Movie Notes: The Sixth Sense

September 17th, 2011

The Sixth Sense

Synopsis

Child psychologist Malcom Crowe (Bruce Willis) takes on the unusual case of a shy, frightened boy named Cole (Haley Joel Osment).

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Movie Notes: Muriel’s Wedding

March 18th, 2008

Muriel's Wedding

Synopsis

Growing up in Porpoise Spit, Australia sucks. Murie (Toni Collette), a hopeless romantic ABBA fan and compulsive liar, moves to Sydney with her new friend Rhonda (Rachel Griffiths).

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Movie Notes: Changing Lanes

March 11th, 2008

Changing Lanes

Synopsis

Lawyer Gavin Banek (Ben Affleck) gets in a car accident with Doyle Gipson (Samuel Jackson). Instead of doing the right thing, he hastily drives off, forgetting an important files folder. With Doyle in possession of the folder, the two men begin a morally questionable game of blackmail, largely as an outlet for intense pressures in their personal lives.

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Movie Notes: In Her Shoes

June 25th, 2007

In Her Shoes

It took me a while to get into In Her Shoes because I assumed it was a romantic comedy. What humor it has is on the dejected side. But it has a confident stride as a drama / chick flick.

Bookish workaholic Rose Feller (Toni Collette), unlucky in love and constantly feeling frumpy, has a sexy yet irresponsible sister, Maggie (Cameron Diaz) who crashes at Rose’s apartment and screws up everything (literally, the boyfriend). Booted from Rose’s apartment, Maggie moves in with her disenfranchised grandmother Ella (Shirley MacLaine) at a retirement community.

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Movie Notes: Little Miss Sunshine

September 17th, 2006

Little Miss Sunshine

Finally got off our duffs and saw a current movie. Little Miss Sunshine is 1/4 sincere feel-good and 3/4 black comedy, which results in a pretty decent date flick.

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