New Year s Eve movie review blasts sentimental silliness
The piece damns New Year s Eve as a cliché ridden crowd pleaser with interwoven tales set in Times Square. It notes a star heavy cast including Hilary Swank Jessica Biel Zac Efron and Halle Berry while calling the film pandering and thin despite a convincing Times Square mood.
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New York
Times Square
Hilary Swank
Jon Bon Jovi
Jensen
Chris “Ludacris
Bridges
Charles Minsky
Katherine Heigl
Sofia Vergara
Modern Family
Abigail Breslin
Sarah Jessica Parker
Jessica Biel
Seth Meyers
Sarah Paulson
Til Schweiger
Michelle Pfeiffer
John Lithgow
Zac Efron
Carla Gugino
Biel
Warner Bros. Pictures
Young Adult film review highlights raw anti heroine
Charlize Theron plays Mavis Gary, an egotistical author who returns to her Minnesota hometown. The film, directed by Jason Reitman with Diablo Cody’s sharp dialogue, blends dark humor with a blunt look at arrested development and unfulfilled dreams. Patrick Wilson Elizabeth Reaser Patton Oswalt support a stranded trio as Mavis confronts nostalgia and flawed happiness.
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Charlize Theron
Jason Reitman
Diablo Cody
Theron
Mavis Gary
June MacGuff
Nicole Kidman
Buddy Slade
Patrick Wilson
Beth
Elizabeth Reaser
Mavis
Buddy
Alexander Payne
Reitman
Mercury
Minn
Wilson
Matt Freehaus
Patton Oswalt
Matt
Oswalt
Paramount Pictures
Ex Miss USA Rima Fakih cited for drunken driving in Highland Park
Former Miss USA Rima Fakih was arrested after a traffic stop in Highland Park near Detroit with a blood alcohol level of 0.19 to 0.20 percent and an open champagne bottle found in the vehicle. She faces charges of drunken driving possessing an open intoxicant and careless driving.
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Rima Fakih
Highland Park
Associated Press
Dearborn
Nal
R. Kalis
Kalis
Fakih
Michigan
Dorald Elder
Lebanon
USA Network
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