Director Wes Anderson certainly has a style all his own. Dialog driven, dry comedy character pieces that are just slightly peculiar in a way that makes them totally whack.
He's again put Owen Wilson and Jason Schwartzman together who basically play the same sort of characters as their other trips with Wes, but this time, he's added Adrien Brody who feels like he's been a passenger all along. I don't know what it is about these guys, but I just want to hang out with them. And this one, like most of his others, has an odd name, The Darjeeling Limited (after the train they are traveling on during a spiritual journey through India).
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. Anjelica Huston has a role in here that's as good and fun as any of her's I can recall. Some hot Indian chick is in there (Amara Karan). Her reaction when Jason parks a digit in her is classic and smokin'. Natalie Portman is short and sweet and sizzling. Bill Murray drops in for a frame. Thank you. Perfect.
This movie will likely turn off 90% of the world due to the straight forward make-out sessions of a bunch of dudes who are anything but straight. So if you think there's no way for you to overcome that, maybe you'll need to figure out if you are a homophobe, and then watch something that's way more macho like Rambo. But if you have an open mind, then get ready for an amazing biopic -- Milk-- about a gay man who starts the gay movement by way of running for public office in San Francisco, and winning!
It is really an inspiring movie with Sean Penn in the lead (who totally, for lack of a better word, nails the character... he even looks just like him) and will likely be collecting an Oscar and possibly HIV along the way (lighten up... it's just a joke). His political message of "Hope" and his fight for placing a minority into a public office is eerie and relevant. His grass roots marketing tactics are scrappy. But the tragedy of what happens along the way is horrific, and if you are not fully aware of the historical account, I would recommend watching it with virgin eyes.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. The accomplished director, Gus Van Sant, helps bring this movie out of the closet and into the main stream. It's amazing. I just hope we are all ready for it. (I have to admit that even I snickered when I saw that kid, Lucas Grabeel from High School Musical, in this movie [who's obviously playing for the other team in real life].)
Peter Jackson is now known as a demi-God with his Lord of the Rings trilogy,but not too long before he was known as a master of horror with a few gory movies that started out his career. But right in between he just happened to become the almighty of Heavenly Creatures-- a true story set in 1950's New Zealand that surrounded the entangled lives of two teen girls that resulted in brutal matricide.
Melanie Lynskey plays a quiet and creative teen who finds inspiration with the beautiful and confident Kate Winslet. The combination of these two imaginations becomes a tour de force that gets everyone's juices flowing and cracks open thighs and reality to reveal a side of these two young ladies that know one ever thought be possible.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. It's violent, surreal, sexy, shocking and interesting... check out the trailer. This is really one of those brick-in-the-back-of-the-head movies that hits you hard -- original and incredible. It takes the "forever" part of BFF to a whole new level.
Loved this movie. Timothy Treadwell is, the Grizzly Man, and there is little doubt in my mind that he's also a few other things as well. In fact, he's a case study for anyone with "psy" in their job title. First... the guy has an heir of entitlement to be among bears, and he even believes it makes him a better person. WTF?!
He claims to understand everything but the reality of who he really is and the risks he's put himself and his babe into are beyond his senses. Numb n*ts.
As a picture of a madman, not a grizzly man, this is an amazing movie. And there's tons of beautiful footage of bears and wilderness, no doubt. Please watch the trailer. But, as you'll see, although you'll want to, it's simply hard to have any empathy for him Timothy. Poor ol' piece of sh*t.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. This one's not so funny though. Did I forget to say his maturity is that of a sixth grader. And the swishy... you can hear that, right? Why didn't someone clue him into the fact that it's ok to be who you are, and come out, and not have a chip on your shoulder and not be a d*ck. And to live with humans. Ha... guess who got the last laugh... the ones who you invaded for so many years... your loved ones... the bears. They're callin' you "gristly" man. Lots of hate in this review. Sorry. I just get worked up. Great movie. Bad dude who got his wife killed. Chewy f*ck.
Jason Statham is a rock star... he first hits the screen with style in Guy Ritchie's great Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and then proved his star-power by firing off three rounds in the Transporter series. And then, of course, "the jobs." Lots of "jobs." First there was The Italian Job, and soon will be its sequel, The Brazilian Job. Stuck in between those is an unrelated "job" called, The Bank Job. And Lord knows Jason must getting his fare share of blow j*bs. Like I said... rock star.
So in this one, Jason is paired up with hottie Saffron Burrows who supposedly has a tip on how to heist the safe deposit boxes in a British bank which ends up housing loads of cash and jewelery, but also, tons of secrets, some of which, they were supposed to grab, and some, they weren't. Cool stuff about the movie are some of the twists and turns and the fact that it is actually based upon true events, in fact, that part is pretty amazing. What's bullocks in the movie is the fact that they first tunnel into the bank making tons of noise that everyone hears but don't seem all too concerned about, and then second, for some unnecessary reason, they run into a burial chamber before they hit the vault, of which, doesn't seem to have any relevance in the story whatsoever. The other thing that s*cks is I can't hardly follow the dialogue in any of these Brit films -- slow down, and please, speak English.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. Watch the trailer, and then enjoy the film. There's some hot, 70's, three-way sex scene in the first few minutes, so I'm sure you'll rent it just for that you twisted f*ck. I did.
Ok... so MongoNation has this hilarious movie review concept called Boobies at the Movies... you must see it to believe it.
Let's face it... we either need to buy people stuff or tell peeps what we want for the holidays... I can't stand the whole process, but AskMen.com's Holiday Gift Guide can help.
HollywoodTuna seems to have found perfectly round cantelopes... has anyone told Nicola McLean that them there ain't suppose ta be round?
I'm not sure why Cloverfield struck me as such an incredible movie. It's basically The Blair Witch Project meets Godzilla, but that combo and how they thread a real-life drama into the order of the videos on the "Cloverfield" is really pretty interesting in and of itself. Full disclosure: I did happen to be at the Sundance Film Festival when Blair Witch premiered (was one of those "wish-I-were-a-film-maker moments of my life"), so I may hold some unfair bias to appreciate the pseudo-reality, first-person, low-fi, video-tape-captured movie format/gimmick (albeit herky jerky).
This movie, however, is a major production from the hands of Lost and Alias super-producer, J.J. Abrams, so you need to expect a lot. And again, this one totally delivers. The most amazing monster you've ever seen, a well executed gimmick as noted above, an ending that is tragic/satisfying, awesome special effects and lots of "beautiful people" including Jessica Lucas and, er, Mike Vogel among others.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. You'll be riddled with anxiety after watching this. Hope you enjoy it.
I promise you... I am not one of those freaks who truly believes the lunar landings were a hoax. While that concept in and of itself is pretty intriguing to me, I am not st*pid (and I am totally gullible too, so I've totally bought it).
But even in watching this great documentary called, In the Shadow of the Moon (presented by Ron Howard, whatever that really means), I still can't help but be totally amazed and dumbfounded that we ever even did actually do this walk-on-the-moon thing. I mean, just watch the movie and get a load of those space suits... how janky do those beat-up trash bags look? I can't imagine those things actually working. And the lack of having any film showing us any of the landings really hurts the credibility (I mean, if we really did go there a few times, why wouldn't we at least have stationed a radio-controlled camera to film subsequent touch downs?). And the related subject of not really having any good video of the training for the lunar landings and the obvious fact that we stopped trying to send more people there freakin' 35+ years ago... see... smells a little fishy, right? Heck, listen to the first few words from one of the astronauts (that would be either Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin or Neil Armstrong if you live in a cave) in the trailer here below saying it was "science fiction" (Freudian slip perhaps?).
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. Went to the new California Academy of Sciences Museum in San Francisco last week and saw the planetarium movie which was incredible also. Maybe that sparked my curiosity and appreciation about space exploration... I'm not sure... but I can tell you that even though the "hoax" thoughts were in my mind regarding this film (Shadow), I couldn't help but really be amazed and awestruck. The comments about the appearance of the Earth from space and its apparent fragility hit me hard as well. [Gulp.] Final skeptical thought... why no Neil Armstrong in this documentary?.. Is he being silenced? Just like the number of licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop... the world may never know.
Director Danny Boyle takes us into some serious sh*t in 28 Days Later. He's got a couple of great movies beneath his belt (like the incredible Trainspotting and the one in theaters that everyone's talking about, Slumdog Millionaire), so you can trust me when I say this is not your ordinary zombie flick.
See... I'm not really a huge fan of horror in general, and I've really yet to appreciate the campy zombie sub-genre, so when someone told me this one was a great movie, I was very skeptical. First off, those eyes are not your typical dank and vacant eyes of your typical zombie that even Michael Jackson can outsmart. Rather, these deadbeats are wily animals that move at the speed and collective volume as a scurrying pack of sewer rats. Totally different than what we've been conditioned to expect. That alone is totally f*cked up and scary. What's happening is... some virus is in people's blood and turns them into these crazy animals, and if a drop simply touches your skin, you've got a good 20 seconds to eat a bowl of Chunky Monkey 'cause you gonna be eatin' chunky Bob, Sue and Harry after that.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. It's a good story and Cillian Murphy is great, as he leads the way... but I gotta say... he's kind of a creepy and f-ed up lookin' dude if you ask me. Anyway, the rest of this movie is chilling and suspenseful as well, so plan to sh*t in your pants and be ready to apologize to your babe if you happen to jump in her lap you p*ssy.
Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson and a gaggle of other well behaved inhabitants are part of an indoor, futuristic, Utopian, hermetically-sealed community with the hopes of winning the lotto (literally) in order to move to an outdoor paradise, aptly called, The Island.
Michael Bay directs and, along with Scarlett, the movie looks flawless and slick and is packed with tons of action too. Michael Clarke Duncan adds loads of muscle and Djimon Hounsou adds to the good looks... thank God the scrawney, snaggle-toothed Steve Buscemi is in Utopia, so us normal looking people know we could at least have a seat at the table in this time/place called the future.
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. There are a couple of surprises in the film which are great, and even though the movie is kind of broken into two separate parts, it keeps up the pace and the thrills, and for me, the hope that I could possibly, somehow, maybe end up stranded on an island with Scarlett [with nothing but tanning oil]. Oh sh*t. Did I just say that out loud?
Hey dudes. The holidays are upon us, and you'll surely have to buy some cousins or little bro's or your illegitimates some stocking stuffers... what better than something you can enjoy a bit yourself? WALL-E is Pixar's latest brick in the business of animation domination. Obviously, they have the leading films in the space, as I noted in my review of the non-Pixar digital toon, Monster House.
This one is about the last "being" on earth, WALL-E, who's a clunky robot with a fetish for hand holding. In comes EVE, a hard boiled hottie as far as WALL-E's concerned, and he's bound and determined to crack her if it's the last thing he does (or anyone does for that matter). (Note: not to get totally sophomoric on you, but I did find it a little amusing that the female robot was in the shape of an egg and thought it would have added a bit if the male one was a little more sperm-like in shape.) The movie has its challenges since there's hardly a single word of dialogue, and it's subject matter is primarily a statement on the human condition (or ultimate lack of conditioning).
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. So I'm not sure the kids are going to absolutely love this heady movie, but it may set the stage for some serious questions that you can field and no doubt impress yourself with having an intellectual edge over your audience. Or, if you find that topic a little challenging, maybe just gift this director's other flick, Finding Nemo, and try to explain your way around the death of Nemo's mom in the first five minutes. Yeah... that's what I thought. Just stick with WALL-E and make up some sh*t about space and time and the meaning of life.
