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TGITDNMAR (9/21/07)
2007-09-21 00:43:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released.A day early for a change!In terms of the last few weeks, this feature has managed to lose its purpose. Due to a lack of good product being released (at least in the Phoenix area), there hasn't been much that has come out that I've wanted to see, or have seen lately. According to the number of reviews posted in this space (a review is written for every film seen in the theater), I only saw four movies in August and only four thus far into September. Boo me.As for the recent releases: 3:10 to Yuma? We almost saw it the other day, but something more important came up. Eastern Promises? Doesn't come out until today. The Brave One? Reviews have been middling to say the best, and the fact that Death Sentence just came out as well ain't helping. I'd like to see No End in Sight but haven't gotten around to seeing it yet, and A Fistful of Quarters isn't playing h...

Big Trouble in Little Anaheim
2007-09-19 08:21:00
Take a good look at the trimmed posted above. Then take another. See anything that catches your eye?I'm not typically one to analyze (much less over analyze) the copywriting done by the movie studios on their posters or commercials, but this one-sheet for Disney's upcoming The Game Plan struck me. Disney, bringer of joy to millions of children around the world, the company that would be out of business, in fact, were it not for kids, seems to think insulting them is the way to go here."First, he has to tackle one little problem."Wow, talk about a bad choice of words there. A football star's child is seen as a "problem?" Sure, your typical football star who finds a child upon his doorstep might think that he/she is a problem, but surely Disney doesn't want us all to think of kids as problems, do they?Of course not...in the end, I'm sure Joe Kingman will come to find that he loves, even needs his little problem to make his life complete. The arrival of the little moppet will end ...
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A really bad movie idea that cracks me up nonetheless
2007-09-18 18:21:00
Arnold Schwarzenegger's Kindergarten Cop has been a neverending source of comedy since it's arrival some 17 years ago. Upon release, people thought it was actually a cute, amusing story - showcasing the hardened detective played by Ahnuld turned into a sweet, giant teddy bear by a gang of 5 year olds, some of which got some of the best lines themselves ("It might be a tumor," "Boys have a penis, girls have a vagina!").However, what's really turned into the comedy goldmine over the years (at least for me and a few friends) are just various lines said by Schwarzenegger over the course of the film, most of which are made funny only by the big guy's accent and timing ("I'm Detective John Kimble! I'm a cop, you idiot!"; "Who is your daddy and what does he do?"). For more fun with these, I direct you to one of the many Arnold soundboards over at eBaum's World.Anyhow, that's not totally what this is about. See, this weekend, another blockbuster from the early 90s showed up on cable...
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TGITDNMAR (9/14/07)
2007-09-14 23:32:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released.It's hard to review movies if you don't go see them, and as I've documented a lot lately, there hasn't been all that much to see. Finally, that's changing this Friday (which also happens to be FletchFather's birthday - Happy Birthday, Dad!).Lots of new releases this week, but many are limited and will probably never make it to any of our respective wood necks (Phoenix is one of the worst big cities in terms of this. Boo!). That said, let's just look at the major releases:Eastern PromisesI'm a big Viggo fan, a so-so Naomi Watts fan, and generally not a fan of David Cronenberg (the high comedy of Crash notwithstanding). Likewise, Mrs. Fletch isn't a fan of ultraviolent pics. That said, we both enjoyed (but didn't love) the last Mortensen-Cronenberg collaboration (A History of Violence). It will probably come down to how bad we want to see a movie and what we've ...

Thursday's Things to Click On (9/13/07)
2007-09-13 23:55:00
Let's get straight to the clickables, shall we?* If you didn't get enough Full House here last week, The Big Lead was able to give you this week's serving: Have Mercy! Also, many thanks to The Big Lead for linking to my FH post - they're kind of a big deal.* Reel Fanatic has been on fire lately. First, a tremendous look at next year's summer blockbusters, then just today, a great list of Guilty Pleasure movies (be sure to read the comments as well) - though I had to scold the author and commenters for failing to mention Road House, aka The Greatest Guilty Pleasure Movie of All Time. Also, a proper shout-out to It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which starts its new season tonight. Great, great comedy (on FX, check local listings). * Don't know if this will be yanked or not, but here's a clip from the upcoming Bob Dylan (biopic?) I'm Not There (featuring Cate Blanchett as the bard). If you haven't heard about it, read about it here first. As a Dylan fan (being named...
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Fletch's Film Review: 2 Days in Paris
2007-09-13 01:16:00
All this summer, we had been waiting. I was, you might have been, Hollywood and some little (maybe) studio certainly was. Waiting for that one indie to catch fire, to go from making $40,000 one week to $2 million to the next, on the way to grossing $20 or $30 or even $50 million plus. Where has our Napoleon Dynamite been?Well, you can probably see where this is going. Unfortunately, it's no longer summer (except for here in Arizona, where it's still well over 100 degrees every day...but I digress). It's September. Kids back in school, fall TV season shifting into gear and the sports seasons returning/kicking it up a notch. Meanwhile, 2 Days in Paris has barely grossed $2 million total in over a month. For shame.Outside of the much hyped (and deservedly so) Knocked Up and Superbad, this is the funniest movie of the year. Outside of that, it's also the best "romantic comedy" you've seen in the past 20. True, saying a romantic comedy is great is practically an oxymoron these days,...
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Fletch's Film Review: The Ten
2007-09-11 09:15:00
There's something to be said for the peaks and valleys of absurdist sketch comedy. Unlike the rote predictability of sketch shows like MadTV and Saturday Night Live, oddball shows like The State, Stella, and Upright Citizen's Brigade seem to either succeed massively or fall flat on their face (oh wait, SNL has fallen flat on their face almost constantly in the last few years).David Wain's The Ten is no different. A humorous take on the Ten Commandments, done anthology-stlye with a 10 minute sketch for each commandment, there's a variance in quality not only between each sketch, but within each sketch, right down to a minute-by-minute basis. On the plus side, though, this is the rare film that significantly picks up steam as it goes, helped by the meandering that the characters do from sketch to sketch. Each story has its own plot and set of main characters, but an ancillary performer in one commandment may turn out to be the star of the next, and vice-versa.Paul Rudd serves as a...
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TGITDNMAR (9/7/07)
2007-09-09 23:23:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released.Well, it's finally September, and not surprisingly, the quality of the new releases has vastly improved already. Also not surprisingly, with the NFL kicking off this weekend, there are only three major releases hitting theaters. Well, two and a half, I guess - not sure if The Brothers Solomon really counts as a major release. Let's get to it:3:10 To YumaThis western has a pretty strong pedigree. The director of Walk the Line. Two headliner stars in Russell Crowe and Christian Bale. Even a strong supporting cast, including Peter Fonda, Dallas Roberts, Ben Foster, Gretchen Mol and Alan Tudyk. Yet, despite all that, I still can't get all that amped up to see this - combine that with Mrs. Fletch's total lack of desire to see it, and what you get is this:Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 19%Shoot 'Em UpAll the comparisons to Sin City aren't helping, a...

Movies I'm Really Not Looking Forward To - Full House: The Movie
2007-09-07 17:11:00
Consider this the first in what could be a never-ending series. I imagine that the trend will be to spotlight other TV shows that will inevitably be made into crappy movies (Just the Ten of Us, anyone?), but for now, let's just settle in on this one.In the spirit of movies no one ever wanted to see like The Beverly Hillbillies, Leave it to Beaver, and George of the Jungle, I can't help but think of the inevitability that the studio execs of tomorrow, no doubt at a loss for original material, will be more than happy to dig into the dregs of 80s and 90s television for ideas. First on the list? Full House . One of the pioneers of ABC's "TGIF" block of family-oriented programming (along with Perfect Strangers, Just the Ten of Us, and Mr. Belvedere), House will probably end up being best known as the vehicle that launched the "careers" of Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen, but it was actually a pretty big success on its own, on the air from 1987-1995, furthering the career of John Stamos and ...
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Fletch's Film Review: Death at a Funeral
2007-09-05 18:13:00
I'm curious as to what the legacy of Frank Oz will be. He sure has had a strange and interesting career, as an actor, puppeteer, voice actor, director and even as a "muppet creative consultant." He's the voice of many cultural icons, from Grover to Bert to Cookie Monster to Miss Piggy and even Fozzie Bear, not to mention a little green guy from the Star Wars movies. He's directed 12 feature films (half of which have been released since 1997) and even they are a varied bunch - he started with (not surprisingly) a Jim Henson production, the Muppets meets Lord of the Rings saga The Dark Crystal. That was followed by another Muppets movie, and that with a still-puppetted Little Shop of Horrors. The next 15 years were filled overwhelmingly with comedies, until 2001's heist flick The Score (though not great, pretty good and definitely worth watching if only to see three of the best actors of the last 50 years in one movie: Brando, DeNiro and Norton). A few years ago, he oversaw the di...
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Fletch's Film Review: Superbad
2007-09-04 08:11:00
I feel bad for Jason Biggs. And Eddie Kaye Thomas. Well, really, the entire cast and crew of American Pie. Sure, Pie was a big hit and got some good reviews some 10 years ago, but nowhere near the love that Superbad and the King Midas-like Judd Apatow are feeling right now. Don't get me wrong - this isn't to say that I think Superbad is a bad film or a cheap knockoff - not in the least. However, there sure are a lot of similarities between that first pastry-influenced film and the latest hit from the Apatow family. For starters, the Sherminator has offered to kick McLovin's ass.All that said, I enjoyed Superbad quite a bit. As DC Girl @ the Movies pointed out in her review, much like John Hughes, Apatow's films (mind you, Superbad was directed by Greg Mottola and not Apatow, but he produced and has his hands all over the project) have a specific feel or brand all their own. In the near future, the specifics of that brand (raunchy, crass humor mixed with heart) may have to be twe...
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TGITDNMAR (8/31/07)
2007-08-31 22:20:00
Remind me to just suspend this feature next August. It's really painful to look at the new lineup of victims each and every week. As a form of protest/a reflection of the state of things, I will take Hollywood's laziness and bad products and similarly deliver a bad product. As such, you get a no-frills, stripped-down version of TGITDNMAR this week - that's right, no links, no pictures, and short, hastily-written descriptions. You wanna know more about this week's movies? First of all, may god have mercy on your soul, and second, you're on your own.HalloweenThough I'm not typically a fan of horror, and not really ever of this series, I was intrigued by the thought of Rob Zombie directing this 86th version of Halloween. (Full disclosure: I've never seen a Rob Zombie movie, but I imagine I would like them if I were a fan of the genre.) Then I saw that Malcolm McDowell was in it. McDowell on TV good (Heroes, Entourage); McDowell on film (lately, anyway) bad, very bad (uh...Hidalg...

Thursday's Things to Click On (8/30/07)
2007-08-30 22:40:00
If you haven't "Dugg" one of my posts yet, I will forgive you (though really, you should do it, as it brings me riches and fame the likes of which Brewster has only seen before). However, even if you don't, Digg is truly a great site to visit, and often.In case you're not aware of how Digg works, let me explain (badly). See the "Digg this" buttons on each of my posts? Well, trillions upon billions of other sites also have these sorts of buttons, and when an article or video is submitted to Digg, it enters their database for whatever subject matter it is submitted under. Things with multiple diggs get more attention, which snowballs into more and more. Typically, the items that are dugg hundreds or thousands of times are items that (for a given field) are truly worth checking out. As it so happens, all of today's items are things that I found on Digg. Enjoy:* Even if you're not a big Star Wars fan, this is still fun to watch: the first three movies each trimmed to fit into an an...
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The Five Most Awesomely Bad (or Maybe Just Awesome) TV Theme Songs...Ever!
2007-08-29 23:25:00
A discussion elsewhere on the internets got me started on this one. One person mentioned the opening song to WKRP from Cincinnati and it all went downhill from there. Anyway, here are some of my favorites - some are cheesy, some are legitimately good, but all are worth revisiting:Saved By The Bell If I did karaoke (which I don't and never would...unless I'm really drunk, I suppose), this might be my choice. Unfortunately, the show wasn't in its prime for all that long, so I imagine it's a small window of an age group that knows and loves this show and song like I do. Oh well - your loss.The Fresh Prince of Bel-AirYou remember the Fresh Prince, right? "He's the DJ, I'm the Rapper?" Yes, kiddies, Will Smith was actually a musician years ago - light, jokey stuff, but pretty good nonetheless. The lyrics and video for this opener make it a memorable winner. The show itself? Not so much. (It had its moments, but ran way too long.)The Dukes of HazardThough I never was crazy about the...
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Cleanup time
2007-08-24 09:28:00
A little bit of everything here, as I type this at 1:00 AM, just 10 hours before embarking on a trip to Sin City. First off, a couple (really) short reviews:Fletch's Film Review: The Simpsons MovieThere's a good reason it's taken this long to come up with something for this review: there really isn't much to say about it. The Simpsons Movie is exactly what it was supposed to be, and just as you'd expect. It's a long, well-done (yet still obviously past its prime) episode. Clocking in at just shy of 90 minutes, it's considerably longer than a 22-minute TV version, and the scope and size of the story are big without feeling too big (in other words, you can tell they were trying hard to make it BIG, but it doesn't feel too forced or hackneyed or go beyond the scale it should).As usual, Homer f*cks up his family and his town at large, and it is up to him to realize how much he needs his family to help clean up after him. There's the usual scads of puns, non sequitirs, poli...
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Fletch's Film Review: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007-07-12 17:19:00
I'm feeling conflicted, really. See, I have this certain opinion, yet I disagree with myself. Unfair as it may be, I'm sticking with my opinion, in spite of the fact that I think it's wrong in this case. Let me explain.About every other year, a good-great comedy or action movie comes along and around Oscar time, we wonder first of all, if said film will be nominated for Best Picture, and if so, does it have a chance in hell of winning. Outside of the win by Lord of the Rings: Return of the King a few years back, said film typically doesn't have a chance in hell of winning (and even the Return of the King win felt more like a comprehensive win for the series rather for being recognized itself as a tremendous movie.Why does this happen? Why are comedies and action/adventurers not taken as seriously or appreciated by cineasts as much as your run-of-the-mill drama?I don't know - and generally speaking, I'm guilty of it, too. Ask me (or many others) what some of my "favorite" movie...
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Fletch's Favored Five: Renaissance Films
2007-07-11 17:50:00
I figure its high time I class up this joint, and what better way to do so than to honor some films that have gone beyond their appreciation of film stock and enriched our lives with that more respected medium - painting. Keep in mind, I'm no art expert, and I don't know much, but I know what I like...While recently re-watching The Royal Tenenbaums, I was able to fall in love again with the Miguel Calderon painting to your right (and its complement - not shown) that is prominent in one of my favorite scenes. I'd rather not spoil it, so if you haven't seen the film - shame on you, first of all, as it's one of the best of the last 15 years - do so immediately and pay particular attention to a scene between Luke and Owen Wilson that takes place in Owen's characters' apartment.Some other objects of my affection:Much as I'm busying classing up the joint, John Hughes did so some twenty years ago with Ferris Buehler's Day Off. In what some might classify as merely being a teen com...
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Fletch's Film Review: Sicko
2007-07-11 17:05:00
I'm happy to report that I was wrong. With both his curveball and fastball still intact, Michael Moore's Sicko is no different in tone than any of his previous efforts. Alternately informative and infuriating, Moore still finds plenty of time for his sardonic wit to shine through.Through possibly an easy task, those that spend their time picking holes in Moore's arguments and/or railing him for his stunts (he attempts to take a group of folks to Guantanamo Bay for treatment, for example) are wasting their time and missing the point. Slanted as Moore may be, and however uninformed he may be in regards to the health care systems in place in Canada, France, et al, Moore's heart and head are squarely in the right place at all times. He sees a (big) problem with the US health care system and is looking at countries that maybe, just possibly, have a better system.Amongst my few complaints with Sicko is Moore's inability to let the past go. Despite my feelings for Bush and his adminis...
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Some of my favorite "characters"
2007-07-10 16:56:00
Steve Buscemi. John Turturro. Eric Stolz. J.T. Walsh. Paul Giamatti. R. Lee Ermey. Samuel L. Jackson.What do these men have in common? Aside from large filmographies, all were known once upon a time as "character actors." The best of them, some would say. Early in their film careers, they were not stars - until the indie scene took off in the mid-nineties, you could argue that none would have ever had the chance at starring in a film. However, as time went on and their profiles grew, they went from being "that guy" that you recognize from 10 other films to quasi-household names (or even more, in the cases of Jackson and Giamatti). Sadly, J.T. Walsh died too young, and Ermey has always been typecast (and rightfully so); but the rest got their due.So just for the hell of it, I'd like to list some of my current favorite "that guys" or character actors or whatever you want to call them. Some are familiar faces, some are familiar names, but chances are you've seen all of them at one ti...
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Fletch's Film Review: Live Free or Die Hard
2007-07-09 04:43:00
Apparently, the critics and movie audiences of the world have lowered their standards. Considerably. To think that Live Free or Die Hard is currently rated at an 8.1/10 on IMDb, or that the film regularly scores four out of five stars is all a bit disconcerting. Because, really, there isn't all that much to crow about.I guess, in some respects, I can understand it. After all, this is the fourth in the series, and number fours aren't typically very representative of the overall quality of a franchise. The laundry list of fatal fours is long and undistinguished: Batman & Robin, Lethal Weapon 4, The Phantom Menace. Not a decent film amongst them. So, in comparison, Live Free looks like a masterpiece.For a mindless summer popcorn flick, it's pretty effective - just be sure to remember the "no mind" portion. With almost nonstop action (it starts within 12 minutes or so of the opening credits and continues throughout), the movie certainly fulfills its requirement as an adrenali...
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TGITDNMAR (7/6/07)
2007-07-06 17:03:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released. Unfortunately, due to the holiday, we're just going to have to pretend that today is Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday all rolled into one, as one of the films below was released on each of those days. But none of us wants to see the title for this feature listed as Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released, As Well As A Couple Of Other Days From Earlier In The Week. That could get a bit lengthy...TransformersPeter Cullen is officially one of my new heroes. I implore you to click on the link and check out his resume. Sure, the man is already an icon amongst most people (okay, males) between the ages of 25-35 for the simple fact that he is the voice of Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots and star of the show. However! Would you have ever guessed that he has been the voice of Eeyore for some time? How about a number of characters from GI Joe? Or Voltron? He even did ...

Fletch's Film Review: A Mighty Heart
2007-07-05 22:29:00
How do you make an entertaining film about someone's death? Even more so, how do you do said task when all members of the audience know that the death is coming? Separate from those two questions, why is said film released in summer, at the height of blockbuster movie season?While director Michael Winterbottom (Code 46) is left to deal with the first two questions, the last one must be saved for the studio that released A Mighty Heart (Paramount Vintage).Try as he might, Winterbottom succeeds in making a film that, while painful to watch (due to subject matter) at many times, is still capable of some light humor and tense drama. The story of the death of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, told through the eyes of his loved ones and pursuers at and after the time of his abduction in Pakistan is not an easy story to tell, to be sure. However, if any director was up to the task, it is Winterbottom, whose multi-culti style of filmmaking and feel for moods is a perfect way to ta...
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Songs that must be retired from movie soundtracks
2007-07-03 16:24:00
I need your assistance, as my memory is only so good and all of the internets are only so much help here. Perhaps this post will help other geeks in the future.See, while I was sitting in the theater the other night waiting for the feature to begin, I was subjected yet again to the Fine Young Cannibals' 1989 smash hit "She Drives Me Crazy" playing in the trailer for the upcoming The Nanny Diaries. IMDb lists just three other high profile soundtrack appearances for the song (Hitch, The Other Sister, and Gross Anatomy), but I'm pretty sure that trailer appearances alone don't count towards that total (in case you're wondering, "Good Thing" has two such entries, and I'm not counting TV entries of foreign films). In fact, I'm going to go on the safe side and just multiply any IMDb soundtrack search total by 5 to completely unscientifically and woefully inaccurately calculate a songs' "trailer rating."Outside of the Cannibals, I know that there metric tons of these songs that get ...
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Fletch's Film Review: Ratatouille
2007-07-02 16:51:00
Though I unfortunately can't find a link to properly give credit, Gregg Easterbrook, a writer who files a weekly column for ESPN.com during the football season, once wrote of a paradox that affects video games (he was referring to the Madden series at the time, though it can be applied universally). To sum up, the article said that as technology gets better and the graphics, interface and speed get exponentially better for video games, the flaws become all the more apparent to the avid user. When Pitfall was being played on your Atari in 1984 (or whenever), you weren't complaining that the crocodiles looked "totally fake" or how Pitfall Harry was only comprised of 14 pixels. No, because compared to Pong or Pac-Man, it was revolutionary! It was brilliant!As time went by, however, and the next new thing came along (say, Tecmo Bowl or The Legend of Zelda), the cracks in Pitfall Harry's face started to show. Skip ahead a few generations and the flaws of the past start to get ignored,...
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TGITDNMAR (6/29/07)
2007-06-29 17:15:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released. The outlook for this week is much better than the last two, as some high-profile movies hits the screens. Next week: Transformers...RatatouilleDirector Brad Bird may have a good resume (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles), and the reviews are great so far, but I just don't know if I can get into a movie about a French rat that cooks, especially one that is voiced by Patton Oswalt. Sure, Patton is ok in small doses, but I can't take him for a whole movie.Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 25%Live Free or Die HardMuch to my surprise, Bruce's big talk from early press must be right, as early reviews are downright phenomenal when you consider that this is the fourth in the series. It's current rating from IMDb (granted, with only 2000+ ratings) sits at 8.4, higher than even the original's 8.1 (good enough for 155th overall). Consider me flabbergasted, as the ...

Diversion time...
2007-06-28 07:13:00
In honor of the release of the latest Die Hard flick, let's have some fun and caption this picture:
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A very special episode of Fletch's Favored Five
2007-06-27 19:13:00
Warning: the post you are about to read is in poor taste at best, and possibly offensive at worst. Proceed with caution - and lighten up!"Stupid is as stupid does." - Forrest Gump"I like the way you talk, too." - Karl Childers"Sometimes they're bald because their head is shiny and they don't have hair on it. So their head is just more of their face." - Sam DawsonListed above are some of the most famous quotes that the film world has ever seen (okay, maybe not the third one so much - that's from I Am Sam). Their common thread? The words were all uttered by characters that are, well, let's just say they're "special" in one way or another. A conversation the other day got me thinking - who are my favorite mentally challenged characters? I feel compelled to share with you...Honorable MentionsSam Dawson, I Am SamOnly the man that brought Jeff Spicoli to the national consciousness could have played Sam. Wait a sec, what am I saying? I never saw this, and neither did anyone else. But ...
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Seven People to Avoid at the Movie Theater
2007-06-25 19:10:00
Aside from giving movie reviews and opining on the random topic of the day, I'm here to provide a service to you the reader. As a rampant moviegoer, I must (obviously) enjoy the experience of going to the movies. That said, there are people (or groups of people) that serve as potential minefields to your experience. They are there to irritate you, frustrate you, pester you - whatever it takes to show you that they are passively-aggressively more important than you. So watch out for them...* Hearing-aid CoupleBlog Cabins would never prejudge all senior citizens who attend the theater (at a discount, mind you). After all, many seniors have great hearing and are typically amongst the quietest in the building. Unfortunately, it only takes one half of a hearing-impaired couple for them both to drive you nuts. This is because the spouse with the better hearing of the two ends up serving as a closed-captioning service to the hearing impaired. "What'd they say?," says one, with the other ...
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Fletch's Film Review: 1408
2007-06-25 17:03:00
I liked Identity better, and I thought that was pretty bad.Fletch's Film Rating:"Whatever."
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TGITDNMAR (6/22/07)
2007-06-22 20:53:00
It's that time again for TGITDNMAR, which (obviously) stands for Thank God It's The Day New Movies Are Released. If you thought last week was a bad week, it doesn't get all that much better this week.Let's see what's hitting the theaters today:Evan AlmightyCan you feel it in the air? I can - in fact, I can almost hear it. That's right - let the Steve Carell backlash begin!Actually, I don't begrudge Carell for taking this role - after all, to go form supporting player to star of a "franchise" in a few years (and to see his salary probably multiply by about 20) is bound to be an ego boosting event. And he has been on a roll.That said, it stops here. By all accounts, this looks like a boring (PG rating won't help), preachy, unfunny kids movie that just happen to cost a fortune to make.Fletch's Chance of Viewing (in the theater): 5%1408This has gotten pretty good reviews thus far, which bodes well. With Hostel 2 bombing big time, I imagine the horror fans out there will jump at...