Looks pretty damn hilarious!
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Red Band [Trailer] 30 Minutes or Less
From the director of Zombieland with Jesse Eisenberg, Danny McBride, Nick Swardson & Aziz Ansari .....
Looks pretty damn hilarious!
Looks pretty damn hilarious!
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
[International Trailer] X-Men: First Class
Monday, April 18, 2011
QUICK HIT MOVIE REVIEWS: LOVE AND OTHER DRUGS & SKYLINE
ON DVD
Love and Other Drugs
Handsome and charming pharmaceutical rep Jamie (Jake Gyllenhaal) falls head over heels for radiant free spirit Maggie (Anne Hathaway), and together the two people who never thought they would fall in love discover that their intense chemistry is more powerful than any drug on the market. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Director: Edward Zwick
Cast: Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Josh Gad
Release Date: Nov 24, 2010
Rated R for Strong sexual content, nudity, pervasive language and some drug material
Runtime: 1 hr. 53 min.
Genres: Drama
Review:
Love and Other Drugs is a madding type of film. The first act starts off strong and sharply written and well acted. The second act features a massive tonal shift, becoming dreary and overly serious while the last act become a paint by the numbers sugary sweet romantic comedy with each of the usual tropes being touched as they round for home. It’s so incredibly imbalanced across the board that you could almost make a case for different people liking different parts of the movie while hating as a whole. Part RomCom, part satire, part sex comedy, it’s the type of film that you couldn’t pin down if you tried. A real shame as there’s some strong material hidden in there and it’s mostly wasted, along with strong turns from it’s mostly naked leads.
C-
Skyline
A series of blindingly bright lights appear all over Los Angeles, mesmerizing the citizens of the city while luring them to an uncertain fate in this sci-fi thriller from sibling filmmakers Greg and Colin Strause. As speculation regarding the origin of the mysterious lights runs rampant, a Los Angeles entrepreneur (Donald Faison), his best friend, Jarrod (Eric Balfour), and Jarrod's frightened girlfriend (Scottie Thompson) struggle to resist temptation as they seek out the source of the luminous threat. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Cast: Eric Balfour, Brittany Daniel, Neil Hopkins, David Zayas, Donald Faison
Release Date: Nov 12, 2010
Rated PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence, some language and brief sexual content
Runtime: 1 hr. 40 min.
Genres: Suspense/Thriller
Review:
Pretty much anything would be an improvement over the Strause Brother first film, Alien vs Predator Requiem, and I supposed Skyline counts as something. Visually impressive but impressively inert and flaccid, Skyline gives you nothing outside of a few nice FXs. The plot and characters are both incredibly stupid and uninteresting. The cast looks visibly embarrassed, some looking as if they just want to be killed off as soon as possible just so they can cash their check and forget they ever did this film. The plot freely borrowing from other alien invasion films to give us the most generic of plots. The Strause Brothers are more concerned with showing off their cool alien designs and want to leave you marveling at the effects, hoping you’d be so mesmerized you wouldn’t notice your brain and wallet being sucked dry.
D-
Friday, April 15, 2011
[Trailer] Cowboys & Aliens
New full trailer is out and it gives you a better idea of what to expect from this Western / Sci-Fi Hybrid.
The original teaser trailer intrigued me but this full trailer got me pretty excited, looks like a good time all around with a solid cast, should be fun!
The original teaser trailer intrigued me but this full trailer got me pretty excited, looks like a good time all around with a solid cast, should be fun!
Thursday, April 14, 2011
[Trailer] RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES
This origin story looks interesting with the FX replacing a lot of the make up from the past films. Trailer looks interesting but the plot hardly innovative…..
An origin story set in present day San Francisco, where man's own experiments with genetic engineering lead to the development of intelligence in apes and the onset of a war for supremacy. From IMDB
Monday, April 11, 2011
MOVIE REVIEWS: MONSTERS
ON DVD
MONSTERS
Two people who barely know one another are thrown into otherworldly danger in this independent thriller. Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is an American photojournalist on assignment in Mexico at a time when working there has become unusually dangerous -- after a NASA space probe crash-landed not far from the American border, alien creatures that made their way into the satellite were released, and have since thrived in Northern Mexico. Now the area is regarded as an "infected zone," where the aliens (who resemble giant squids) have been contained but move about freely, sometimes attacking humans who cross their paths. While working on a project, Kaulder's publisher contacts him to ask a big favor; his daughter Samantha (Whitney Able) has been traveling outside the United States, and would appreciate an escort from Southern Mexico to California. Not wanting to anger his boss, Kaulder agrees and books passage on a ferry that travels through a safe zone. But bad timing, bad luck, and some foolish choices by Kaulder prevent him and Samantha from catching the ship, and now they have to travel through alien territory with the help of some armed guards, hoping to avoid contact with the bloodthirsty creatures. Monsters is the first feature film from special effects artist-turned-director Gareth Edwards. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able
Release Date: Oct 29, 2010
Rated R for Language
Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.
Genres: Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Suspense/Thriller
Review:
Gareth Edwards’ Monsters is an ambitious and admirable effort which shows off his many talents (he directed, wrote and did the FX for this film). It’s intended as an allegorical sci-fi film with a road movie romance. Neither of which really hit the mark. The allegorical element is fairly heavy handed and lacks the subtlety to make it truly effective. At times it seems that both elements are battling with each other and Edwards can’t seem to fine a happy medium. The love story never feels organic and the actors try their best but lack any substantial chemistry. Scoot McNairy fares the best while Whitney Able borders on amateurish at times. It never reaches the inspired heights of District 9, which is borrows certain elements from, but it does provide some thoughtful heady moments which will leave an impression well after the fact. Pacing can be an issue as the film moves at glacial pace and we get just a few extended sequences with the titular Monsters but if you stick with the film and let it set in you’ll find enough to enjoy, making it a worthwhile experience.
C+
MONSTERS
Two people who barely know one another are thrown into otherworldly danger in this independent thriller. Andrew Kaulder (Scoot McNairy) is an American photojournalist on assignment in Mexico at a time when working there has become unusually dangerous -- after a NASA space probe crash-landed not far from the American border, alien creatures that made their way into the satellite were released, and have since thrived in Northern Mexico. Now the area is regarded as an "infected zone," where the aliens (who resemble giant squids) have been contained but move about freely, sometimes attacking humans who cross their paths. While working on a project, Kaulder's publisher contacts him to ask a big favor; his daughter Samantha (Whitney Able) has been traveling outside the United States, and would appreciate an escort from Southern Mexico to California. Not wanting to anger his boss, Kaulder agrees and books passage on a ferry that travels through a safe zone. But bad timing, bad luck, and some foolish choices by Kaulder prevent him and Samantha from catching the ship, and now they have to travel through alien territory with the help of some armed guards, hoping to avoid contact with the bloodthirsty creatures. Monsters is the first feature film from special effects artist-turned-director Gareth Edwards. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Director: Gareth Edwards
Cast: Scoot McNairy, Whitney Able
Release Date: Oct 29, 2010
Rated R for Language
Runtime: 1 hr. 34 min.
Genres: Science Fiction, Alien Invasion, Suspense/Thriller
Review:
Gareth Edwards’ Monsters is an ambitious and admirable effort which shows off his many talents (he directed, wrote and did the FX for this film). It’s intended as an allegorical sci-fi film with a road movie romance. Neither of which really hit the mark. The allegorical element is fairly heavy handed and lacks the subtlety to make it truly effective. At times it seems that both elements are battling with each other and Edwards can’t seem to fine a happy medium. The love story never feels organic and the actors try their best but lack any substantial chemistry. Scoot McNairy fares the best while Whitney Able borders on amateurish at times. It never reaches the inspired heights of District 9, which is borrows certain elements from, but it does provide some thoughtful heady moments which will leave an impression well after the fact. Pacing can be an issue as the film moves at glacial pace and we get just a few extended sequences with the titular Monsters but if you stick with the film and let it set in you’ll find enough to enjoy, making it a worthwhile experience.
C+
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