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
Nicholas Cage, who has made some pretty bad movie choices (and personal ones) the last couple of years now stars in the Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans.
His character is a police detective who don’t know the limits anymore as he is under the influence of drugs. Because of this there is more going on than just solving a multiple homicide. Under the influence of drugs he makes deals with criminals, abuses his power to get things done or just to get things he needs. Continue reading
George Clooney, Anna Kendrick and Vera Farmiga star in this comedy/drama. Clooney is Ryan Bingham, whose job it is to fire people. Because of this he constantly has to travel around the US. He’s living in his own perfect little world. Because of a change in company policy he has to allow Natalie to enter his world. Continue reading
Some like it hot is movie which you will see in many “best/greatest movie” lists. It was a movie which i wanted to see for a long time. Ever since the Odd Couple and Grumpy Old Men i’ve been a big fan of Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon. Because Jack Lemmon is starring in this movie, together with Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe it was a movie i had to see and which i enjoyed a lot! Continue reading
The movie Kung Pow is one of my favourite comedies (besides the Apatow movies, Dumb and Dumber, Coming to America and Trading Places). The concept of the movie is that they took an old chines kung fu flick, had one person dub it really badly and edit him into the movie. You either love or hate Kung Pow, there is no middle ground. Expect no logical story and very stupid, but because of it, very funny jokes.
Kung Pow was the reason i started searching for other movies which were made using the same concept and ended up with What’s up, Tiger Lilly. Continue reading
When you were around in the eighties and you read these sentences: “I ain’t afraid of no ghost” or “Who you gonna call?” then chances are you will now be singing the theme music to Ghost Busters. The movie was very popular and even spawned a sequel and a cartoon, which i also watched when i was little. Continue reading
I can’t remember that I’ve watched a feature-length Charlie Chaplin movie before. Of course I knew him, as the man is an icon. This was the first movie I saw and he was a genius. A really amazing first contact with his movies.
This is the first Chaplin movie with sound, which he uses to great effect for both funny purposes as a political message for the whole world to hear. Continue reading
P.S. I love you, starring Gerard Butler and Hilary Swank, was an impulse buy as it’s sometimes nice to watch a romantic movie together. Unfortunately the thought that this was a romantic comedy proved to be completely wrong. This movie is the confirmation to not always trust an IMDB score. It scored 6,9 there, but when you check the score on rottentomatoes, you realise that it’s actually very bad with a 23%. I agree completely with this last score. Continue reading
If Batman, Iron man and Spiderman are examples of superhero movies, then Defendor is an example of an anti-hero movies. Woody Harrelson is Defendor, a man who think he’s a superhero, but doesn’t have any superpower. Because of that he ends up in some very funny situations, but the movie is more than that. Continue reading
In this comedy Edward Norton plays two roles, twins to be exact. He’s not the first actor who does this, example are Nicholas Cage in Adaptation, Jean-Claude van Damme in Double Impact or Arnorld Schwarzenegger in Twi…forget about that last one. Norton manages to show two very different characters with different accents.
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