Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Only a hobo
Damn, Tony Scott (Domino, True Romance, Man on Fire, Enemy of the State, et al.) can shoot some high-octane action. Even if the story here is nothin' but of the seriously simple and straight-forward kind, and it's laughably predictable, the action is so energized that I didn't care one way or the other.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Judge, jury and executioner
The successor to Dirty Harry (1971), the latter which I previously watched some time last year. Almost as definitive and dead-on cool crime movie as the first of the DH series, but not quite. Detective Callahan, of course, is a hard-ass motherfucker.
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Well done, twat
A good-spirited, good-humoured film that deals a whole lot with the 60s music which, I might add, ain’t really my area of expertise, but definitely some cool cuts here and there. I wish the movie was heaps better tho.
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Monday, June 20, 2011
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Monday, June 13, 2011
Not exactly Alton Towers, is it?
I saw just a of couple episodes of the TV series because it was shown in such odd hours - hence I bought the book and it’s a funny little fucker. Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s sidekick Karl Pilkington travels through the 7 Wonders of the World and this book is the report of the journey. However, it ain’t really about the Wonders, it’s more about the people he meets, the food he eats and the toilets he sees, ultimately however, it’s all really about Karl himself and his quite colorful train of thoughts. I’ll buy the DVD of the series whenever I get the chance and I’ll prob’ly read the book again in a near future too, it was a very funny thing.
What wonderful power for such a small creature
Now we just wait the Hollywood remake starring Sandra Bullocks and Christian Bale (or whoever) where this little gem of a movie is being ruined by wishy-washy sentimentality and rivers of fucking tears. It wasn’t entirely faultless, this, but drama when it’s done right is one hell of an enjoyment.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Lamb with black ears
An American remake of small cult film 13 Tzameti (Géla Babluani), done from slightly different angle, outcome ten times worse.
Live life abundantly
For some reason, it was said that this movie blew some fucking minds out there, that it’s a small sensation. Well, fuck it, it did me shit.
All good things come to those who wait
Much better than I remembered, nothing’s amiss basically, action is intense and electrified, and there’s plenty of it.
Flames go higher
Honest to god, one of the best music DVD’s I’ve seen. One of my favourite bands, Eagles of Death Metal at the Death by Sexy album sessions and a few promo clips. Extremely catchy, groovy and well-played full-on hard rock and not, as people wrongly believe, a fun project.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Right, Koko
A very low-budget comedy starring my favorite Seinfeld -regular Patrick Warburton. Not much else to say than that the writing is surprisingly bold and foul-mouthed in this otherwise boring fun.
Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Dead forever
Started out great with two wonderful actors, Robert De Niro and Edward Norton in a fucken joyride, doin' the absolute perfection, feeding each other with acting frenzy. But the movie took a dosedive pretty early on and the performances within.
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Slumber of sullen eyes
Just goes to show how surprisingly lame the TV series based on this comic book is. It ain't bad, mind you, but compared to this fucker it's miles behind. The show is a fucking scorcher actually, so do the math.
Monday, June 06, 2011
Sunday, June 05, 2011
Order no. 600
If he ever had one, Steven Soderberg has lost the concept of film making. You rarely see major motion picture with a such complete mess of a story. It annoyed me a thousand times when the script zigzagged and changed pace.
Saturday, June 04, 2011
Out with the trash
The subject here is interesting enough in Giuliani’s taking control of New York City by shattering organized crime and clearing the streets in tumultuous times of the city in 1994 - 2001. Unfortunately, the movie doesn’t really cut it. James Woods is his cool usual self, but history and politics and partners in crime are told in unorderly and chaotic fashion.
B-17
DVD box mostly with good-humoured Disney-safe episodes, there were handful of gems tucked in, stories such as Mummy Daddy, The Mission and The Amazing Falsworth - and some were downright lame to be honest. This series is more of a curiosity thing with than anything else.
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Agent gone rogue
A mindless action movie; the close-calls are aplenty, bullets swing by and the heroes walk through the chaos with bottomless ease. It’s kinda fun while it lasts, if you can take it the right way, it’s awfully bad still.
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