April 2011
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2011: The Year Of Natalie Portman
Natalie Portman seems to be in everything this year, okay she’s actually in 6 movies but that’s still a lot. I’ve seen 5 of the 6 and I thought it would be fun to weigh in on each performance.
Black Swan: technically it’s a 2010 film but it came out over here in January. She won her first Oscar and almost every other major acting award for her portrayal of a ballerina...
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WatchFirst Trailer for ‘Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Pt.2’
Words can’t describe the epicness
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WatchFull Theatrical Trailer For ‘X-Men: First Class’
More mutants, more plot details, more footage and more January Jones cleavage
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WatchRed Band Trailer For ‘Bridesmaids’
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Thor
Spider-Man, Superman and Batman aren’t gracing our screens this year, the X-Men movie coming out doesn’t have Wolverine, Storm or Cyclops so it’s up to the lesser known ‘B-List’ superheroes to entertain us. First of which is ‘Thor’ directed by Kenneth Branagh.
I was sceptical about ‘Thor’, it’s one of the more difficult comic books to...
“Almost everything—all external expectations, all pride, all fear of...”
– Steve Jobs
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Watch“The Devil’s Double” trailer.
Why do I have a feeling this would be my favorite film of the year? It’s based on the true story of Latif Yahia who was body double for Saddam Hussein’s son Uday Hussein.
It stars Dominic Cooper (Mama Mia, The History Boys) as both leads and is directed by Lee Tamahori (Die Another Day).
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Scream 4
It’s been 11 years since “Scream 3” and horror master Wes Craven is introducing his innovative & successful franchise to a new generation. Is Craven reinventing the horror genre again or does “Scream 4” fall into the group of recent mediocre horror remakes & sequels?
I’m afraid it’s the latter, “Scream 4” doesn’t show us...
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Fast Five
Let’s be honest “The Fast & The Furious” was just a “Point Break” knock off, similar plot but with street racing instead of surfing and generally a less awesome film. It went on to be a sleeper hit making over $200 million worldwide and a franchise was born. “Tokyo Drift” aside I’m quite a fan of the “Fast & Furious” movies, they...
WatchRed-Band Trailer for “The Change Up”
The change up is another body switch comedy, yeah I know they’re generic but this one is directed by David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers) and stars Ryan Reynolds, Jason Bateman, Leslie Mann & Olivia Wilde.
There’s enough talent there for me to give it a chance
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WatchNew International Trailer for “X-Men: First Class”
Although the posters and overall marketing (or lack of) continue to disappoint, the trailers for Matthew Vaughan’s “X-Men” prequel certainly make it look like the superhero film to beat this year and revive a franchise that was stained by the disappointing “X-Men: The Last Stand” & “X-Men...
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“The Internet is a communication tool used the world over where people can come...”
– Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck)- “Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back” (2001). Dir/Writer- Kevin Smith
The Life of the Mind: Underrated Gems: 2 →
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Michael Clayton is one of those movies that remains riveting without much onscreen to do. Most of Michael Clayton is people in suits arguing about legal documents. And yet with a tight script, clean direction, and a great pace, it never let’s up.
And it contains plenty of those “Oh shit” dialogue moments like the “Part of my attention, the minimum amount” scene in The Social...
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WatchTrailer for “Crazy Stupid Love”
Another movie I’m really looking forward to this year. It stars Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Kevin Bacon & Marissa Tomei.
It’s directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa (I Love You Phillip Morris)
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Your Highness
David Gordon Green teams up with his “Pineapple Express” stars Danny McBride & James Franco again for another stoner comedy. This one is set in the medieval times.
“Your Highness” is about two brothers, slacker Thadeous (McBride) and hero Fabious (Franco) on a quest to rescue Fabious’s wife Belladonna (Zooey Deschanel) who has been kidnapped by evil sorcerer...
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Source Code
‘Source Code’ director Duncan Jones is the artist formerly known as Zowie Bowie. That’s right, David Bowie’s son and while before he fell into the Peaches Geldof, Calum Best category of celebrity children he’s now put his shit together and is in the Stella McCartney, Liv Tyler category i.e. the ones who have made a name for themselves and stepped out of their...
Josh Pence Cast In 'The Dark Knight Rises'.
Model turned actor Josh Pence (The Social Network) has reportedly landed a role in Chris Nolan’s highly anticipated Batman sequel. He’s set to play a younger Ra’s Al Ghul in flashbacks from about 30 years earlier. Ra’s Al Ghul was played by Liam Neeson in ‘Batman Begins’. Everything about this movie is shaping up to be awesome.
You may not know Pence but he...
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Fan-Made ‘X-Men: First Class’ Opening Credits
This fan-made opening title sequence for ‘X-Men:First Class’ is phenomenal. They are a homage to films of the 60’s, the same time period when ‘First Class’ is set, plus the title music is a slowed down orchestral version of the classic 90’s ‘X-Men’ cartoon. Brilliant!
“Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are”
– Kurt Cobain
RIP Kurt Cobain
“Kurt Cobain killed himself today. He was just too pure for this world” this was said by Nate Fisher (Peter Krause) in the series finale of Six Feet Under. I couldn’t describe Cobain any better. He died in 1994 when I was only 4 years old so I’d be lying if I said I experienced his revolution when he was alive but I’m happy that I discovered his music when I was...
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Kaboom
College sex dramedy with supernatural, horror and science fiction elements. Sounds a bit much but this movie works.
Gregg Araki’s Kaboom is a movie which explores and studies young people, it has this Donnie Darko “what the fuck is going on?” feel which doesn’t frustrate you but keeps you intrigued wondering what would happen. It features characters who you may not be...
March 2011
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