I really like the Sarah Conner Chronicles and was hesitant about seeing a post-apocalyptic Terminator film after T3 sucked so bad. But Christian Bale as John Conner is intriguing.
Sukiyaki Western Django - Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, who is best known for cult classics such as Audition, Ichi: the Killer, and Children of Lost Souls, brings a fresh new look at the beloved spaghetti Western genre in Sukiyaki Western Django. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a poor mountain town. One day a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Expectations reach a boiling point as everyone wonders which gang the gunman will finally decide to join. Dirty tricks, betrayal, desire, and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive showdown.
Appaloosa - Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, “Appaloosa” revolves around a pair of hired guns (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) who come to clean up a dangerous town run by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Jeremy Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Renee Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.
Max Payne - Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
Rock N Rolla - “RocknRolla,” a story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll. The film takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. With millions up for grabs, all of London’s criminal underworld conspires, colludes and collides with one another in an effort to take their cut. But as high rollers and petty criminals alike jockey for dominance, the true prize of one multi-million-dollar deal will fall into the hands of a junkie rock star, presumed dead but very much alive.
Stealing America Vote by Vote - For more than thirty years, exit polls accurately predicted election results. Over the last ten years that reliability has disappeared. What’s going on? The last two presidential elections both came down to a relatively small number of votes, and in both elections the integrity of the voting process has been called into question. With the upcoming election looking to be similarly close, the time has come to ask the questions: What happened in 2000 and 2004? What, if anything, has changed since? And what can be done to ensure a fair and honest tabulation of votes in 2008? This film brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S presidential election of 2004 - plus startling stories from key races in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006. The film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don’t match votes cast - uncounted ballots, vote switching, under-votes, an many other examples of election totals that warrant serious investigation. This film unveils patterns of anomalies at every level of the electoral process. Controversial partnerships perpetuate a secretive environment, as relevant facts and figures remain hidden from view. As a result, most Americans have no real sense of the threat to fair elections. As seemingly unrelated pieces of the puzzle come together, a chilling picture emerges: of widespread, artfully crafted “glitches” that, in the final tallies, have the capacity to alter election results.
Ping Pong Playa - Christopher “C-DUB” Wang is a suburban guy who sports an urban swagger, waxes political on all things Asian American, and clings to pipe dreams of a career as a pro basketball player. Blaming genetics for his failure to make the NBA, C-dub lives at home, works a dead- end job, and squirms in the shadow of his older brother, Michael, a doctor and ping pong champion. With a family-run store devoted to all things ping pong and a mom who teaches it at the local Chinese Community Center, the Wang’s entire world revolves around the sport. But despite the family legacy, C- dub opts to spend his free time playing video games and daydreaming about get-rich quick schemes with his best friend JP Money. C-dub is kicked back into reality when his mom and Michael are hurt in a car accident, leaving his father to watch over the store and forcing C-dub to take over his mom’s ping pong class of misfits. C- dub starts to appreciate the benefits of ping pong when he starts using the class to make some extra money on the side and befriending one of the kids who happen to have a beautiful older sister. But when the Wang family livelihood is threatened by a rival ping pong player’s attempt to lure the kids away, C-dub begins to take things more seriously. With the National Golden Cock coming up and an injured Michael unable to defend his title, C-dub must become the player he pretends to be and defend his family’s ping pong dynasty.
Humboldt County - At the edge of the continent and on the margins of society is a region of California known to some as “The Lost Coast.” It is there, in HUMBOLDT COUNTY, that Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) - a promising yet disillusioned medical student failed by his professor (Peter Bogdanovich) - stumbles upon a remote community of counterculture marijuana farmers and a warmly embracing, yet eccentric family played by Frances Conroy, Fairuza Balk, Chris Messina, Brad Dourif, and newcomer Madison Davenport. From directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs, who also co-wrote the screenplay, HUMBOLDT COUNTY is a story of the human soul in search of happiness, and the unexpected places we can sometimes call home.
An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).
Ghost Town - In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni).
The Haunting of Molly Hartley - In this tale of spell binding suspense, something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of teenaged girl’s private school world - and it holds the rights to her very soul. Now, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly Hartley is about to discover the truth of just who, or rather what, it is she is destined to become.
Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Surfer, Dude - Synopsis Steve Addington, long-boarding, herb-totting, soul-surfer, returns to Malibu for the summer to find his hometown vibe corrupted. New sponsorship demands the surfer expand into Virtual-Reality Video Games and Reality TV. Unwilling to participate in this new digital-reality, Addington chooses to stay earthen and analog, surfing majestic So-Cal waves. But in a biblical twist-of-fate, the waves go flat and stay flat. Out of money, his sponsored expense-accounts canceled, betrayed by his buddies, the waveless Addington is backed into a harsh corner. He must endure the insanity of the wave drought or give into the Man and his reality-altering machines and pre-packaged amusements. Aided and abetted by his manager (Woody Harrelson), his mentor (Scott Glenn), his guardian-angel (Willie Nelson) and his summer lover, (Alexie Gilmore), Addington (Matthew McConaughey) has a high-quality chance of keeping his cool, maintaining his mellow and bringing harmony to his fractured and waveless world. It won’t be easy.
Allah Made Me Funny - This landmark concert film follows three acclaimed comedians on stage and off as they lift the veil to reveal the humorous side of what it’s really like to be American and Muslim. Mo Amer, Azhar Usman, and Preacher Moss poke fun at themselves, their communities, government, human nature and the tricky predicament of living in post- 9/11 America. Featuring music of rising indie scene artists, Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is rollicking good fun and gives people of all cultural backgrounds an opportunity to laugh hard, drop their guard, and open their minds.
Whaledreamers - whaledreamers - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these “mothers of the sea” and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales. Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity’s reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
Max Payne - Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
Probably
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Rock N Rolla - “RocknRolla,” a story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll. The film takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. With millions up for grabs, all of London’s criminal underworld conspires, colludes and collides with one another in an effort to take their cut. But as high rollers and petty criminals alike jockey for dominance, the true prize of one multi-million-dollar deal will fall into the hands of a junkie rock star, presumed dead but very much alive.
Eventually
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Ghost Town - In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni).
Yes.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
list][*]Sukiyaki Western Django - Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, who is best known for cult classics such as Audition, Ichi: the Killer, and Children of Lost Souls, brings a fresh new look at the beloved spaghetti Western genre in Sukiyaki Western Django. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a poor mountain town. One day a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Expectations reach a boiling point as everyone wonders which gang the gunman will finally decide to join. Dirty tricks, betrayal, desire, and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive showdown.
Abso-fucking-lutely.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Appaloosa - Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, “Appaloosa” revolves around a pair of hired guns (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) who come to clean up a dangerous town run by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Jeremy Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Renee Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.
Maybe.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Max Payne - Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
The director sucks. Their trying to get a PG-13 rating. No chance I'm seeing this.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Rock N Rolla - “RocknRolla,” a story of sex, thugs and rock ‘n roll. The film takes a dangerous ride into high crime and low life in contemporary London, where real estate has supplanted drugs as the biggest market, and criminals are its most enthusiastic entrepreneurs. With millions up for grabs, all of London’s criminal underworld conspires, colludes and collides with one another in an effort to take their cut. But as high rollers and petty criminals alike jockey for dominance, the true prize of one multi-million-dollar deal will fall into the hands of a junkie rock star, presumed dead but very much alive.
Elvis?
Doubt I'll see this.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Stealing America Vote by Vote - For more than thirty years, exit polls accurately predicted election results. Over the last ten years that reliability has disappeared. What’s going on? The last two presidential elections both came down to a relatively small number of votes, and in both elections the integrity of the voting process has been called into question. With the upcoming election looking to be similarly close, the time has come to ask the questions: What happened in 2000 and 2004? What, if anything, has changed since? And what can be done to ensure a fair and honest tabulation of votes in 2008? This film brings together behind-the-scenes perspectives from the U.S presidential election of 2004 - plus startling stories from key races in 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2006. The film sheds light on a decade of vote counts that don’t match votes cast - uncounted ballots, vote switching, under-votes, an many other examples of election totals that warrant serious investigation. This film unveils patterns of anomalies at every level of the electoral process. Controversial partnerships perpetuate a secretive environment, as relevant facts and figures remain hidden from view. As a result, most Americans have no real sense of the threat to fair elections. As seemingly unrelated pieces of the puzzle come together, a chilling picture emerges: of widespread, artfully crafted “glitches” that, in the final tallies, have the capacity to alter election results.
I'm sure more than a few posters here will see this and whine about it in the Politics Forum.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Ping Pong Playa - Christopher “C-DUB” Wang is a suburban guy who sports an urban swagger, waxes political on all things Asian American, and clings to pipe dreams of a career as a pro basketball player. Blaming genetics for his failure to make the NBA, C-dub lives at home, works a dead- end job, and squirms in the shadow of his older brother, Michael, a doctor and ping pong champion. With a family-run store devoted to all things ping pong and a mom who teaches it at the local Chinese Community Center, the Wang’s entire world revolves around the sport. But despite the family legacy, C- dub opts to spend his free time playing video games and daydreaming about get-rich quick schemes with his best friend JP Money. C-dub is kicked back into reality when his mom and Michael are hurt in a car accident, leaving his father to watch over the store and forcing C-dub to take over his mom’s ping pong class of misfits. C- dub starts to appreciate the benefits of ping pong when he starts using the class to make some extra money on the side and befriending one of the kids who happen to have a beautiful older sister. But when the Wang family livelihood is threatened by a rival ping pong player’s attempt to lure the kids away, C-dub begins to take things more seriously. With the National Golden Cock coming up and an injured Michael unable to defend his title, C-dub must become the player he pretends to be and defend his family’s ping pong dynasty.
This sound shitty.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Humboldt County - At the edge of the continent and on the margins of society is a region of California known to some as “The Lost Coast.” It is there, in HUMBOLDT COUNTY, that Peter Hadley (Jeremy Strong) - a promising yet disillusioned medical student failed by his professor (Peter Bogdanovich) - stumbles upon a remote community of counterculture marijuana farmers and a warmly embracing, yet eccentric family played by Frances Conroy, Fairuza Balk, Chris Messina, Brad Dourif, and newcomer Madison Davenport. From directors Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs, who also co-wrote the screenplay, HUMBOLDT COUNTY is a story of the human soul in search of happiness, and the unexpected places we can sometimes call home.
[*]An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).
Another shitty movie that'll spoof movies about 6 months too late. Zucker needs to die.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Ghost Town - In the comedy "Ghost Town," Bertram Pincus (Ricky Gervais) is a man whose people skills leave much to be desired. When Pincus dies unexpectedly, but is miraculously revived after seven minutes, he wakes up to discover that he now has the annoying ability to see ghosts. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear), who pesters him into breaking up the impending marriage of his widow Gwen (Téa Leoni).
Maybe...
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]The Haunting of Molly Hartley - In this tale of spell binding suspense, something evil lurks just beneath the lush surfaces of teenaged girl’s private school world - and it holds the rights to her very soul. Now, on the eve of her 18th birthday, Molly Hartley is about to discover the truth of just who, or rather what, it is she is destined to become.
Depends on the reviews. But I've been hearing things about this flick.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Another shitty sequel.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Surfer, Dude - Synopsis Steve Addington, long-boarding, herb-totting, soul-surfer, returns to Malibu for the summer to find his hometown vibe corrupted. New sponsorship demands the surfer expand into Virtual-Reality Video Games and Reality TV. Unwilling to participate in this new digital-reality, Addington chooses to stay earthen and analog, surfing majestic So-Cal waves. But in a biblical twist-of-fate, the waves go flat and stay flat. Out of money, his sponsored expense-accounts canceled, betrayed by his buddies, the waveless Addington is backed into a harsh corner. He must endure the insanity of the wave drought or give into the Man and his reality-altering machines and pre-packaged amusements. Aided and abetted by his manager (Woody Harrelson), his mentor (Scott Glenn), his guardian-angel (Willie Nelson) and his summer lover, (Alexie Gilmore), Addington (Matthew McConaughey) has a high-quality chance of keeping his cool, maintaining his mellow and bringing harmony to his fractured and waveless world. It won’t be easy.
Blah blah blah shitty.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Allah Made Me Funny - This landmark concert film follows three acclaimed comedians on stage and off as they lift the veil to reveal the humorous side of what it’s really like to be American and Muslim. Mo Amer, Azhar Usman, and Preacher Moss poke fun at themselves, their communities, government, human nature and the tricky predicament of living in post- 9/11 America. Featuring music of rising indie scene artists, Allah Made Me Funny: Live in Concert is rollicking good fun and gives people of all cultural backgrounds an opportunity to laugh hard, drop their guard, and open their minds.
"The Sheiks Of Comedy" was a taken title?
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
[*]Whaledreamers - whaledreamers - the title alone evokes hypnotic visions of these most magnificent and ancient creatures. This visually stunning film offers an incredible glimpse into a rarely seen and scarcely understood tribal culture whose entire story of creation revolves around whales and has endured for centuries. The film passionately explores the connection between the subtle elegance of these “mothers of the sea” and ancient civilizations around the world whose culture and very existence is based on whales. Intertwining incredible underwater footage with ancient legend, whaledreamers examines the complex past and the possibly dire future of human civilization. Told with moving optimism and spiritual strength, it is a clarion call encouraging humanity’s reconnection to the profound beauty of the natural world and is an appeal to embrace all living beings thereby creating the unity and peace which the Earth itself can bring.
Sukiyaki Western Django - Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, who is best known for cult classics such as Audition, Ichi: the Killer, and Children of Lost Souls, brings a fresh new look at the beloved spaghetti Western genre in Sukiyaki Western Django. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a poor mountain town. One day a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible shooting skills, drifts into town. Expectations reach a boiling point as everyone wonders which gang the gunman will finally decide to join. Dirty tricks, betrayal, desire, and love collide as the situation erupts into a final, explosive showdown.
Yes.
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Appaloosa - Set in the Old West territory of New Mexico, “Appaloosa” revolves around a pair of hired guns (Viggo Mortensen and Ed Harris) who come to clean up a dangerous town run by a ruthless, powerful rancher (Jeremy Irons) and his band of outlaws. While boldly bringing new order to the town, the two fearless lawmen meet a provocative outsider (Renee Zellweger) whose unconventional ways threaten to destroy their decade-old bond.
I was kind of interested until I heard Zellweger was in it. And Mortenson gets more pretentious with each new film I see him in.
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Max Payne - Maverick cop Max Payne (Wahlberg) is hell-bent on revenge against those responsible for the brutal murder of his family and partner. His obsessive investigation takes him on a nightmarish journey into a dark underworld. As the mystery deepens, Max is forced to battle enemies beyond the natural world and face an unthinkable betrayal.
An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).
Another shitty movie that'll spoof movies about 6 months too late. Zucker needs to die.
Actually, I think the Zucker Brothers and Abrahams are the directors who best understand the spoof genre. I found his Scary Movie films to be the funniest ones.
An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).
Another shitty movie that'll spoof movies about 6 months too late. Zucker needs to die.
Actually, I think the Zucker Brothers and Abrahams are the directors who best understand the spoof genre. I found his Scary Movie films to be the funniest ones.
The first two scary movies were great. Everything after that has been horrible.
I.O.U.S.A. - I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions. Throughout history, the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what has been raised through taxes. Wielding candid interviews with both average American taxpayers and government officials, Sundance veteran Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) helps demystify the nation’s financial practices and policies. The film follows former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker as he crisscrosses the country explaining America’s unsustainable fiscal policies to its citizens. With surgical precision, Creadon interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America’s current economic situation. The ultimate power of I.O.U.S.A. is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations. Creadon uses candid interviews and his featured subjects include Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O’Neill, Robert Rubin, and Paul Volcker, along with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s own David Walker and Bob Bixby of the Concord Coalition, a Foundation grantee. Pointedly topical and consummately nonpartisan, I.O.U.S.A. drives home the message that the only time for America’s financial future is now.
Cthulhu - Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft. A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother’s estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father’s New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
ack Brooks- Monster Slayer - After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) is left with an unquenchable fury that he is constantly fighting to control. Now working as a local plumber and struggling in a relationship with his girlfriend Eve (Rachel Skarsten), Jack’s life has become a downward spiral. One night, Jack attempts to fix Professor Crowley’s (Robert Englund) old, rusted pipes, but unknowingly awakens an ancient evil. Lured by this demonic power, Professor Crowley discovers a monstrous black heart that quickly forces its way inside of him. Possessed by the heart now beating in his chest, the Professor starts a slow, gruesome transformation. It is at this moment that Jack realizes he can’t run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.
An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).
Another shitty movie that'll spoof movies about 6 months too late. Zucker needs to die.
Actually, I think the Zucker Brothers and Abrahams are the directors who best understand the spoof genre. I found his Scary Movie films to be the funniest ones.
The first two scary movies were great. Everything after that has been horrible.
I think the trouble is that you assholes are blaming Zucker for shit like Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, and Meet the Spartans.
Which is a rip off of Zucker's style not actually Zucker written, produced or directed.
[*]An American Carol - The American spirit is celebrated in the outrageous and totally irreverent comedy An American Carol from David Zucker, the master of movie satire (Airplane!, The Naked Gun, Scary Movie 3 and 4).....Another shitty movie that'll spoof movies about 6 months too late. Zucker needs to die.
Actually, this is a spoof of Michael Moore and Hollywood liberals, a problem which, sadly, never goes away.
I.O.U.S.A. - I.O.U.S.A. boldly examines the rapidly growing national debt and its consequences for the United States and its citizens. Burdened with an ever-expanding government and military, increased international competition, overextended entitlement programs, and debts to foreign countries that are becoming impossible to honor, America must mend its spendthrift ways or face an economic disaster of epic proportions. Throughout history, the American government has found it nearly impossible to spend only what has been raised through taxes. Wielding candid interviews with both average American taxpayers and government officials, Sundance veteran Patrick Creadon (Wordplay) helps demystify the nation’s financial practices and policies. The film follows former U.S. Comptroller General David Walker as he crisscrosses the country explaining America’s unsustainable fiscal policies to its citizens. With surgical precision, Creadon interweaves archival footage and economic data to paint a vivid and alarming profile of America’s current economic situation. The ultimate power of I.O.U.S.A. is that the film moves beyond doomsday rhetoric to proffer potential financial scenarios and propose solutions about how we can recreate a fiscally sound nation for future generations. Creadon uses candid interviews and his featured subjects include Warren Buffett, Alan Greenspan, Paul O’Neill, Robert Rubin, and Paul Volcker, along with the Peter G. Peterson Foundation’s own David Walker and Bob Bixby of the Concord Coalition, a Foundation grantee. Pointedly topical and consummately nonpartisan, I.O.U.S.A. drives home the message that the only time for America’s financial future is now.
Seeing this would only infuriate me in light of the fact that my pension (an "entitlement") was taken away a few years ago and I continue to pay for my medical/dental benefits while facing continued managerial downsizing while the union enjoys none of these issues. Avoiding.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Cthulhu - Adapted from a story by H.P. Lovecraft. A Seattle history professor, drawn back to his estranged family on the Oregon coast to execute his late mother’s estate, is reacquainted with his best friend from childhood, with whom he has a long-awaited tryst. Caught in an accelerating series of events, he discovers aspects of his father’s New Age cult which take on a dangerous and apocalyptic significance.
Saw it and completely dug it. Would see it again. Great ending. Those of you who are homophobic and/or expecting a "faithful" retelling of Lovecraft's Cthulhu cycle might want to stay away. The Cthulhu mythos plays a subdued background role in the flick.
Originally Posted By: thedoctor
Jack Brooks- Monster Slayer - After witnessing the brutal murder of his family, Jack Brooks (Trevor Matthews) is left with an unquenchable fury that he is constantly fighting to control. Now working as a local plumber and struggling in a relationship with his girlfriend Eve (Rachel Skarsten), Jack’s life has become a downward spiral. One night, Jack attempts to fix Professor Crowley’s (Robert Englund) old, rusted pipes, but unknowingly awakens an ancient evil. Lured by this demonic power, Professor Crowley discovers a monstrous black heart that quickly forces its way inside of him. Possessed by the heart now beating in his chest, the Professor starts a slow, gruesome transformation. It is at this moment that Jack realizes he can’t run from his past, and quickly discovers the true purpose of his inner rage.
This has gotten mixed reviews. I'll see it if it comes close to home or if the DVD's inexpensive and has great extras.
Perhaps it's too strong a statement, in light of this comment:
Originally Posted By: Ultimate Jaburg53
I think the trouble is that you assholes are blaming Zucker for shit like Epic Movie, Superhero Movie, and Meet the Spartans.
Which is a rip off of Zucker's style not actually Zucker written, produced or directed.
Fair enough. I'm guilty of that. But the first Scary Movie was funny. The second was atrocious, and the third and fouth films were bland and unfunny. I blame Zucker and Nielson.
Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Why?
Because Diesel and Walker's careers have hit a brick wall.
Does anyone want to see that movie? Everything I've seen of it makes it look like some bad foreign action movie.
First time I saw it, I personally described it as looking like a B grade. But now I see that they're doing all the over the top cheesy violence on purpose. And, for some reason, that makes things forgivable.
Punisher War Zone looks good. Ray Stevenson kicks fucking ass on HBO's Rome, and I have no doubt he'll do the same here. The spinning chandelier thing aside, it looks like the comic book Punisher. Worlds better than the Thomas Jane thing.
It's interesting to note that I read Marvel is looking at Stevenson's Rome partner, Kevin McKidd (also The Journeyman on that NBC Quantum Leap ripoff), to possibly play Thor in a movie...
Fast and Furious - Vin Diesel and Paul Walker reteam for the ultimate chapter of the franchise built on speed—Fast & Furious. Heading back to the streets where it all began, they rejoin Michelle Rodriguez and Jordana Brewster to blast muscle, tuner and exotic cars across Los Angeles and floor through the Mexican desert in the new high-octane action-thriller. When a crime brings them back to L.A., fugitive ex-con Dom Toretto (Diesel) reignites his feud with agent Brian O’Conner (Walker). But as they are forced to confront a shared enemy, Dom and Brian must give in to an uncertain new trust if they hope to outmanuever him. And from convoy heists to precision tunnel crawls across international lines, two men will find the best way to get revenge: push the limits of what’s possible behind the wheel.
Why?
Because Diesel and Walker's careers have hit a brick wall.
That post is going to piss off the two people that saw Pacifier.
Inkheart - Inkheart is a thrilling adventure that stars Brendan Fraser as Mo Folchart, a father who possesses a secret ability to bring characters from books to life when he reads them aloud. But when Mo accidentally brings a power-hungry villain from a rare children’s fable to life, the villain kidnaps Mo’s daughter and demands Mo bring other evil fictional characters to life. In an attempt to rescue his daughter, Mo assembles a disparate group of friends - both real and magic - and embarks on a journey to save her and set things right.
Smother - Marilyn Cooper (Academy Award-winner Diane Keaton) is one of those mothers- the kind who’ll call at 6:30 in the morning, or tell embarrassing stories about her son Noah (Dax Shepard) to complete strangers. When she suspects her husband is having an affair, she decides it’s time to “take a break”, and shows up on Noah’s doorstep with bags and five foster dogs in tow. Already having lost his job, hosting an unwelcome houseguest (Mike White) on his couch, and facing pressure from his wife Clare (Liv Tyler) to start a family despite his fears of inadequacy, Noah now finds the mother he’s always kept at a distance just a room away. He soon starts to realize that if he wants to stand up to the problems in his life, he’ll have to stand up to his mother. As heartwarming as it is hilarious, SMOTHER is a family film in the truest sense of the term- your family.
Defiance - Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber In WWII Russia, Jewish refugees band together into a brigade that hides in the forest, ambushes Germans and survives until war’s end, eventually 1200 strong.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop - Kevin James In Columbia Pictures’ comedy Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Kevin James stars as the title character, a single, suburban dad, trying to make ends meet as a security officer at a New Jersey mall. It’s a job he takes very seriously, though no one else does. When Santa’s helpers at the mall stage a coup, shutting down the megaplex and taking hostages (Paul’s daughter and sweetheart among them), Jersey’s most formidable mall cop will have to become a real cop to save the day.
Transporter 3 - Jason Statham Frank Martin has been pressured into transporting Valentina, the kidnapped daughter of Leonid Vasilev, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency for the Ukraine, from Marseilles through Stuttgart and Budapest until he ends up in Odessa on the Black Sea. Along the way, with the help of Inspector Tarconi, Frank has to contend with the people who strong armed him to take the job, agents sent by Vasilev to intercept him, and the general non-cooperation of his passenger. Despite Valentina’s cynical disposition and his resistance to get involved, Frank and Valentina fall for each other, while escaping from one life-threatening situation after another.
Yeah, because the director is a fucking asshole who burned every bridge he'd built with the first flick. Go watch the documentary "Overnight" to see that idiot in action.
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Are we now supposed to feel sorry for Krueger?
Smells like the gayness of Rob Zombies Halloween snarfness!
Yeah, I'm not a fan of having the slasher in a slasher flick being a sympathetic character. If it's done well, okay; but I'd rather the dude just be evil.
Lucas lost touch with reality in the 80's somewhere. When he redid the trilogy in the 90's and had Greedo shoot first, it just proved it. "I don't think people can root for a guy who just gunned a guy down in cold blood." Um... wasn't Han Solo already an extremely popular character forever cemented into the popular culture by that time? I guess the proper response is, "Yes they can, George. They already did."
Lucas lost touch with reality in the 80's somewhere. When he redid the trilogy in the 90's and had Greedo shoot first, it just proved it. "I don't think people can root for a guy who just gunned a guy down in cold blood." Um... wasn't Han Solo already an extremely popular character forever cemented into the popular culture by that time? I guess the proper response is, "Yes they can, George. They already did."
i wonder what other creators would redo portions of their own classics, and for what reason, good or bad. like, if the original terminator had a re-release, would there be tweaks because the original budget couldn't afford it? or maybe the indy trilogy was always destined for muppets?
spielberg has always said that if jaws was made today, it'd likely be underwhelming because they'd be able to show a CG shark eating everything in sight, rather than just the dramatic mystery of seeing swimmers suddenly pulled underwater
Lucas lost touch with reality in the 80's somewhere. When he redid the trilogy in the 90's and had Greedo shoot first, it just proved it. "I don't think people can root for a guy who just gunned a guy down in cold blood." Um... wasn't Han Solo already an extremely popular character forever cemented into the popular culture by that time? I guess the proper response is, "Yes they can, George. They already did."
i wonder what other creators would redo portions of their own classics, and for what reason, good or bad. like, if the original terminator had a re-release, would there be tweaks because the original budget couldn't afford it? or maybe the indy trilogy was always destined for muppets?
spielberg has always said that if jaws was made today, it'd likely be underwhelming because they'd be able to show a CG shark eating everything in sight, rather than just the dramatic mystery of seeing swimmers suddenly pulled underwater
Yeah. There was a Vertigo series a few years ago. I think it was about a new group of Losers in the present day working as a black ops group or something.
Or it could be a completely depressing and mind fucking like "Click" was.
that's what i mean. every sandler movie (since ... geez, probably big daddy) starts with a funny premise and silly-music commercials, and then before you know it, you're in a serious movie about someone dying from cancer
Yeah, but I think Click was on a whole different level. It had him pausing jiggly boobs in the trailer and it ended up being about him having cancer, losing his wife and all sorts of fucked up shit. The other "non-funny" ones at least warned us.
Or it could be a completely depressing and mind fucking like "Click" was.
that's what i mean. every sandler movie (since ... geez, probably big daddy) starts with a funny premise and silly-music commercials, and then before you know it, you're in a serious movie about someone dying from cancer
Sandler desperately wants to be the next Tom Hanks or Robin Williams and go from comedic to respected serious actor (though, in Williams' case, he's pretty much undone success that and gone back to [shitty] comedy). Unfortunately for him, I think he's got a lot more in common with guys like Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers who tried to make the switch and failed.
hm, i can mostly agree -- there's definitely a hint of jim carey in terms of trying to switch to non-comedies, though i don't think sandler's movies have ever gone that far. mostly, they're comedies that just go really, really wrong. moreso like "shallow hal"s reveal (spoilers! it's not a comedy anymore!)
i also think robin williams' roles in dead poet's society, one hour photo, insomnia, and good will hunting, amongst others, prove he's a great acting talent beyond comedies. likely one of the few to make it out of the typecast.
i also think robin williams' roles in dead poet's society, one hour photo, insomnia, and good will hunting, amongst others, prove he's a great acting talent beyond comedies. likely one of the few to make it out of the typecast.
I agree. My point was that, lately, he's been backsliding into comedies...and not particularly good ones ("Old Dogs," "R.V." and "License to Wed", for example). I'd rather see him do nothing but drama if he's going to just make shitty Disney-style family crap otherwise.
The Rock is cool. I love it when he does comedies. I love it when he does kid movies. I love it when he does action flicks. I hate it when he wrestles (which he no longer does, thank goodness)...
So, Independence Day, but with a slightly more sinister quality, and slightly less cheeseball gay. I kind of like what I'm seeing, in an eye-candy kind of way. Might be fun?
actually, this movie has been out for a while now. it did very well at the box office, though i didn't like it. this is just a re-release with an extended director's cut. your argument is invalid, you are stupid, and your friends talk about you behind your back.
actually, this movie has been out for a while now. it did very well at the box office, though i didn't like it. this is just a re-release with an extended director's cut. your argument is invalid, you are stupid, and your friends talk about you behind your back.
I enjoyed the hangover but it did not deserve a sequel. If Phillips was going to waste his time making a sequel it should have been Old School 2.
I thought The Hangover was mildly amusing in places. If nothing else, it gave us Ken Jong. But, it was extremely...pedestrian in the comedy. Nothing special, and nowhere near the hype it got. Sure as fuck doesn't need a sequel, either. Neither does Old School.
How did that Zach Gallifanaki dude get so famous? What did he do other than Hangover [/honest question]
Nothing. He's been a stand-up/sit-down-at-piano comedian for years. But, I'm pretty sure his part was written for Jack Black, and he was the cheap alternative when Black turned it down...
just saw this (super 8), and that description is actually pretty accurate. really good flick which had a very "richard donner" feel, in addition to the obvious spielberg stuff. just a dash of cloverfield thrown in (but not much, honest).
fun movie! much less about the monster and much more about the awkward 1970s life of a 12/13 year old
Would this be a good movie to take a 10 and 11 year old to? They just saw goonies for the first time last month. I was hoping this could be a good follow up for them.
Would this be a good movie to take a 10 and 11 year old to? They just saw goonies for the first time last month. I was hoping this could be a good follow up for them.
i think it'd be fine. it might be a little loud, a little scary, and there's a few swears here and there. but it should be very comparable to the goonies. the bulk of the story is the kids; their interactions with one another, and their reaction to the events, dealing with parents, etc. it really is like the goonies or ET in many regards, at least when it comes to the kids.
it's not like a disconnected "alien takes over new york city" film, either. it has a very small-town 1970s vibe. like where everyone bikes to each others' house, parents have no knowledge of where kids are after dinner, and they always have these cool hangout locations, etc.
I'm not a high-paid movie executive but I can't understand why they dropped the reference to "Mars" from the "John Carter" movie title. It makes for possibly the most boring and generic movie title ever.
This movie is based on a book written by the senior editor at Cracked, and it has motherfucking Kurgan in it.
It's also fucking insane.
Clancy Brown, too? I know Angus Scrimm's in there, and I caught Doug Jones in several scenes.
Clancy's the one who says "Move. Now." near the end. Looking smooth, too. This movie looks like someone puked up ETERNAL SUNSHINE all over CLOCKWORK ORANGE. I think there might have been a hint of MATRIX, as well. I shall see this movie. Well done.
The original direction's been gutted. And it looks like the film is moving ahead of the book in terms of pace: it's only the second part and the government's already shut down the patent office.
I'm not too cranky about the cast change. I just wish they could have at least kept the guy who originally played Rearden--and the original Eddie Willers would have been nice too.
Something I hope they change is Taggert becoming all dreamy-eyed over Galt. It's one thing to appreciate him and his cause, but I thought it was pretty stupid how she switched from D'anconia to Rearden to Galt without so much as a "I think we should see other people". I'd expect that kind of attitude from Dominique Francon ala Fountainhead, but it just didn't fit with Dagny.
im3, dkr, and this. gettin tired of "i am bad guy with a plan about how i cann destroy your world and stuff" voice over trailers. cynicals see heroism as an illusion. we get it.
I'm becoming more optimistic with this one. The fact that they're bringing the drone question to the forefront is thought provoking. I'm hoping they actually explore it and not utterly fuck it over. I'm still not too happy with Murphy still being alive, though.
It took me a moment to realize that this was a real thing and not an elaborate parody.
My IQ just dropped 20 points from watching that.
That looks even more retarded than Haunted House.
I think the only way this idea could work is if they go the incest route. Anything less isn't interesting enough.
Despite my single-minded devotion for Gemma Atherton as a consequence of listening to her strangely hot Essex accent (not her English movie accent which is posh, nor her American movie accent which is, I don't know, forced) on the Graham Norton Show, when I watched this movie I felt my brain begin to morph into scrambled eggs. And, remarkably, it was a hit in the weekend it opened.
yeah, it became obvious pretty fast which ones are going to survive. 13 Assassins and Bodyguards and Assassins were so much better at building tension over who's going to make it to the end credits.
I generally don't expect much of a plot when I watch martial arts movies. Especially when it starts coming out of the non-Chinese/Japanese countries. Mother fuckers beat each other up in entertaining ways. That's what I liked.
A very competent film, which makes it even more enjoyable considering I just wanted Asian people punching and kicking each other. It's really the only thing your people are good for, SOM. That and having your children make my sneakers.
A very competent film, which makes it even more enjoyable considering I just wanted Asian people punching and kicking each other. It's really the only thing your people are good for, SOM. That and having your children make my sneakers.
stop shortselling my people, doc. don't forget that we also assemble your iPads and answer your calls everytime you have a problem with Verizon.
The 8 year-old in me is just dieing for this film. Even though he'd been molested back in the late 90's for the same reasons. At the 1:20 mark, there's something flying in. Rodan or Mothra?
Megan Fox has a frozen plastic surgery face already. She has no dialog in the trailer. Just a bunch of clips from different parts of the movie all where she has the same expression.
Also, she seems to be covered up in most of it. All Megan Fox is good for is showing an uncomfortable amount of skin for an insanely violent kids movie.
What the fuck is this world coming to? Not Megan Fox.
The only thing good that I can say about it is that Michelangelo acted like Michelangelo in that last bit there. I'm not going to be a whiny cunt and complain about the CGI turtles using motion capture, but William Fichtner as Shredder???? They know that Shredder was a Jap, right?
At the 1:20 mark, there's something flying in. Rodan or Mothra?
Rodan, mother fuckers! I'm so in for this movie. 'Let them fight' indeed.
Saw it today. It was fun. A good meshing of the entire feel of Godzilla into one movie. You had the seriousness of Gojira with the 'defender' title slapped on later with some cool monster fights. A decent story to go along with it too. If anything its shortcoming would be in not enough monster fights. Too much cutting away during it. And no Rodan, but they do set up a world in which more monsters can show up.
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