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Remember
Kathy Bates as Annie Wilkes? She was the
heroine of Misery... sort of. Annie was
just a misunderstood crazy girl who was
in love with characters created by the
author Paul Sheldon (played wonderfully
by James Caan). Seriously, that scene
where she whacked his ankles with a sledgehammer...
very funny in a disturbing and dark way.
There’s a love story here - Paul
loved being alive and
Annie loved to break stuff. If you can’t
see the love, then think of Annie as every
single girl who ever wanted to take a
crack at her ex.
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Kathleen
Turner and Michael Douglas team up (for
the 85th time) as husband and wife who
meet, marry and live the American dream.
Soon, Barbra realizes she has devoted
wayyyy to much of herself to her marriage
and lost her identity along the way. She
also realizes that she hates Oliver. And
this is when the movie gets good!
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This
all-star cast (Jon Faverau, Cameron Diaz,
Christian Slater, Jeremy Piven, Daniel
Stern, Jeanne Triplehorn) is the perfect
example of why guys should not be sent
alone to Vegas.
Kyle (Faverau) and his buddies take
a road trip to Sin City to celebrate his
upcoming nuptials to Laura (Diaz’s
first foray into comedy). One dead hooker
starts the domino effect of “everything
that can go wrong, will.” And it’s
damn funny. So inappropriate on soooo
many levels that you can’t help but
laugh. Directed by Canuck Peter Berg who
went on to direct such diverse films as
Hancock, Smokin’ Aces (another
MOM fave!!), The Kingdom, and The
Rundown.
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