Is there anything more depressing than the sight of a star being devoured by their own persona? The Incredible Burt Wonderstone spends an hour and forty minutes shamelessly cannibalizing Steve Carell’s Michael Scott shtick, even though it’s been two years since he left The Office; apparently, nobody bothered informing director Don Scardino that the puffed-up incompetent buffoon act grew stale before 2011. The real disgrace here is that Carell really does know how to perform, even if movies like Date Night and Dinner For Schmucks give the opposite impression by building themselves around his most overwrought and inorganic routine- just like Burt Wonderstone does for a hundred shapeless, aimless minutes. Here, Carell plays the titular…
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G-S-T Review…Stoker
You owe yourself to give a film a chance beyond the first few minutes. Whether it is finding its own rhythm or for you to allow it to weave its web, the opening experience isn’t always going to be the best foot forward. That’s exactly how I felt while watching Stoker, Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut. In fact, I was caught by the mixed emotions I had felt towards the film afterwards. Somehow I had gone from gently laughing at the film to joining in on its zaniness about half way and downright enjoying myself by the end. In just under 100 minutes, Stoker grew on me by leaps and bounds.…
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“The CineMagic 8-Ball” – In Theaters 03/15/13
When so many movies are released each week and trailers often seem better than the movie itself, what should one do? In this precarious situation, we consult the The CineMagic 8-Ball(TM) to help us see through the nebulous marketing haze. Doing so just might save us all a disheartening trip to the cinema and spare us the shelling out for $7 popcorn and ridiculous concession stand prices. See what the 8-Ball says about this week’s releases… ——————————————————————————————————————————————- THE CALL When veteran 911 operator, Jordan, takes a life-altering call from a teenage girl who has just been abducted, she realizes that she must confront a killer from her past in order to…
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Ohhh, Look…Gorgeous Concept Artwork for DreamWorks' 'The Croods'
If there’s one element that can make or break a film, outside of its overall quality, it has got to be the trailer. A trailer (read: most times created by a company not associated with the studio producing it) can make the very worst film look like a billion dollars and conversely undersell something that is genuinely a good product. Case in point. The marketing for DreamWorks’ upcoming film The Croods hasn’t been, shall we say, doing the film any favors. To be fair this is a tough one to market. It’s not John Carter hard but still, if you asked anyone on the street if they wanted to see…
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ALL PASSES CLAIMED – FREE Advance Screening Passes To ‘ROGUE’ in DALLAS, TX
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – All winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in DIRECTV’s Rogue. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– TV shows have increasingly become more cinematic and most times have far more interesting stories to tell than what we see in the cinema. One of the new shows coming down the pike is DIRECTV’s new original series, ROGUE, premiering Wednesday, April 3rd on the Audience Network. ROGUE revolves around Grace (THANDIE NEWTON), a morally and emotionally-conflicted undercover detective who is tormented by the possibility that her own actions contributed to her son’s mysterious death. In her quest for the truth, Grace finds herself striking out on her own and falling deeper into the city’s most…
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Ohhh, Look…Slick Looking 'After Earth' Poster & Trailer
Yesterday the latest poster for the M. Night Shyamalan sci-fi actioner After Earth hit the web. It’s kind of simple but still pretty slick looking. At least it’s not blue/orange and loaded with sparks and debris right? So enjoy the poster as well as the trailer that was released a few days ago below. Personally despite being continually let down by his films as of late, I still think Shamhammer has another hit in him. This could be it but if not, at the very least we can look forward to another amazing score from G-S-T favorite James Newton Howard. Look what he did for The Last Airbender. Anyway…behold, After Earth. A…
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CONTEST CLOSED – Win A Copy of Walt Disney’s ‘Mulan I & II’ Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack
CONTEST IS NOW CLOSED – Winners have been notified. Thanks for your interest in Disney’s MULAN. —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– Go,See,Talk and Walt Disney Home Entertainment are offering FIVE lucky fans a copy of MULAN I & II Blu-ray/DVD Combo pack which hit retail shelves this week on Tuesday, March 12th (check out our review of it here). To enter, send an email to contest@goseetalk.com with “MULAN” in the subject line. Remember to include your first and last name and mailing address in the email. Contest is open to US/Canadian residents only. One entry per household. One (1) winner will be picked at random and notified by e-mail at noon on March 19th. Good luck to all!! Celebrate the 15th anniversary of Disney’s critically-acclaimed masterpiece Mulan with this sensational…
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Sweet Trailer…'Kick-Ass 2'
Today we get the chance to see the trailer for the bloody, hilarious, absurd and no holds barred follow up to Matthew Vaughn’s Kick-Ass. Universal’s Kick-Ass 2 picks up not long after the events this first film…and it’s everything you’d expect in a comic book sequel. We get more heroes (including Colonel Stars and Stripes, who is played by chameleon Jim Carrey), more action and more of everything that comes with it, especially the tone and fun that was had in the 2012 film. Enjoy the first RED BAND trailer for this over the top sequel! Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl will need all the help they can get, because a foe from the first film, Red…
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Off the Shelf…Walt Disney’s ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame I & II’
The Hunchback of Notre Dame, is a very different type of Disney film and further a bold step for Walt Disney Feature Animation. To some Hunchback can be considered a classic as well as a paradigm shift that marks a divergent tone in series of features previously found in the Disney catalog. For years Disney films were filled with a mix of fanciful characters and/or led solely by an assortment of cute and fuzzy (sometimes feathered) animals. But when, save for The Lion King, have we got a misunderstood male character that was actually a male (read: human, not animal)? The answer, we think, is never. Anyway this story, about…
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Off the Shelf…Walt Disney's 'Mulan I & II'
In their 36th animated feature, Walt Disney Feature Animation brings an ancient legend to life in this colorful tale about the brave Chinese warrior Mulan. The story of the titular heroine, Hua Mulan, follows the tomboyish girl who disguises herself as a young man so she can fight with the Imperial Chinese Army against the invading Huns. This rousing adventure, one that blends fact and fiction, is as exciting as it is fun and full of the familiar Disney mainstays; a trifecta of colorful characters, kooky sidekicks and an almost fantasy-based story line. Walt Disney Home Entertainment releases this underrated story, and its less than flattering sequel, in a glamorous Blu-Ray Collector’s…
