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The smart money is on the Lincoln Lawyer being the key move that launched the new Matthew McConaughey career trajectory after a series of rom - coms like Fools Gold, The Wedding Planner, and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
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Soon, they've joined up with Wichita (Emma Stone: Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, The House Bunny) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin: My Sister's Keeper, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl), and they all keep their destination - names even though they decide to head somewhere else.
His characters in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Failure to Launch are not him, because, much as McConaughey may otherwise assess his acting abilities, he's still an idealized version of a person we can't relate to.
The actor was coming off the not - quite - Oscar - caliber «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past» and «Surfer, Dude,» and still hadn't accrued the credibility movies like «Bernie» and «Mud» would bring him.
After establishing her own casting company in 1983, Liroff cast «Footloose,» «St. Elmo's Fire,» «Pretty in Pink,» «The Iron Giant,» «The Spitfire Grill,» «Untamed Heart,» «Freaky Friday,» «Mean Girls,» «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,» «Mr. Popper's Penguins,» «Vampire Academy,» and the upcoming «The Sublime and Beautiful,» which she produced as well.
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After bit parts in Medium, Malcolm In The Middle and Lucky Louie, her scene - stealing turn as a sassy object of affection in Superbad garnered attention, with The Rocker, The House Bunny and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past following.
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She's Amelia in «The Rocker,» Natalie in «The House Bunny,» Allison in «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past,» and Wichita in «Zombieland.»
His other directorial credits include The Spiderwick Chronicles, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Mr. Popper's Penguins and this year's Vampire Academy.
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FSR's Weekly Report Card for X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Battle for Terra and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past Neil's review of X-Men Origins: Wolverine
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You've also seen Ghosts of Girlfriends Past before, in countless variations of Charles Dickens» A Christmas Carol.
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Rounding out the top 10 were Matthew McConaughey «s Ghosts of Girlfriends Past ($ 6.7 million, $ 39.8 million overall); Obsessed ($ 4.6 million, $ 62.6 million overall); 17 Again ($ 3.4 million, $ 58.4 overall); the 3 - D animated Monsters vs. Aliens ($ 3.2 million, $ 190.7 cumulatively); The Soloist ($ 2.4 million, $ 27.5 million overall); Next Day Air ($ 2.2 million, $ 7.6 million overall); and the Disney nature documentary Earth ($ 1.7 million, $ 29.1 million overall).
Dwight is now the owner of the building and he may be letting this power go to his head; Andy is courting Erin, who is dating Gabe; Jim and Pam are struggling with being new parents; and a parade of ghosts of girlfriends past haunt Michael, leading to his final days at Dunder Mifflin.
-- to learn that in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Matthew McConaughey plays an arrogant womanizer who coasts on his looks and charm but eventually realizes that love does matter after all.
Connor Mead (Matthew McConaughey) tries to reignite an old relationship with Jenny Perotti (Jennifer Garner) in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past.
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Which brings us to one of the chief flaws of Ghosts of Girlfriends Past — all the women, except Garner's character, are malleable women willing not only to jump into bed with Connor, they're also stupid enough to fall in love with him.
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Forget about the excitement brewing because Matthew McConaughey (Ghosts of Girlfriends Past) is actually starring in a film that doesn't require him to remove his shirt or offer up his rugged good looks for an insulting rom com role opposite Kate Hudson or Sarah Jessica Parker — as much as everyone would like it to be, this is not a sequel to 1996's A Time to Kill.
I have a horrible confession to make: I am probably going to see «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past» at some point this weekend.
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If «Road Trip» or «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past» didn't impress you, then perhaps give this film a wide berth.
I ask these questions because in the newest 20th Century - Fox release, Mr. Popper's Penguins, (based on a popular children's tome and directed by Mark Waters, «The Spiderwick Chronicles,» «Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past «-RRB- features the main character not only getting dumped on twice within the first 15 minutes, but he is also treated to a good old - fashioned soccer ball kick in the groin.
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Another newcomer fared rather well also, with Ghosts of Girlfriends Past opening in second place with an estimated gross of $ 15.3 million.
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In other mini-trend news, I've seen three straight movies (Adventureland, Crank: High Voltage, and Ghosts Of Girlfriends Past) that have prominently featured REO Speedwagon songs.
So what the screenwriters and Mark Waters, the director of «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past» and «The Spiderwick Chronicles,» do is turn it into a generic and sentimental dad - lost - his - family - because - he - was - married - to - his - job story, sort of «The Haunted Mansion» or «Imagine That» without Eddie Murphy.
A modern Scrooge, who believes marriage is humbug, but is taught otherwise by the ghosts of girlfriends past, present and future, and one who spans all of those periods.
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Movies: a time to kill, amistad, Angels in the Outfield, Bernie, contact, Dallas Buyers Club, Dazed and Confused, EDtv, Failure to Launch, Fool's Gold, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Interstellar, Lone Star, Magic Mike, Mud, Sahara, The Lincoln Lawyer, The Newton Boys, The Truman Show, The Wedding Planner, The Wolf of Wall Street, U-571
Waters previous films include Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Mr Popper's Penguins and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, making him somewhat of a strange choice for such filthy material.
He continued his rascal - like romantic lead roles with Failure to Launch (2006) opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) with Jennifer Garner.
As one of the first big romantic comedies of the US summer silly season — Ghosts of Girlfriends Past doesn't count as it stars Matthew McConaughey — The Proposal bears the burden of expectation built up within fans of the genre during a very serious January and February as well as the commencement of the blockbuster releases in March and April.
Although The Hangover is definitely «R» rated, screenwriters Jon Lucas and John Moore, both who penned Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Four Christmases, have upped the level of bad - behavior comedies with their great script.
It's early yet for this kind of declaration, but what the hell: Co-screenwriters Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who also wrote last month's indisputably awful Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, just may have scripted both the summer's high point and its ditch - dead bottom.
Do we get a similarly lingering gaze at Marmaduke by Mazie (the voice of Emma Stone: Zombieland, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past), the «ugly» «uncool» lady dog who, for reasons unknown and inexplicable, thinks Marmaduke is really awesome and would like to be his girlfriend?
The screenplay is by Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, whose «Ghosts of Girlfriends Past» certainly didn't.