Popcorn and Pen

“SemiPro” features fancy dribbling and passing like the American Basketball Association, but unlike the high point totals in the deceased sports league, nobody actually scores (any laughs) in the film.
Just the shorts, the list of jokes is pretty small in Will Ferrell’s “SemiPro.”

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“Jumper” may be the high point of the film industry in 2008. But that’s like saying Dwayne Wade is the best player on the Miami Heat. Who cares who the best player is on an NBA team dead last in the league with a 9-42 record?
So why should we care that “Jumper” has set the [...]

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John Rambo is back – older and bloodier than ever before.
Just like in 2006’s “Rocky Balboa,” Sylvester Stallone again tries to resurrect one of his iconic ’80s roles. But unlike Rocky, the heart and full-circle storyline was absent in “Rambo.” Instead of trying to capture the attention of various audiences, “Rambo” focuses in on its [...]

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Disney just announced it will release “Enchanted” on DVD Tuesday, March 18. “Enchanted” was one of the better movies I saw during the end of 2007. Here is the original review of the film, which ran on the Entertainment page on Nov. 29:
Walt Disney Picture’s “Enchanted” is a diverse selection of genres – a mixture [...]

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