Role Models

Starring: Paul Rudd, Seann William Scott, Elizabeth Banks, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobbe J. Thompson, and Jane Lynch

Written by: David Wain, Timothy Dowling, Paul Rudd, and Ken Marino

Directed by: David Wain

Role Models is a great example of a work where the characters (and the actors portraying said characters) can pick up weaker source material. In the wrong hands, Role Models would have been nothing more than a failed buddy comedy that might have been just offensive.
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The Wrestler

Starring: Mickey Rourke, Marissa Tomei, Evan Rachel Wood, and Ernest Miller

Written by: Robert D. Siegel

Directed by: Darren Aronofsky

In a time where there is very little originality that makes it through the system to a point where it is actually produced and shown, one such film is The Wrestler. Free of plot devices or hyped up storylines, The Wrestler is simply a slice of someone’s life.
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Star Trek

Starring: Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Bana, Karl Urban, John Cho, Zoe Saldana, Anton Yelchin, and Simon Pegg

Written by: Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman based on characters by: Gene Roddenberry

Directed by: J.J. Abrams

In a bold move, J.J. Abrams revitalizes a franchise that had limped to the end of the line recently in both movies and film. And he does it in style. That’s not to say that the reboot is perfect. Far from it, but the attitude and pure fun make it a worthwhile journey.

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The Bond director (Goldeneye, Casino Royale) is in talks, according to Variety.

Southland Tales

Starring: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Justin Timberlake, Wallace Shawn, Miranda Richardson, Mandy Moore, Kevin Smith, John Laroquette,  Jon Lovitz, Cheri Oteri, Amy Poehler, Beth Grant, Nora Dunn, Will Sasso, Zelda Rubinstein, Christopher Lambert, and Curtis Armstrong

Written and Directed by: Richard Kelly

Southland Tales is a sprawling, manic, almost directionless film coming from Richard Kelly, famous for Donnie Darko.  With a neverending cast of stars from a to d list, the film is directionless only because it has so much it wants to say.  A dark satire of a post 9/11 America and Hollywood the movie is very frustrating at times, yet it is so engrossing, you can’t turn away.

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Confirming he had been approached for the role, the Quantum of Solace star joked it would have been too much being both Bond and Thor:

“I would have been on some stupid power trip. Blonde hair and a big hammer? I can’t do it.”

Thor, reportedly to be directed by Kenneth Branagh, is set for release in July 2010.

Just as a note, I only watch foreign movies in their natural language with subtitles, and so should you. If you aren’t doing that then you need to correct yourself! Also, I use the foreign title as the main title, but I do put the English title in parentheses so that those not aware of the movies actual title will know what I’m talking about. I will also refer to shows by their English title when listing what other shows the actors have appeared in to avoid all kinds of confusion from the Gringos. Now that all the pleasantries are out of the way, bring on your devils, your ninjas and your hot naked Japanese chicks! Also bring on your exploding dead bodies and weird electrical wires, but don’t bring your hot molten gold, that will get you nothing but scorn!

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Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, Rob, I swear to the almighty Odin if that dude says Rob one more time I’m going to skip punching him in the junk and punch right through his junk! Here’s the deal, if this scenario happens to me I forgo going after Beth and instead put all my attention into the far better endowed Lily, lot less danger and better to look at! Also, chicks bleeding from their eye and nose and then blowing up, not all that hot, but Hud still would have went for it.

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Lady Jaye is wrapped up by some tentacles, hentai fanboys the world over sooo wish that scene would have gone in a different direction! I refuse to acknowledge this as the end of Cobra Commander, he’s still the man in my eyes. On that front Serpentor can go jump off a cliff for all I care, this I do command! This is a nostalgia trip that is well worth it, although I have heard from a certain reliable source that it’s much better when you take a different kind of trip at the same time.

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Fairy tales, witches, fallen stars and sex, oh my! I wish a star that hot could fall down by my town, it would certainly be better than most of the alternatives. Keeping with the hot theme, for a 40 year old chick Michelle Pfeiffer still has it going on. Well, at least she does in the middle of the movie, not at the beginning or the end when she’s all old and nasty. But hey, if that’s your thing that’s a-ok by me. Now, if only I could find some magical chain that would ensnare some beautiful lass, but I’ll settle for the flying boat if push comes to shove!

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