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From Christian Toto, comes the new trailer for The People vs. George Lucas, another in the infinite series of Star Wars documentaries. The film analyzes the battle between Lucas and his fans over ownership of the franchise – just who does it belong to now? Is it Lucas’ to license and do with as he pleases, [...] AC/DC has just announced AC/DC: Iron Man 2, the official album set to be released April 19th through Columbia Records in support of the upcoming Iron Man 2 film from Marvel Studios. The album will feature 15 classic AC/DC songs, selected from ten of the band’s studio albums, ranging from 1976 to 2008. Included in [...] At one point in Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, Brad Pitt (fresh from carving up a Nazi forehead) points his eyes through the camera and at the audience. To paraphrase: “This may be my masterpiece.” Whether or not this is Tarantino’s penultimate directorial moment won’t be determined for a while, at least if the director continues [...] This was posted earlier in the week at Christian Toto’s site. Early in David Zucker’s An American Carol, we’re offered the protagonist Michael Malone, professional film-maker and rabble-rouser, with his heart in the wrong place at the wrong time. Zucker, being the smart guy he is, realized a two-dimensional portrayal of Malone (a stand in for [...] Big, dumb comedies? What’s so dumb about them? I never felt laughing – or a couple hours of escaping the doldrums of the grease and dust of manual labor – was too dumb. I noticed my taste for “dumb comedy” was higher depending on how bad I had it in my current job. If I [...] Ho, ho, ho. And since I’m another year older, here’s another list. Merry Christmas, especially to our friends and co-bloggers overseas. 1. Thank You For Smoking: Maybe I didn’t get the joke, but a thoroughly libertarian take on personal behavior and societal haranguing of rights and responsibilities. Aaron Eckhart blasts off as a tobacco lobbyist, struggling [...] A mixed bag of a year, to say the least. Some gems and surprises here and there, but the big budget films stunk up the place, especially in the wake of Iron Man, The Dark Knight and Tropic Thunder. Here’s to a bright and cheerful 2010. Keep in mind, due to a hectic schedule, my movie [...] Threedonia reviewed Star Trek’s return to the big screen early in the summer. Here’s that review in honor of this week’s DVD release. Was it The Dark Knight? No, but it certainly wasn’t crap. William Shatner’s opening bombardment in his infamous Saturday Night Live skit was a proper summation of the utter geekery that is the [...]
In June, I reviewed Pixar’s latest film Up. In honor of the recent DVD release, here is that review. What a wonderful place the Pixar studio must be. Imagine a giant floating factory, with kaleidoscope walls, three or four giant helicopter propellers, and a big slide meandering from the top [...] Back in the mid-90s, video games progressed to the point where storylines could give players a cinematic experience. Turn it on, and become a buxom brunette treasure hunter alla Tomb Raider, or sneak around 1800s Japan offing badies as a ninja in Tenchu Stealth Assassins. My, how the world changed. Movies, which once hinged on [...] Somewhere, in between explosions, John Turturro is in the middle of a discussion with robot Jetfire (who happened to be the best Christmas present I ever received). Trying to get to the nuts and bolts of Michael Bay’s epic toy story Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Turturro lets this loose: Let’s not get episodic, okay, old-timer? [...] but to be honest I am afraid, afraid that it will suck…and that would be a real shame. Here’s hoping for the best. Please don’t suck! Share on Facebook Nice job, New Mexico State! Oops, sorry it was New Mexico not New Mexico State. They lost by the way. As mentioned in the comments, here are the greatest hits from that game…so to speak: Share on Facebook Inspired by Mr. Porvaznik’s comment at What Would Toto Watch – just what are the greatest stoner performances of all time? Don’t ask me, man, but here are my favorite. 1. Brad Pitt in True Romance: What movie defined the 90s? Tony Scott’s True Romance. Penned by Quentin Tarantino, the film featured goody after goody: Christian [...] I really, REALLY need to get this report done TODAY. So, naturally, our evil IT manager sends me this link – completely immature, stupid, childish and frigging hilarious. I am laughing so hard that I’m crying. And, of course, I am also legally required to share with the rest of Threedonia. My sincere apologies to the [...] Some I’ve seen before. One made me wish I was blind. The last and latest five. 1. Better Off Dead: And the award for “Best Use of a Classic Van Halen Tune off the Women and Children First Album” is currently being decided by the soon-to-be-released Zombieland and this “Savage Steve Holland” classic. John Cusack’s best [...] In the wake of all the Hughes love, glad I remembered this fun little ditty from Carl Reiner and watched it this past weekend. With summer now officially over (as punctuated for me at least with Chad Smith destroying his drum kit after playing every Chickenfoot song, AKA the party album of 2009, as well [...] Honestly wish I could just link to the original review I did of the Red Dawn DVD a couple years ago so it doesn’t look like I’m trying to steal Outlaw’s thunder, but the Modern Conservative archives are acting a little funky. Sorry, Outlaw, but I think Jed would have been OK with the pseudo-threadjack…
Lists of movie misconceptions are long. Ask anyone their favorite “bad movie,” Road House is often given epic consideration. The problem is – it’s not a bad movie. The film is one long white trash (and I say that as a member of what Jeff Foxworthy would call the crowd with an absence of sophistication) fantasy [...] For days, I thought about my 9-11 tribute post and what it would be. My initial thoughts were to repost a column I wrote for my newspaper on the fifth anniversary – a column I titled the “Black Ghost.” In it I shared my own detached witness to the worst terrorist attack on U.S. soil. [...] 1. Rocky Balboa – A movie no one wanted made – and it shows. It’s flimsy and forced in spots. The budget was lighter than any since the first. It overcomes it all with a tremendous beating heart and Sylvester Stallone convincingly and lovingly putting himself back into a role he wears like a glove. Balboa [...] By 2008 standards, 2009 was a bit lackluster. Front-loaded with franchise sequels, back-loaded with movies based on toy brands, the film industry didn’t do much to repudiate critics who see Hollywood as rather unoriginal, overly safe and marching in lockstep. That said, a few highlights here and there made the dog days a bit alright. 1. [...] In the quest to send up every American cultural norm, next on the Hollywood list was the car dealer. The dealership is something familiar to everyone, at least outside New York. The corny commercials, the flair, the sales – all an experience best equated with severe rectal trauma – except for those few who [...] Star Trek’s voyage to “boldly go” would have came to an abrupt halt if not for Nicholas Meyer and Harve Bennett. The two rescued the franchise from the depths of space socialism and mediocrity. Gene Roddenberry’s human experiment, one he created for TV to much cultish fanfare, would have never cut the mustard at the theater [...] In honor of Watchmen’s release on DVD, here’s my review of the film back in March. ———————————– Who watches the Watchmen? In some ways, the question should be who would want to. Nihilistic beyond nihilistic, Zack Snyder’s adaption of Alan Moore’s 80s graphic novel is a visual piece of art, examining the sordid entrails of the human condition. [...] Many a movie, and a laugh, has been had at the expense of cannabis. Judd Apatow would be wise to quit smoking it before putting movies together. Pineapple Express is the latest in the stoner genre. Films, usually of the buddy variety, where the bong-hitting protagonists get into and out of mischief to varying levels of [...] Halfway through the summer season, here’s a look at my favorites for the year. 1. Up: Who would have thought, a flick with a 78-year-old protagonist and his overweight Boy Scout sidekick would end up the second-highest grossing Pixar movie of all time. Expertly crafted, with life lessons galore. A movie that makes one laugh and [...] Still waiting for Public Enemies and Transformers. Haven’t gotten to the theater yet, but please forgive since I’ve been busy tending to my scholastic career. Hopefully by the time I make it some of our faithful readers still have some interest in a review. Anyway, the last five: The Horse Soldiers: Cavalry yarn with the Duke and [...] Yes Man, Jim Carrey’s return to his comic roots, rates as a definite maybe. Featuring a solid and talented cast, Carrey and sidekicks Bradley Cooper, Zooey Deschanel and Rhys Darby somehow make a meddling and mediocre script watchable. A film with an interesting premise, simplified to base standards, then tied to the taunting antics of Carrey, [...] Meant to catch Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by now, but the EGR valve on the FN-mobile went kaput, meaning an afternoon of scrapped knuckles, bloody fingers and greasy pants. With Public Enemies debuting tin two days, which film would the loyal Threedonia-ites care to read about first? Transformers? Public Enemies? I’m planning on something [...] |
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