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Comedy on November 24th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Peter Gibbons (Ron Livingston) is having the worst day of his life. There isn’t anything special about today. It’s just the day after yesterday, which was the worst day of his life until today came along.
That’s the way that it is for him. Each day is worse than the day that proceeded it, so anytime that you see him, you can be sure that you’re seeing him on the worse day of his life. That’s life in a cubicle with Peter. But things are about to change for the better.
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Young Chris Brander (Ryan Reynolds) has a problem. He has been best friends with Jamie Palamino (Amy Smart) for years, but it seems like that’s all they will ever be. He’s stuck in The Friend Zone.
Now they’re graduating, so he’s going to write her a special note in her yearbook. The only problem is one of those jerk jocks gets a hold of it and reads the note to everyone at the party, and he’s humiliated again. He jumps on his bike and rides off.
10 years later, he is in LA and his boss gives him an ultimatum. Sign (another) bratty superstar to a contract, or find somewhere else to work. It just so happens that he’s been dating this one, so they jet off towards Paris to see what he can do.
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Comedy on August 4th, 2006 by Chad Everett
Drew (Ben Affleck) is a successful young man who is ready to commit to his girlfriend, but before she gets married she just must meet his family.
The only problem is that he has no family. So he sets out to find one the only way he knows how. He rents one.
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Comedy on April 1st, 2006 by Chad Everett
Average Joe’s gym, owned by regular guy Peter La Fleur Vince Vaughn, suddenly needs $50,000 to pay off their mortgage. It looks like the only way there is through a dodgeball tournament, so they put together a rag-tag team and sign up. The rest of the movie is, well, pretty predictable, though it takes a roundabout way to get there.
The most notable speed bump on the way is through White Goodman (Ben Stiller), owner of the competing gym that wants to buy Average Joe’s (and coincidentally, the reigning dodgeball champs).
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Family on March 31st, 2006 by Chad Everett
The original Ice Age is one of my favorite movies ever. I know, it’s sappy. It’s a kid’s movie. The animation, while somewhat groundbreaking at the time, isn’t so astonishing now. But it’s just a good movie. A solid story, some good humor and a nice time.
The sequel? It matches up well in some areas (the humor), it’s better in some areas (some of the animation), it’s spotty in other areas (the rest of the animation) and the rest is pretty much a lesser film (the storyline).
The addition of Queen Latifah as Ellie the Mammoth (opossum) led to some great humorous bits, but the animation of Queen Latifah was priceless. While it wasn’t exactly a mammoth, I’m sure, her personality came through and made the character shine. Meanwhile, the inimitable John Leguizamo did another great job with Sid the Sloth.
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