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Articles tagged with Jon Favreau 7 entries

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Four Christmases (2008)

Plot: When upscale, happily unmarried San Francisco couple Kate (Witherspoon) and Brad (Vaughn) find themselves socked in by fog on Christmas morning, their exotic vacation plans morph into the family-centric holiday they had, until now, gleefully avoided. Out of obligation - and unable to escape - they trudge to not one, not two, but four relative-choked festivities.

 
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★★★★½ Iron Man (2008)

Plot: Wealthy weapons manufacturer Tony Stark (Downey) is kidnapped by terrorists and forced to put together a missle. Instead, he creates a high-tech suit of armor and wages war against the bad guys. Based on the Marvel Comics character.

 

★½☆☆☆ Open Season (2006)

Plot: A domesticated bear named Boog (Lawrence) finds out all about life in the wilderness thanks to a fast-talking mule deer (Kutcher). Animated.

 

★★★½☆ Zathura (2005)

Plot: 6-year old Danny (Bobo) and his 10-year old brother Walter (Hutcherson) begin playing a game Danny finds in the basement - and immediately discover their house is now floating miles above Earth. To get back home, Danny and Walter need to work together to finish the game - or else this could be the last game they ever play. Based on the book by Chris Van Allsburg.

 
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★★☆☆☆ Elf (2003)

Plot: When Buddy (Ferrell) was young, he was put up for adoption. After crawling into Santa’s sack, he was adopted by an elf (Newhart). 30 years later, he discovers he’s not a true elf, and forges his way to New York to meet his father (Caan). But will Buddy be able to adjust to life outside Santa’s workshop?

 
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★★★½☆ Very Bad Things (1998)

Plot: Kyle Fisher (Favreau) is about to get married to Laura (Diaz). Before the wedding, Kyle and his friends (Slater, Piven, Stern and Orser) set out to have his bachelor party in the heart of Sin City - Las Vegas. When one of them accidentally kills a stripper, they decide to bury the evidence. But fate has a hard time letting the truth stay buried…

 
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★★★☆☆ DareDevil (2003)

Plot: Matt Murdock (Affleck) is a blind lawyer working in Hell’s Kitchen during the day…but at night he becomes the masked vigilante DareDevil, “the man without fear”. Matt is just getting to know the daughter of a wealthy businessman, Electra (Garner), when her father is killed by hit man Bullseye (Farrell) - and DareDevil is blamed. Now, DareDevil has to find who hired Bullseye - before Electra extracts her revenge on him. Based on the Marvel comic book characters.

 
  
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