A trip….those are the only words that can be used to perfectly summarise this whole movie. The movie tells the story of two friends that go to Las Vegas to write an article about a race. They really don’t manage to do a very good job about this because they are constantly using and abusing a big number of different drugs. Continue reading
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Why We Laugh: Black Comedians on Black Comedy (2009)
I’m a big fan of stand up comedians and regularly visit comedy nights in the local theaters. I also like to watch the big American comedians and there are quite a lot i still remember lines from (for example Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Eddie Murphy). Why we laugh gives an insight into this branch of entertainment. Continue reading
My IMDB tens – ET the Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
E.T. was one of the big phenomena during the eigthies. It’s a movie which i remember well, as is was the first movie that made me shed a tear when i was a little boy. Watching the movie again after many years it felt like a warm blanket. I remembered so much of this movie that i was looking forward to each next scene to see if it was just as much fun as i remembered. I decided to watch the original version and not the rereleased 2002 version where various CGI shots were added. E.T. feels more real to me when moving around clumsily compared to a smooth moving computer generated being. Continue reading
Rope (1948)
I haven’t been watching Hitchcock movies for a very long time yet (about a year or 2). The movies that i did see (Rear Window, The Wrong Man, The Man Who Knew Too Much, The Birds, I confess and some more) by the master of suspense really show that he deserves that title. With Rope he decided to make a movie out of a play. The whole story is set within an apartment and is the first movie he shot in color.
What really stands out when you watch this movie are the extremely long takes (like we also know from Orson Welles’ Touch of evil (the opening shot is very impressive) or a movie like Children of Men). The complete movie only has 10 segments for which the transitions, for the most part, are concealed by making clever use of the back of an actor or something else. Continue reading
Life of Brian (1979)
When it comes to British humour the Monty Python team is one of the best. Well known for their weird sketches, obviously simple humour and absurdity. In this movie the 6 member play about 40 different roles. Is the Life of Brian a movie that you have to when you are a Monty Python fan? Continue reading
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009)
Terry Gilliam has already proved that he knows how to create believable worlds (for example Brazil or 12 Monkeys). In the Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus he proves this again. The story is about Dr. Parnassus who has made a bet with the devil and to do win it he’s travelling through Great Britain with a show. With an old-fashioned play he tries people to step into his imaginarium. When a person steps in he will be able to see all the things he is imagining. So dream worlds are created for that person Continue reading
Art & Copy (2009)
Commericals, you really can’t escape them. It’s a billion dollar industry. Everyone wants to try and sell their product in the best way possible to increase their profits. In this documentary the people behind the commercials talk about their industry. You get to hear the stories about specific commercials and famous slogans of various brands. Continue reading
Cop out (2010)
Kevin Smith, who has written and directed movies like Clerks 1 and 2, Zack and Miri make a porno, Dogma and his various “An evening with Kevin Smith” DVDs, has now directed Cop Out. The thing that is special about this movie is that it’s the first movie where he did not write the story himself. Is this a movie which you can not miss or is it a movie only for the Kevin Smith fans? Continue reading
Juno (2007)
After watching both Thank you for smoking and Up in the Air i also had to see another Jason Reitman movie, Juno (after suggestions from other). Ellen Page is Juno, a 16 year old girl that finds out she is pregnant. Is Juno just as good as the other two movies or is it as painful as giving birth? Continue reading
Tooth Fairy (2010)
What’s up with movies in which muscled men, who have been come to be well known by their action movies, suddenly end up in a situation they don’t belong in (the fish out of water story). We have seen Vin Diesel in The Pacifier, Arnold Schwarzenegger in Kindergarten Cop and Hulk Hogan as Mr. Nanny (and proabably some other examples can be thought of). The Tooth Fairy with Dwayne Johnson (also known as the Rock) can now be added to the list. Continue reading