Yes Man is a fairly standard romantic comedy with an inventive (but one-note) high concept. It does, however, have an ace in the hole: Jim Carrey.
Keep Pottering on...
Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: bradley cooper, comedy, films, fionnula flannigan, jim carrey, luis guzman, Movies, no, non-review review, review, rhys darby, spencer garrett, terrence stamp, yes, yes man | 4 Comments »
I remarked last week that I wholeheartedly trusted Christopher Nolan when he decided not to recast the Joker role in Batman 3, despite the fact that the character was rumoured to play a large in the planned sequel to The Dark Knight. However, it got me thinking as to what my reaction would have been had he announced that he was recasting the role, and that it was essential to the finale of his planned trilogy, and that (having worked with his star) Heath might even understand. I don’t know – I probably would have been a little skeptical and uncertain; I may even have hesitated at the suggestion. I accept, however, I probably would have trusted him on it. It’s a scarce commodity these days when the internet has given everyone a voice with which to trumpet their opinions and everybody has an opinion on everything. So, when should we trust a director? When do I trust a film maker, no matter what they choose to do?
Now that's trust...
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Remember when Al Pacino was great? Yeah, it was a while ago.
Wow, they're really trying to keep Pacino out of that taxi, aren't they? Not that I'd blame him for trying to get away from this film...
Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: 88 minutes, al pacino, films, Movies, non-review review, review, righteous kill | 2 Comments »
Hey there, the always cool guys over at Universal are looking for suggestions for questions for a Q & A session with Get Him to the Greek stars Russell Brand and Jonah Hill that will follow the Irish premiere next Tuesday night. They’ve also got a competition for a few tickets to the event itself. If you want to check it out, just pop on over to their facebook, right here.
The competition isn't THAT serious...
Filed under: Movies | Tagged: comedy, facebook, film, get him to the greek, irish premiere, jonah hill, Movies, premiere, russell brand, tickets | 4 Comments »
Earlier in the week, I reviewed The Box. However, I have some more fundamental gripes with the movie that it wasn’t entirely appropriate to discuss in the review – probably because they involve discussing several key elements of the plot which may have been regarded as spoilers for the review. So here we go…
James Marsden didn't get the film on the first read through either...
Note: This is going to be a spoiler-filled examination of the movie. So, consider yourself warned. And we’re talking big spoilers here, not itty-bitty ones.
Filed under: Movies | Tagged: button button, jean-paul sartre, no exit, sartre, the box | 4 Comments »
Hey, Ive just been nominated for some kind of meme-related blogging award by the rather excellent Ruth over on Flix Chatter. Thanks Ruth!
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I’m a sucker for meta-fiction – the idea of storytelling outside the story. One of the more fascinating notions suggested by Marvel’s recent spate of movies is the notion that all the individual stories in Iron Man, Thor and Captain America will be tied together to be revealed to be part of a larger canvas (in this case, The Avengers in 2012). I love it when television and films are shown to occupy the same fictional reality (for example, the Star Trek franchise, spread across five television shows (possibly six) and eleven feature films). So it goes without saying that I adore The Tommy Westphall Hypothesis.
And I thought I had an active imagination! (Click to enlarge)
For those unfamiliar with the hypothesis, it basically states that most television takes place within the head of an eleven-year-old autistic boy.
Filed under: Movies, Television | Tagged: continuity, crossover, discontinuity, fiction, meta-fiction, meta-text, shard, shared universe, storytelling, The Tommy Westphall Hypothesis, tommy westphall, what happened happened, worlds | 2 Comments »
After being the subject of the most heart-warming film news story of last year, Pixar have found yet another way to my heart strings just before the release of Toy Story 3.
Imagine being a kid writing a letter to a hero, someone they were a huge fan of. This kid wrote a letter to Pete Doctor, the director of Monsters Inc. Now, imagine actually getting a letter back in return. Imagine getting this letter back return. Awesome, no?
The full story can be read here, but that’s pretty awesome, isn’t it?
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I have an offer to make. If you push the button, two things will happen. First, someone, somewhere in the world, whom you don’t know, will die. Second, you will receive a payment of one million dollars. You have 24 hours.
– “Arlington Stewart”
Such is the premise of The Box, a movie based on a short story by science fiction icon Richard Matheson, but one of the movie’s many problems is that director Richard Kelly apparently doesn’t find that premise interesting enough to sustain his film. That seems inherently pithy, considering that Matheson’s story Button, Button has been adapted for The Twilight Zone and as a radio play for CBS Mystery Theatre – there must have been something there. Instead, Kelly uses the eponymous box as a jumping off point into what can only really be described as “abstractsville”, taking a left at “crazy town”. There are moments in this film which work, but they are few and far between – there are large stretches of time when it is just infuriating.
James Marsden counts up the box office receipts... they aren't good...
Filed under: Non-Review Reviews | Tagged: box, button button, cameron diaz, films, frank langella, james marsden, Movies, non-review review, review, richard kelly, the box, the button, twilight zone | 12 Comments »
I own DVDs. I own a lot of DVDs. However, I don’t have all the movies that I would like to have. Which seems odd, because I also own a lot of forgettable nonsense that was on special offer in some bargain basement somewhere – Kurt Russell’s Soldier, for example. So, how come I don’t own all those classic films I would love to get my grubby little hands all over? One reason: I know that there’s going to be a super-extra classy hyper deluxe edition coming at some point down the line. Am I the only person who does this?
Two years and counting on my Amazon wishlist...
Filed under: Movies | Tagged: blade runner, blu ray, deluxe edition, deluxe editions, dvd releases, dvds, home media, special edition, special editions, the final cut, the lord of the rings | 6 Comments »
