05/04/2012: Confessions of a Dangerous Mind [2002]

Chuck Barris was a well known television producer in the 1960's and 70's. Creator of numerous game shows, such as The Dating Game, The Newlywed Game and The Gong Show, Barris was big in the industry. However in 1984, Chuck Barris published his autobiography, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind in which he claimed to be an assassin for the CIA as well as a television producer. George Clooney, taking his first shot at directing, leaves it up to you to decide, as did Chuck Barris himself.

04/02/2012: All Good Things [2010]

So I watched this movie based on two things. The trailer I saw for it and the big names I saw in the trailer. The trailer gave me no real idea of what the story was about. What I made out from it was a husband who had a secret and may or may not be a lawyer.

31/12/2011: Fifty Dead Men Walking [2009]

This film based on a true story is about the remarkable life of Martin McGartland who spied on the IRA for the British in the 80's. The story captures and inspires emotionally the way fictional ones can't mimic. Dealing with a highly controversial and divisive topic, the film allows you to think about both the overlaying political issues as well as the issues of just one man caught in the struggle.

The movie plays out with the twists that can only be seen in a true story. The only flaw of the movie is that it keeps the realism to the point were the thick Irish accents can hamper your understanding of the dialogue, and with a large number of characters it is sometimes hard to keep track.

However if you're looking for a movie with an amazing true story, or just a thriller this movie has both.

 

Link:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1097643/

10/12/2011: I Love You Phillip Morris [2009]

So I stumbled upon this the other day, and seeing Jim Carrey was in it went ahead and watched the trailer. Let me tell you that was quite the tricky and enticing trailer. It captured most of the exciting parts and hinting at the very interesting premise of a gay con-artist. W

hile the movie turned out to be a lot more prison time than the trailer hinted, and being a quite in-depth love story, it was still however very entertaining. Based in fact on a true story, and not at all loosely. Steven Russell is in fact a gay con-artist in the U.S. who fell in love with Phillip Morris and proceeded

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to escape prison several times and con Morris out as well.

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The movie was a refreshing true story, and as always Jim Carrey was an amazing actor and probably portrays his character with a little more Jim Carrey persona thrown in than there really is, but that makes the movie better.

Links:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045772/

Steven Russell: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Jay_Russell