Gore Verbinski is directing the Clue Remake

Gore Verbinski is going to direct the remake of the classic 80's movie "Clue". Verbinski is known for his Pirates of the Caribbean Trilogy. He is also set up to do the the "Prince of Persia" film in the near future.
I am excited to see both of these movies in the future. I love to play the game clue, and i loved the movie. I dont know if this will be half as good as the original, but none the less, it will be fun to see someone try and remake a cult classic. Prince of Persia seems more of his style, considering all of the pirates movies.

In Bruges, is now in my top ten forever

In Bruges, Written and directed by Martin McDonagh is pure genius. I think it was one of the most original and funny movies i have seen in a long time.

My friend Nathan and I watched it thinking that it was not going to be that good because Colin Farrell was in it. He was by far the funniest character i have seen in a while. His character reminded me exactly of me if i were a hit man. The kid had so much ADHD, and was distracted by everything, mostly midgets. Brendan Gleeson added so much to the comedy, by pretty much being the parent of Colin Farrell.

The plot of the movie is that Farrell and Gleeson are two hit men from englangd, and one of them accidentally kills a little boy. Their Boss, Ralph Fiennes (The Reader, Voldermort in Harry Potter, chumscrubber) sends them to Bruges for a vacation and to get away from England until things cool down. Their boss think it will be perfect for them, because Bruges is a perfect fairy tale land.

Farrell hates the place, and gets so bored. From his boredom, he gets into different kinds of trouble, and becomes friends with the most interesting people. ITs a movie that had me laughing pretty much the whole time. I would recommend to watch it with subtitles, because the accents are so thick, and it might be hard to catch all the settle humor and jokes. It is not a slap stick movie, just very silly and funny in a smart way.

I know i am an easy grader, but i mostly put movies up here that i like, except Gomorrah. BUt i give this a 5 out 5.

Michel Gondry to direct "The Green Hornet"

I have to admit i am pretty stoked on this. Michel Gondry is an awesome director. He did Eternal Sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep, be kind rewind, and some episodes on season two of flight of the conchords.

I dont know who he will do as a director of an aciton movie like this, but i know he will have a good touch on giving it the classic old time dick tracy feel. I think its a good change for comic book movies to have a director such a Michel to add some different spin to it.

I acutally dont know if this movie will rock, but my expections are high considering how much i have liked Gondry's pervious work.

They say the movie is going to be an action/comdey. We know that Gondry does well with comdey, and they have casted Seth Rogan (pinapple express, knocked up, superbad) to be in it, but its not going to be anything like his other films. It will be like Will Ferrell playing in Stranger than fiction, not his typical loud and random character, and everyone enjoyed it. I am assuming Seth wont be dropping f bombs and have lots of boob jokes, because Michel Gondry is classier than that.

Everything is illuminated

Upon Request, i am doing a review on Everything is illuminated. Might i add, i love that i have been receiving requests on certain movies. Its totally awesome and making me happy.

I loved everything is illuminated. It was such an amazing film. Liev Schreiber (sabbertooth in the new X-men wolverine movie, and in a very good movie called the painted veil) directed this film. It is based off of a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer (who also wrote extremely loud and incredibly close, my favorite book ever to read) with Elijah Wood (who plays Jonathan Safran Foer) It is an excellent all around movie. It is about a young Jewish American man who endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village, that was ultimately razed by the Nazis, with the help of a local who speaks weirdly funny broken English. The man who speaks broken english is non other than Eugene Hutz (singer for Gogol Bordello) and he is awesome in it.

I enjoy almost every minute of this film. It very beautiful. SO many beautiful shots, and a great story line that is easy to get emotionally involved in. I loved it. I give it a 4 out 5 on my grading scale.

Children of Heaven (1999) (Iran)

So i just recently watched "Children of Heaven" (iranian) with my friend Jendar, and it was very good. We both enjoyed it very much. In a nutshell, the movie is about a little boy losing his sisters shoes, and they share the boys shoes together through out the day. They have a relay sort of thing going on, until one day the boy finds out that there is a race, and the 3rd place winner gets a new pair of shoes.... I wont ruin the ending. 

It was very cute. The little boy was so adorable and same with the girl. It is a PG good family film about family love. I recommend it to anybody to rent. 

Ghostbusters 3 in production?

In a report on Ain't it Cool News (http://www.aintitcool.com), production on "Ghostubsters 3" may very well happen this year but nothing is definite yet. Says Aykroyd to the Boston Globe:

"Script is commenced early summer. Hope to be in production by late fall 2009."

Word on the street is that "Office" writers Lee Eisenberg and Gene Stupnitsky have been hired to do the script to bring together the oringinal Ghostbusters - Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, Ernie Hudson - with new and younger cast memebers as well. Apparently all parties, including longtime holdout Bill Murray, are interested in donning the jumpsuits one more time.

I am pretty stoked for this. Recently i have watched the ghostbusters, and they are funny as crap. Bill Murray is amazing in them. Orignally Dan Aykroyd wrote the movie along with his pal John Belushi because they were both obbseed with the paranormal world and ghosts. Recently, he did a movie called "Dan Aykrod, Unplugged on UFO's" Sadly enough i saw it, and it was a joke. But back to Ghostbusters, of course the film came out different than what they originally had in mind, and Aykroyd was told to rewrite it before it could be put into production.

Shrek the fourth?

So i recently found out that they are making a sherk the fourth. To be quite honest, i am rather excited for it. I liked the first 3. They are fun, feel good family movies that everyone can enjoy. I recently saw the broadway play here in new york, and i loved it. The plot for the fourth movie is simply this.... After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in-laws' kingdom, what's an ogre to do? Well, if you're Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man. Instead of scaring villagers away like he used to, a reluctant Shrek now agrees to autograph pitch forks. What's happened to this ogre's roar? Longing for the days when he felt like a "real ogre," Shrek is duped into signing a pact with the smooth-talking dealmaker, Rumplestiltskin. Shrek suddenly finds himself in a in a twisted, alternate version of Far Far Away, where ogres are hunted, Rumplestiltskin is king and Shrek and Fiona have never met. Now, it's up to Shrek to undo all he's done in the hopes of saving his friends, restoring his world and reclaiming his one True Love.
I think it sounds fun, and i hope it is good.

My post thoughts of the Oscars

I will make this a short posting, since I am at work, but overall I liked the Oscars this year. I was a bit skeptical about it at first, but over all it turned out good. There was no outrageous fashion, everyone looked pretty good, no lengthy speeches (expect one speech I didn’t really care for) and the true winners really did win for the most part.
On my predictions I was 7/10, which isn’t bad. I have hard time discerning my thoughts from my hopes sometimes, but for most of the guess I put who I thought will win, and who I think should win. I was wrong on Best Actress, Foreign Film, and original screenplay. I wasn’t to amped on the guy who won for “Milk”. Was it really necessary to bring up that you came from a conservative Mormon home? I didn’t think so. It was pointless. He could have just said conservative Christian home, but the fact that he said Mormon will give him more press. I thought it was pretty lame.
I am glad Heath Ledger one, and I really enjoyed his families acceptance speech. Slumdog did come away with a lot, but it was also a really great film. I am glad that Danny Boyle finally won, even though he should have won for trainspotting way back when.
The highlight was Hugh Jackman making a great claim and prediction, “THE MUSICAL IS BACK!” Which is coming true. I am really excited to see more and more musicals hit the screen. It’s an art form that is so fun, and requires so much talent. I hope to see more and more as time comes. I wonder if they will do a “Wicked” musical….. Who knows.

My hopes and Predictions for the 81st Academy Awards

Best Actor

In reality, Sean Penn will probably win for milk. Personally i didn't like milk that much, it just wasn't that good to me. I really want Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor” to win. I thought he did a very good job. he showed very good and strong character development, and he made you just love him. I thought it was awesome, and he made the movie so good. He was a lonely guy, and then all of sudden he is a drummer loving life and accepting the unexpected. 

Best Supporting Actor

Heath Ledger should win, and will win. There shouldn't be any if ands or buts. He was so good, and yet so creepy, and now a legend. He deserves it, no matter what. 

Best Actress.

I really want Angelina Jolie in “Changeling” to win. I thought she did an awesome job in it. Honestly, i thought it should have been nominated for best picture too. It was such a good movie that really touched me, and Angelina played an amazing loving mother in that role. 

Best Supporting Actress

I am in a toss up between Penélope Cruz in “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” and Marisa Tomei in “The Wrestler”. The only reason why i wouldn't want Marisa Tomei to win is because you have to see her boobs in that movie, and she is just to old to be a stripper. Both women did an amazing job, and i cant decide between the two. They were both believable in both parts of their roles. My guess is that Cruz will win only because she is the bigger name, and the older guys who vote for these awards like her hotness. 

Best Animated Film of the Year

Honestly all the nomamtions suck for best picture. Wall-e by far the most boring. But i think Kung Fu panada was the most enjoyable. I liked it, it was funny. But Wall-e will probably win due to all the hype of it. 

Best Director

Danny Boyle will and should win for Slummdog Millionaire. It was a good movie, and Danny Boyle seems to never disappoint. It was able to reach and touch many people around the world, and it was very beautifully done. 

Best Documentary 

Man on the wire. No questions or comments needed on that one. 

Best Foreign Film

It hard to say between“Waltz with Bashir” and "the Class". The waltz was very original, and very creative and moving. The class was a very touching, and family feel good film. I think waltz should win, but if my vote mattered, i would pick the class. 

Best Picture

MIlk or Benjamin Button Will win. I don't want them to win. I want slumdog to win. It was so much better and moving than those movies. Button was a cool story and had cool effects. Milk, honestly i didn't like it, but the hype has convinced many others that it was amazing. I hope slumdog will win. 

Best Original Screenplay

In “In Bruges” (Focus Features), Written by Martin McDonagh for sure. It was so amazing. I have never laughed so hard in a movie, and seen something so great in a while. 

Gomorra

Gomorra was just awful. I saw this movie having many high expectations. I was reading many reviews claiming that this movie was better than the godfather, and the best mob movie ever made. With these rumors floating around, i was very excited to see it. My friend Dave and I saw the movie, and we were ready for a good violent, crime mob movie. We were very very very let down.

Honestly, the movie had no plot. It started with a bunch of fat dudes tanning at a day spa, and then they got shot. You have no clue by who, or why. Then it goes into a life of a little boy, then a tailor, and two teens who think they are bad ass. None of their stories intertwine or relate to each other. Throughout the movie there are people talking about rumors of war, but no wars ever happen. Then the movie ends with the two teenagers being shot. 

It was so stupid. A waste of time. It just ended. Just like that. No peace of mind of the plot, or characters, and through out the whole movie you dont know one name. I give it two thumbs down. Please please please, dont waste your time with this movie. 

The Wrestler

I thought this movie was alright. Its not a movie i would see twice, but it was a good one time watch. I wasnt upset that i paid to see it, but if someone bought it for me and i had already seen it, i wouldn't unwrap it. In all honesty, i felt uncomfortable watching Mickey act. I feel like he could barely breath through out the movie. He looked way to strong, and it was just werid. I thought the strip bar scenes were totally uncalled for and stupid, and honestly, it was a good one time watch. 

3 out 5