Blandon wrote the screenplay for Pain Reliever after going to work through her own breakup.
Prison Break
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The Big Bang
For a review in a few hundred more, read on. Private dick Ned (Antonio Banderas) is hired by a 7-foot Russian ex-con (wrassler Robert Malliet, “Sherlock Holmes”) to locate Lexie Persimmon (Guillory), a to-die-for stripper who’s been pledging her undying love to the prisoner as a pen pal. Strange thing is, her return address is […]
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Drive Angry
The tax-strapped Nicolas Cage of late seems to be selecting roles that require the Oscar winner to do the least amount of acting (“Season of the Witch,” “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice,” et al.) but when the projects turn out like this one, I’m all up for his creative slump. With ever-present sunglasses, black leather and mangy […]
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The Next Three Days
There’s no good reason for this slick thriller to crack the two-hour mark, but then again, it took Haggis decades to realize he was wasting his time and money in the Church of Scientology, so knowing when to quit is not among his skill set. Nonetheless, his film is a markedly better experience than the […]
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The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season
But I expected it to be better, given that film director Frank Darabont (“The Shawshank Redemption,” “The Mist”) was steering the creative ship. I suppose it lives up to the hype if you’ve never seen a zombie movie before. Don’t get me wrong: The show is quite good. It’s just not great, for one main […]