No shit. Every time that damn commercial comes on, I want to punch the screen. With my fucking brain.
Yeah, that meme is a bit of a joke now. Clearly, to judge from the movie, the other 90 percent of our brain is filled with “Woooooooooooo…!!!” Doesn’t mean the movie won’t be a hoot.
Chris Stuckmann gives Dawn of the Planet of the Apes an A and pushes the Academy to give Andy Serkis an Oscar nomination already!
Dawn is at 96% at Rotten Tomatoes, which thrills me and makes me happy for Matt Reeves (Cloverfield, Let Me In, both of which I liked). We used to have conversation on Twitter and he’s a really nice guy.
Evil Captor, you must not have seen Under The Skin yet. The whole thing is about Scarlett using her body. To nefarious ends, yes, but still…
I saw Edge of Tomorrow in IMAX and really enjoyed it.
I am a massive fan of the Wackowskis, and the fact they are spending an extra few months making Jupiter Rising perfect just makes me want to see it more. I’ll definately see it in IMAX, no matter what the reviews say, professional reviewers hated Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer but I really enjoyed them
Lucy looks interesting, and it is done by the director of Leon, Fifth Element and Wasabi, so it is worth at least considering.
I saw the trailer for the movie, and it looks so dreadful that not even the chance to see Johansen’s shaved pussy (which one commenter alleges is in the movie) could tempt me to pay money to see it. I saw a video review of it in which the reviewer praised it to the skies as a brilliant film … and it STILL sounded awful to me.
Pretty well no one saw Under The Skin, it ranks 75th in Box Office.
Each to their own of course. It was my favorite movie of the year so far until I saw Only Lovers Left Alive, then it became my 2nd favorite movie of the year so far. I loved its creepy and, yes, slow atmospherics, the hypnotic music, and Scarlett’s character’s subtle change from emotionless dealings with humans (such as how we would regard ants) to some sort of realization that human beings can be somewhat interesting creatures to the strange introduction of, what the hell? Emotions? “Emotions” which are as alien to her as she is to us. It’s not for everybody but I was definitely in the right mood at the right time.
I am undecided whether I want to see Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. On the one hand, it’s getting great reviews, but on the other hand I’ve never liked Planet of the Apes movies. Maybe I’ll wait for video.
Wow! NOTHING opening this weekend is getting especially good reviews:
58% positive reviews for Alive Inside, a documentary about music and memory loss;
57% for A Five Star Life – an older woman is a luxury hotel critic;
56% for the Purge sequel, The Purge: Anarchy, a horror movie about people getting to commit crimes for one night a year;
55% for Mood Indigo, a French rom-com with Audrey Tautou that looked to me like it might be interesting if you like that kind of thing;
52% for I Origins, a movie with mysteriously vague trailers that suggested that the movie might be about reincarnation or have some kind of religious theme;
46% for Aftermath of a nuclear apocalypse, starring Edward Furlong (hmmm);
46% for Pixar’s Planes sequel, Planes: Fire and Rescue;
33% for Wish I Was Here, Zach Braff’s Kickstarter-funded comedy drama about a man trying to figure out life, take care of his kids and look after his aging father. Can’t tell if it’s charming or nothing special.
20% for Video Games: The Movie, a documentary about the history of video games;
19% for Sex Tape, a comedy about a married couple who make a sex tape and then lose it and try to recover it;
0% for Persecuted, a “Christian action drama mystery film” about an evangelist who is framed for the murder of a teenage girl.
Mood Indigo is a Michel Gondry film, the same guy who made Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I have no intention of reading the reviews before I see it. It could wl be lesser Gondry, or the reviews could be by people who just don’t like that kind of thing.
Same for I Origins, made by the same guy who made the excellent Another Earth. I’ll see it just for that (and because I met him and Brit Marling after a screeings). The trailer looks a bit woo-y and somewhat offends my atheist sensibilities but I’ll give it a chance. Again, I don’t plan on reading reviews.
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood expands today too. It’s opening here in Chicago but I’m already going to see something else, so it’ll have to wait until next week.
I would love to see Boyhood but it’ll never come here.
Here are this week’s movie releases:
89% for A Most Wanted Man, a political thriller with Philip Seymour Hoffman;
83% for Happy Christmas, a comedy drama about an irresponsible sister moving in with her married brother’s family;
67% for A Letter to Momo, some kind of Japanese animated movie I know nothing about;
65% for Hercules, with Dwayne Johnson as the legendary demi-god;
63% for Lucy, with Scarlett Johansson as an involuntary drug mule who develops superhuman powers. My co-worker thought it was “pretty dumb” and Chris Stuckmann gave it a B- and said that while the action scenes were great, Lucy has so much power that there’s no tension.
57% for Magic in the Moonlight, a Woody Allen rom-com starring Colin Firth;
44% for Cannibal, a Spanish-language horror movie;
13% for And So It Goes, something about Michael Douglas taking care of his granddaughter;
10% for Very Good Girls, a movie about two high school graduates who are determined to lose their virginity before they start college and then fall in love with the same guy;
Then we have these three, which had No Score Yet:
The Fluffy Movie - comedy concert movie with Gabriel Iglesias;
Kick - some kind of Indian action comedy, and
My Man Is a Loser - three boring, awful husbands try to win back their wives with the help of John Stamos.
Have a good weekend!
Nothing to do with Kilgore Trout?
I’m always surprised when movies have such lame titles that don’t seem to mean anything and don’t tell you anything about the premise. Especially for a movie with a big name star like Michael Douglas. Even if the movie itself turns out to be boring.
Here are this week’s movie releases:
The biggie this week of course is the poll’s winner, Guardians of the Galaxy, at 91%.
88% for Calvary, with Brendan Gleeson as a priest whose life is threatened;
80% for Get On Up, the James Brown biopic;
73% for Rich Hill, a documentary about three boys growing up in the Midwest;
69% for Finding Fela!, a biopic about Nigerian musician Fela Kuti;
63% for The Almost Man, a Norwegian comedy-drama about a 35-year-old man who still acts like a kid;
34% for Child of God, a crime drama starring and directed by James Franco about a violent criminal who falls out of society;
30% for 4 Minute Mile, a drama about a troubled kid who runs track;
10% for Louder Than Words, a drama with David Duchovny about a couple whose child dies and who then try to establish a children’s hospital;
0% for Behaving Badly, a teenage rom-com with Selena Gomez.
I also have two titles with no score:
Dark Mountain - another “found footage” movie about three filmmakers who go exploring haunted mountain area and disappear, and
Mining for Ruby - a romantic drama with Mischa Barton and Billy Zane about a depressed widower falling in love with an environmental activist.
Have a good weekend!
Just to remind folks, Calvary is written and directed by John Michael McDonagh, who wrote and directed The Guard, also with Brendan Gleeson. John Michael is the brother of Martin McDonagh, who wrote and directed In Bruges. Talented family!
I’m not taking these scores too seriously. A few weeks ago you posted that Wish I Were Here was at 33% so I stupidly held off seeing it. I saw it last week and absolutely LOVED IT! I thought it was such a wonderful, funny (in a human way, not a jokey way), moving, sweet and lovely movie. It might well be in my Top 10 of the year. I walked out of the theater with such a warm glow and happy smile, unlike those who rated it rotten, who must have coal where their hearts should be and twisted, cynical, black-crusted brains.
Here are this week’s movie releases:
95% for The Dog, a documentary about John Wojtowicz, the guy that Dog Day Afternoon was about;
72% for What If, a rom-com starring Daniel Radcliffe that looks delightful, and I’m too old to be interested in rom-coms (I think it’s opening only in “select cities” this week);
60% for The Hundred-Foot Journey, the movie about the Indian family that opens an Indian restaurant across the road from Helen Mirren’s French restaurant in France. Food porn ahoy! Make sure you eat something before you go!
48% for About Alex, a sort of Big Chill for Millennials;
38% for Step Up: All In, a movie about young people to whom dancing is very, very important;
30% for The Maid’s Room, a thriller about an unfortunate woman who takes a job as a housemaid in the home of some very bad people;
20% for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, which is a low score for something I thought might be silly but clever fun. Chris Stuckmann gave it a D+;
19% for Into the Storm, a movie about a really big storm. Think Twister dialed up to 100.
Then I have No Score Yet for:
37 about a rock musician who intends to kill himself on his 37th birthday and then falls in love, and
What Now? Remind Me about a filmmaker who has been living with AIDS for decades.
Have a great weekend!
I added a link to the IMDB page. I saw that in March at the European Union Film festival. It’s a first-person documentary. Joaquim Pinto documents his own life and the experience of trying a new experimental drug, plus dealing with a boyfriend who has his own troubles. It’s an odd documentary, a doc about a person made by the person it’s documenting, but it worked for me. You get to know and like him in the space of the documentary but he doesn’t sugar-coat the bad times too. It sounds like it would be very sad, but it’s a celebration of life, not impending death. He talks a lot about working in films, which is interesting. He’s unknown to us, but any Portuguese film buff would know who he is. There’s a lot of old footage and photos used, but mostly it’s his present day he’s documenting. He’s got a good sense of humor and he and Nino have the greatest dogs! There’s one wonderful sequence of him rolling around playing with his exuberant dogs that seems to go on and on but it’s wonderful.