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Grown Ups – Movie Trailer
Jul 6th
Thirty years after graduating from high school, five former basketball teammates gather at the lake house where they celebrated their biggest victory to mourn the passing of their late coach. Over the course of the Fourth of July weekend, the five friends realize that just because they’ve all grown up and started families doesn’t mean that they’ve lost that old spark. Adulthood is what you make of it, and no one at the lake house is eager to be the grown-up of the gang. Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, Kevin James, David Spade, and Rob Schneider star in a film written by Sandler and Fred Wolf, and directed by Dennis Dugan (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, You Don’t Mess with the Zohan). Maria Bello, Salma Hayek, and Maya Rudolph co-star.
“Sex and the City 2” Marriage Manual for Privileged Women
Jun 3rd
Marriage Manual for Privileged Women
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
SEX AND THE CITY 2 is quite naturally the sequel to the 2008 SEX AND THE CITY, which of course was based on the successful HBO series of the same name, all of which have a built-in audience that doesn’t include men.
Once again we follow the exploits of Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda, and Samantha as they wear fabulous clothes, say outrageous things, and have stunning experiences.
In other words, they don’t represent your average woman. They represent what your average woman would like to be: beautiful, loved, and privileged.
Oh, but don’t think that our stars on screen, as played by Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon, and Kim Cattrall don’t have problems.
Carrie has been married to Mr. Big for two years, but she is afraid that the sparkle is missing from their marriage, especially when he gives her a TV set for their bedroom as an anniversary present.
Charlotte is having difficulty with being a perfect mother, and she is afraid that her perfect nanny will become too much of a temptation to her husband, and thus he might fall victim to the “Jude Law.”
Miranda has finally made partner at her law firm, but she has a co-worker who dismisses her and treats her as just another “woman.”
And, finally, Samantha is depressed, because she is struggling with the idea of losing her looks, getting old, and having hot flashes.
So, when Samantha meets a sheik who owns a hotel in Abu Dhabi, and he hires her firm to publicize it, he offers her and her three best friends one week at the hotel, all expenses paid. Cut to Act 2.
Miranda says to the girls, “We’ve got a lot of Abu Dhabi to do. Abu Dhabi do!”
They each get their own limousine, and they each get a personal butler for their stay. Carrie’s tells her that he has a wife in India, whom he gets to see only once every three months.
Now, the manufactured crisis for Carrie is that she happens to run into her old flame Aidan at the open-air market, and even though he is also married now, they share a kiss!
So, should she tell Big about the kiss or should she not?
SEX AND THE CITY 2 is nothing more than a marriage manual for privileged women.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
“City Island” We’ve All Got a Secret
May 6th
We’ve All Got a Secret
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
CITY ISLAND is a terrifically enjoyable little film that has the audience chuckling all the way through it and sometimes causes outright laughter.
The title refers to a little island off the east side of The Bronx in New York that is only one square mile in size and that used to be an old fishing village. We are told that if you live there, you would never think about moving somewhere else.
Vince Rizzo and his family live on the island, they are one of the most interesting and unintentionally funny families you will ever meet, and they all have a secret that they are keeping from each other, some small and others very big indeed.
Vince is played by Andy Garcia, his wife, Joyce, is played by Julianna Margulies, and they have an older daughter named Vivian who isn’t currently living at home and a teenage son named Vince Jr. who is in high school. All of the actors are outstanding with their parts and characterizations.
The time is spring break, and Vivian is home from college, or so her family believes, but Vivian’s secret is much more than just she has dropped out of college and doesn’t really want to be home.
Vince is a correctional officer who makes a point of telling people that he is not a “prison guard,” and once a week he tells his family that he has a poker game with friends, but that isn’t where he goes, although he is not having an affair, which is what Joyce thinks he is really up to.
Joyce’s secret at first is just that she smokes in secret, and when she learns that smoking isn’t allowed in prison, she says, “Being in prison and not being allowed to smoke? That’s like being in jail!”
Junior’s secret is that he has a fetish for overweight girls and for one of their neighbors in particular.
Then when Vince brings a prisoner home to stay with them for a while, the prisoner becomes Vince’s biggest secret of all his secrets, and their first dinner together with everyone is priceless.
However, the final showdown when all their secrets are revealed is classic and priceless.
CITY ISLAND is a terrific film about a family who could have their own television show called “We’ve All Got a Secret.”
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”