Eat Pray Love

This weekend, the chickiest chick flick of all time-- Julia Roberts' Eat, Pray, Love-- will be unleashed upon an unsuspecting public. The film stars Roberts as a woman whose life has fallen apart: her job's in jeopardy, her bills have stacked up to an unreasonable past-due amount, something bad happens with her marriage-- you get the idea. Well, what else can this woman do but the most likely, reasonable, relatable thing in the world: she packs her bags, heads overseas, and just kinda spends a stretch of time "finding herself" while eating a lot of gelato. Yeah, it's that kinda movie. Anyway, comedian Jim Norton took a crack at reviewing the film, and we're willing to bet that this is the best review we're ever going to see for Eat, Pray, Love. See it for yourselves below, my gentle Examiner readers...

If you're a comedy fan, then you know who Jim Norton is. If you're a filmgoer, then you've probably already been exposed to the trailers for Julia Roberts' Eat, Pray, Love (or if you're a TV viewer, as commercials for this film air approximately every six seconds on some channel, somewhere). If you're a guy, you're probably dreading your girlfriend dragging you to see the film-- instead of Scott Pilgrim VS. The World, which you wanna see-- this weekend. If you're a girl, you may have already fallen for this nonsense. Luckily, comedian Jim Norton's here to straighten everyone out:

Flipped

Reverse is a soft, history overwhelmingly safe and innocent little about this critical moment between childhood and adolescence. It follows a boy and a girl, each about 13 years, grew up in the 1960s.

Even if they have been neighbors for years, they realize they know nothing of each other, simply because they have never taken the time to ask, which adds to their already mixed romantic feelings. The recurring theme throughout the film is that perception evokes different truths and truths are much more difficult to decipher when youare a child.

The film is directed and co-author: Rob Reiner, working on a novel by Wendelin Van Draanen. Reiner as a director is accustomed to this time. His Stand by Me (1986), based on the novel by Stephen King, took place in 1959 and focuses on four young boys searching for the body.

This film is darker and more dramatic shades and flipped though not as emotionally compelling or serious the subject is also lighter. The key to the success of the film is the way Reiner makes the story of his people, and not its validity.

He could have easily succumbed to the temptation of showing all the characteristics that place in 1960 – sets, costumes, soundtrack – but he uses these factors, only the state of mind and mood, while the characters in the story-driven.

'The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn' auditions underway in Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, and Vancouver

The much anticipated casting and auditions process for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn" is now underway in Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, and Vancouver - on the heels of the world premiere of “The Twilight Saga: Eclipse”, which took place in Los Angeles on Thursday, June 24th.

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn will be released as two separate movies, Breaking Dawn Part I has a release date of November 18, 2011, and a possible summer 2012 release for Breaking Dawn Part II is being considered. Director Bill Condon will shoot the two films back to back.

Breaking Dawn II will be released in 3-D, however no decision has been announced about Part I. A 3-D film can be created in two ways. One is to process the film in post-production editing using CGI for 3-D effects. The other method is to shoot the film with special 3D cameras, such as the film Avatar was done using Sony HDC-F950 3-D cameras. It is not known which method Condon will use, but it is highly likely he will shoot using the special 3-D cameras since the effects are far superior.

Filming begins November 2010, and shooting will take place in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Vancouver, British Columbia. There is a very large amount of filming that takes place in Louisiana due to the large tax credits that the state offers the studios. Louisiana offers a 30% transferable incentive for total in-state expenditures related to the production of a motion picture. The budget on both parts of Breaking Dawn will be substantially greater than the previous installments in the series, therefore Summit Entertainment will benefit greatly by filming in Louisiana. Vancouver shooting will likely consist of locations required for a number of Breaking Dawn settings.

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