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Dig the Life Fantastic: Rental Review of “Fantastic Mr. Fox”


Pop quiz..ready?…
#1: Name the film that was nominated for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Score at the 82nd Academy Awards.  Has been nominated for the 2010 Critics Choice Awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Animated Feature and was nominated for the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film.
Hint: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman and Bill Murray.
Still don’t know?  No it isn’t UP.
Answer: Fantastic Mr. Fox

#2:
Have you heard of this film, let alone watched it?
Answer: Probably not.

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Nut Up or Shut Up: Rental Review of “Zombieland”

With the brilliance and large cult following associated with Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead (2004), many casual movie goers might be under the impression that the Zombie-Comedy sub-genre died after the film. After all, the rarity and underground nature of the genre usually doesn’t even allow the films to hit the movie theatre, let alone make any money for their production companies. 2009’s Zombieland not only proves that the Zombie-Comedy is undead and well, but stronger than ever. Directed by Ruben Fleischer, Zombieland drops you in the middle of a ravaged North America, taking you on a hilarious blood-fest through the zombie apocalypse Read the rest of this entry »