Jake Gittes Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I need to see The Rover. Yes. Yes, you do. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 Yes. Yes, you do. The reviews were suprisingly middling. I don't get why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 The Rover is good. Pattinson's performance was shaky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 7, 2014 Author Share Posted December 7, 2014 (edited) Yeah boyeeee 22. Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon - directed by Mike Myers I knew nothing of Shep Gordon before seeing this documentary, and that might be the ideal way of seeing Supermensch. Don't do any research, just go in completely blind and let the insane celebrity anecdotes suprise you. It is highly entertaining and a must see for anyone intestered in the inner workings of show business. Edited December 7, 2014 by Jack Nevada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAR Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 I can see at least four reasons why that might be worth checking out 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catty Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I am so looking forward to seeing Shep Gordon - glad you liked it!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kvikk Lunsj Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I can see at least four reasons why that might be worth checking out Or do you mean 8? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 (edited) You know you want it. 21. ABCS of Death 2 - multiple directors This movie is fucking insane. I don't think I've ever seen so much sick, twisted creativity packed into two hours. You get zombies, home invasions, gorilla brain transplants, a 12 year pregnancy and five movies worth of bloodshed and mayhem. Sure, this is an anthology so obviously there are episodes that bomb completely, but the good stuff easily outweighs the bad. To quote the Good Poster: "You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll hurl" Edited December 9, 2014 by Jack Nevada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 (edited) Ball so hard. 20. Listen Up Philip - directed by Alex Ross Perry Jason Schwartzman plays Philip, a self-centered and thoroughly unlikable New York writer in this decidedly un-quirky indie drama. Philip is a terrible human being and that might turn people off this film, and I understand. I personally enjoyed seeing Schwartzman play this self-entitled intellectual shithead with gusto. The supporting cast are also good, namely TVs Elisabeth Moss and Jonathan Pryce, who bascially plays an older version of Philip. This is a dialogue-heavy, kinda funny character piece about a privliged semi-intellectual asshole. Could be painful for some people, I liked it. I like movies where people sit down and have a conversation. 19. Captain America: The Winter Soldier - directed by Anthony Russo and Joe Russo Marvel's output is somewhat uneven. I don't think they've done a horrible product so far but there have been films like Thor 2 that I thought were not that good. As most of you know I didn't like Winter Soldier on my first viewing and I talked mad shit about it. Well, to quote Guardians of the Galaxy, I guess I had a stick up my ass. It's a satisfying superhero movie that, while visually underwhelmingly digital and never quite as clever as it ought to be, delivers plenty of jokes, action and even some plot. Toby Jones' evil computer bit is still my favorite. 18. Noah - directed by Darren Aronofsky Crazy go nuts bonkers. I loved Noah. It has a real madness to it, like Aronofsky going "FUCK IT" in a good way. It's big on on spectacle, raw energy and silliness. 17. Life Itself - directed by Steve James It's Roger Ebert. We all miss him and we all have warm feelings towards his work, but even then this is a really solid biographic documentary. Okay, Life Itself is not exactly groundbreaking documentary cinema, but it's honestly it's everything I could've wanted from a film about Roger Ebert. I cried. Edited December 21, 2014 by Jack Nevada 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezen Baklattan Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Crazy go nuts bonkers. I loved Noah. It has a real madness to it, like Aronofsky going "FUCK IT" in a good way. It's big on on spectacle, raw energy and silliness. That's pretty much how I'd describe Lucy, tbh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Silliness is not a word I'd use to describe Noah...at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Silliness is not a word I'd use to describe Noah...at all. It's not a criticism. Mark Kermode put it really nicely in his review http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2389182/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noctis Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Huh? That isn't his review for Noah. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wrong link, sorry. Google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobinHood26 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Any movie that cost over 100m bucks yet they can't cast a newborn baby and have to CGI it is not ok in my book. I know plenty of people who love it and plenty who hate it. Its one of those, not much middle ground. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4815162342 Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 I'm keeping y'all in suspense 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 (edited) Back in black. 16. Obvious Child -- directed by Gillian Robespierre Jenny Slate is going to be huge. Just putting that out there. This movie really crept up on me. I've seen it three times now and while it is slight (the runtime is 85 minutes, to begin with) it's just so funny, so snappy and so effortlessly charming that I couldn't help but put it above Under the Skin and Life Itself on my list. Obvious Child is about abortion, but it's also a sweet story of a poop-obsessed stand-up and an almost cartoonishly earnest Midwestern lug (played by the very likable Jake Lacy). You also have Gaby Hoffman and Gabe Liedman giving fine support as Jenny Slate's friends, while Richard Kind and Polly Draper turn up as the main character's surprisingly down-to-earth parents. Despite a short runtime you get a real sense of these characters and their relationships, and all of it rings true. The film made a pretty good number at the box office, which was a nice surprise, and I suspect it will do well on iTunes and eventually on Netflix. To put it in poster quote terms, Obvious Child is the cuddliest abortion movie ever made. Now get this Paul Simon song stuck in your head Edited December 21, 2014 by Jack Nevada 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkelf Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 I saw this yesterday and while I'm all for Mona-Lisa becoming huge, nooooooooooooooooooooope. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted December 15, 2014 Author Share Posted December 15, 2014 I saw this yesterday and while I'm all for Mona-Lisa becoming huge, nooooooooooooooooooooope. Why not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
