Happy Birthday: Justin Long

justinlongHappy Birthday actor Justin Long

Born: Justin Jacob Long
June 2, 1978 in Fairfield, Connecticut, USA

Read reviews of the best of the actor:

JEEPERS CREEPERSJeepers Creepers
2001
dir. Salva
Starring
Long
Gina Philips

LIVE FREE OR DIE HARDLive Free of Die Hard
2007
dir. Len Wiseman
Starring
Willis
Long

Zack and Miri Make a PornoZack and Miri Make a Porno
dir. Kevin Smith
Starring
Seth Rogen

Elizabeth Banks

PLANET 51 Movie PosterPlanet 51
dir. Jorge Blanco
Javier Abad
Stars:
Dwayne Johnson
Seann William Scott
Jessica Biel
FUNNY PEOPLEFUNNY PEOPLE
2009
dir. Judd Apatow
Starring
Adam Sandler
Rogen
Leslie Mann

HE'S JUST NOT THAT INTO YOUHe’s Just Not That Into You
2009
dir. Ken Kwapis
Starring
Long
Ginnifer Goodwin

DRAG ME TO HELL Movie PosterDrag me to Hell
dir. Raimi
Starring
Alison Lohman
Justin Long

OLD DOGS Movie PosterOld Dogs
dir. Walt Becker
Stars:
Robin Williams
John Travolta

MOVIE POSTERALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS CHIP WRECKED
dir. Mike Mitchell
Stars:
Anna Faris
Christina Applegate

MOVIE POSTER10 YEARS
2012
dir. Jamie Linden
Stars:
Channing Tatum
Rosario Dawson

Alvin and the ChipmunksAlvin and the Chipmunks
2007
dir. Tim Hill
Starring
Jason Lee
David Cross

Alvin and the Chipmunks 2 Movie PosterAlvin and the Chipmunks 2
dir. Betty Thomas
Stars:
Jason Lee
Zachary Levi
Drew Barrymore

YOUTH IN REVOLT Movie PosterYouth in Revolt
dir. Miguel Arteta
Stars
Michael Cera
Portia Doubleday

Going the Distance  Movie PosterGoing the Distance
dir. Nanette Burstein
Stars
Drew Barrymore
Justin Long,

ALPHA AND OMEGAALPHA AND OMEGA
dir. Anthony Bell Ben Gluck
Stars:
Hayden Panettiere
Christina Ricci

MOVIEGALAXY QUEST
1999
dir. Dean Parisot
Cast:
Tim Allen
Sigourney Weaver

MOVIE POSTERFOR A GOOD TIME, CALL
2012
dir. Jamie Travis
Stars:
Ari Graynor
Lauren Miller

MOVIE POSTERACCEPTED
2006
dir. Steve Pink
Stars:
Justin Long
Blake Lively

MOVIE POSTERIDIOCRACY
2006
dir. Mike Judge
Stars:
Luke Wilson
Maya Rudolph

MOVIE POSTERTHE BREAK-UP
2006
dir. Peyton Reed
Stars:
Jennifer Aniston
Vince Vaughn

Movie Review: Alvin and the Chipmunks: Road Chip (2015)

ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: ROAD CHIP (USA 2015) **1/2
Directed by Walt Becker

Review by Gilbert Seah

Lots of puns in the Alvin Chipmunks movies – Chipwrecked for shipwrecked, Fast and Furry-ious for Fast and Furious and Road Chip for Road Trip.  But there are no super fast cars or races nor a long road trip in the 4th instalment of the Chipmunks films, but it tries its best to cling on to past Hollywood box-office successes.

For the less demanding viewer, ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: ROAD CHIP provides satisfactory entertainment much in the same vein as the other 3 films.  The lazy script, credited to no less than 4 writers does not contain much of a story.

Through a series of misunderstandings, Alvin (Justin Long), Simon (Matthew Gray Gubler) and Theodore (Jesse McCartney) come to believe that Dave (Jason Lee) is going to propose to his new girlfriend in Miami…and dump them. They have three days to get to him and stop the proposal, saving themselves not only from losing Dave but possibly from gaining a terrible stepbrother, Miles (Josh Green).

It is the same old cliched result.  Dave is carrying an engagement ring for his friend.  (Why he is doing this, is totally unexplained.)  But Dave ends up not proposing and the misunderstanding is resolved with everything going right including the Chipmunks becoming friends with Miles.  Sweetly sickening isn’t it?

The casting is also lazy.  The villain in the first 3 Chipmunks films was played by David Cross from the TV series – Arrested Development.  He is replaced by no other than another member of the cast from the same TV series – Tony Hale.  Hale is no more than another clone to Cross.  Hale plays a flight marshall, who grounds the chipmunks and wants to put them in chipmunk jail.  His goofy character somehow gets the butt of the jokes.

The female Chipmunks, the Chipettes (voiced by Christina Applegate, Anna Faris and Kaley Cuoco) make a too brief appearance.  But the actresses’ voices are unrecognizably wasted.

One wants the script to at least attempt something different or something more daring.  But it is a thread bare script lacking in ideas or good comedy setups.  What the film does contain, however is a whole lot of musical dances and songs (mainly popular ones) ranging from rap to pop to country.  The animated creatures boogie to the music as do the real-life actors.  The dance moves are cute enough but enough is enough.

Every critic love to complain about Alvin and the Chipmunks  But everyone has forgotten how much they themselves love the little creatures when they were little.  And Dave’s famous scream “Alvin!!!!!!!!!!” can be heard a few times during the film, to the audience’s amusement.

But ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: ROAD CHIP should still be a box-office success, as it is a good harmless film for the littler ones, who might not understand STAR WARS or for families not able to get tickets for it.