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“Valentine’s Day” Predictable and Sappy
Feb 18th
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Hotshots Movie Reviews
Predictable and Sappy
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
VALENTINE’S DAY is stuffed with stars, filled with stories, overflowing with romance, and you don’t have to be in love to enjoy it.
But it couldn’t hurt, because chances are you can probably spot one of your own love stories.
Here are the stars: Jessica Alba, Kathy Bates, Jessica Biel, Bradley Cooper, Eric Dane, Patrick Dempsey, Hector Elizondo, Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Topher Grace, Anne Hathaway, Ashton Kutcher, Queen Latifah, Taylor Lautner, George Lopez, Shirley MacLaine, Emma Roberts, Julia Roberts, and Taylor Swift.
And here are just some of the stories, which all pretty much intersect because of the characters and which all come full circle at the end of the day, which of course is Valentine’s Day.
Kutcher plays Reed Bennett, who owns a flower business, and as he tells Alphonso, one of his employees, when they are out making a delivery, “Everyone is romantic on Valentine’s Day.”
And Reed should know, not just because of his business and all the deliveries that he and Alphonso will make during the course of the day, but also because that morning Reed proposed to his girlfriend, and she said yes.
However, the results do not turn out the way that he expected, as we shall see.
Then there is Kelvin, a TV sportscaster, who is ordered by his producer to take a camera crew out onto the streets and interview people about Valentine’s Day, because the station wants more “fluff.”
The new boyfriend of a charming elementary school teacher is a doctor and can’t be with her on this day because he has to fly to San Francisco and perform an operation, but he has a secret that he is keeping from his girlfriend.
A wealthy businessman sits next to a woman captain in the Army for a 14-hour flight from overseas. She is going to be able to spend just one day with her special “Valentine” before she has to fly back to duty.
A couple of high-school sweethearts are planning to make this a very special day in their relationship.
A professional football player who might be retiring holds a press conference to reveal his own secret.
And the characters and stories just go on and on.
VALENTINE’S DAY is predictable and sappy, and the ending is completely heart-wrenching, but not in the way you would think.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Valentine’s Day – Movie Trailer
Feb 14th
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Movie Trailers
Gary Marshall’s ensemble romantic comedy Valentine’s Day follows nearly two dozen people as they find and lose love in all its many forms over the course of the title holiday. The numerous characters include a very busy florist (Ashton Kutcher) and his schoolteacher best friend (Jennifer Garner). She’s having an affair with a married doctor (Patrick Dempsey). Meanwhile, a businessman (Bradley Cooper) and a military captain (Julia Roberts) on leave share a long conversation during an international flight. There’s also an elderly couple (Hector Elizondo and Shirley MacLaine) who are caring for their elementary school-age grandson, who is pining for a classmate and missing his mother. The huge cast also includes Jamie Foxx as a local TV personality, Topher Grace, Queen Latifah, and Anne Hathaway.
“Easy Virtue” Different from You and Us
Jul 2nd
Posted by Channel 1 Networks in Hotshots Movie Reviews
Different from You and Us
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
EASY VIRTUE is one of those films that sound better when you hear about them or read about them than they are when you actually see them.
That could be because it is based on a 1924 play by Noel Coward, the English playwright who was best known for his witty, brittle, and sophisticated comedies about the British upper class.
Yes, this film is witty, brittle, and sophisticated, and it is about the British upper class, but unfortunately it is just not very enjoyable.
The story takes place in the Twenties in England. Jessica Biel stars as Larita, an American free spirit. She has married John Whittaker, an English upper-class twit, and the story involves John bringing Larita home to meet his family.
In anticipation of the meeting, John’s mother, Veronica, played by Kristin Scott Thomas, says to her husband, Jim, played by Colin Firth, “Please try to make an effort to be civil.”
Now, there are some delightful sight gags, but they seem to have been thrown in by the filmmakers in an attempt to spice up the weakness of the overall movie more than anything else.
John and Larita plan to stay at the Whittaker estate only a few days, which upsets Veronica, because she expected them to stay much longer, even though she has developed an obvious dislike of Larita.
Larita, however, tells John in private that she doesn’t think she will manage to make it to breakfast.
Veronica has a little Chihuahua named Poppy who is always barking at Larita, and an unfortunate accident causes even more difficulties for Larita.
Something mysterious seems to be going on with Jim, who indicates that he doesn’t care at all for the upper-class life he has, and he also seems to just barely tolerate his wife, Veronica.
There are visits from neighbors, including John’s old girlfriend, a fox hunt that Larita disapproves of, a revue at which one of John’s two sisters scandalizes the audience, and a painting that Larita presents to the Whittakers which scandalizes Veronica.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote that the rich are different from you and me, to which Ernest Hemingway responded, Yes, they have more money.
The upper class are different from you and me, because they all believe that their lives mean something.
EASY VIRTUE is different from you and us.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”