10. CONVICTION
Each year, some films try so hard to win awards that they become mockeries of themselves. “Conviction” was such a movie, featuring a woman trying to exonerate her brother for murder. Like last year’s “Amelia,” no amount of good acting from Hillary Swank could save this film from the wash of award movie cliches that were thrown at the screen.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Tom & Jerry Deluxe Anniversary Collection, Death Race 2000 on Blu-ray, Green Zone, Riverworld and She’s Out of My League
Stinker of the week: Remember Me
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With the release this week of yet another Nicholas Sparks movie, we now have learned the true formula. Take a forbidden summer romance, throw in some upper-class/lower-class tension and nice picturesque shots of Savannah’s beaches, and you’re only missing one thing…
Like any good horror movie, a Nicholas Sparks movie would not be complete without someone dying.
And that got us thinking… if only every movie was written by Nicholas Sparks, who would we have liked to see bite it in other films. What follows is a fun, but hardly definitive, Fat Guy Five list!
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On March 12, Fat Guy Kevin Carr rolled into the FOX 28 studios in Columbus, Ohio for a weekly movie review segment. This week, he talked about Green Zone, She’s Out of My League and Remember Me.
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Rated PG-13
Opens: March 12, 2010
Studio: Summit Entertainment
Starring: Robert Pattinson, Emilie de Ravin, Chris Cooper, Lena Olin and Tate Ellington
Directed by: Allen Coulter
Kevin says Remember Me SUCKS!
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On This Week’s Show: The Fat Guys rail about Robert Pattinson’s new movie, check out a raunchy comedy and don’t see Green Zone and Our Family Wedding. And they prep for St. Patty’s Day with an Irish Fat Guy Five!
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