You, Me and Dupree [7.5 out of 10]

Director: Anthony Russo & Joe Russo
Writer: Mike LeSieur
Main Actors: Owen Wilson, Kate Hudson, Matt Dillon, & Michael Douglas

Cleaning night tonight. I was just cleaning out my paper tray when I came across this movie stub. And so even though I have seen this movie three weeks ago already, I felt the urge to write a little something about it. Admitedly, this was the last movie I saw at the theater. Yes, yes. I’m a little behind movie-wise.

So the movie is about Dupree (Owen Wilson). A 30-something guy who all of a sudden loses his job and ends up losing his apartment. However, this does not seem to affect Dupree’s happiness, and somehow finds a way to stay at his newly wed friends’ (Kate Hudson & Matt Dillon) house. The rest of the movie is basically the series of events that are triggered by this sudden change in plans.

Walk the Line [9 out of 10]

A movie recalling the incredible life of the famous country music legend Johnny Cash. Starting in an Arkansas cotton farm to his rise to fame with Sun Records, Memphis. The movie was a brilliant recollection of his life, which was very touching at times, and very entertaining at others. It gave me a whole new perspective on his life, and his music. Both Joaquin Phoenix and Reese Witherspoon deserve to win the Oscars for their roles in this movie. They not only did a great job at acting, but they also sang all of the songs you hear in the movie. Personally, I found them really good. I would watch this movie again anytime!

Syriana [8.7 out of 10]

My friend Clint described it best: Syriana is “a political version of Crash”, a 2004 film by Paul Haggis. In brief, it is a political account of the oil industry and its effects on live accross the globe. The filming has been compared to the filming in Traffic, both of which were directed by Stephen Gaghan. The whole movie is quite fast paced, the story is hard to follow at times, but has a beautiful way of keeping you interested the whole time. But the main thing was that the acting was not over the top, and each of the characters were very well developed. Personally, I think George Clooney is a brilliant actor, and he did not disappoint me one bit. And neither did Matt Damon. The film is in nomination for the Oscars in: Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (George Clooney) and Original Screenplay at the 78th Annual Academy Awards.

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang [7 out of 10]

I gave this movie a medium score even-though it managed to capture my attention the whole time. I liked the one liners, the witty narration, and the story was good, although pretty twisted and hard to follow at times. I personally didn’t really need all the violence and it seemed like they tried too hard at being innovator. There was too much going on at the same time, and the story just didn’t get to me that much. It seemed to be just like another “Pulp Fiction”. Which is good, but still.

The director, Shane Black, did a lot of other very good movies such as: Lethal Weapon, Last Action Hero, and The Last Boy Scout. But you got to wonder where has he been since the 90s ? On the other hand, the casting was pretty good, and I have to say, Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer did a great job!!

24 – Season 1 [8.6 out of 10]

Une tele-serie vraiment genial! Keifer Sutherland a vraiment ete super bon dans cette serie et j’ai tres hate de voir les autres episodes. L’idee principale de la serie et son point faible et son point fort en meme temp. J’aime beaucoup l’idee que tout ce deroule dans le meme espace de temps que la realite, mais c’est aussi enervent parce-que c’est pratiquement impossible qu’autant de chose arrive a quelque en si peu de temps. Bon, mais c’est quand meme vraiment le fun a regarder.