Posts Tagged ‘murder’

Short Take: Simple and Funny. Perhaps too cathartic for some.

Director: Seth Gordon

Screenwriters: Michael Markowitz, John Frances Daley

Cast: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jaimie Foxx

Length: 1 hour, 40 minutes

Synopsis: Three men decide to kill their bosses when the constant abuse they suffer at work pushes them over the edge. Dave Harken (Spacey) passes up Nick (Bateman) for a promotion, Bobby Pellitt (Farrell) threatens to destroy the chemical company Kurt (Sudeikis) once hoped to run, and horny dentist Julia Harris (Aniston) sexually terrorizes Dale (Day). Though their plans fail in increasingly absurd ways, the results are not necessarily bad.

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Short Take: What's different shouldn't be different, and what's familiar should have been original. An overall wasted opportunity.

Director: Samuel Bayer (feature debut)

Screenwriters: Wesley Strick (Wolf, Doom), Eric Heisserer

Cast: Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen, Little Children), Kyle Gallner (Jennifer’s Body), Rooney Mara (Youth in Revolt), Katie Cassidy (Black Christmas (2006))

Length: 1h 35m

Synopsis: In an unsuspecting suburban town various teens begin to experience frightening nightmares that are dangerously real. And in those nightmares they all come across the same evil man named Fred Krueger who continually tries to viciously murder them. Some teens fall victim to his assaults, the rest try to find a way to stop him – and keep from falling asleep. Pieces of the puzzle begin to fit together, which lead the surviving few to a final confrontation with their supernatural terror. To come out on top, they’ll have to literally fight their fears. Read the rest of this entry »