed fitting that we return from our summer hiatus with this cinema report, as marvel comics celebrates 50 years of spider-man this month.


Jump with us to feel like you're in the seat two rows ahead!

(is he strong? listen, RAWR!)

movie review: 50/50.

50/50

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funny how the poster implies that joseph gordon-levitt has testicular cancer, when it is almost certainly spinal.  oh well!  i'm sure the temptation to make a nut-joke was simply too great to resist.

but what's this?  a movie?!  hey now!  we do review those every now and again!  weekly, in fact - at least now that game of thrones is out for the season (noooo!), and we've still got until october until we begin/resume liveblogging for our other "sort-of-a-movie," the walking dead.
so anyway. moving on to the movie!

canadian release date: 30-september-2011
writer: will reiser
director: jonathan levine
starring: joseph gordon-levitt, seth rogen, anna kendrick, bryce dallas howard, anjelica huston

fun fact!  it was actually bryce dallas howard who came up with the movie's title.  according to imdb, the crew was skeptical when she suggested it, but later elected to use the title without thinking to inform her. apparently, she was "surprised" when she found out, though there's no indication of when or how such a discovery was made.  i like to think her reaction was something like this:

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it's a fact.

i wonder whether or not the above anecdote will set the tone for the rest of the movie.  i suppose well never know until we watch, so come on - jump with us!

movie review: siblings.

siblings

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canadian release date: 2004

writer: jackie may

director: david weaver

starring: alex campbell, paul soles, andrew chalmers, sarah polley, martha burns

fun fact!  i mistakenly believed this film was starring a culkin, and this was a significant motivation for both of us to watch it.  

it's a fact.

needless to say, i was wrong...but the overwhelming canadian media connections were a suitable consolation.  judge for yourself after the jump!

movie review: the cable guy.

the cable guy

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canadian theatrical release date: 14-june-1996

writer: lou holtz jr.

director: ben stiller

starring: jim carrey, matthew broderick, leslie mann, jack black, owen wilson

this movie features a number of stiller and black-related cameos, including but not limited to kyle gass.

 it's a fact.

catalogue them all after the jump!  plus, if we miss any, you get to feel so superior.  i hear that's what you internet-types are into.

movie review: greenberg.

greenberg

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canadian theatrical release date: 26-march-2010

writers: noah baumbach, jennifer jason leigh

director: noah baumbach

starring: greta gerwig, ben stiller, rhys ifans, jennifer jason leigh

fun fact/nepotism alert!  the following actors and actresses appearing in greenberg have family members with existing hollywood careers: ben stiller, jennifer jason leigh, jake paltrow, juno temple, dave franco, max hoffman, and zosia mamet.  and the co-writers of the film are also married, though it seems they filed for divorce in 2010.  yay, real-life couples in art?

it's a fact.

watch along with us after the jump!  take a risk, for once in your miserable life.

i mean it's really your choice.

movie review: attack the block.

attack the block

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canadian theatrical release date: 29-jul-2011
writer: joe cornish
director: joe cornish
starring: john boyega, alex esmail, leeon jones, franz drameh, simon howard, jodie whittaker

spoiler alert!  this movie rules, and it also features allusions to many famous science fiction authors, including, but not limited to john wyndham, arthur c. clarke, alan moore and douglas adams.

it's a fact.

watch along with us after the jump!  i mean, if you want to.

movie review: bridesmaids (special edition)

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