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Short Take: Solid action - solid story - solid movie

Director: Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, Narc)

Screenwriters: Joe Carnahan (Narc), Skip Woods (Swordfish), Brian Bloom

Cast: Liam Neeson (Taken), Bradley Cooper (The Hangover), Jessica Biel (Powder Blue), Sharlto Copley (District 9), Patrick Wilson (Watchmen), Quinton “Rampage” Jackson

Length: 1h 57m

Synopsis: Four ex-Army Rangers meet coincidentally (named Hannibal (Neeson), Face (Cooper), Murdock (Copley), and B.A. Baracus (Jackson)) and form a tight-knit group dubbed the Alpha Team when they reinstate themselves back into the armed forces. Several years pass and their specialty becomes accomplishing seemingly impossible missions, which come around somewhat regularly. During one of these missions things get irrevocably out of control, and the team is framed for and convicted of treachery. Disbanded and incarcerated, the team must find a way to get back together and clear their names by figuring out who crossed them and how to bring them to justice. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Thorough in its approach, which is regurgitation

Director: Garry Marshall (Pretty Woman, The Princess Diaries)

Screenwriters: Katherine Fugate (The Prince and Me, Carolina)

Cast: Ashton Kutcher (What Happens in Vegas, The Guardian), Jennifer Garner (The Invention of Lying, Juno), Anne Hathaway (Bride Wars, Rachel Getting Married), Jamie Foxx (The Kingdom, Dreamgirls), Jessica Biel (Easy Virtue, I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry), Shirley MacLaine (In Her Shoes, The Apartment), Hector Elizondo (The Princess Diaries, American Gigolo)

Length: 2 hours 5 minutes

Synopsis: During Valentine’s Day in Los Angeles, a number of related characters celebrate love in all its forms.  The film mostly centers on lovesick florist Reed (Kutcher), who proposes to his girlfriend, and his interactions with the other characters throughout the day.  Reed’s best friend, Julia (Garner), decides to surprise her mysterious boyfriend.  Liz (Hathaway) is a secretary who moonlights as a phone sex operator and tries to keep it secret from her new boyfriend.  Valentine’s-hating sports agent Kara (Biel) throws a party lamenting the holiday and shares her hatred with Kelvin (Foxx), a sports newscaster forced to report on the holiday. Kate (Roberts), a soldier on leave, gets to know a handsome and friendly business man (Cooper) as she flies home to see her valentine. Read the rest of this entry »