1. The 'Pull Out Ending'
Whatever ridiculous plot contrivance that occurred to cause this whole inconceivable miscommunication will be INSTANTLY forgotten. Long, lingering kisses will be dispensed with as the camera pulls out and some inane pop, romance ballad plays out over the end credits. Throw those ten things together and you've got yourself 27 Dresses or Made of Honour or The Accidental Husband or What Happens in Vegas or Picture Perfect or Zack and Miri Make a Porno or Ghosts of Girlfriends Past or The Proposal or The Ugly Truth or The Rebound or Leap Year or When in Rome or The Back-up Plan or Letters to Juliet or Going the Distance or The Switch or Life as We Know It or No Strings Attached or Just Go With It or Something Borrowed or Friends With Benefits or What's Your Number... or I have to go and lie down now! My head hurts!
Gareth Howie
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I'm a part-time writer, part-time stand-up comedian, full time movie geek who strongly believes Martin Brest's MIDNIGHT RUN is one of the greatest, if not THE greatest, movie ever made!
(... This is the bit where you mutter "You must be some sort of friggin' comedian if you think Midnight Run is the greatest movie ever made!")
I'm a massive junkie for 'revenge' and 'conspiracy' movies and I'm an even bigger fan of all things John Carpenter, Albert Brooks, Coen Brothers, Sidney Lumet, Paul Thomas Anderson, Tony Scott, Christopher Nolan, Michael Mann, Oliver Stone, Steven Spielberg, Joe Dante, David Fincher, Wes Anderson and Shane Meadows.
I'm on Twitter at @gazzhowie if you'd like to validate my existence by following me - and my movie review archive can be found at www.gazzhowie.tumblr.com!
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