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Movie Review: ‘Going the Distance’

September 3, 2010 By Adam Mehring Leave a Comment

Movie Review: ‘Going the Distance’

(Jessica Miglio/Warner Bros.) Long-distance relationships are the center of study in Going the Distance, Warner Bros’ unexpectedly bawdy, often quite funny end-of-summer entry. But the film itself struggles to survive at least as much as its bicoastal pair of leading lovers. You see, it’s hard out there for a romantic comedy. In the age of […]

Movie Review: ‘The American’

September 1, 2010 By Adam Mehring 4 Comments

Movie Review: ‘The American’

(Giles Keyte/Focus) It requires careful skill to be an assassin: exemplary marksmanship, precision in movement, and certainty in intention. The same can be said of successful filmmaking, and even of convincing performance. It’s a good thing, then, that Focus Features’ The American, a meticulously crafted, retro-styled exercise in vigilance and meditation, subsists on those who […]

Movie Review: ‘Eat Pray Love’

August 13, 2010 By Adam Mehring 18 Comments

Movie Review: ‘Eat Pray Love’

It’s quite ironic that Eat Pray Love, the film adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert’s bestselling memoir, is being pegged as “boring” or “uneventful.” It is in these very qualities—the estimations of our immediate perceptions, or reactions from a persistent quest for superficial gratification—that the film cautions against placing value. Rather, Eat Pray Love champions soul-searching in […]

Weekend Movie Review: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’

July 30, 2010 By Adam Mehring 4 Comments

Weekend Movie Review: ‘Dinner for Schmucks’

(Merie Weismiller Wallace/Paramount) This weekend, Paramount Pictures invites you to a Dinner for Schmucks. If I were you, I wouldn’t be so quick to RSVP. Paul Rudd plays Tim, an earnest financial analyst hoping to fill a recently vacated upper-level position. His boss (Bruce Greenwood) is all but ready to give it to him, too, […]

Weekend Movie Review: ‘Salt’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’

July 23, 2010 By Adam Mehring 6 Comments

Weekend Movie Review: ‘Salt’ and ‘The Kids Are All Right’

(Andrew Schwartz/Columbia) “Who is Salt?” inquires the promotional push for the latest Angelina Jolie-starring spy thriller from Columbia Pictures. It’s a question we ponder often during the film, and one whose answer is well explored, unexpected, and not so simple, really. The story proper begins like a punch-line: so a guy walks into the Central […]

Movie Review: ‘Inception’

July 16, 2010 By Adam Mehring 7 Comments

Movie Review: ‘Inception’

Inception (Warner Bros.) (Warner Bros./Stephen Vaughan) So here’s the problem with Inception. Molded from remarkable ambition and complexity, the film must spend a considerable amount of time introducing and explaining its significant set of rules and procedures. At the same time, Inception requires us to understand these rules—to grasp this intricate swirl of concepts—in order […]

Weekend Movie Review: Despicable Me, and Playing Catch-Up

July 9, 2010 By Adam Mehring 1 Comment

Weekend Movie Review: <em>Despicable Me</em>, and Playing Catch-Up

Hello, good readers! You may have noticed I’ve been absent from these parts the past few weeks, so let’s get back up to speed with the movie world, shall we? First, a new release: the animated Despicable Me, from Universal Pictures. The year has featured a robust slate of block-busting animated fare—from Dreamworks’ lovely How […]

Weekend Movie Review: ‘The A-Team,’ ‘Mother and Child’

June 11, 2010 By Adam Mehring 2 Comments

Weekend Movie Review: ‘The A-Team,’ ‘Mother and Child’

The A-Team (20th Century Fox) (Michael Muller/20th Century Fox) Whipped, nipped, and tucked into submission, The A-Team is an expensive-looking, high-gloss action bonanza, so calculative as to feel mechanical, and so unobtrusive or unchallenging in any way that it’s almost spooky. Four renegade army types team up for militaristic operations under the US Army’s banner […]

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  • “"House OKs debt ceiling bill to avoid default, sends Biden-McCarthy deal to Senate" https://apnews.com/article/debt-limit-biden-mccarthy-house-votes-9375cce9b7526b2d0a5728f8d4a18a0a Bravo! -- Good sense finally wins…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “You never stop with games do you? Nice try. I suggest you take up pickle ball.”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, I'm not trying to play a 'gotcha game' with you. I just thought, if I knew a few of…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “I must have missed it. Could you tell me again the name of the person you feel would be the…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “1) I think there is prima facie evidence that Biden is clearly, as evidenced by his performance to date, is…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=Katanji+Brow+was+asked+what+a+woman+is%3F#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:25eee7c9,vid:BWtGzJxiONU If Marsha (not one of my favorites) asked you to define "what is a woman, what would be…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Well the up side is that all of the six conservatives on the court know what a women is and…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “"Supreme Court preview: the major decisions still to come" https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/4022550-supreme-court-preview-the-major-decisions-still-to-come/ Some really important decisions coming up. Let's hope the six…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, Response To: Your May 31, 2023 at 7:20 am post I know you believe "Average Joe' is a threat…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Like I said before, — Exceptional Joe is a clear and present danger to the actual existence of our country.…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “My great grandmother was said to be a "witch" but she was in fact a pow wow doctor.. unfortunately misunderstood…”

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  • “Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts), I can't take credit for the 'articulate' comment. OYE set that one up. You…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Hi Bob, I get mentioned in many of your posts lately... never believed I could live there rent-free. LOL. OYE…”

    Urkidding | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE' Good morning! You stay safe and have a good day!”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Actually a predictable and anticipated response. Avoidance and deflection void of substance.”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts0, There is no need for me to prove that you are 'Fast & Loose…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, I disagree. You sell yourself short You are more 'articulate' than Urkidding (Fast & Loose with Facts). He is…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Hi Bob, Well, the only nail hitting the anyone in the head is whatever you stood up into to scramble…”

    Urkidding | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Going to call you on this one Bobby. You like to enter into dialogue on this site because you need…”

    Open Yours Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “"Lindsey Graham responds defiantly to arrest warrant from Russia" https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/29/lindsey-graham-putin-russia-warrant-hague-00099168 Perhaps we can work out a deal with Russia and…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Hello Roberta, Sounds like you, Urkidding (Mr. Fast & Loose with Facts) and OYE are three kernels from the same…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “OYE, I didn't say Chuck Todd was fair and balanced. I said his special edition show on SCOTUS was informative…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “Chuck Todd, NBC’s Minister of Propaganda is far from fair and balanced. Come on man! Another “cherry picked “ source…”

    Open Your Eyes | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “"Trump Says US in 'Peril' in Memorial Day Message" https://www.newsmax.com/politics/donald-trump-memorial-day-social-media/2023/05/29/id/1121580/ The US is in 'Peril' and Trump is one of…”

    The Bob | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

  • “I've said before: Chuck Todd is a traitor who hates our country. He, and anyone who believes in his drivel,…”

    Roberta | Students Assaulted by 12-Yr-Old Boy at Aberdeen Middle School Dance

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