Once in a while, you watch a movie even though you know it is likely to be terrible. You watch it only so you can tear into it in the review (any movie blogger cares to confirm this practice?), Leap Year is one of those movies. Sure, it stars the consistently awesome Amy Adams who still manages to shine even when covered in mud. However, the only leap I wanted to make while seeing this was through the 2nd floor window into the concrete slab below. This movie is another example that romantic comedies are getting worse and worse.
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Movie News: Weekly Round-Up 05/05/2010
# Paramount unwilling to finance Anchorman 2 as is (Deadline)
# Incognito comic book series adapted by Fox (Deadline)
# Ron Howard takes over Stephen King’s Dark Tower (Heat Vision)
# First pictures of Chris Hemsworth as Thor (Yahoo)
# First look at The Smurfs (Coming Soon)
Movie Soundtrack of the Day: Enchanted
“That’s How You Know” from the Disney movie Enchanted (2007). The delightful Amy Adams essentially gives an Oscar-worthy performance in a kid’s movie. Hope it lightens up everyone’s mood!
Top 35 Acting Performances of the Decade
Anomalous Material’s top 35 performances of the decade! Let us know what you think.
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)
Shawn Levy’s Night at the Museum was a relatively charming comedy with a clever and potentially fascinating premise: Museum exhibits coming to life at night when no one is looking. However, the novelty of the concept is now gone and with Battle of the Smithsonian, Levy gives us a numbing and unoriginal sequel which is only intermittently entertaining at best, and certainly quite bland overall.
Movie Review: Julie & Julia (2009)
Julie & Julia is an absolutely irresistible movie directed by Nora Ephron and co-starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams for the second time in a year (Doubt). The movie is based from the book of the same title by Julie Powell who is played by Adams. Julie is a stressed government worker working in post 9/11 New York City and nearing her 30′s, unhappy with how little she has achieved so far in life.
Movie Review: Doubt (2008)
Adapted from the highly acclaimed play of the same name, Doubt is a drama powered by four Oscar-nominated performances and directed by John Patrick Shanley.
Movie Review: Junebug (2005)
The dysfunctional family theme has been re-hashed infinite amount of times with movies such as Meet the Parents, American Beauty, The Family Stone, Step Brothers or The Royal Tenenbaums among many others. Junebug, an indie directed by Phil Morrison, is another comedy-drama about the subject that was released back in 2005. I saw the movies months ago when I was still on crutches but never got to review it so here it is after a second watch.
Movie Review: Sunshine Cleaning (2008)
Sunshine Cleaning, directed by Christine Jeffs, is a comedy-drama co-starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. This small indie production premiered at, you guessed it… the good old Sundance Film Festival and well, I like them indies and it has the brilliant Amy Adams so this was next on my watchlist.
Movie Review: Enchanted (2007)
Quick review of Enchanted which I happened to see while waiting for new tires to be mounted on my car (It’s true lol!). Directed by Kevin Lima, Enchanted starts like any old school Disney animation with the lonely 2D Princess Gisele (Amy Adams) serenading a crowd of animals and waiting for her charming prince in the fairy tale land of Andalusia. Soon after comes the aforementioned charming Prince Edward (James Marsden) and the two immediately decide to marry so they can, you know… live happily thereafter
