Best of the Week: Pineapple Express
Have you ever watched a Cheech and Chong movie and secretly wished there was a bunch more car chases, gun fights and explosions? Apparently Seth Rogen has - and apparently he thought it was a really good idea, and so he decided to go ahead invent himself a little movie sub-sub-genre: the stoner action comedy. It just goes to show that not every idea you have while watching Cheech and Chong movies is a good one. Not to say that Pineapple Express is a horrible movie. It has its moments — mostly delivered by James Franco and Danny McBride — but those moments almost always occur during the ’stoner’ half of the film. The other half just feels like a terribly miscast, completely unremarkable action movie, with a few random “I’m sooo baked” jokes thrown in for continuity’s sake. Worth seeing? Sure. Good idea to make more stoner action comedies? Nope! Read More »

It’s been over 10 years since Jim Carrey has graced the screen in the tour-de-force that is, Liar! Liar! In the film rubber-faced Jim Carrey plays Fletcher Reid–a fast talking attorney and habitual liar. When his son Max blows out the candles on his fifth birthday cake, he has only one wish, ‘that his dad would stop lying for 24 hours’. When Max’s wish miraculously comes true, Fletcher discovers that his biggest asset (his mouth) has suddenly become his biggest liability. Havoc and comedy hilarity ensues.

Now Carrey’s back with the Liar! Liar! sequel, entitled, Yes Man. Apparently, not cured of his lying, Fletcher Reid now goes by the name, Carl Allen. This time around, instead of lying Carrey can only say “yes” to everything for an entire year. Havoc and comedy hilarity once again ensues. And Jim Carrey is back on top in true, comedic original form. I highly look forward to the third movie in this laugh-a-minute trilogy, tentatively titled, Mr. Positive (he only can be positive for one whole year), as hilarity will yet again ensue from the comedic factory that is Jim Carrey.

After the amazingness that was this year’s The Dark Night, movie nerds the world over are awaiting director Chris Nolan’s inevitable followup. Since the movie made a pile of money, was a critical darling and even generated posthumous Oscar buzz for Heath Ledger, you can bet your ass they’re making a third Batman. The only question is… when?

Nolan hasn’t even signed on to make part three yet, mostly because he’s a perfectionist and is busy making sure the plot will be air tight before anything official happens. Good for him. But what are all the overly-anxious fanboys supposed to do in the meantime? Apparently, just make a bunch of stuff up.

Rumors have been swirling around new Batman castings, from Johnny Depp and/or Eddie Murphy playing the Riddler to Shia LaBeouf playing Robin to Phillip Seymour Hoffman as the Penguin to Rachel Weisz as Catwoman. But since the movie isn’t even officially happening yet, can you guess how many of those lies rumors are true?

Since all it takes to circulate a Batman casting rumor is a hope and a dream and a website, we’d like to go ahead and officially announce the latest casting announcements for Batman 3 (which, by the way, has officially been titled Batman: Again).

Zac Effron as Robin
Oh, you didn’t hear? The third Batman is actually going to be a musical. Ten-year-old girls and their moms rejoice! Since America will be in a full fledged Great Depression once this movie sees the light of day, studio execs are looking to the last Great Depression for inspiration. Turns out that when people are down on their luck, nothing lifts their spirits like song and dance. Expect Effron’s casting to anger the Comic-Con crowd at first, but then expect them to get over it when they find out it will equal ten-year-old girls in the audience.

Megan Fox as Batgirl
Hey Hollywood, here’s some free advice: If you want people to see your movie, put Megan Fox in it. It doesn’t matter if she can’t sing or dance or act, just make her look under the hood of a car once every fifteen minutes and your film will make lots money.

Gary Busey as The Riddler
Busey doesn’t have to act like the Riddler, he LIVES the Riddler. Have you seen his guest spots on Entourage? The man is a walking enigma! He is a snake eating its own tail, except with legs and riddle telling abilities. Multiply that by spandex and then divide it by him having to remain sober for a few months — the movie might suffer, but the reality TV show will be Nielsen’s catnip.

Meryl Streep as Catwoman
Well someone has to generate Oscar buzz in a Batman movie, and unfortunately the Academy only recognizes traditional acting talent, and not the new, more real talent that someone like Megan Fox brings to a project. Plus, rumor has it there’s a Catwoman Riddler sex scene in the works, so that should be good times.

Poor Tom Cruise. The man wants to be known as an actor! Not some crazy, couch jumping, psychiatrist hating cult nut. And with last week’s announcement that he’d been nominated for a Golden Globe award for his awesome cameo in Tropic Thunder, it looked like he might have finally started to turn the page on the past few years of horrible/weird publicity and do just that, re-become an actor.

Well, don’t count on it. If you believe the Germans, his turn as Claus Count Schenk von Stauffenberg (AKA the guy who unsuccessfully tried to assassinate Hitler) in the upcoming Valkyrie is completely and utterly horrible. The worst performance in the history of worst performances. According to Berlin paper Der Tagesspiegel, “his image as an actor has been finally ruined by Valkyrie.” Bummer.

In fairness to Cruise, the Germans may be slightly biased. Not because they hate him any more than most nations, but because von Stauffenberg is probably their greatest modern day war hero, and Tom Cruise is a height challenged American action hero who believes in aliens. Imagine having to watch Roberto Benigni star in Saving Private Ryan instead of Tom Hanks and you kind of get the picture.

OK so perhaps many of you thought the same thing I did when this movie was released in theaters: Didn’t they already make this film?  In 2003, Hulk which starred Eric Bana was released - and a mere five years later they made a re-boot, the newest fad in Hollywood.  This time the movie stars Edward Norton as Dr. Bruce Banner/Hulk.  Liv Tyler plays the female heroine. And it’s not nearly as painfully bad as the 2003 release, from what I hear. Read More »

Since we last ran into Sasha Grey at eXXXotica New York, big things have happened for the beautiful brunette porn star. The super-sexy knob-hobber has landed the lead role in filmmaker Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming indie flick, The Girlfriend Experience. Soderbergh’s previous films include Sex, Lies and Videotape, Erin Brockovich and the Ocean’s Eleven franchise.

Shot on location in New York City, the film “explores the world of prostitution from the viewpoint of a $10,000 a night call girl,” says AVN.com. But more than that, Grey’s cross-over performance both bolster’s her standing as a legitimate porn star-turned-”Hollywood”-actress and further blurs the lines between mainstream and taboo. Now, if only we could get the cross-over to start going the other way….

Ninteen years after Harrison Ford last played the ass-kicking archeology professor Indiana Jones, the franchise was re-launched by Spielberg and Lucas to bring Indiana Jones to a new generation with Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.  Indiana Jones, which features Ford as a professor/adventurer who canvases the world in search of lost treasure, artifacts, and new cultures.

In this latest installment, Indy finds himself in South America amidst a lost culture when he discovers a crystal skull, which yields the possibility of knowledge beyond all wildest imaginations.  Along the way he meets up with his former flame Marion Ravenwood (Karen Allen) and discovers he has a son, Mut (Shia LeBeouf).

Check out the rest of this Week’s DVD releases after the jump! Read More »

OK, everybody knows that Adam Sandler is hilarious - or at least he’s mostly hilarious.  In You Don’t Mess with the Zohan, he portrays an Israeli counter-terror specialist whose martial arts skills are second only to Chuck Norris.  Sandler winds up in New York City as a hairstylist - and hilarity ensues.  While the flick is pretty funny, you will love this movie for one reason: Emmanuelle Chriqui (from Entourage fame) - she looks awesome in this film.

This is a  very slow week in DVD releases - so check out some DVDs from last week, like Iron Man (which I have not seen but hear it is amazing).

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Basing everything I know about Megan Fox’s upcoming movie How to Lose Friends and Alienate People entirely on these new stills from the movie, it would seem like the only thing this film is about is Megan Fox getting soaking wet in a pool with a dress on. I’m guessing that having a super, extra, ridiculously hot chick running around all drenched and nippley at your pool party is probably not from the “How to Lose Friends” part of the movie.

Check out the Megan Fox’s New How to Lose Friends... pics after the jump! Read More »

Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are living legends, among an elite group of actors who are celebrated now, and will continue to be in years to come, for their continued excellence on the screen. This weekend marks only their second time sharing the screen since the 1995 film Heat, in the much anticipated thriller, Righteous Kill.

In the film, De Niro and Pacino play veteran New York City policeman assigned to a case that seems oddly familiar to one they thought they solved years ago. A known criminal who happens to elude the judicial system is found murdered.

When more innocent-found criminals turn up dead it becomes clear that a serial killer is on the loose; a serial killer that targets people the police and judges are not able to nail in the first place. Before viewing this much awaited film though, it’s important to remember the incredible cinematic brilliance that Pacino and De Niro have shown us in some of the industry’s most notable performances. Read More »

I won’t lie to you…was never really a fan.

X-Files was a little before my time. His part in ‘Zoolander‘ was funny. The X-Files movie is about 10 years too late, but I probably wouldn’t have seen it before this. I now know that David Duchovny and I are brothers. We are brothers of sex addiction.

Some might claim this is a publicity stunt because, after all, the X-Files movie could be one of the most poorly timed theatrical film releases of all-time. Read More »

Ah, the infamous party animal, that guy who manages to keep drinking longer, stay standing while more inebriated and pass on the fun to all those around him better than anybody else.

So, with release of the destined to be classic party movie, College on Friday, August 29, we’ve decided to create the ultimate party animal from some of the best movie party animals of all time. Because you can’t have college without parties, and you can’t have parties without party animals.

Check out College’s Ultimate Party Animal after the jump! Read More »