Simple pleasures for a simple Monday. It’s undeniable that Ricky Gervais is pure comic gold. He’s flat out funny in every way, shape and form. So much so that his brilliantly simple show about the boring world we spend 8 plus hours in 5 days a week inspired our own ‘state-side’ adaptation that is hugely successful…I’m talking about ‘The Office’. Yes, that’s right, your beloved Steve Carell show is a US remake of the British show of the same name. If you haven’t see it, please go check it out. Ricky almost seems to radiate comedy and makes everything and anything funny. Just watch his other show “Extras” or his…
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Sweet Trailer…'The Box'
While I’m not a fan of Cameron Diaz in probably anything but The Mask and not interested in seeing Cyclops (James Marsden) with out his “ruby quartz glasses” so this whole movie looks like a mis-cast. I’d all but pass this movie up completely if it weren’t for the pleasantly creepy and intriguing presence of Frank Langella (and his Jurassic Park sized bite mark on his face). It’s with that last statment that I’ll say I was surprised by the trailer and not entirely going to skip this movie. But please have a look at the trailer and maybe you’ll be surprised too. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G01JgrKuuCU] Personally I think looks like a…
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A '300' sequel, you say??
Well I’d have to say that I’m surprised that I’m even writing this post. A 300 sequel?? Really? Last year, there were eyebrows raised when Zack Snyder stated that Frank Miller was in the process of writing an completely new graphic novel with plans to adapt that into a screenplay. From the guys over at ComingSoon, they’ve reported Snyder saying “I know for a fact that Frank [Miller] is writing right now. [He’s] drawing away and seems to be knee-deep in it. I think he’s going to head back to Greece again and do another reconnaissance.” This further excerpt may give a little more detail as to his ‘vision’ and…
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Random Film Thought of the Day…6.24.09
Hello World, Marc Here: Well, it’s Wednesday and there’s nothing I’m absolutely compelled to write about so I throw this one out there for your consideration. I watch movies a lot…let me reiterate, a lot. Now, when I’m zoning out of a movie I’m not really into or one I’ve seen a thousand times, there’s one thing that I’ve begun to notice on an increasing level. That is that actors don’t wear their seat belts in a scene where they are driving a car. Now its not a big detraction for me, but it still makes me go “hmm”. The fact that they’re not wearing it just seems to jump…
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G-S-T Review…Up
PREMISE: Left moderately bitter, and ultimately alone, after his wife’s passing, Carl Fredricksen is now pressured to sell his house in the face of urban development, but he’s not moving one inch. After a slight altercation with the contractors waiting outside his door, he’s being forced out of his home and into an assisted living facility for the elderly. Just before he’s set to be taken away, he unleashes thousands of balloons (that he filled in the middle of the night) tied to his house and is now going to lift the house and take it with him to the one destination he and his late wife never got to go to. …
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G-S-T Review…Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
In a country known to be fairly late on getting the new movies, Japan has scored a coup this time around with being the first country to show the new Transformers movie. Scheduled for June 20th, they even decided to move that up a day to the 19th. And you bet I was there to be one of the first in the world to see it. PREMISE: In the highly-anticipated sequel, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) again joins with the Autobots against their sworn enemies, the Decepticons. Decepticon forces return to Earth on a mission to take Sam Witwicky prisoner, after the young hero learns the truth about the ancient origins…
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Sweet Trailer…’Whiteout’
Well summer is almost here and with Texas being humid as usual, here’s a little visual relief from the heat… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TEk0GI5VDM] Whiteout is WB’s newest thriller starring Kate Beckinsale (oh, what a hottie). From First Showing.com we get the following: Carrie Stetko (Kate Beckinsale) is a lone U.S. Marshal assigned to Antarctica whose investigation of the continent’s first murder draws her into a shocking mystery. Now, with only three days until winter, Carrie must solve the crime before Antarctica is plunged into darkness and she is stranded with the killer. Whiteout is directed by ex-music video director Dominic Sena, of Gone in Sixty Seconds and Swordfish previously. The screenplay was…
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And They Lived Happily Ever After…Didn't They??
Hello World, Marc Here: First off, I’d like to wish everyone a Happy Friday and hope their week went well…if not well, cheer up, it’s almost over. That said I’m sure we’ve all seen at least one Disney animated move about princesses, princes, witches and the like. If so, you know that right before the credits role (with or without a musical number) they all live ‘Happily Ever After”… Well if you’ve had a rough week then take solace in these clever photos of those same princesses/characters in everyday life living a not so storybook ending. As the artist, featured on JPGmag.com, puts it: These works place Fairy Tale characters…
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G-S-T Review…The Hangover
This movie has been one that G-C-T (and most everyone I know actually) have been waiting for since the day the teaser came out. Coming from Todd Phillips (Old School, Road Trip) you could just tell that it was going to be insanely funny, with a little dumb humor, but an all out laugh-a-thon none the less. I went with two of my good friends and funny enough, we all had just got back from one of their bachelor parties in Vegas so this felt more like a flashback than a movie. Simply put, The Hangover was completely hilarious and had me crying it was so funny. So without giving…
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Check this out…'Han Solo P.I.'
Just the thing to give everyone a nostalgic driven smile for Friday, I happily refer you to this clever little gem: Han Solo P.I. It’s a “spot-on” mash up of the Magnum P.I. theme/opening sequence spliced with perfect scenes of the Original Star Wars Trilogy to replicate that classic intro. So take a look and enjoy…oh, and for those of you too young to enjoy Mr. Mustache himself (aka Tom Selleck) in his glory days, there is also a split scene comparison, below the first, showing just how well they did. Pretty good huh? How fitting (albiet a little “opening the wound” if you ask me) since Harrison Ford (replacing…