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Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Movie Review Script: Silver Linings Playbook
One
of the many joys of Silver Linings Playbook is seeing Robert De Niro playing a
real character and not a caricature, which is not to say he doesn’t have his
over the top moments. Just about everyone in the cast of David O. Russell’s
strange and disturbing and deeply romantic new film has to act with a capital
A. Bradley Cooper gives maybe his most impressive performance yet playing “Pat”.
He’s back home with mom and dad in Philadelphia after spending eight months in
the state institution. Pat lost it after discovering his wife in the shower
with another man and now he’s obsessed with winning her back. Pat is so aggressively
cheerful that you’re just waiting for this guy to explode and he does on a
number of occasions. During the first half of this film I kept thinking they
should put this guy away and end the movie but then something miraculous
happens and that something is named Jennifer Lawrence. She plays Tiffany and
she is at least as disturbed as Pat and they bring out the best and occasionally
the worst in each other. Meanwhile De Niro plays Pat Senior and he is consumed
with his gambling and his passion for the hometown Eagles. It never occurs to
Pat Senior that his OCD rituals might be a huge contributing factor to his son’s
problems. As Pat and Tiffany rehearse for a dance competition that means everything
to Tiffany, Pat Senior risks everything on and ill-advised wager. Silver Linings
Playbook really gets it right in the depiction of Philadelphia’s most fanatical
fans but the gambling stuff doesn’t really ring accurate. But that’s a minor quiver
of the grand scheme of this unique and weirdly exhilarating story. Cooper, and De Niro, and Jacki Weaver, and Chris
Tucker all deliver excellent performances, and Jennifer Lawrence is transcendent
with The Hunger Games and Winter’s Bone and her work here she has announced herself
as arguably the most promising actress of her generation. I give Silver Linings Playbook an A +. This is Mathysse with your weekly movie report on WKNJ.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Script: Guys Should Register for Selective Service
You know what makes our country great?
People who take their responsibilities seriously.
Like guys who register with Selective Service when they turn 18.
I really respect that 9 out of 10 guys register.
And not just because important opportunities are tied to registration.
I think guys today know that registering is important.
Because it lets the world know that America is ready for anything.
So if you haven't registered, get on it!
Go to sss.gov or the Post Office.
This is a great country, lets all do our part to keep it that way.
People who take their responsibilities seriously.
Like guys who register with Selective Service when they turn 18.
I really respect that 9 out of 10 guys register.
And not just because important opportunities are tied to registration.
I think guys today know that registering is important.
Because it lets the world know that America is ready for anything.
So if you haven't registered, get on it!
Go to sss.gov or the Post Office.
This is a great country, lets all do our part to keep it that way.
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