December 2011
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I ENJOYED THIS MOVIE - "Winnebago Man"
To clarify, I’ve watched a lot of movies recently and only a handful are standout. And from those, none of them are truly worth your time. So for this week, I present you with a movie that I enjoyed. I would recommend this movie, but it’s not the most important film of your life. For better or worse, this is just an interesting enjoyable film.
I’m not sure if it was the handful of...
THIS MOVIE IS NOW ON INSTANT QUEUE →
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IN CASE YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED...
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What is... "The Poker House" →
I watch a ton of movies, and not all of them warrant a full blown review. I’m also trying to find new ways to add additional content and sometimes reviewing a film isn’t the point. In some cases, I’m more interested in starting a dialogue about the film.
I recently watched “The Poker Room” because I haven’t seen David Alan Grier in anything since Jumanji and...
“New rule. Finish every movie you start. Even if it doesn’t feature David...”
– [Indistinct Chatter]
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FANTASTIC FRIDAY - "Chocolate"
This movie was, as you can see, was fantastic. I caught this in my recent craze of collecting Kung Fu movies on instant queue. If you read a quick description, this movie is about a girl with autism that absorbs unique powers and abilities by watching kung fu movie. I thought this was going to be one of those, “Good to be bad” kind of movies. I was pleasantly surprised.
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What's wrong with Reality TV? - "The Winning...
Abby: I don't think you're getting the big picture here...
Damien: What...?!? What do you mean?
Abby: What do you want to do with the rest of your life!?!
Damien: Be on Reality TV!.. What?
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LET'S TALK TV: 2011 in Review →
My buddy Brandon Norman recently started writing on his blog again and since I don’t really like talking about TV but I do enjoy it, I’m happy to let him give you a pretty solid run down of what you’ve been missing in 2011
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READER RECOMMENDED - "Howl's Moving Castle"
Howl’s Moving Castle was great. A friend of mine suggested this movie recently and I had a fear that the whole thing would be in Japanese, but to my pleasant surprise the entire film was redubbed in english [starring Billy Crystal] and was actually produced by Disney.
I like Japanese films like this because they typically stray from the routine formula in films and play a little outside...
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How Did this Get Made - Jingle All The Way →
If you haven’t been listening to How Did This Get Made, do yourself a favor and start today.
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RED:NESDAY - "The Future"
I heard about “The Future” a couple months ago when it was playing at a second run theater. I immediately got the vibe that this would be an interesting movie, but probably not one that would be easy for a broad audience to digest. I was probably right.
The disappointing thing about “The Future” was that first of all it was listed as a comedy. I’m not sure why...
The 'Flight of the Conchords' Movie Is Getting... →
Rhys Darby, who plays the best band manager slash Deputy Cultural Attaché in the universe, Murray, said on a New Zealand radio show that a Flight of the Conchords movie is “just a matter of finding time. And I think next year pen will hit paper.”
“I’m writing you without a pencil… so I hope you can read it.”
– Paw-Paw in “The Future”
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INDI:UPDATE - What is Indistinct Chatter and where...
Not that most of you will care, but I want to talk briefly about what [INDISTINCT CHATTER] is and in what direction I will be taking this blog / experience. [INDISTINCT CHATTER] started out as a way to take advantage of all of the movies I seem to be enjoying by sharing them with the masses. It has become a centralized place to explore the vast range of movies as well as a launching point for...
“Sometimes you gotta shave a little off the puzzle piece to make it fit”
– watching “I Love You Phillip Morris”
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DOCUMEN:TUESDAY - "Zombie Girl: The Movie"
Loved this film. For starters, I must say that I am of the Zombie persuasion. And to add to taht, I hate that there is a classification of zombies known as “Romero Zombies”. There should be Zombies, and “Vampiric-Future-Dead-Hungries”. But I digress. But the only reason I checked in for this movie from the beginning was that I saw it was a documentary about a 12 year old...
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LET'S TALK TV - Shows I watched this week
I don’t really want to make a big deal out of television. I do like it, but everybody is watching like a million shows at a time and we’re all behind on the shows that we love, so why add anything more.
That being said, I’ve been watching a few shows to kill the time and I like them because they’re easy to watch and don’t require me to invest an entire lifetime...
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SECOND RUN SUNDAY - "Hobo With a Shotgun"
I had the pleasure of watching Hobo with a Shotgun in theaters at a second run theater a few months ago and to be honest, I could not remember a single thing about this movie besides the Hobo, the Shotgun, and the drain cover decapitations. After popping this film on the tele for a second time, I started to remember why.
Hobo with a Shotgun at first glance looks like one of those “Good to...
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WTF AM I WATCHING - "Morning Glory"
Part of me is embarrassed to say that I watched this, but I find it necessary to cleanse the palate every now and again. A lot of these independent movies offer a loose story or artsy delivery and it’s not always easy to follow so finding a blockbuster high budget big cast film gives me something easy to enjoy. I usually find these films in my “New Releases” section on Netflix...
“I shouldn’t have trusted those Christians Mills… my family is...”
– “The Living Wake”
“Family. The only institution that made me more insane.”
– “The Living Wake”
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FANTASTIC:FRIDAY - "TrollHunter"
Oh yes! TrollHunter is in the house! My initial thoughts was that this was going to be one of those, “This is so bad it’s amazing!” sort of films. It’s about Trolls. The special effects looked cheesy and obviously fake. Perfect.
I was incredibly wrong and underestimated this movie beyond any film so far. I love TrollHunter. I watched it. Invited my friends over. And...
“You’re tearing me apart Lisa!!!”
– The Room… you either get it or you don’t.
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READER-REQUESTED:CHATTER-APPROVED - "Young@Heart"
A friend of mine asked me if I had seen this film the other day, and I was happy to say yes. In fact I have seen this movie in theaters, I have rented it from Blockbuster, and I have since purchased it on amazon. I’m even more pleased to announce that this film is currently on instant queue.
Young@Heart is a documentary about a choir with the average age of 72 covering songs with the...
“I know the Teen Wolf looks different but try to make sure that he still feels...”
– How I Met Your Mother because sometimes I watch TV.
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RED:NESDAY - "Crazy. Stupid. Love."
“Crazy. Stupid. Love.” was crazy stupid wonderful. I’m amused by how often I seem to watch the same actors doing the same sort of thing in the same types of movies, but “Crazy. Stupid. Love.” has a little more pizazz and depth than afore mentioned “Date Night” First of all, apparently I love Ryan Gosling. He’s recognized as a bit of a ladies man...
Nonjas??? - watching "Speed Racer"
Christina Ricci: Were those ninjas?!?
John Goodman: More like "non-jas"... terrible what will pass for a ninja these days.
Christina Ricci: Cool beans.
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DOCUMEN:TUESDAY - "Reel Injun"
Paul Scheer said it best on his mini-episode of “How Did This Get Made” - when the trailer is just a lot of voice overs and the premise isn’t very clear, it’s probably going to be a bad movie. “Reel Injun” isn’t a bad film… it’s just leaves something to be desired. I recognize this now from watching the trailer. It’s just a lot of...
randsomedrebec asked: just to make things official. "house of yes" "half nelson" "the sweet here after" "house of sand and fog" have you seen "man on fire" ? its well known, but if not seen- a MUST. not to mention, i highly suggest you consider watching the "sixfeet under" HBO series. its a total emotional feast, worth it. also, you can't go wrong with...
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NOW AND THEN (not the movie) - "TRON"
I don’t have a huge opinion about Tron as a film. I think I interpret it more as a piece of culture that I’m just now getting around to. I have heard of Tron Guy and knew a few details here and there about the light cycles game, but I had no real context as to why this movie had created such a following. I watched Legacy in theaters and felt that the story and premise were alright,...
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Nightly Netflix: The Pleasure of Being Robbed - of...
I could say that I don’t have enough time to fully review this movie, which I chose because of it’s Netflix recommend with similarities to “The Puffy Chair,” but it’s really because I don’t want to type more than a couple paragraphs about it.
The premise is essentially that the main character (Eleonore) is so bohemian and infatuated with petty thievery, that nothing holds her attention for...
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THIS BLEW ME AWAY - "The High Cost of Living"
Apparently this movie has mixed reviews, but from what I can tell it seems like a lot of people are mostly concerned with budget and execution. Others complained that the story was predictable and unlikely. I, however, find all this to be untrue. There is nothing I enjoy more than an obvious story structure with a unique dilemma. For me, “The High Cost of Living” had it all.
I...
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KID TESTED : CHATTER APPROVED - "North"
I couldn’t find a trailer for this film that didn’t have tons of advertising in front of it or poor quality. Apparently this movie never received much attention, but for some reason I saw it as a kid and always thought it was the coolest. As an adult, this can be a dangerous thing, assuming that a movie from your childhood won’t be insanely weird and trippy that is [i.e....
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Watching this now... "North" on INSTANT QUEUE
Bruce Willis: Hungry?
Elijah Wood: No thanks
Bruce Willis: Good, cause i'm starving and this is my last carrot. [brief pause] So, who are you?
Elijah Wood: I'm North
Bruce Willis: I've seen your name on maps. Very impressive.
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WTF DID I JUST WATCH - "16 TO LIFE"
First of all, this movie isn’t bad. I enjoyed it. But initially I thought I had stumbled upon a really cute low budget Garden State except written by an up and coming female writer/director. Becky Smith just sounds like a cute name, the premise was cute, the people were all cute… I thought it was going to be cute. As a guy, you should not expect that many things to be cute and then...
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RED:NESDAY - "Beginners"
“Beginners” is a movie that I did not expect to see. To be honest, I hadn’t heard of it until redbox.com’s ‘New Arrivals’ section planted it’s mildly intriguing over in my browser’s window. I made the decision to get the film, over watching “Super 8,” also a new redbox arrival, and though it showed available at my grocery store, I was dismayed to find it had been checked out. I decided not to let...
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DOCUMEN-TUESDAY - "NERDCORE RISING"
I am officially bummed… because A.) I really wanted to like this movie and B.) I really haven’t wanted to do any negative reviews. I’m really supportive of film as an art and encouraging storytelling and creativity and giving the benefit of the doubt and typically I won’t shoot anything lower than 3 Stars on a film because I think you can find something valuable in most...
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INSTANT QUEUE REVIEW - "The Immaculate Conception...
I’ve kind of been linking films together, which in a sense makes sense. One film inspires another and then all of a sudden you’ve got the 6 degrees of Kevin Bacon. But! I was headed down the road of Jesse Eisenberg and will probably be watching one of his older films soon [The Living Wake], and I was interrupted by meeting the star of this next film who just happened to be sitting...
“Stop thinking. Tonight, we start doing”
– Famous last words in any nothing left to loose comedy
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IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I'VE SEEN THIS - "INK"
Ok, so it’s only been a few weeks since I’ve seen this, but I watched it while I was doing other things so part of me was distracted and I might have missed some of the actual story line so reviewing this could prove difficult.
The thing I immediately noticed about Ink is that it’s completely different from anything you’ll typically see in the theaters. It errs more on...
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MARK DUPLASS DAY! - "The Puffy Chair"
First of all, I don’t love Mark Duplass. I don’t have an unhealthy man-crush. I don’t think he’s the best thing since slice bread. I don’t think he’s up and coming and better than everyone else. Mark Duplass is simply himself, and he has a unique style of improv which I encountered a few years ack during the premier of “Humpday” at Sundance FIlm...
“You are a bad person. Please die now.”
– RoboGeisha
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IT'S GOOD TO BE BAD - "RoboGeisha"
Yes! I am always more than excited to find a good campy film. Better yet, one that includes king fu. I’m not sure when I realized I was such a sucker for the art, but there’s something about choreographed fight scene that never seems to let you down. When that fight is between exploding geisha’s with a buzz saw for a face it gets legendary.
So to kick this off, I have to say I...