Movie Trailer: Kick-Ass

Are you sick of comic book flicks? I’m not. And Kick-Ass aims to turn them all on their heads.

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Movie Trailer: Lo

A friend of mine just saw this film by writer/director Travis Betz (Joshua) called Lo at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival. Here’s what she said:

“Went to a screening at the mpls/st. paul film festival this weekend. Check out the movie Lo—great writing, low budget, but super well done. It looks scary in the trailer but it’s more a dark hilarious comedy”

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Movie Trailer: The Brothers Bloom

I haven’t been excited about The Brothers Bloom until now. After FINALLY seeing a trailer, I see what people are excited about. This looks fun.

Plot Synopsis:

The Brothers Bloom is a globe-trotting comedy about the last great adventure of the world’s best con men.

Welcome to the world of The Brothers Bloom, where deception is an art and nothing is as it seems. The brothers have perfected the art of swindling fortunes through years of fraternal teamwork. Now they’ve decided to take on one last spectacular job—luring a beautiful and eccentric heiress into an elaborate plot that takes them around the world.

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Movie Trailer: Extract

This looks great. Mike Judge has created some of my favorite comedies with Office Space and Idiocracy. Now he’s back with Extract.  Let’s how the movie studio actually gives a damn this time and promotes this.

Plot Synopsis:

Dean (Jason Bateman), the owner of a flower-extract plant, tries to contend with myriad personal and professional problems, such as his potentially unfaithful wife (Kristen Wiig) and employees who want to take advantage of him

Movie Trailer: The Hangover (Full Trailer)

Here is the full official trailer for The Hangover. Hilarious.

Plot Synopsis:

Two days before his wedding, Doug and his three friends drive to Las Vegas for a blow-out bachelor party they’ll never forget. But, in fact, when the three groomsmen wake up the next morning, they can’t remember a thing. For some reason, they find a tiger in the bathroom and a six-month-old baby in the closet of their suite at Caesars Palace. The one thing they can’t find is Doug.

With no clue as to what transpired and little time to spare, the trio must retrace their hazy steps and all their bad decisions in order to figure out where things went wrong and hopefully get Doug back to L.A. in time to walk down the aisle.

Red Band Movie Trailer: Bruno

Finally, an official trailer for Bruno, Sacha Baron Cohen‘s follow up to Borat, is now available. And it’s a RED BAND (NSFW, people). This looks absolutely insane, I really don’t have words right now.

I loved the character of Borat, that’s what made me like that movie so much.  Here, Bruno doesn’t seem as funny character-wise.  However, the situations look like they could be hilarious.

Movie Trailer: Year One

The idea of Year One seems more hilarious than the trailer makes it out to be. Not sure about this one. But, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.

Plot Synopsis:

When a couple of lazy hunter-gatherers (Jack Black and Michael Cera) are banished from their primitive village, they set off on an epic journey through the ancient world in Columbia Pictures’ comedy Year One.

Movie Review: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist

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Directed By: Peter Sollett

Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings

Plot Synopsis:

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a comedy about two people thrust together for one hilarious, sleepless night of adventure in a world of mix tapes, late-night living, and, live, loud music. Nick (Michael Cera) frequents New York’s indie rock scene nursing a broken heart and a vague ability to play the bass.

Norah (Kat Dennings) is questioning pretty much all of her assumptions about the world. Though they have nothing in common except for their taste in music, their chance encounter leads to an all-night quest to find a legendary band’s secret show and ends up becoming the first date in a romance that could change both their lives.(Amazon)

Review:

Teen comedies are really hit or miss for me these days.  Some are smart and funny (Superbad) while others leave me scratching my head with how out of touch with reality they are (High School Musical).  Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist does a great job of being mostly rooted in reality with a believable (enough) love story.  What it does right is make me miss the days when I used to go to shows and stay out all night with no real responsibilities.  Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist is a smart, funny and sweet little movie.

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Movie Review: My Name is Bruce

My Name Is Bruce

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Directed By: Bruce Campbell

Starring: Bruce Campbell, Grace Thorsen, Taylor Sharpe

Plot Synopsis:

My Name Is Bruce is the heroic struggle of a small mining town (Gold Lick, Oregon) to rid itself of a vengeful monster. Guan-di (James J. Peck), the Chinese god of war and protector of the dead, has been unleashed by cemetery desecrating teenagers to protect the graves of Chinese miners lost in a deadly cave-in of yesteryear.

The deadly demon’s mission is to eradicate all those who transgressed against the tomb (relatives included), which is virtually the entire population of Gold Lick. The inbred community has to find a solution so Jeff (Taylor Sharpe), the sole survivor of a deadly Guan-Di encounter, takes it upon himself to kidnap his idol, Bruce Campbell (Bruce Campbell), star of countless B-movie horror films, and recruit him to be their local savior. (Trailer Addict)

Review:

I love me some Bruce Campbell.  My first introduction to him was in the 3rd Evil Dead movie, Army of Darkness.  Yes, I was young and impressionable.  I remember seeing the Army of Darkness trailer with it’s skeleton army and heavy metal background music.  Once I saw the introduction of his chain saw hand, I knew this was a movie I had to check out.

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Movie Review: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

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Directed By: Shane Black

Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Val Kilmer, and Michelle Monaghan

Plot Synopsis:

Petty thief Harry Lockart (Robert Downey Jr.) gets caught up in a murder investigation in this action-packed comedy. Posing as an actor, Harry heads to Los Angeles for an unlikely audition and finds an authentic acting coach in detective Perry Van Shrike (Val Kilmer). But the bright lights of Hollywood fade when a murder takes place and Harry, Perry and Harry’s high school dream girl (Michelle Monaghan) become part of the investigation.

Review:

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a movie I’ve been meaning to watch for the last couple of years.  It would show up via Netflix and I would always have intentions to watch it, but never get around to it.  Finally, home with the flu, I decided I had nothing better to do so I popped it in.  Man, I wish I hadn’t taken so long to watch this movie!

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