My movie recommendation for the week goes to “Dear John,” the new adaptation of a heart-warming literary masterpiece of true love by Nicholas Sparks… Syke!
My recommendation for the week actually goes to “From Paris With Love,” the witty… Yeah, I can’t even really make a joke about that one.
OK guys, no BSing this time. My recommendation for the week actually goes to “Crazy Heart,” a serious movie with serious acting by serious actors for serious people. With all that seriousness flying around you might think “Crazy Heart” must run the risk of being over-serious, and it would, if it weren’t about a washed up, drink-sodden country music singer struggling to make a living playing local dives and one-night acts. Country musicians keep their senses of charming humor through thick and through thin, and when your redneck troubadour is acted by Jeff Bridges its hard to be too dour. Bridges’ performance in this movie is supposed to be phenomenal, and by some accounts actually transcendent. (But not transcendental. That’s hippy shit!) With Maggie Gyllenhaal, Colin Farrell and Robert Duvall in backing roles, and a score by T-Bone Burnett, this one should feel as authentic as a glass of Jack on ice.
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