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Fright Night (2011) – A Review by Film Nerd

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Director: Craig Gillespie

Cast: Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Toni Collette, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Synopsis: An update of the 1985 film of the same name, Fright Night sees a vampire named Jerry (Farrell) move next door to teenager Charley Brewster (Yelchin).   He refuses to heed the warnings of former best friend Ed (Mintz-Plasse), only to end up with Jerry not only terrorising him, but his mother (Collette) and girlfriend (Poots) as well.   When out of all other options he seeks assistance from celebrity vampire killer Peter Vincent (Tennant).

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Horrible Bosses – A Review by Film Nerd

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Director: Seth Gordon

Cast: Jason Bateman, Jason Sudekis, Charlie Day, Kevin Spacey, Colin Farrell, Jennifer Aniston, Jamie Foxx, Donald Sutherland, Ioan Gruffudd

Synopsis: Three friends each have a boss that is ruining their lives.    Nick (Bateman) works for psychotic slave-driver Harken (Spacey), whom keeps him in line with false promises of promotion.   Recently engaged Dale (Day) is constantly fending off unwanted sexual advances from boss Julia (Aniston).   Kurt (Sudekis) has a dream job until his boss Jack (Sutherland) passes, leaving his incompetent coke-head son (Farrell) in charge.   Each employee has reasons they cannot leave their position, so on the advice of shady Jones (Foxx), they hatch a plan to kill each other’s bosses.

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