Thank You For Smoking (2005)

Genre: Comedy/DramaStarring: Aaron Eckhart, Cameron Bright, J.K. Simmons, Maria Bello, David Koechner, Katie Holmes, William MacySmoking kills, but Nick Naylor (Eckhart) would beg to differ. He is one man who talks for a living and does he talk! Nick is the Vice President of The Academy of Tobacco Studies which in turn is funded by the conglomerate...

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THE 2009 MOUTON D'OR AWARD NOMINATIONS

UP IN THE AIR leads Black Sheep Reviews' 2009 Mouton d'Or Award nominations with a total of seven, including one for Best Picture. Fellow Best Picture nominee, DISTRICT 9 follows with five nods. UP! also earns five nods but misses out on a Best Picture shot. PRECIOUS, AN EDUCATION and (500) DAYS OF SUMMER round out this year's list of...

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Next (2007)

Genre: Action/Fantasy/Thriller/RomanceStarring: Nicolas Cage, Jessica Biel, Julianne Moore, Thomas KretschmannCris Johnson (Cage) aka Frank Cadillac is a magician in Vegas. He has the ability to see in the future and times his acts accordingly. The FBI receives a nuclear threat on LA and FBI agent Callie Ferris (Moore) knows about Cris and...

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World Trade Center (2006)

Genre: Drama/History/BiographyStarring: Nicolas Cage, Michael Pena, Maria Bello, Maggie GyllenhallA true life story of Port Authority Police Department officers, Will Jimeno (Pena) and John McLoughlin (Cage) who went to the World Trade Centre compound to evacuate the building, only to get trapped under 20 feet of debris when the buildings...

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Layer Cake (2004)

Genre: Crime/Drama/Thriller Starring: Daniel Craig, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Gambon, Jamie Foreman, George Harris, Colm MeaneyXXXX (Craig) heads a gang of London based cocaine dealers. His boss, Jimmy Price (Cranham) wants him to hunt down his associate Eddie Temple's (Gambon) kidnapped daughter. Meanwhile, another drug dealer known as The...

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Stardust (2007)

Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Action/Romance/DramaStarring: Claire Danes, Charlie Cox, Michelle Pfieffer, Robert De Niro, Kate Magowan, Mark StrongA small town named Wall, harbours a human population. The inhabitants of Wall are not permitted to cross the village wall and move to the other side, a magical world known as Stormhold, of which the...

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Role Models (2008)

Genre: Comedy/Romance/DramaStarring: Seann Willian Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, Jane LynchWheeler (Scott) and Danny (Rudd) work for Minotaur, an energy drink manufacturing company. They hate their job, which includes visiting schools and convincing kids not to do drugs but drink Minotaur...

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Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian (2009)

Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Action/AdventureStarring: Ben Stiller, Amy Adams. Owen Wilson, Hank Azaria, Robbie Williams, Steve Coogan, Cristopher Guest, Alain Chabat, John BernthalLarry Daley (Stiller) the night guard the Museum of Natural History, New York left his job to start a company which invents innovative and new useful home devices. He...

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Tis the Season: The Screen Actors Guild

Earlier this week, AN EDUCATION, THE HURT LOCKER and PRECIOUS saw their chances for Oscar gold increase with Best Film nominations at the BAFTA's. At the Screen Actors Guild awards, given out last night, it was another film that declared itself a contender. Without AVATAR or UP IN THE AIR to contend with, as they weren't even noninated, Quentin Tarantino's INGLORIOUS BASTERDS emerged triumphant in the Best Ensemble category,...

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Crank 2: High Voltage (2009)

Genre: Crime/Comedy/ActionStarring: Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Ling Bai, Art Hsu, Efren Ramirez, Joseph Julian SoriaChev Chelios (Statham) cant just seem to keep his head out of shit. F*** you Chelios is what everyone tells him and he rightly deserves it. The Triad gang leader is aging his bodily parts need replacement. Who other than the...

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Van Wilder: Freshman Year (2009)

Genre: Comedy/Romance/DramaStarring: Jonathan Benett, Kristinn Cavallari, Jerry Shea, Nestor Aaron Absera, Steve Talley, Kurt Fuller, Nic NacContinuing the tradition of his forefathers, Van Wilder the fifth (Benett) comes to Coolidge College. Coolidge has changed drastically in the past few years and is now under military control. Dean Charles...

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Michael Jackson's: This Is It (2009)

Genre: Documentary/MusicalStarring: Michael Jackson, Kenny OrtegaThe man who invented the 'moon walk', the epitome of all dance forms, the legend, Michael Jackson. For more than a decade, he stayed away from stage performances and his life was marred by controversies. He finally decides to make a public appearance once again at a concert...

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Heat (1995)

Genre: Crime/Action/Drama/ThrillerStarring: Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Val Kilmer, Jon Voight, Tom Sizemore, Diana Venora, Amy Brenemman, Mykelti Williamson, Ashley Judd, Danny TrejoNeil McCauley (De Niro) along with his gang of robbers, which includes Chris (Kilmer) Trejo (Trejo) and Michael (Sizemore) rob $1.6 million in the form of bearer...

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Best of Black Sheep: CREATION

CREATIONWritten by John ColleeDirected by Jon AmielStarring Paul Bettany and Jennifer ConnellyOh, how timely to throw together a biopic about Charles Darwin now. It seems to me that, while Darwin’s theories about evolution have been angering religious types since before they were committed to paper, they seem to have been an even hotter...

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Tis the Season: The BAFTA's

The British Academy of Film and Television, essentially the British equivalent to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, have announced their nominations for the BAFTA's, essentially the equivalent of the Oscar. Leading the pack with eight nominations apiece are international phenomenon, AVATAR, critical darling, THE HURT LOCKER...

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Grandma's Boy (2006)

Genre: Comedy/DramaStarring: Linda Cardellini, Allen Covert, Doris Roberts, Nick Swardson, Peter Dante, Shirley Jones, Joel MooreAlex (Covert) is a video game tester who has just been evicted from his house for not paying his rent. Now homeless, he doesn't have a place to stay and out of desperation he crashes at his grandmothers house. His...

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The Prestige (2006)

Genre: Drama/Mystery/Science-fictionStarring: Hugh Jackman, Cristian Bale, Rebecca Hall, Scarlett Johansson, Michael CaineThere are always three parts to every magic act. The pledge, the turn and finally, the prestige. Robert 'The Great Danton' Angier (Jackman) and Alfred 'The Professor' Borden (Bale) are two rival magicians who once worked...

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Fanboys (2008)

Genre: Comedy/Drama/AdventureStarring: Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Sam Huntington, Jay Baruchel, Kristen BellA group of Star Wars fanatics find it hard to move on in life. All they do is waste time and watch their favourite movie for the millionth time. Linus (Marquette) has cancer and has very little time left. Not enough time to wait for...

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THE LOVELY BONES

THE LOVELY BONESWritten by Fran Walsh, Phillipa Boyens and Peter JacksonDirected by Peter JacksonStarring Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Saoirse Ronan and Stanley TucciI would not have thought that Peter Jackson, the director of the infamous Lord of the Rings trilogy (in case you didn’t know), would ever be a horrible choice to adapt a cherished...

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Black Sheep has Big Love for BIG LOVE

The dust from the Golden Globes has settled and now that I can get over all of their ridiculous choices, I can congratulate an unexpected win that I was very pleased to see. Ever since I first saw her face in KIDS, I was taken with Chloe Sevigny. She has never really connected with the mainstream public but she has amassed a cult following...

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Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj (2006)

Genre: Comedy/Drama/RomanceStarring: Kal Penn, Lauren Cohan, Daniel Percival, Anthony Cozens, Holly DavidsonContinuing the tradition of his mentor, Van Wilder, Taj Mahal Badalandabad (Penn) travels to England to teach at Camford University. The college is divided as per houses and each member of the college must support a house. He receives...

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Wargames: The Dead Code (2008)

Genre: Science-fiction/Drama/ThrillerStarring: Matt Lanter, Amanda Walsh, Chuck Shamata, Nicholas WrightWill Farmer (Lanter) is a computer super-genius, who was simply trying to help his Arabic neighbour by fixing his computer. He stumbles across his neighbours online bank account, which he manages to hack in and discovers thousands of dollars...

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I, Robot (2004)

Genre: Science-fiction/Action/MysteryStarring: Will Smith, Bridget Moynahan, Alan Tudyk (voice), James Cromwell, Bruce GreenwoodPlace: Chicago, Year: 2035. The age of robots has arrived and robots are slaves for humans. Detective Spooner (Smith) despises robots and can never get around to trust them. Dr. Alfred Lenning (Cromwell) is known...

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Van Wilder: Party Liasion (2002)

Genre: Comedy/Drama/RomanceStarring: Ryan Reynolds, Kal Penn, Tara Reid, Daniel CosgroveVan Wilder (Reynolds) is in his 7th year at Coolidge College. He is in there not because he consistently fails to pass but because he consistently makes himself fail. He loves staying on campus and everyone loves him for all that he does. From organising...

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The Duchess (2008)

Genre: Biography/Drama/RomanceStarring: Keira Knightley, Ralf Fiennes, Charolette Rampling, Dominic Cooper, Hayley AtwellBased on a true story, the Duke of Devonshire (Fiennes) is without a male heir and it constantly worries him. He marries a young Georgiana (Knightley), whose mother (Rampling) assures the Duke that woman of her family will...

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And the Golden Globe winners are!

The Globes are over. I had a great time tweeting throughout and sharing the experience with a lot of the readers and other writers out there. I did not so much enjoy the show. It was somber and awkward. Ricky Gervais was ridiculous. Occasionally amusing but mostly insulting and unappreciative. And the choices?! Such bizarre wins that leave me unenthused about the rest of the awards season. Sandra Bullock over Gabourey...

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From 2000 to 20: Black Sheep's Best Films of the Decade (2000-2009)

It’s pretty self-explanatory, folks. The decade ended a couple of weeks ago and after careful consideration and a little assistance from my Flickchart obsession, I have whittled down what I consider to be the 20 best films of the last decade. It was certainly not easy and there are so many titles that won’t be mentioned below that truly...

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