This weeks review:
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Crazy Heart
May 14 2010 by: Jeremy
I loved "Crazy Heart"...but then I consider Jeff Bridges in my top three favorite actors (Albert Finney and James Garner, in case you were wondering.) It follows a pretty standard story-arc: formerly successful singer, drunk, playing shit gigs, meets a Gyllenhaal, falls in love, vomits alot, gets dumped and cue redemption on 1,2,3...
That said, it was very enjoyable, songs were pretty good and it makes me want to move to the desert really, really bad. Exit thought: Jeff Bridges winning an Oscar does more for the Oscar's reputation than it does for Jeff Bridges.
Pirate Radio
May 9 2010 by: Jeremy
"Pirate Radio" is the worst movie with the best soundtrack ever. I tried very hard to like this movie but it just kept pushing the stupidity envelope until it ended with a literal crescendo of vapidity. What a cast. So many great talents and it could just never rise above an utterly terrible script. Such a waste. Here's hoping this doesn't keep anyone else from making a movie about this subject, like "Last Days" will forever keep someone from actually doing a decent Kurt Cobain movie...that and the death threats when Courtney doesn't get cast as herself.
Hmmm, lost my train of thought. "Pirate Radio"=bad. "Pirate Radio" soundtrack=a must buy.
An Education
Feb.25 2010 by: Jeremy
I have nearly a perfect record in my quest to see every nominated movie before the Oscars. Now that there are 10, it is alot harder to do. I'm probably not going to see "Precious: From the novel something or other by whats-er-name" and that makes me mad because I am very OCD and this messes with my mind.
That being said, I saw "An Education" on Tuesday and I liked it alot. It's worth seeing if you got the time and it's actually playing near you.
Now I'm watching "Angels and Demons" which is so much like "24" it's cracking me up. I'm waiting for Hanks to shoot the Pope in his kneecaps.
Edge of Darkness
Jan.30 2010 by: Jeremy
Went and saw "Edge of Darkness" yesterday. Pretty good political thriller. Blood-sucking CEO's, murderous Gub'ment thugs, ELF corpses and an evil Republican Senator from Massachusetts (the most proposterous concept of all...oh wait...)
I like Mel's directing career and all, but I miss his acting. Whatever his baggage, he's still great on screen (even with his Boston-by-way-of-Australia accent.) Add in Ray Winstone and I'm sold...although leaving important twists to be delivered in his Irish-mush-mouth voice was not helpful (plot-point-wise).
Up in The Air
Jan.24 2010 by: Jeremy
Saw "Up in The Air" a couple of days ago and I liked it alot. It was really funny.
Now I'm watching "Dumbo", which is also about flying.
The Perfect Getaway
Jan.16 2010 by: Jeremy
Watched "The Perfect Getway" last night. Not a bad film. Pretty scenery, terrible southern accents, hippies in handcuffs and it even teaches you how to process a goat (might come in handy someday, who knows?). It has some pretty good twists too. All in all, worth a rental.
New Year
Jan.9 2010 by: Jeremy
Happy new year everyone! I took the end of the month off to visit various families all over the nation (just like in "Four Christmases!") so there hasn't been a comic since mid-december (and a proper one since November considering the last FlickSkinny was for a "one-weekend only" Dave Matthews concert event).
Well, we're back now anyway and I'm going to try to turn over a new blog-leaf (as I failed to do last year.) So this is it, I'm going to try to review most new movies I see here in print so check in from time to time to see how long it takes me to fail to accomplish this modest goal.
In my defense though, between running a video-store, a bar, a comic, a radio-show and raising a crumb-cruncher, blogging just seems like just another pain in my ass. Hey, at least I'm too BUSY
to remember to blog, instead of just LAZY.
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Haircuts that made History vol.1
Haircuts that made History vol.2
Hope you like them (and that these links work).
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