WDEL Blog: Lights, Camera, Reaction! with Rachael Samuels
August 6, 2010
Dinner for Schmucks
Dinner For Schmucks is a remake of a French film “Le Diner de Cons AKA The Dinner Game,” written and directed by Francis Veber. Although completely unoriginal in plot, Carell and Rudd team up expertly in this buddy flick...
July 24, 2010
Inception
“You create your own truth and reality, watch your thoughts.”
A long time ago I saw this quote on a coaster, of all things, and ever since I’ve thought about the significance of such a grouping of words...
July 20, 2010
Despicable Me
…is wickedly entertaining! I’ll be the first to tell anyone I saw Horton Hears a Who because Steve Carell did a voice in it so it was a no brainer that I would drag my boyfriend to see “Despicable Me” (as well as Dinner For Shmucks due to come out later in the month...
May 24, 2010
LOST finale---an Epic Fail
6 years we cried with these characters, laughed with these characters, worried about these characters and ultimately loved these characters.
...Then the producers threw it in our faces...
May 8, 2010
IRON MAN 2
Most sequels don’t live up to their predecessors, falling flat after a huge box office opening. Iron Man 2 will hopefully not be one of those casualties...
April 25, 2010
Clash of the Titans
For the first “big box office” movie of the year, Clash of the Titans leaves you wondering why they decided to redo the movie in the first place. Liam Neeson and Ralph Fiennes are wonderful actors but their talents are wasted on Zeus and Hades respectively...
April 17, 2010
Date Night
Date Night is anything but romantic! Although there’s a nice resolution I feel this movie is more of a buddy film. In this case the “buddies” just happen to be married!
Honestly, this movie was destined to be hysterical long before production ever wrapped...
March 28, 2010
The Bounty Hunter
Jennifer Aniston plays her typical role as a sarcastic yet worldly reporter on the run from the law for allegedly “assaulting an officer.” When she skips out on her court date to follow a lead Gerard Butler is hired to haul her back to jail...
February 24, 2010
Martin "Scorse" again!
Shutter Island opens when two federal agents (Leonardo DiCaprio and Mark Ruffalo) are assigned to a mental hospital after a potentially dangerous inmate disappears seemingly into thin air...
February 13, 2010
The Wolfman
This dark and brooding (and I’m not just referring to Benicio Del Toro’s portrayal of Lawrence Talbot) story revolves around a son returning home to find his brother dead, the brother’s intended all but leaving, and his father behaving oddly...
January 16, 2010
Team Jay or Team CoCo?
There’s a battle brewing in late night TV, thanks in large part to NBC reshuffling of its late night line-up. Rumor has it Leno will be back in his old timeslot soon leaving Conan out in the wind...
January 5, 2010
Avatar
Once in a great while a movie transfixes you in a way you can’t fathom long after the credits roll. Once in a while a movie grabs you and takes you on a journey so real you feel like you’ve left the theater and entered another world...
January 1, 2010
Top 10 Movies of 2009 to ring in 2010
It’s been a drab year for movies and as such I found it really hard to pick 10 good ones, so here they go in no particular order.
Angels and Demons
The Hangover
I Love You, Man
The Haunting in Connecticut
Star Trek
UP
Inglorious Basterds
Invictus
Law Abiding Citizen
Sherlock Holmes
I do have to say that looking back on my top films of 2009 Invictus was probably my favorite (see previous review)...
December 26, 2009
It's elementary my dear Watson...
I’m not sure how ‘historically accurate’ it is or how loyal to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle but I do know how fun it was to watch. From the very beginning you are thrown into Holmes’ England where death and deception lie just around every corner...
December 17, 2009
Invictus
Invictus is more than a movie, it’s an inspiration and a delight to watch. Never mind Morgan Freeman who expertly portrays Nelson Mandela or Matt Damon who plays Francis with all the toughness and awe of the real captain of the 2005 World Cup Rugby Team...
November 20, 2009
Oprah's On!
What has the world come to? Everyone is terrified about the end of the world coming in 2012 when we have the real Apocalypse right here in our own backyards!
Oprah is going off of the air after 25 years!!!
Can you believe it? How can we possibly continue on as a species?!?!
She dictates what books we read and what movies we are supposed to cry at, what clothes we buy and which weight loss system works the quickest...
November 19, 2009
The Twilight Saga (pretentious enough for you?)
I’ve been searching my brain for a reason to like the Twilight Series and have come up completely blank. SO on the eve of the New Moon release I decided to vent about all that is wrong with Stephenie Meyer’s writing...
November 4, 2009
Law Abiding Citizen
At first glance, Law Abiding Citizen is a simple study of good vs. evil taking place in a game of cat and mouse. Underneath it penetrates deeper, asking us to look at ourselves if we were in the terrible situation Gerard Butler’s character finds himself in and the justice system itself...
October 28, 2009
Halloween Horror
In honor of the upcoming holiday I decided to put together my list of the 10 best horror movies (to me). Feel free to disagree or support my decisions...
October 4, 2009
The Lost Symbol
As anyone close to me can tell you I LOVE a good book. Usually it’s of the horror variety but I have been known to pick up a thriller, true crime or humor book on occasion...
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