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Finally, We Can Laugh At 9/11
Oh boy! Here come the 9/11 Comedies, according to Politico! Hollywood is finally catching up with the internet. And al-Qaeda. Though their "Sept. 11 comedies" are Harold and Kumar Go to Guantanamo Bay, which is not really about 9/11, and some John Cusack Halliburton satire, which is about Iraq, and Zombie Strippers, which is self-explanatory. Oh, there is one genuine 9/11 comedy coming, though. It is directed by Uwe Boll, it will basically be a travesty. The Soup Nazi plays Osama bin Laden. But every Uwe Boll film is a travesty, be it about 9/11 or vampires in the old west. Also it's been out for a year, except no one will release it. The year-old SHOCKING OPENING SCENE is after the jump, because if we can't laugh at ourselves, what have we got left? More »
Last night I went to see "Walk Hard," the John C. Reilly vehicle about the fast times of a rock star, and while I wouldn't dissuade you from doing the same, it is true that I rarely LOLed. A parody of rock biopics lives and and dies by the funniness of its parody songs, and the ones in "Walk Hard" are, for the most part, lame-o. Look, I don't have high standards: I am the kind of person who finds "Meet The Rutles" funny. But, like, you'd think the assembled talent behind "Walk Hard" could come up with something better than a love duet full of blow job jokes and a protest song about midgets that references "The Wizard of Oz," right?
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I Really Wanted To Like 'Juno'
When Juno, the 16-year-old heroine of the movie being marketed hardest to my generation this holiday season, tells her best friend she's pregnant, the friend's first reaction is, "Honest to blog?" CLUNK. But in spite of being forewarned about that line in the movie's ubiquitous T.V. spots, and in spite of David Denby's New Yorker rave—"Juno is a coming-of-age movie made with idiosyncratic charm and not a single false note"—I still held out high hopes for alternastripper memoirist turned screenwriter Diablo Cody's collaboration with 'Thank You For Smoking' director Jason Reitman. But guess what? There are false notes aplenty in this trytoohardy movie. Honest to blog! More »
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No, Megahyped Indie 'Hannah Takes The Stairs' Is Not Good
Two minutes or so into 'Hannah Takes The Stairs,' the little film that's had its proverbial shaggy haircut lovingly mussed by every critic under the sun, a dickish but clueless boss character announces to his employees that he's gonna "go check my email and update my blog and all that." Upon hearing this line, the entire audience of the 8 p.m. screening of the film at the IFC Center last night broke out in hearty laughter that sounded remarkably like 200 American Apparel-clad backs being self-patted simultaneously. Also, one person literally started applauding. If only I'd left then! More »
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If you have balls, they were probably sweating their asses off in yesterday's heat. Fortunately, the frigid air of the multiplex provides some relief in this summer of the sequel. Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy headed over to Times Square's AMC Empire 25 theater to take the pulse of moviegoers who caught the second installment of Marvel's latest cinematic franchise. More »
'Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer'
If you have balls, they were probably sweating their asses off in yesterday's heat. Fortunately, the frigid air of the multiplex provides some relief in this summer of the sequel. Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy headed over to Times Square's AMC Empire 25 theater to take the pulse of moviegoers who caught the second installment of Marvel's latest cinematic franchise. More »
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All this summer movie season, we're sending Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy to different New York multiplex flicker huts to see how viewers enjoyed their two hours of brain no-thinkee time. This week, the cineastes of Union Square's Regal Stadium 14 let you know how they liked the newest edition of the George Clooney-Brad Pitt conman franchise. More »
'Ocean's 13'
All this summer movie season, we're sending Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy to different New York multiplex flicker huts to see how viewers enjoyed their two hours of brain no-thinkee time. This week, the cineastes of Union Square's Regal Stadium 14 let you know how they liked the newest edition of the George Clooney-Brad Pitt conman franchise. More »
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Is there a more American way of spending your hot summer weekend than sitting benumbed in some air-conditioned popcorn palace while the latest installment of some celluloid masterpiece based upon a comic book or amusement park ride unspools across the screen? We sent Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy around to different New York multiplexes (multiplexi?) to see how viewers enjoyed their two hours of brain no-thinkee time. This week, the cineastes of Brooklyn's UA Court Street Stadium 12 express their opinions on the third iteration of that pirate flick. More »
'Pirates Of The Caribbean: At World's End'
Is there a more American way of spending your hot summer weekend than sitting benumbed in some air-conditioned popcorn palace while the latest installment of some celluloid masterpiece based upon a comic book or amusement park ride unspools across the screen? We sent Richard Blakeley and the Cajun Boy around to different New York multiplexes (multiplexi?) to see how viewers enjoyed their two hours of brain no-thinkee time. This week, the cineastes of Brooklyn's UA Court Street Stadium 12 express their opinions on the third iteration of that pirate flick. More »
