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I had lit­tle to no inter­est (closer to no inter­est) in see­ing this movie until I watched the Golden Globes. Peo­ple had rec­om­mended it, but they also rec­om­mended other come­dies that turned out to be only mildly amus­ing. Then the Golden Globes played a clip dur­ing their broad­cast that I found extremely funny. So I rented it. And very much enjoyed it. It’s hard to call a movie about a killer hang­over smart, but this one actu­ally is. It’s get­ting rare to see a main­stream com­edy that is these days.

Cora­line (2009) With the voices of: Dakota Fan­ning, Teri Hatcher, Keith David Directed by: Henry Selick Writ­ten by: Henry Selick, based on Neil Gaiman’s novel Rated: PG Rat­ing: 5 (out of five) Cora­line is the third stop-motion film from Henry Selick, the mas­ter­mind behind The Night­mare Before Christ­mas.  (I will admit that I thought Corpse Bride …

Sur­ro­gates (2009) Star­ring: Bruce Willis, Radha Mitchell, Ving Rhames Directed by: Jonathan Mostow Writ­ten by: Michael Fer­ris and John D Bran­cato, based on the graphic novel by Robert Ven­ditti and Brett Weldele Rated: PG-13 Rat­ing: 2 (out of five) A few years ago, Alex Proyas’s I, Robot (2004) came out.  It decon­structed Isaac Asimov’s phe­nom­e­nal “I, …