On December 18, Fat Guy Kevin Carr rolled into the FOX 28 studios in Columbus, Ohio for a weekly movie review segment. This week, he talked about Avatar, Did You Hear About the Morgans? and Up in the Air.
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On December 11, Fat Guy Kevin Carr rolled into the FOX 28 studios in Columbus, Ohio for a weekly movie review segment. This week, he talked about The Princess and the Frog and Invictus.
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LEAP YEARJanuary 8, 2010
STARRING
Amy Adams as ANNA
Matthew Goode as DECLAN
Adam Scott as JEREMY
John Lithgow as JACK
Studio: Universal
Directed by: Anand Tucker
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THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUSJanuary 8, 2010
STARRING
Christopher Plummer as DOCTOR PARNASSUS
Lily Cole as VALENTINA
Andrew Garfield as ANTON
Verne Troyer as PERCY
Heath Ledger as TONY
Tom Waits as MR. NICK
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
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Rated R
Opens: January 8, 2010
Studio: Lionsgate
Starring: Ethan Hawke, Willem Dafoe, Sam Neill, Claudia Karvan and Isabel Lucas
Directed by: The Spierig Brothers
Kevin says Daybreakers kinda rocks!
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Rated PG
Opens: January 8, 2010
Studio: Universal
Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Kaitlin Olson, Adam Scott and Peter O’Meara
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Kevin says Leap Year kinda sucks!
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Rated PG-13
Opens: January 8, 2010
Studio: Sony Pictures Classics
Starring: Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell, Jude Law and Christopher Plummer
Directed by: Terry Gilliam
Kevin says The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus kinda sucks!
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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil ring in the new year after a band of gremlins attack the Magical Studio in the Sky and set fire to everything. After a brief rebuild, things get back in order and the Fat Guys take a moment to talk about the sure-to-be billion-dollar blockbusters coming out this fine, fine first week of January. They also chat about whether Avatar will ever lose steam and which movies from 2009 they liked the most. Boo-yah!
Films Reviewed and Previewed this Week: Leap Year, Youth in Revolt, Daybreakers and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
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The Online Film Critics Society chose its picks for the best of the year with The Hurt Locker and Inglourious Basterds winning big. Also, rebel documentary Anvil!: The Story of Anvil was named best documentary.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Chuck: Season Two, 10 Things I Hate About You: 10th Anniversary Edition, The Green Berets and The Final Destination.
Stinker of the week: Kendra: Season One.
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Fat Guy Kevin Carr lays down his picks for the worst films of the decade: 2000-2009.
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Fat Guy Kevin Carr lays down his picks for the best films of the decade: 2000-2009.
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Mike Judge, writer and director of Extract, answered some questions about his new film, available on DVD and Blu-ray on December 22.
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10. Norbit (2007)
After being nominated for an Oscar, Eddie Murphy bounced back to remind the cinematic world that he still made some of the worst movies imaginable. It may have been a hit, but like the hideous spoofs of Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, it only proved that at the right time, the public likes absolute crap.
9. Blair Witch 2: Book of Shadows (2000)
Although it induced nausea in moviegoers around the world, The Blair Witch Project was a bona fide indie hit that was a pretty neat film when all was said and done. However, in the wake of spoofs done by everyone from Chris Rock to porno producers, the sequel to this cinematic innovator reached levels of suck only consistently seen in Uwe Boll’s film repertoire.
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10. The Passion of the Christ (2004)
Mel Gibson had a vision to make a cinematic passion play in dead languages, and he did so without Hollywood’s backing or support. It was a very polarizing film, but it was a powerful movie that shook things up in Hollywood.
9. United 93 (2006)
Only a few years after the events of September 11, Paul Greengrass directed the first theatrical movie about the terror attacks. With its gritty docudrama style, “United 93” presented an ultra-realistic look at some of the greatest American heroes in modern time.
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