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I honestly think that Hotel for Dogs (DreamWorks, 1.16) is a truly great title for a (presumably) cheesy movie -- the best since Snakes on a Plane. Because as soon as I heard it I wanted to see this stupid-looking thing. On top of which it's got Don Cheadle and Kevin Dillon in it. It obviously fits right into the besieged economic depression mentality that led to the success of Marley & Me, minus the death element. If I don't get a screening invite I'm going to pay to see this.


The director of Hotel for Dogs is a guy named Thor Freudenthal.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on December 31, 2008 at 8:48 AM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

Nowhere near as good as Abraham Lincoln's Doctor's Dog.

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 9:09 AM

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Josh Massey Author Profile Page says ...

Geez,... you can't make it through one mention of Marley & Me without wedging some kind of spoiler in there. I loves me a good vendetta.

I'll see Hotel For Dogs (on DVD) because the poster promises a pug. Pugs are freakin' awesome.

Posted by Josh Massey Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 9:19 AM

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Chase Kahn Author Profile Page says ...

I'd rather see freakin' INKHEART than this crap -- I wouldn't have the balls to buy a ticket to 'HOTEL FOR DOGS' and sit in-between the family of five making their second trip to the theater in as many years --

Posted by Chase Kahn Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 9:19 AM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

How old is Emma Roberts? If the answer is what I think, forget I asked.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 9:21 AM

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Chase Kahn Author Profile Page says ...

Speaking of shitty January '09 releases -- why don't they just merge/cut 'The Unborn' and 'The Uninvited' into a 2 hour Grindhouse double-bill thingy -- I might actually see it...

Posted by Chase Kahn Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 9:23 AM

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bdboudreaux Author Profile Page says ...

Jeff, if you go will you please take my kids and spare the wife and I the 60 plus bucks we'll spend to try to get in a hour and a half nap. Movies like this is the shit they fail to mention in books like What to expect when expecting, because if they did nobody would have kids. That being said, I'd still rather sit through this then take them to Bedtime Stories. They got a hard NO on that one. Picking my battles.

Posted by bdboudreaux Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 10:07 AM

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Sabina E Author Profile Page says ...

I'm gonna go see it because I have a soft spot for children/family's movies.

Posted by Sabina E Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 10:10 AM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

Someone should use the title "Party of Animals" for something since Harold Brodkey dropped it.

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 10:17 AM

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scooterzz Author Profile Page says ...

i'd like to think that 'hotel' is some kind of death camp euphamism and all the little fuckers end up like marley/old yeller.....

Posted by scooterzz Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 10:23 AM

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Joel Author Profile Page says ...

I don't get you, Jeff. The preview for this thing makes it look at least as putrid as you've accused the Beverly Hills Taco Bell ad of being.

Posted by Joel Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 10:43 AM

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dukedog Author Profile Page says ...

I have a 3 year old and a pug, so yep, going to see it. The best part about movies like this is watching your kid giggle at the silly stuff in it.

Josh Massey, Yes, pugs are awesome for sure. My pug, Doris, gives me a good laugh at least once a day. She's nuts, but I love her!

Posted by dukedog Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 11:35 AM

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p.Vice Author Profile Page says ...

Next thing we know Jeff will be announcing his imminent relocation to rural Kentucky.

Posted by p.Vice Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 1:42 PM

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T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page says ...

If it's successful, maybe we'll see ripoffs like Apartments for Hispanic Party Elephants.

Posted by T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 6:35 PM

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Tiny Tim Author Profile Page says ...

Joel is right.

Jeff would gnaw his leg off to avoid seeing Beverly Hills Chihuahua and he's been busily spoiling Marley & Me out of pure malice.

Yet he's all warm and woofy over the thought of Hotel for Dogs.

Consistency is the hobgoblin of people who don't wear emotionally vivid cowboy hats.

Posted by Tiny Tim Author Profile Page at December 31, 2008 11:10 PM

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