March 25, 2010 by jameslucas.

A Reflection on Gregory Peck: The Children of Mockingbird Call Him Atticus
Atticus Finch represents the highest ideals of a human being, someone who is not only handsome and charismatic but a decent, courageous man of action. Those are the kinds of roles that Gregory Peck primarily played throughout his acting career.

Orlando Bloom: A Blockbuster Star
Orlando Bloom debuted in the year 1997 as a rent boy in the film Wilde. And just two days after his graduation at Guildhall, he took one of his most popular movie roles to date, Legolas from Lord of the Rings trilogy. This would not have happened if he got the role he auditioned for, the role of Faramir, who becomes part of the story only on the second part.

Leonardo DiCaprio: One of the Most Famous Male Celebrities
Leonardo DiCaprio, born Leonardo Wilhelm Dicaprio, was born on November 11, 1974 in Los Angeles, California to parents Irmelin Inderberken, a former legal secretary, and to George DiCaprio, an underground comic artist as well as comic book distributor. Leo is best known for his choice of great roles which he has won several awards for. His most notable roles include his breakthrough performance in This Boy’s Life, What’s Eating Gilbert Grape, Titanic, Romeo + Juliet, Blood Diamond, The Aviator, Gangs of New York, The Departed, and his most recent film, Revolutionary Road.

Brad Pitt: His Accomplishments
William Bradley Pitt or Brad Pitt was born on December 18, 1963 in Shawnee, Oklahoma to parents William Alvin Pitt, a truck company owner, and Jane Etta Pitt, a high school guidance counselor. He has two younger siblings, Doug and Julie Neal. Despite being born in Oklahoma, the Pitts grew up in Springfield, Missouri, and were raised as conservative Southern Baptists.

Film Review: The Forgotten (2004)
What’s incredible about this film is that such a talented bunch of cast and technicians could do such great individual jobs yet be so woefully directed overall; “The Forgotten” has an intriguing premise that is at the end of the day badly executed.

Film Review: W (2008)
W. is Oliver Stone without teeth. There are no left-wing jibes at one of the most controversial US Presidents in history, nor is there much fair or three-dimensional exploration in to the character of George W. Bush. Instead, we are left with a film that could have been ninety minutes long instead of two+ hours and still covered the same ground.

Film Review: Slumdog Millionaire
This classic rags-to-riches tale accomplishes the feat of not only telling a great story of triumph over adversity but manages to open your eyes to a part of the world that is hardly ever covered in a Hollywood film besides cliches; no wonder the Academy gave it the Best Picture Oscar.

Film Review: Changeling
With a very strong story, subtly executed and detailed direction, this historical drama about a mother’s strong determination to find her kidnapped son is a touching ordeal of love, sacrifice, brutality and police corruption.

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March 25, 2010 by jameslucas.

By Connor R Sullivan

Lots of people across the world love to take baths and find it to be a refreshing pastime that can settle nerves, soothe sore muscles and generally make a person feel better. Bathing is made much easier of course by a Cincinnati walk in bathtub or multiple Cincinnati walk in bath tubs. Of course, things that are essentially containers for large amounts of water can also be used for recreational purposes by more than one person, as evidenced by things like the pool and the hot tub. In fact, the hot tub is currently coming under the microscope as a large part of the plot of a new, upcoming comedy film called Hot Tub Time Machine.

The plot of the movie, although it has not come out yet so nobody but critics can have seen it yet, seems fairly simple. Four men are on a vacation at a ski lodge in the film. Needless to say for four single men, the trip gets a little crazy through partying and somehow while they are all in a hot tub at the ski lodge they are transported back in time to 1986. According to multiple synopses available on the internet the four use their time in the past to change things about their future. Whether or not they make it back to the present is anyone’s guess and certainly a large part of the suspense of the movie. So far every critical review of the film has been good so it certainly would not be a stretch of the imagination to think that it will do well at the box office.

One of the stars of the movie is John Cusack. In the film Cusack apparently plays a man who is recovering from the recent break up with his girlfriend. The choice to cast Cusack in a role in this comedy film is interesting since he is more typically known for his turns in more serious films including some of his most famous starring roles in films such as disaster movie 2012 and thriller and suspense movie Identity. This is Cusack’s first real starring role in a comedy so it will of course be interesting to film buffs to see what his delivery on jokes and general comedic demeanor is like.

Another of the stars of this movie is Craig Robinson. Robinson is most likely to be known for his work on the extremely popular comedy television series The Office, on which he portrays a blue collar worker in the warehouse of a fictional paper company. Robinson will also be known to fans of the cult comedy hit Pineapple Express, in which he played a small time criminal goon working for a bigger criminal kingpin.

It remains to be seen whether or not this quirky upcoming comedy will be funny and well received by audiences but the writers and director certainly deserve at least a little credit for coming up with a fairly original plot amidst a modern Hollywood in which it feels like most films are reboots of others and not new ideas.

Connor R. Sullivan searched the internet for a Cincinnati walk in bathtub in order to purchase a safe tub for his aging parents. He recently installed a couple of Cincinnati walk in bath tubs in his home.

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A Cursory Preview of the Movie Hot Tub Time Machine

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