Hollow Man (2000)
Hollow Man (2000) – So I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned before that about seven years ago I was in a production of The House of Blue Leaves at Sacramento City College. The star of that show was an actor named Michael Saumure, who had a small role in Joe Carnahan’s debut film Blood, Guts, Bullets, … Continue reading
The Change-Up (2011)
The Change-Up (2011) – Jason Bateman seems to play a lot high-strung put-upon everymen. Ryan Reynolds seems to play a lot of cocky womanizers. The Change-Up starts with them very much in these familiar roles but then the high-concept plot kicks in and they switch bodies. Now Jason Bateman is a cocky womanizer and Ryan … Continue reading
Adventureland (2009)
Adventureland (2009) — Some actors don’t have the widest of range. They play very specific types. Oftentimes they play those types very well and that’s why they gets typecast in very narrow roles. The trick is if casting directors pick them for the right roles, they can be great. Adventureland has two actors with a … Continue reading
The Proposal (2009)
The Proposal (2009) — If they made this exact same movie with the exact same script starring some romantic comedy regulars like Kate Hudson or Matthew McCoughoughngouhgnnahey then I would have really hated it. But Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds are charismatic so I didn’t mind it so much. Dumb dumb dumb dumb stupid movie … Continue reading
Persistence of Vision 