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Cloverfield January 25th, 2008 - DeMarco Williams | Theatre Release | Comments: 31

Everyone’s gathered for Rob’s surprise going-away party. Lily (Jessica Lucas, the cutest in the bunch of relative newbies) is there. Rob’s (Michael Stahl-David) brother, Jason (Mike Vogel), is there. Hud (T.J. Miller), Rob’s best friend and the guy chronicling the night behind a camcorder, is there. Other well wishers who’ve come to bid ado to their pal before he leaves for a job in Japan are just having a grand ol’ time. Beth (Odette Yustman), Rob’s secret crush, also shows up. Only she brings some dude with her. Hud and Jason try to offer their boy some support, but before they can get to the heart of the… Boom!

National Treasure: Book Of Secrets January 3rd, 2008 - Matt Goldberg | Theatre Release | Comments: 2

Everyone loves a good treasure hunt. If not, you’re lazy and reading this is probably wearing you out.  Go lie down and take a nap. For everyone else, you probably enjoyed National Treasure but didn’t like the film adaptation of The Da Vinci Code (and if you didn’t like piss-poor writing, you probably didn’t care too much for the book either). The difference is one is fun and doesn’t take itself too seriously while the other can’t seem to find the humor of Forrest Gump telling Amelie that she’s the descendent of Jesus. But sequels have a tough time of living up to the original. National Treasure: Book of Secrets

Mad Money January 18th, 2008 - DeMarco Williams | Theatre Release | Comments: 3

Veteran actress Diane Keaton makes for a much more believable thief than she does a doctor. Who’d a thunk it? You might, for one, after hearing her character Bridget Cardigan say “Crime is contagious” while explaining her crew’s obsession with stealing. Though anyone with a PHD could find folly in her statement, there is some truth to it all. Money (or even the prospect of one day attaining it) can make folks do some crazy ish. Mrs. Cardigan, on the surface, appears a well-to-do wife of a successful businessman (Ted Danson). Under it, she’s a broke socialite trying to keep her family together after said husband loses his job.

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