The Rych McCain Review Wagon (All Can GET On -- Few Can STAY On!: February 2013

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Movie Review - 10 Years

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

10 Years. Anchor Bay films and Boss Media Present A Temple Hill/Iron Horse Production. Starring Lynn Collins, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Rosario Dawson, Brian Geraghty, Ari Graynor, Oscar Isaac, Ron Livingston, Justin Long, Anthony Mackie, Kate Mara, Max Minghella, Aubrey Plaza, Scott Porter, Chris Pratt and Channing Tatum. Written and Directed by Jamie Linden. Produced by Channing Tatum, Reid Carolin, Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey.

The gang's all here!

Jake (Tatum) & old flame Mary (Dawson)

A group of classmates assemble for their ten year high school reunion and like all reunions, some folks are good to catch-up with and others are not. Jake (Tatum) sincerely loves his girlfriend and is ready to propose to her until he runs into his old high school flame Mary (Dawson) Immediately the sparks rekindle and begin to fly.

Sam (Graynor) & Cully (Pratt)

Jake’s buddy Cully (Pratt) married his cheerleader girlfriend Sam (Graynor) and has been looking forward to the reunion so he can finally apologize to all of the classmates he bullied in high school. Unfortunately, after a few too many drinks, the jock-turned-family man ends up reverting back to his old ways.

L Marty (Long) & A.J. (Minghella)

On the other side of the coin, longtime rivals Marty (Long) and A.J. (Minghella) spend the night picking up right where they left off, vying to impress the hottest girl in class Anna (Collins). The one class-mate who became a famous musician/singer finally got up the nerve to get with his high school crush Elise (Mara). The film is laced with serious, embarrassing and funny moments that anyone who has been to one of these things can enjoy and relate to.

***Good! (Ride In The Middle)!

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Saturday, February 16, 2013

Movie Review - V/H/S

By Rych McCain International/nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

Photos Magnet Releasing

V/H/S. Magnet Releasing & The Collective in association with Bloody Disgusting. Starring various segment actors. Directed by Adam Wingard, David Bruckner, Ti West, Glenn McQuaid, Joe Swanberg and Radio Silence.

A group of misfits are hired by an unknown third party to burglarize a desolate house in the countryside and acquire a rare tape. Upon searching the house, the guys are confronted with a dead body, a hub of old televisions and an endless supply of cryptic footage, each video stranger and more inexplicable than the last.

This film is a montage of horror (horrible) shorts with Gawd awful messey music. It is suppose to be scary but it totally misses the point with too many foolish distractions.

*Such A Waste Of My Time! (You Are SO Kicked Off)!

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Movie Review - Red Lights

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

Photos Millennium Entertainmenet

Red Lights. Millennium Entertainment. Starring Cillian Murphy, Sigourney Weaver, Robert De Niro, Elizabeth Olsen, Joely Richardson and Toby Jones. Written, Directed and Produced by Rodrigo Cortes. Produced by Adrian Guerra.

Dr. Matheson (Weaver) Buckley (Murphy)

Dr. Margaret Matheson (Weaver) and her partner Tom Buckley (Murphy) are the world’s foremost investigators of paranormal phenomena. As professional skeptics, they have debunked dozens of fraudulent mind readers, ghost hunters, faith healers and the like by detecting what Matheson calls “red lights,” subtle clues to the trickery behind each of these “Supernatural” occurrences.

Psychic Simon Silver (De Niro)

But when the legendary blind psychic Simon Silver (De Niro) comes out of retirement after 30 years, his once-fearless adversary Matheson warns Buckley to back off. Suspecting that the charismatic, spoon-bending mind reader was involved in the mysterious death of his most vociferous critic three decades earlier, she considers him far too dangerous to confront.

But in going for a big rep, Buckley is determined to discredit Silver. This one is a super natural thriller that may even have you question some of your own beliefs

***Excellent! (Ride In The Front 1^st Class)!

Friday, February 15, 2013

Movie Review - Bernie

By Rych McCain International/Nationally Syndicated Entertainment Columnist

Photos Millennium Entertainment

Bernie. Millennium Entertainment, Mandalay Vision and Wind Dancer Films. Starring Jack Black, Shirley MacLaine and Matthew McConaughey. Directed by Richard Linklater. Written by Richard Linklater & Skip Hollandsworth. Produced by Richard Linklater & Ginger Sledge.

Bernie Tiede (Jack Black)

Back in the late 90’s in the tiny town of Cathage, TX, assistant funeral director Bernie Tiede was one of the town’s most beloved residents. Tiede did it all from teaching Sunday school, singing in the choir and helping anyone in need.

All of the locals loved Bernie so it was no surprise that after he handled the funeral of wealthy Carthage oilman and chairman of Carthage’s bank Rod Nugent that he soon struck up a friendship with Nugent’s widow Marjorie who was the most hated woman in town.

Marjorie Nugent (Shirley MacLaine)

Marjorie lavish Bernie with gifts and took him on world trips. He soon was her one man valet, handling all of her affairs. Marjorie gradually left Bernie with no life of his own and her demands only increased as he struggled to keep up.

DA Danny Buck Davidson (Matt McConaughey)

Then Marjorie came up missing for nine months and no one cared or missed her but the town’s DA Danny Buck Davidson. She was found stuffed in rectangular floor freezer in her garage where she had been shot four times in the back. Bernie was arrested, convicted and sent to prison for life. The film tells the story in narrative form from the viewpoint of the actual people in Carthage. This is an interesting movie.

***Good! (Ride In The Middle)!

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