Rated R REVIEW: 3 STARS OUT OF 4 Just got back from the 80′s homage film “The Expendables” directed by Stallone himself featuring a “who’s who” of 80′s action movie stars (and some newer folks as well). Looks like people “got it” as the film took away first place for the weekend. Here’s some quick [...]
Brilliant viral marketing on many fronts. I’ve rarely played the game Mortal Kombat (though the storyline looks cool I guess) and never seen any of the movies. (Updated – here’s the whole story of what’s going on with the trailer). I kept seeing this pop up all over the internet in statuses and other sites [...]
The Scream series (at least the first two) is one of my favorites in the smarter scary genre. If Scream 3 is an indication, this one won’t be worth paying attention to, but they’ve brought back enough originals (Wes Craven, Kevin Williamson, much of the cast) that it just might be the nice break from [...]
Date Night (2010) Rated PG-13 Starring Steve Carell and Tina Fey Runtime – 88 minutes Even if a movie does what it intends to do, certain genres can only be so good. Date Night definitely meets the romantic comedy expectations (though it’s no When Harry Met Sally) and the addition of the action-movie twist makes [...]
Up in the Air (2009/2010) Rated R George Clooney Directed by Jason Reitman (Juno, The Office) Runtime – 1hr. 48 minutes Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 44 wins & 52 nominations The old DVD circuit has been pretty dry the past few months with releases that I had missed in the theater, and was glad [...]
Some awards were given last night at the Academy Awards, but when they got back to the interesting part (the commercials) you would’ve been able to catch the rowdy new trailer for Iron Man 2. I have to say it doesn’t make me want to see it anymore than the last trailer did, but that’s [...]
As a child, my cape sometimes was replaced by a baseball bat to be He-Man, or a belt to be Batman, but by the time I was 25 I grew out of such childish things and just stuck with Superman. I currently have a Superman bed set. And not the one that I had as [...]
From the same guy who did the 70-minute Phantom Menace movie review that took me 3 weeks to finish (but pretty worth it) now attacks Avatar in much less time. He’s a little weird, but for those who weren’t enthralled by the movie’s plot of message beating, it’s worth a watch. Maybe skim through part [...]
(500) Days of Summer Rated PG-13 Runtime: 95 minutes Directed by Marc Webb Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel Nominated for 2010 Golden Globe Best Picture – Comedy or Musical This semi-indie romantic comedy starts right off with the narrator saying “This is a story of boy meets girl. But you should know up front, [...]
31 Jan, 2010
Posted by: Craigo In: Cool Links|Movies|Politics
I haven’t heard of this prior, but the short clip from the mockumentary Four Lions by Chris Morris, is surprising in both its topic and level of humor. It will be premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. We unfortunately live in a world where humor about terrorists/Islam can get you murdered, so it’s nice to [...]