July 23rd, 2008
The DVD: Stop-Loss, a gritty movie about Iraq war veterans trying to re-adjust to life in the U.S. Read my review here (I really liked it).
The Giveaway: I have ONE DVD of “Stop-Loss” to give away. To enter the contest, simply leave a comment on this post by midnight on Saturday, July 26, 2008. Be sure to include a valid email address. A winner will be drawn randomly. I’ll email the winner for their snail-mail address after the contest ends. Good luck!
Image: Stop-Loss, Paramount Pictures, 2008
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July 23rd, 2008
20th Century Fox has released two posters for Max Payne, the video game-turned movie starring Mark Wahlberg.
In theaters October 17, 2008, the action-thriller tells the story of a maverick cop (doesn’t Wahlberg always get those roles?), determined to track down the people responsible for the murder of his family and partner. You guessed it: Things get dicey.
Directed by John Moore, this movie also stars Mila Kunis, Beau Bridges, Ludacris, and Chris O’Donnell. No rating yet, but I’m guessing R.
Check out the posters after the jump…
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July 23rd, 2008
I can’t tell yet whether this will fall into the like or not-like category of Will Ferrell movies. I do like some of his films (Talladega Nights: The Legend of Ricky Bobby), but not others (Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy). I’ll have a look at this one and report back.
Brennan Huff (Will Ferrell) and Dale Doback (John C. Reilly) have one thing in common: they’re both lazy, unemployed leeches who still live with their parents. When Brennan’s mother and Dale’s father marry and move in together, it turns the overgrown boys’ world upside down. Their insane rivalry and narcissism pull the new family apart.
Directed by Adam McKay, this movie is rated R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language. Watch Ferrell and Reilly on The Today Show.
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July 23rd, 2008
I’ve been so psyched about seeing this movie ever since I heard about it. I never watched the TV show too much, but tried to catch an episode here and there. I think the movie will be good, even if you’ve never seen the show.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe brings back our favorite characters, Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) for another thrilling sci-fi adventure. And I LOVE the theme song. So haunting and beautiful.
Read more and watch two trailers after the jump…
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July 23rd, 2008
Gillian Anderson was on The Tonight Show, talking up her new flick, The X-Files: I Want to Believe. Oh yeah, and she also has some other stuff going on, like being pregnant!
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Part Two, after the jump…
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July 23rd, 2008
How long has National Lampoon been around anyway? I had to go look at their Wiki page, and it appears that the magazine first came out in 1971. National Lampoon, Inc. is a film and TV production company that was formed in 2002.
Though I don’t always go for the crude humor, their Web site is pretty cool. Of course, I just remember my brothers having the magazine around when I was a kid. Yeah, I probably shouldn’t have been looking at it.
Anyway, they keep chugging out the movies, and their next one, partnering with Flim Flam Films, is National Lampoon’s Dirty Movie. That pretty much says it all, doesn’t it?
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July 23rd, 2008
My friends, Rachel Dickinson and Jenna Schnuer, have a super cool site called The Haiku Diaries. They haiku about any and everything, and I was geeked when Rachel emailed me today about a Dark Knight haiku she’d written.
Check it out right here.
Image: WordPress, Benevolence theme by Theron Parlin.
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July 22nd, 2008
21 (2-Disc Special Edition, 2008). Based on Ben Mezrich’s book, Bringing Down the House, the flick centers on six MIT students who were trained to become experts in card counting and subsequently took Vegas casinos for millions in winnings. Stars Jim Sturgess, Kate Bosworth, Jack Gilpin, Jack McGee, Laurence Fishburne, and Kevin Spacey. Gecko Review. PG-13. Buy It on Amazon.
The Mummy (Blu-ray, 1999). Brendan Fraser stars as an American serving in the French Foreign Legion who, on an archaeological dig at the ancient city of Hamunaptra accidentally awakens the Mummy. PG-13. Gecko Quick Take. Buy it on Amazon.
The Mummy Returns (Blu-ray, 2001). Still need to watch this one, but it’s sitting here waiting. So many DVDs, so little time. Brendan Fraser returns as Rick O’Connell, battling the mummified body of Imhotep, which is shipped to a London museum, where he awakens and begins mixing things up. PG-13. Buy it on Amazon.
Picture This (2008 TV movie). A high school girl is invited to a party by the most popular dude in school. Only trouble is she’s grounded. Stars Ashley Tisdale, Lauren Collins, and Kevin Pollak. PG-13. Buy it on Amazon.
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July 22nd, 2008
Check out this clip of Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly, talking up their new movie, Step Brothers, which opens in theaters this Friday, July 25, 2008. Ok, I don’t always like Will Ferrell’s stuff (see my note on Anchorman), but this movie really does look like goofy fun. But rats, it’s rated R for crude and sexual content, and pervasive language, which lets out the idea of taking my 13-year-old son.
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July 22nd, 2008
Well, it’s no secret that The Dark Knight has plenty of action and violence. It’s thick into the PG-13 rating, that’s for sure.
Just got a press release from Purdue University, noting that the movie is too intense for kids. Uh, yeah! That’s why it’s rated PG-13!
Glenn Sparks, professor of communication, says, “The danger with a film like this is its history in the Batman comic book series and cartoons. People think of this hero as fun and entertaining, so parents may even take very young children to see what they believe is a family film. Instead, they may be jarred by the film’s explicit level of violence.”
Absolutely agree with this, especially with such a creepy guy like The Joker. And yet, I see little kids at movies like this regularly. What is up with parents? The ratings are there for a reason. Sure, they often err on the side of being too lenient, i.e. PG-13 movies edging towards an R, but really, they do a pretty good job of telling us what’s what before we take the kids.
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