Director: Alex Gibney (I've never seen anything else he's directed, but supposedly he's a very respected Documentarian [not a real word])
Stars: Johnny Depp (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Astronaut's Wife)
Tom Wolfe (hasn't really acted in anything)
YesNoSoso: 1
I will say that this was a pretty good documentary, but it was still a documentary and I can think of only a handful of documentaries that I would watch a second time (King of Kong: Fistful of Quarters and Hoop Dreams come to mind). If you are a Hunter S Thompson fan you will more than likely love this documentary and I would venture that someone who has never even heard of Hunter would find it even more interesting. Dr Thompson was an amazing man, on account of both his skills and his debauchery. The world is a much less interesting place without him.
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3/26/09
Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008)
Director: Nicholas Stoller (his first movie)
Stars: Jason Segel ("Freaks and Geeks", Slackers)
Kristen Bell (Spartan, "Gossip Girl")
YesNoSoso: 2
Call me crazy, but I didn't think either 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up was anything special. Solid YesNoSoso 1's but nothing more. Which is probably why I put off watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall for so long. That was a mistake. This movie isn't rolling on the floor hilarious, but it is has plenty of hilarious parts and is an overall enjoyable movie. Jason Segel is probably my favorite of all of Apatow's cronies and the supporting cast is both hilarious (e.g. Bill Hader) and gorgeous (Mila Kunis). I also thought I would hate Russel Brand, but I found him to be suprisingly funny, which just goes to show you: although annoying with terrible teeth, the Brits CAN serve a purpose to society.
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Stars: Jason Segel ("Freaks and Geeks", Slackers)
Kristen Bell (Spartan, "Gossip Girl")
YesNoSoso: 2
Call me crazy, but I didn't think either 40 Year Old Virgin or Knocked Up was anything special. Solid YesNoSoso 1's but nothing more. Which is probably why I put off watching Forgetting Sarah Marshall for so long. That was a mistake. This movie isn't rolling on the floor hilarious, but it is has plenty of hilarious parts and is an overall enjoyable movie. Jason Segel is probably my favorite of all of Apatow's cronies and the supporting cast is both hilarious (e.g. Bill Hader) and gorgeous (Mila Kunis). I also thought I would hate Russel Brand, but I found him to be suprisingly funny, which just goes to show you: although annoying with terrible teeth, the Brits CAN serve a purpose to society.
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3/18/09
Spirited Away (2001)
Director: Hazao Miyazaki (Ponyo on the Cliff, Princess Mononoke [I haven't seen either but I hear they are amazing])
Stars: Daveigh Chase (Donnie Darko, Artificial Intelligence: AI)
James Marsden ("Afro Samurii", "Blossom")
YesNoSoso: 2
This is a kids movie. If you can't watch a movie and appreciate it in spite of it not being your favorite genre then you will not like this movie. It doesn't include jokes only adults will understand like the Pixar movies do, but it is incredible none-the-less. Miyazaki has been enjoying immense popularity in Japan for some time now, and if you want further proof of his established reverence look and at the cast of actors that did voice work for the English version of Ponyo on the Cliff. If you can get past the cheesy Japanese-to-English, made-for-children dialogue, you'll be treated to a (and this is really gonna sound fanboy geek) an amazingly inventive world, as visually stunning as it is original.
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Stars: Daveigh Chase (Donnie Darko, Artificial Intelligence: AI)
James Marsden ("Afro Samurii", "Blossom")
YesNoSoso: 2
This is a kids movie. If you can't watch a movie and appreciate it in spite of it not being your favorite genre then you will not like this movie. It doesn't include jokes only adults will understand like the Pixar movies do, but it is incredible none-the-less. Miyazaki has been enjoying immense popularity in Japan for some time now, and if you want further proof of his established reverence look and at the cast of actors that did voice work for the English version of Ponyo on the Cliff. If you can get past the cheesy Japanese-to-English, made-for-children dialogue, you'll be treated to a (and this is really gonna sound fanboy geek) an amazingly inventive world, as visually stunning as it is original.
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3/11/09
4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days (2007)
Director: Christian Mungiu (some Romanian shit you've never heard of)
Stars: Anamaria Marinca (Youth Without Youth [Coppola's latest movie, havent' seen it], some Romanian shit you've never heard of)
Laura Vasiliu (some Romanina shit you've never heard of)
YesNoSoso: 1
A movie about obtaining an abortion in Soviet Bloc Romania in the 80's and its about as horrible as that sounds. In a country where the only place you can buy cigarettes is on the Black Market, imagine how unsanitary and horrific it is trying to get an abortion. Honestly the worst part of the movie wasn't the graphic as fuck shot (when you see it, you'll know what I'm referring to), or the actual procedure, but the "doctor" explaining what the procedure entails. I have a feeling that was the point. Definitely worth checking out, but is incredibly slow in parts.
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Stars: Anamaria Marinca (Youth Without Youth [Coppola's latest movie, havent' seen it], some Romanian shit you've never heard of)
Laura Vasiliu (some Romanina shit you've never heard of)
YesNoSoso: 1
A movie about obtaining an abortion in Soviet Bloc Romania in the 80's and its about as horrible as that sounds. In a country where the only place you can buy cigarettes is on the Black Market, imagine how unsanitary and horrific it is trying to get an abortion. Honestly the worst part of the movie wasn't the graphic as fuck shot (when you see it, you'll know what I'm referring to), or the actual procedure, but the "doctor" explaining what the procedure entails. I have a feeling that was the point. Definitely worth checking out, but is incredibly slow in parts.
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3/5/09
The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Director: Louis Leterrier (The Transporter 2 [which sucked ass])
Stars: Edward Norton (Fight Club, The Italian Job)
Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings, Armageddon)
YesNoSoso: 0
I appreciate the effort of skipping the entire origin story and the beginning subplot of Bruce Banner trying to control the Hulk through meditation and training, but it doesn't deliver on an entertaining movie. Look, Hollywood, I know you want to make a Hulk movie, but perhaps our CGI/Special effects just aren't up to snuff yet to legitimately pull it off. I literally went to the kitchen and made a sandwich when The Hulk and The Abomination were fighting, I just can't get into those CGI fight scenes (The Neo/Mr Smith brawl in the second Matrix comes to mind). And the best Hulk villain you can come up with is essentially another Hulk? How boring is that?
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Stars: Edward Norton (Fight Club, The Italian Job)
Liv Tyler (The Lord of the Rings, Armageddon)
YesNoSoso: 0
I appreciate the effort of skipping the entire origin story and the beginning subplot of Bruce Banner trying to control the Hulk through meditation and training, but it doesn't deliver on an entertaining movie. Look, Hollywood, I know you want to make a Hulk movie, but perhaps our CGI/Special effects just aren't up to snuff yet to legitimately pull it off. I literally went to the kitchen and made a sandwich when The Hulk and The Abomination were fighting, I just can't get into those CGI fight scenes (The Neo/Mr Smith brawl in the second Matrix comes to mind). And the best Hulk villain you can come up with is essentially another Hulk? How boring is that?
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