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October 1st, 2009 | 
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Are chat shows a good way to get paid for publicity for celebrities or are they just late night rubbish that no one really cares about?
The Jonathan Ross Show
Usually about an hours worth of Ross chatting and answering the questions himself with only five minutes of time left between all the guests. With that in mind though it can be absolutely addictive and highly entertaining to see a famous movie star messing about on live television.
Jeremy Kyle
This show is the equivalent of Americas Jerry Springer. Kyle does not shy away from telling his guests what he thinks of them and if he is great at getting people off their backsides and back into work if they are doing nothing. This is an entertaining programme simply because it is so funny to see how badly guests have messed up their lives in a way that would seem impossible for any normal person. If you are sleeping with thirty people unprotected you seriously expected not to have about 12 children?
The Charlotte Church Show
This show is more about music than it is about chatting; at least that is what Charlotte wants to happen with the new series that is planned. Now she has admitted to being rubbish at the talking part of the show and wants to head towards more of a music themed chat show. It seems like a bit of a rip off of Jools Holland to me. Has the Welsh woman gone absolutely insane? Wales itself is a lovely place to visit and can be great for one of those family days out or even UK family holidays.
Love them or hate them Television chat shows are here to stay. Some may cause us to laugh, some will find us having great debates and others are just plain and utter rubbish. Funnily enough though we still all sit and watch them when they are showing, so we cannot complain really, can we?
Helloooo, Rose Marie Calloway 10 Disturbingly Entertaining Jerry Springer Fights [HMJ] Kid CuDi Lands Television Deal [Singersroom] The Night Amy Winehouse Almost Died In My Arms Of A Drug Overdose [Daily Mail] How It Feels To Be Sued For $4.5m [Guardian] Where You Make Music Does Matter [Hypebot] 7 Surprising Facts About Sleep [Yahoo] 10 Great Nicknames Used for Sports Stuff in Movies [Uncoached] Even The NYPD Approves Of Chris Brown [Broken Cool] Teens Don’t
Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/15/2008 Run time: 100 minutes Rating: R
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars WOW!
Holly Hunter and the girls are amazing in this. Great movie to show in Psych Adolescent Development course in college.
5 Stars Gritty, Tough, Intense
I thought this movie was fantastic. I’m 33 and never had a wild period like these girls, but still found it captivating. The pain of a broken person (or broken people rather) and the often difficult mother-teenage daughter relationship were portrayed poignantly and believably in this film. I agree that having the girls be 14 or 15 may have been a more believable choice, but the female teenage angst is raw and palpable in this film either way. I thought the acting was brilliant and the desaturated scenes added a lot to the feel of the movie. The last scene I carried with me for days. “Thirteen” is a testament to the idea that low-budget indies on short timeframes can blast Hollywood away because of their gritty realness and honest intensity.
3 Stars Crazy Teenage Girls!!!
I remember watching this a long time ago. Before I watched it, I was having a headache. By the time I finished it, my headache was worse because these girls were always fighting, yelling at their parents, smoking, getting high, having sex, stealing, and etc. Tracy starts out normal, then the most popular girl in school turns her into one of those bitches you see on Maury or Jerry Springer. If you want to see high-school girls doing everything real high-school girls do, then I guess you’ll like THIRTEEN!!!
5 Stars Favorite Movie
Besides the Notebook, this is my all time favorite movie. It is written beautifully and describes in great detail which goes on behind closed doors in the life of a teenager. This movie is brilliant! A must see!
4 Stars No. Bad. Danger, Will Robinson, danger
Catherine Hardwicke is red hot right now due to her direction of Twilight, which is a huge block buster with box office receipts that guarantee a sequel–but guess who won’t be directing said sequel? It doesn’t seem fair that she won’t get to milk the cash cow she spawned, but perhaps it is best, as she would no doubt chaff under the restrictions imposed upon her. She is an indie director through and through, though with her uncanny knack for feeling the pulse of the youth market she will no doubt strike gold again. She discovered the vampire novels of Stephenie Meyers through her younger pals, and at a book signing she saw immediately the strong reaction and fan loyalty the books engendered. Indeed, author Stephenie Meyers had laid the groundwork herself by social networking, blogging and emailing her fans, even reviewing fan fiction based on her characters.
Two of Catherine’s other films also benefited from her ability to see the world from the younger point-of-view: The Lords of Dogtown; and the film I will review here, thirteen. Dogtown was a great film about the skate scene. My favorite Hardwicke story from that is when she got so carried away directing a skateboard scene in a drained swimming pool that she fell in and had to be rushed to the hospital. When she woke up, she had a flashback, because the doctor was speaking the exact same lines of dialogue from her script, from when one of the skaters had an accident. It is that kind of reckless passion that she brings to her films.
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[first lines]
Tracy: Hit me. I’m serious; I can’t feel anything, hit me! Again, do it harder! I can’t feel anything, this is awesome!
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thirteen tells the story of a strained relationship between a mother (Holly Hunter) and daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) as the daughter goes through a rebellious adolescent phase of shoplifting, drugs, and cutting herself with a razor blade, spurred on by her friend Evie Zamora (Nikki Reed), a popular but troubled teen who envies the relatively stable home she has.
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[as underage Evie tries to seduce him]
Luke: No. Bad. Danger, Will Robinson, danger.
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The script was written by Nikki Reed in only six days, based on her own experience, which was closer to the daughter character than the part she played. Director Hardwicke collaborated on the script, shaping the raw material and probably projecting herself into the mother role, if you will forgive me a little amateur psychoanalysis.
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[Tracy is on the phone in a tattoo shop]
Tracy: Hey Mom, do you know what point-slope form is? No, me neither. See? That’s why I need to be here… at the library.
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Holly Hunter is great as the mom, trying to be her daughter’s best friend, but with her own issues, and a boyfriend (Jeremy Sisto) just out of rehab it’s a difficult task. Sisto was familiar from his role on the popular TV show, “Law & Order” where he plays Detective Cyrus Lupo. Here he seems like he is trying to be a father figure, but as an ex-addict, he has neither her respect nor the patience to deal with her trauma drama.
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Tracy: So, Brady, how was the halfway house?
Brady: Same as the last one, Tracy.
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Though her mom wants to be her best friend, what she really needs is a mom, and a dad would be nice, too. Unfortunately, her dad (D.W. Moffett) sees her so rarely that he really can’t comprehend what her problem is and what she needs. Her brother, Mason (Brady Corbett) doesn’t get along with her so great, either. Sometimes he is annoyed, sometimes he is horrified, and sometimes he is in awe of the fast track she is on:
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Tracy: Hey Mason, who would you say is the hottest girl in school?
Mason: Evie Zamora.
Tracy: Guess who I hung out with today.
Mason: Bull.
Tracy: Melrose Avenue. (Mason looks at her in awe) What? Like that’s so hard to believe…
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thirteen is a shocking and heavy movie, all the more shocking to think that lots of teens are going through this. For instance, cutting your arm with a razor blade seems to be so irrational yet it is all too common. It seems that these problems are even worse in Hollywood/Los Angeles with so many of the parents not really grown up themselves–going through the same issues themselves. Though the reality it depicts is shocking, the script, direction, and acting don’t flinch. Also, though put to the test, the mother’s love doesn’t falter, and the film ends on a muted note of optimism.
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[last lines]
Tracy: Stop. Stop. Stop. Stop.
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Twilight [Theatrical Release] (2008) …. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke; Nikki Reed was Rosalie Hale
The Wrestler [Theatrical Release] (2008) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Stephanie Robinson
Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) (2007) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Lucy
Cherry Crush (2007) …. Nikki Reed was Shay Bettencourt
King of California (2007) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Miranda
Running With Scissors (2006) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Natalie Finch
Mini’s First Time (2006) …. Nikki Reed was Minerva ‘Mini’ Droggs
High School Musical (2006) (TV) …. Vanessa Hudgens(as Vanessa Anne Hudgens) was Gabriella Montez
Lords of Dogtown (2005) …. Directed by Catherine Hardwicke; Nikki Reed was Kathy Alva
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things (2004) …. Jeremy Sisto was Chester
S1m0ne (2002) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Lainey Christian Taransky
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) …. Holly Hunter was Penny
Practical Magic (1998) …. Evan Rachel Wood was Kylie Owens
Crash (1996) …. Holly Hunter was Helen Remington [NOT the 2004 Oscar winner, the one with James Spader]
Stealing Beauty (1996) …. D.W. Moffett was Richard
The Firm (1993) …. Holly Hunter was Tammy Hemphill
The Piano (1993) …. Holly Hunter was Ada McGrath
Broadcast News (1987) …. Holly Hunter was Jane Craig
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Tracy: Mothers, lock up your sons!
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