By KRIS AUMILLER
Columnist
KRASOI 84PSU.EDU
Thankfully, it's starting to get cold.
Even though there is a thought going
around my dorm that the weather is
a result of my roommate doing the
dishes, cold weather means a lot of
dinner and a movie on Friday nights.
Therefore, I will do my best to be on
my game and pick the best movies I
can for you (if you even read these or
take them seriously) so you can beat
the cold.
Be sure to read the hot spot as well
for the first half of that night out.
For this biweekly issue, I had both
of these movies picked out well in
advance.
Most of the time, people see a
preview and if it is a "must see" for
them, they keep track. In my case, I
write it down.
Dan in Real Life
DAN
IN REAL LIFE
Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche; I
hour, 35 minutes
('-k) )
I picked this movie because I love
Steve Carell.
Not only that, but Dane, , gostk,
(Umm...duh) has a big part in this
movie as well.
CT B©6
Hey Rigi % , hew sot yo aAI yew - au ;en
41.11stst 44;9!
‘ Pie tic ysimi. Can Yes 1#
144, «, co d itorl
/
Also, I like when movies don't give
away much of the plot. Did you
know any of the movies' plot?
Dan Burns (Carell) is an advice
columnist in his local newspaper. He
is a widower with three daughters.
He dedicates his life to his work
but mostly to his children. Every
year, his family has a sort of family
reunion to help close up his parents'
summer home in Rhode Island.
He gets there and everyone is happy
to see each other just like every
family reunion. Dan is told that his
brother, Mitch (Cook), is bringing a
"friend" this year and he has to sleep
in the special room, aka the laundry
room on a cot. He wakes up the next
day and goes to a book and bait store
in town.
In the store, he meets Marie
(Binoche). They talk for a while in
the store before getting a cup of tea
and a muffin and talking some more.
Then, Marie gets a phone call from
her boyfriend and she realizes she is
late.
They exchange numbers and Marie
leaves. Dan returns back to his
parents and says he met someone
and his family is more than excited,
especially his brother Mitch.
A few moments later, Mitch
introduces his "friend" that was
coming to stay for the weekend.
Unfortunately for Dan, Mitch's
friend is Marie.
I thought this was going to be the
same awkward situation type film
just playing out for an hour and a
half.
However, this movie had a whole
new play on it. The whole cast
gelled together perfectly. Carell and
Cook work way too well together
as brothers. Not only that, but Dane
Cook finally did a good movie.
However, my problem with this
movie is the message that it sends.
Whgt Jo yov oteti?
i I Aer4 rev to COM' /it Me.
Whitt Sit yovi
4
. _
P
N
doe A
Dan is trying to find a way to get
Marie from Mitch, his brother of all
people, and is almost encouraged to
do so.
RATING: Walk me... four balls.
Very well done and very funny, but
I still have a problem with stealing
your brother's girlfriend.
Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe;
2 hours, 37 minutes
+(Ye+
This was a must see when I first saw
the preview.
Denzel is always good no matter
what the movie is.
Also, if any of you follow my movie
reviews, you know how I feel about
Russell Crowe.
Ever since "Gladiator," he has been
one of my favorites.
I was drawn to the idea that Denzel
was the "bad guy"
in the movie, and l always like a
movie where the bad guy is somehow
the main character that you want to
"win."
The plot follows jhe adapted true
story of Frank
Lucas (Washington). Frank was a
American Gangster
MCIIIII
JAIL!?
cora r wicatote do?
,
I 1 I
Turkey
Pilgrims
Plymouth Rock
Voyage
Stuffing
Black Friday
Macys Thanks-
giving Day Pa
rade
Sweet Potatoes
Thursday
Family
Football
Dinner
Leaves
Pumpkin Pie
Cranberry Sauce
Squanto
Massachusets
Harvest
November
quiet driver for one of the leading
crime bosses, his
uncle whom everyone called
"Bumpy," in Manhattan.
After watching him suddenly die of
a heart attack, Frank decides to take
Bumpy's empire and get his own
piece of the American dream.
Through a near genius plan, he
imports more pure drugs and sells
them at cheaper prices and nearly
monopolizes the drug market in
Manhattan.
Frank outplays all of the other crime
families and looks like a shining star
in civic circles in the process.
Richie Roberts (Crowe) is an
outcast police officer for doing the
right thing.
He finds a ton of money in a car and
turns it in without taking any off the
top for himself.
Also, he is close enough to the
streets that he thinks there is a shift
of power in the drug world.
Roberts believes someone is
climbing the rungs above the known
Mafia families and starts to suspect
that a black power player has come
from nowhere to dominate the
Both Lucas and Roberts share an
ethical code that sets them apart from
their own colleagues, making them
lone figures on opposite sides of the
law.
This movie was perfect. Denzel
makes a great "villain."
Even though he has been in great
roles, because he is always great, I
think it is his best role since "Training
Day."
Some of the brutality he pulled off
was great
Not only that, but he did it with
class (if that makes sense).
Crowe does a
wonderful job as a police officer,
EM=l
feu vivre wort& fa., lel set,
stte.kriti icw.. rol4,ery?
\ Illy itget Litievt ti,e
auk was real,
THE CAPITAL TIMES
ITS 4$
deadbeat dad and a player on the
side.
These two guys drive the film and all
of the supporters feed off of them.
The movie was dynamite and it had
to be, because I had a god awful seat
at the front of the theater for it.
RATING: Perfect. Five out of five.
Make more like this...especially
with Russell Crowe...
Kevin Costner, Demi Moore; 2
- s,
\ '''''i
Yeah, I know. Spider-Man 3 came
out on Oct. 30.
However, I figured that all of you
have already seen it.
If you want the short version, Spidey
3 gets a three out of five.
Therefore, I wanted to see Kevin
Costner as a serial killer and Dane
Cook as a serious actor. That's right,
Dane Cook trying not to be funny.
Earl Brooks (Costner) is a great
philanthropist in the city of Portland,
Ore. In the opening of the film, he
has Just beep. IlaßecilhqgheaCaiNT of
Commerce's Man of the Year.
On the way home, a man referred
N 1 1 ,014 ,1 f ricei
lye ho. srplost,
et ,
;N.
,
r/i4
1 7 5 1
NUM 4■2 9 1111
8 • 6
4 SIN 111
1 111 8
7 6 I
7 3■lll
9 s■B 11
3 9 6.
TO SOLVE: Each row,
column and 3x3 block must
containt the numbers Ito 9
without any duplicates.
DVD Review: Mr. Brooks
W O -
November 12, 2007
to as Marshall (William Hurt, "Dark
City") appears in the back seat and
says, "You've been a good boy for so
long...you deserve this..."
Marshall just happens to be the little
voice in Mr. Brooks' head that talks
him into his killing ways.
Mr. Brooks waits until his wife goes
to sleep and then gets ready to go out
and "play."
He takes every single traceable
thing into account when he kills (I
won't tel I you, it's too cool). He
kills his victims, but he is seen and
photographed by a man known as
Mr. Smith (Cook).
Instead of your typical blackmail
for, let's say money,
Mr. Smith won't reveal the pictures
to the police under the condition that
he gets to go along and help kill the
next person.
Mr. Brooks sees this as a pretty
reasonable trade and agrees to the
deal. All this time, he is being tracked
by Det.
Tracy Atwood (Moore). She traced
the early murders of Mr. Brooks
and is kind of the specialist on his
murders. I won't say anymore about
the movie because it is a thriller.As
everyone knows, thrillers have their
share of twists and turns. A lot of
people say that old actors take serial
killer roles to revive their careers.
If that is what Costner did with
this movie, he did a hell of a job.
He and Hurt were a phenomenal
schizophrenic.
As for Dane Cook, for those who
thought he couldn't be funny, he
pulled it off as well. Demi Moore
was a bad ass police officer, but
she can't catch the overly slick Mr.
Brooks.
RATIIskG;, Four ..94t of five. Love
Costner? Love Dane Cook? Love
Psych Thrillers? Watch it.
...} 7 Mice
Appravotell a t t .,, n
so tt OW* lias :pat it
Inge turlvatiott