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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Trust me, it’s a ‘Devil’ of a movie weekend
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here’s my indubitable list of what matters most among new movies this weekend:
1. “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead” — First-rate actors like Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke (right and left respectively in the photo above) step into a heist script that leaves me caring not one whit what happens to anybody in the whole film.
2. “Lions for Lambs” — Robert Redford’s embarrassingly contrived posturing on “the war on terror” provides Exhibit A as to why political conservatives know Hollywood is full of bleeding-heart liberals. And I say this as a liberal.
3. “Fred Claus” — No, no, no!
4. “Dafur Now” — Should have aimed its camera more at the tragedy in Sudan and less at the activist celebrities.
5. “Rails & Ties” — An angst-filled train movie that derails again and again.
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The times when Vince Vaughn has been so money
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
There are those actors that people seem to like a lot or not at all. I’m talking about Vince Vaughn.
I think he’s funny and I’ve rarely seen an actor with such a persistent motormouth.
Not that he doesn’t have a few movie failures (hint: wait till you suffer through “Fred Claus”).
But I count these as my favorite Vince Vaughn movies:
1. “Swingers” — He is so money.
2. “The Wedding Crashers” — It rides on the personalities of Vaughn and Owen Wilson.
3. “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” — Silliness can be a virtue.
4. “Old School” — Everybody knows a guy like Beanie Campbell.
5. “Into the Wild” — Vaughn proves here he’s not just a comic, but a bona fide actor.
6. “Rudy” — Yes, this is the movie where Vaughn met Jon Favreau. They both had supporting parts. Vaughn is the stuck up Notre Dame football player.
What are your favorite Vince Vaughn movies?
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