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Movie Preview: Michelle Monaghan, Nathan Fillion in Trucker
When I saw Trucker at the Tribeca Film Festival back in 2008, I acknowledged that it's not the world's finest movie, but it was definitely one of my favorites of all the festival movies I saw. It's a relatively quiet indie drama starring Michelle Monaghan as Diane Ford, a tough truck driver who enjoys her carefree life of trucking, bars and one-night stands — until her 11-year-old son shows up one day. Their relationship is rocky, and Diane is none too pleased to suddenly shoulder so much responsibility, but as long as her ex-husband (Benjamin Bratt) is hospitalized, mother and son are stuck with each other.
Eagle Eye: Absurd . . . ly Fun
The story of Big Brother watching and controlling all of the helpless citizens in Eagle Eye might be more effective if it weren't quite so preposterous. That said, this movie intends to thrill and entertain, and it succeeds on all counts. It holds your attention with all the plot twists and the bombardment of explosions, the kind of explosions that make a certain audience cheer.
First Look: Shia LaBeouf in Eagle Eye
Woah. The teaser trailer for Eagle Eye is dark and intense right off the bat, as Shia LaBeouf's character Jerry is immediately set up to look like a criminal, though he's actually innocent. The FBI doesn't believe him, of course, and now it appears that the people who set him up have further plans.
Made of Honor: Bland and Tiresome
Here's the thing about Made of Honor: If one intends to make a weak, watery romcom that is essentially the remake of a preexisting movie (My Best Friend's Wedding) with the genders reversed, at the very least one should seek out a supremely charismatic lead actor. Patrick Dempsey's sniveling, whiny, soulless depiction of Tom, our womanizing protagonist, is just not entertaining. Sometimes he's downright annoying.
What Should Have Been the Title for Made of Honor?
Just today, Cinematical pondered a question I've been asking myself a lot lately: What could the title Made of Honor possibly mean?
As a pun on the term "maid of honor" (which is what Michelle Monaghan's character asks Patrick Dempsey's character to be in the movie), it doesn't actually work. As Cinematical points out, "a pun usually involves conflating two words or expressions that make sense in the same context and happen to sound alike.
Tribeca Review: Trucker
Trucker largely reminded me of another indie movie titled Come Early Morning, which was written and directed by Chasing Amy's Joey Lauren Adams (who, incidentally, also stars in Trucker). The tone of both movies features a kind of weary, weathered fondness for the southern American landscape (in Come Early Morning it's the South, in Trucker it's the dusty deserts of southern California). At the heart of both movies, too, are hard-edged, tough-talking women in jobs that others in the movie ridicule for not being "women's jobs": Ashley Judd's character in Early Morning worked in construction, while the main character of Diane in Trucker, played by Michelle Monaghan, is a truck driver.
Tribeca Preview: Trucker
This one looks like a heartwarming tale of family and redemption and . . .
Would You Get Married at the Made of Honor Premiere?
On paper (er, screen), the prize for this Made of Honor contest sounds really great. Engaged couples can enter to win "an extravagant wedding" held at the premiere for Made of Honor, the romantic comedy starring Patrick Dempsey and Michelle Monaghan, along with an equally "extravagant" honeymoon.
Couples have to submit their story of when they realized they were "made for each other" in order to be entered into the contest.
Movie Preview: Made of Honor
Several weeks after the preview came out for 27 Dresses starring Katherine Heigl, we find a second Grey's Anatomy star with a trailer for a wedding-themed rom-com. Made of Honor appears to be the very same movie as My Best Friend's Wedding, except with the sexes reversed, and charmless.
Patrick Dempsey plays Tom, a dashing New York playboy who finally decides that he wants to settle down with his best lady friend Hannah (Michelle Monaghan) — just in time to find out that she's engaged and wants him to be her "maid" of honor.
The Heartbreak Kid: Middle-of-the-Road Comedic Fluff
When it comes to The Heartbreak Kid, here's the bottom line: If you loved Along Came Polly, chances are you'll probably enjoy The Heartbreak Kid. The two movies are very similar: Ben Stiller plays the lead and yet he's not the most interesting character by a long shot. The female characters are far more compelling than he is and the male peripheral characters are way funnier.
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