Clark Griswold (Chevy Chase) is ready to treat the family to a completely new sort of vacation – in Las Vegas! Of course, if you know Clark, you know that he doesn’t always think things through, and though his plan this time around seems to be to spend time with his family (as always), he is sidetracked (as always) by the allure of making easy money at the gambling tables.
Naturally he is joined by his lovely wife Ellen (Beverly D’Angelo), and they also bring along kids Audrey (Marisol Nichols) and Rusty (Ethan Embry). As with the prior films in the “series”, in this go-round where the kids are played by different actors than their predecessors.
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Drama on January 2nd, 2007 by Chad Everett
This movie tells the twenty-year tale of two cowboys, who meet as they prepare to head up Brokeback Mountain one year to watch sheep. Yes, they are headed up the mountain to keep an eye on the sheep. The two will stay there and one will keep the camp while the other keeps an eye on the sheep.
It’s not a glamorous job, but apparently the pay is good (they don’t actually mention it – I’m assuming that it must be, or they wouldn’t do it for months on end). Ennis Del Mar (Heath Ledger) and Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) go up the mountain as strangers, but they come down as a whole lot more than friends, which is a tough thing in the sixties. It’s not an easy thing now. Then they go their separate ways.
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Drama on November 26th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Charlie (John Cusack) is a mob lawyer. In Wichita. I just don’t even know where to go from there. Apparently there is enough business to keep him busy.
From what I can tell, it is generated mostly by strip clubs. But on this night (which happens to be Christmas Eve), Charlie has joined forces with Vic (Billy Bob Thornton) to steal something over $2 million from the big boss, Bill Guerrard (Randy Quaid).
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Comedy on June 6th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Perhaps the original Major League wasn’t a great film. It was still funny. It wasn’t for kids, but it wasn’t that bad either. This time around something was missing. Actually a lot was missing.
The same basic cast is back, but the edge is gone. While the desire to produce a wider-market film is understandable, in the process, something was lost. I’m not saying that adult language makes a film better, not by any means. But along the way something happened. Otherwise, how can a movie with almost the entire cast back, and the addition of a great character actor in the form of Randy Quaid go wrong?
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