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1. What was the very first full length film Cameron Diaz did that made her a star?
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3. When is Kate Winslet’s birthday?
4. What was the occupation of both of Jack Black’s parents?

Here is a very detailed review of this hit film starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Jude Law from the BumpWife.

THE HOLIDAY is a trendy, charming, and at times even magical romantic tale that reflected the best of Los Angeles. The film also takes a look at life on the other side of the pond (England) while the characters tried ways of forgetting a failed relationship while falling upon and into new ones.

While the overall story is one that we may have come to expect as an audience, the film’s way of getting there was more up to date and refreshing than many of its counterparts. There were even a few laugh out loud moments to be had. The downside to the film was the use of modern technology that will date itself quickly as well as some of the relationships that appeared a bit forced (although the actors carried it off well).

Diaz’s character pokes fun at her Affected Angeleno self through the use of trailer and voice over edits (her high powered entertainment industry job). Her focus is reflective of many city girls in their late 20s through 30s so this movie should find a place with these women as it did with me.

Winslet provided the bright, doe-eyed wonder of one who stumbles into “Tinsel Town” without being jaded by her own industry after toying with the idea of doing herself in Sylvia Plath style with her gas burning oven in England. Peripheral satirical comment on the greedy Hollywood industry is provided by a rather eccentric elderly screenwriter from the old days of Hollywood. The inside banter on box office madness gives outsiders an inside peek at the lost glamour of the moving picture while sating the appetite of the audience settled in for a romantic tale.

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Double feature Grindhouse co-directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino bombed on it’s first day of release. Another bomb for the Weinstein brothers (Harvey and Bob).

But the hard “R”-rated pic should take in just $13.5 million this weekend — nowhere near even the lowest $20 mil opening predicted (or the $25 mil debut anticipated after midnight sneaks were added in major cities).

The weekend take will be far, far below the openings for, say, Rodriguez’s Sin City ($29.1 mil) or Tarantino’s Kill Bill 1 ($22 mil) and 2 ($25.1 mil).

The Weinstein Co. has been plagued by bomb after bomb since its 2005 inception after Miramax founders Harvey and Bob couldn’t come to terms with Disney. It had a lot riding on this pic in terms of reputation. (Not to mention money: I hear the real budget for Grindhouse is at $67.5 mil though Harvey and Bob were spinning it as low $50s.)

Clearly, the Weinsteins’ legendary prowess for media exploitation, which had been working overtime on this exploitation movie, couldn’t hide the problems of a running time over 3 hours, a release date delayed by half a year, and the subject matter’s limited audience appeal. Plus, younger and hungrier directors in recent years have been pushing the envelope to create wilder and rawer horror pics, so it seems Tarantino and Rodriguez couldn’t compete on their more famous playing field.

Congrats Weinstein’s, it couldn’t have happened to two worse people. Maybe one day you will wise up and quit throwing telephones at your employees and cursing out everyone you disagree with.

Shooter- Bob Lee Swagger (Mark Wahlberg), a former Marine Corps sniper who leaves the military after a mission goes bad. After he is reluctantly pressed back into service, Swagger is double-crossed again. With two bullets in him and the subject of a nationwide manhunt, Swagger begins his revenge, which will take down the most powerful people in the country.

Reign Over Me- Former college roomates Charlie Fineman and Alan Johnson meet up again by chance on a Manhattan street corner. Five years after losing his family on 9/11, Charlie–once a successful dentist–has retreated from his life, and Alan is stunned to see the changes in his formerly gregarious friend. At the same time, Alan–who should be enjoying his beautiful wife, children and career–is overwhelmed by his responsibilities. Their rekindled relationship becomes a lifeline for the two men, who are both in need of a trusted friend at this pivotal moment in their lives.

TMNT: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles- After the defeat of their old arch nemesis, The Shredder, the Turtles have grown apart as a family. Struggling to keep them together, their rat sensei, Master Splinter, becomes worried when strange things begin to brew in New York City. Tech-industrialist Max Winters is amassing an army of ancient monsters to apparently take over the world. And only one super-ninja fighting team can stop them-those heroes in a half shell-Leonardo, Michelangelo, Donatello and Raphael! With the help of old allies April O’Neil and Casey Jones, the Turtles are in for the fight of their lives as they once again must face the mysterious Foot Clan, who have put their own ninja skills behind Winters’ endeavors.

Pride- The year is 1973, and Jim Ellis, a college-educated African-American, can’t find a job. Driven by his love of competitive swimming, Jim converts an abandoned recreational pool hall in a Philadelphia slum with the help of Elston, a local janitor. But when city officials mark the new Philadelphia Department of Recreation for demolition, Jim fights back–by starting the city’s first African-American swim team. Recruiting troubled teens from the streets, Jim struggles to transform a motley team of novices into capable swimmers–all in time for the upcoming state championships. But as racism, violence and an unsympathetic city official threaten to tear the team apart, Jim must do everything he can to convince his swimmers that victory, both in and out of the pool, is within their reach.

The Last Mimzy- Two children discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys. As the children play with these “toys,” they begin to display higher and higher intelligence levels. Their teacher tells their parents that they seem to have grown beyond genius. Their parents, too, realize something extraordinary is happening. Emma, the younger of the two, tells her confused mother that one of the toys, a beat-up stuffed toy rabbit, is named Mimzy and that “she teaches me things.” As Emma’s mom becomes increasingly concerned, a blackout shuts down the city and the government traces the source of the power surge to Emma’s family’s house. Things quickly spin wildly out of their control. The children are focused on these strange objects, Mimzy, and the important mission on which they seem to have been sent. When the little girl says that Mimzy contains a most serious message from the future, a scientific scan shows that Mimzy is part extremely high level electronic, and part organic! Everyone realizes that they are involved in something incredible… but exactly what?

The Hills Have Eyes 2- What started with the Carter family, clearly didn’t end with the Carter family. Some time later, as part of a routine mission, a unit of National Guard soldiers stop at a New Mexican outpost only to find the isolated research camp mysteriously deserted. After spotting a distress signal in a distant mountain range, the team decides to commence a search and rescue mission into the hills. Little do they know that these are the very hills that the ill-fated Carter family once visited, and that a tribe of cannibalistic mutants lies in wait. And this time, there is an even larger force of evil at work that is intent on the soldiers’ very destruction.