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Clint Eastwood's Baseball Movie Strikes Outnew

Trouble with the Curve opens with Clint Eastwood's character, Gus Lobel, yelling at his penis for taking too long to cooperate in urinating. Gus is considered an all-time great talent scout, currently working for the Atlanta Braves, who is constantly second-guessed at work by young underlings vying for his job.
Charleston City Paper  |  Isaac Weeks  |  09-19-2012  |  Reviews

Ted might be one of the best comedies of the yearnew

How does a man who is already stretched thin by his network television demands expect to develop his live-action film debut properly?
Charleston City Paper  |  Isaac Weeks  |  06-27-2012  |  Reviews

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter is a travestynew

While Bekmambetov isn’t quite the villain that James Wilkes Booth proved to be, the director is responsible for the travesty he has delivered to us, and finds himself with a smoking gun of a terrible film in his hands.
Charleston City Paper  |  Isaac Weeks  |  06-25-2012  |  Reviews

Rock of Ages is a predictable ’80s-fueled musicalnew

Hitting the screen by way of a team of scriptwriters that includes the original stage production's Chris D'Arienzo, Rock of Ages presents a fairy-tale version of Los Angeles' heavy metal scene circa 1987.
Charleston City Paper  |  Isaac Weeks  |  06-19-2012  |  Reviews

21 Jump Street is a successful rebootnew

Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller make their live-action feature film debut here, clearly taking a page from the playbook of The Brady Bunch Movie and crafting a modern-day tale while winking satirically at the core tenets of the old TV show.
Charleston City Paper  |  Isaac Weeks  |  03-18-2012  |  Reviews

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