"I was stuck playing the sidekick in a sick and twisted buddy movie."
- James St. James (Seth Green) PARTY MONSTER (2003)
Today film babble salutes Rodney Dangerfield, Janet Leigh, and Christopher Reeve. We've got some lists we've all contributed to below.
We review some new movies in the theater and on DVD as usual, give you some cool links, and just basically babble on like usual. Enjoy!
Most of the film babble bloggers made it to the sneak preview last Saturday night of TEAM AMERICA : WORLD POLICE - Trey Parker and Matt Stone's (South Park of course) new preposterous marionettes fight terriorism epic spectacular. It's funnier than it has a right to be we seem to all agree. Such a dedicated parody of the tried and true Jerry Bruckheimer formula with a great soundtrack (including hilarious songs like "Freedom Is Not Free" and "(You've Got To Have A) Montage") can not be easily dismissed. The basic Parker/Stone sensibility - i.e. cheap scatalogical humor in place of cheap sentiment and that there are too many useless self important celebrities is carried through to the bitter. Just be sure to remember "there is no 'I' in Team America!" - D C J
We are all highly anticipating the release of :
I HEART HUCKABEES - David O'Russell's first movie since THREE KINGS in 1999. With Dustin Hoffman sporting a Beatle haircut, a hipster Jason Schwartzman, an overly exuburent Jude Law, a smuggily mugging Lily Tomlin, and some cheesecake served up by Naomi Watts (this is all going by the trailer and ad campaign not by the actual film) how can this miss? One film babble blogger (who will go nameless) has said that if this movie isn't good they will kill themselves. "It bills itself as an "existential comedy" so if it doesn't hit the spiritual spot - I'm outta here!" We here are all pulling for this flick to make good. One life in particular is at stake.
- Anderson Moran
RECENT RELEASE DVDS :
GODSEND Dir. Nick Hamm. Greg Kinnear, Rebecca Romijn Stamos, and Robert Deniro. This has one of the lowest ratings on the Rotten Tomato site I've ever seen. A user comment on the imdb says "worst movie of the year". Just about every review said "Godawful". Well this melodrama/suspense thriller about the grieving parents (Kinnear and Stamos) of their recently deceased 8 year old son (Cameron Bright) who decide to go with the mysterious Dr. Richard Wells proposal to clone their child and start again in a new community under constant monitoring and blah blah blah!
Anyway this laughable hammy (couldn't resist the pun) creeper even goes as far to make the great Robert Deniro spout such lines as "You think you can just open Pandora's box and close it again?" Consider yerself warned!
- Bertie Shafer
TOP FIVE BEST CHRISTOPHER REEVE MOVIES
1. SUPERMAN : THE MOVIE
2. SUPERMAN 2
3. DEATHTRAP
4. SOMEWHERE IN TIME
5. THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
TOP FIVE RODNEY DANGERFIELD MOVIES
1. BACK TO SCHOOL
2. CADDYSHACK
3. EASY MONEY
4. NATURAL BORN KILLERS
5. MEET WALLY SPARKS
More later...
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