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The frat boy takes a look at the new Jake Gyllenhaal movie.
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Source Code has an interesting premise – what if you could go back in time, via by being inserted into the mind of another person for the last eight minutes of that person’s life? It’s a thriller with big ideas, executed by director Duncan Jones, whose low budget Moon demonstrated his natural facility for science fiction/fantasy. With Source Code, he’s been given more money to work with, and more actors (since Moon was largely the Sam Rockwell show). With a cast that includes Jake Gyllenhaal, Michelle Monaghan, Vera Farmiga, and Jeffrey Wright, Jones keeps the story on track, and drives it home. Here, Jones talks about his influences and some of the easter eggs hidden in the code. (Warning: spoilers ahead).Source Code has an interesting premise – what if you could go back in time, via... more
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A review of the Duncan Jones directed thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Michelle Monaghan.A review of the Duncan Jones directed thriller Source Code starring Jake Gyllenhaal... more
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When Jake Gyllenhaal isn't on the train in Source Code, he's in a pod, communicating via monitor with an Air Force officer named Colleen Goodwin (played by Vera Farmiga). Goodwin explains that while his character Colter Stevens last remembers himself to be on an Army mission in Afghanistan, he is actually on a secret mission to find a bomb on a Chicago train before it blows up, and to identify the bomber, who has plans for even more explosions.
When Jake Gyllenhaal isn't on the train in Source Code, he's in a pod,... more
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In Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up on a train and finds himself sitting next to a woman who seems to know him -- but he doesn't know her. For eight minutes, he talks to that woman (played by Michelle Monaghan), before the train blows up -- at which point he's yanked into the present and he's told that he's embodying someone else in the past, and he's going to continue going back to that body on that train in the past, for the same eight minutes, until he can find the bomber. Each of those visits is a "source code," and though it's the same eight minutes, each time, it's a little different, and each time, his relationship with Monaghan's character grows. Monaghan explains how tricky time travel can be, and whose body she'd be willing to jump into again.
In Source Code, Jake Gyllenhaal wakes up on a train and finds himself sitting next to... more
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The new movie from the director of Moon rips off Twelve Monkey's rather brazenly. Watch the trailer after the jump.The new movie from the director of Moon rips off Twelve Monkey's rather brazenly.... more
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Helmer Todd Phillips, who dumped “The Hangover” on unsuspecting audiences, follows the same “successful” formula with “Due Date.” This 100-minute R-rated piece of cinematic phlegm, involves a road trip, drugs, many smashed automobiles, inappropriate sexual situations, extraordinary vulgarity, and a totally underused female lead, Michelle Monaghan (as Sarah Highman), in a role that is the polar opposite of her groundbreaking work in “Trucker.”
http://web.me.com/writa1/tvsoundoff/Film_Reviews/Entries/2010/11/5_Due_Date_should_have_expired.htmlHelmer Todd Phillips, who dumped “The Hangover” on unsuspecting audiences,... more
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Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife’s due date is a mere five days away. As Peter hurries to catch a flight home from Atlanta to be at her side for the birth, his best intentions go completely awry when a chance encounter with an aspiring actor.
http://thestarceleb.com/2010/09/07/due-date-movie-trailer/Peter Highman (Robert Downey Jr.) is an expectant first-time father whose wife’s... more
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Trucker, the debut feature from helmer James Mottern (who also gets writer credit), has a modest budget estimated at $2 million. It shows. The print I saw was pixilated, like a television picture blown up for the big screen. It’s unfortunate, because other than that technical problem, the film is excellent.
Michelle Monaghan stars as Diane Ford, a 30-ish long-haul trucker living somewhere in California. Benjamin Bratt, in an atypical role, is her dying ex-husband. Jimmy Bennett is their 11-year-old, whom mom abandoned at infancy. W.C. Fields advised colleagues never to play opposite kids or animals. Monaghan deserves kudos for not letting Bennett steal any scenes. That she is stunning no matter how dressed down doesn’t hurt.
Your comments welcome on filmsoundoff.comTrucker, the debut feature from helmer James Mottern (who also gets writer credit),... more
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