I’ll just let Vince from Film Drunk set this one up: “Dolph Lundgren sings Elvis, plays a drum solo, and breaks 5 ice blocks with his fist. That is all.” All due respect, brah, but you forgot “…in a tuxedo.” THAT is all. (video via FilmDrunk via CHUD)
Feb05
Four From Haneke
Austrian director Michael Haneke might be one of the most provocative working in the film industry today. I’ve shied away from using the term “Hollywood” because there is nothing in Hollywood that resembles the patience exhibited my Haneke—much less the pleasure taken in keeping an audience on pins and needles, forever hinting that a boogey man will […]
The Hurt Locker tied Avatar with nine total nominations and is the front runner in many categories. Here are all the nominees and here are our “Best Movies of 2009.” So, it’s Oscar Tuesday. For the last 17 years, I’ve been rising bright and early to turn on Good Morning America at 8:38am to hear the news. […]
Feb03
The Oscar Nominees
The Academy Award nominations came out yesterday and there weren’t a ton of surprises. Although I admittedly missed many of the smaller films, 2009 wasn’t exactly a banner year for great film-making, at least when it came to the major studio fodder. Avatar was cool for what it was, Inglourious Basterds was good times for all, Up […]
This is perhaps even better than The Morgan Freeman Chain of Command. (via Maxim)
Typically, obesity, illiteracy, rape, child abuse, pedophilia, and incest that results in two children for a sixteen year old girl wouldn’t even warrant a viewing and would be automatically categorized as poverty-porn designed to hyperbolically inflict guilt on the white majority in a liberal-capitalist society—see Crash. However, Precious conveys this glut of disturbing elements without diving […]
Saturday Morning Quiz: The above poster advertises: The Vatican’s rationale for requiring abstinence An ice-skating team preparing for Vancouver Thirst, a movie about Vampires Kim Jong Il’s growing fear of rong-regged women If you answered “1”, it’s not women the Vatican is worried about. “2”, she’s not wearing skates. “4”, you racist! Prior to being deemed too […]
Jan22
Nic Cage as Everyone
This website is pretty self-explanatory, really. It’s Nic Cage as other people — and, eventually, everyone. Oh yes, they will get everyone. And, thus, Nic Cage As Everyone is now my favorite website discovery since But Not Phil Collins Good. In addition to Nic Cage As George Lucas below, here’s the site’s mission statement: Founded on the […]
Dear Hollywood, I have just learned that you are turning 2008’s Let the Right One In into 2010’s more economically titled Let Me In. Let me be the first—and possibly only–one to say I love this idea! Let the Right One In relies on consistently patient camera work and visual emotion, not exposition and spoken filler. There […]
If you’re anything like me, you’ll watch anything featuring Michael Cera. But will you watch this clip of him getting a makeover by the cast of Jersey Shore? That’s the test. Looks like we’ve got a situation. (video via Pauly D’s hilarious website)