Last House on the Left
Release Date: Today
Fan Buzz: So-so
Critic Reviews: 43%..better than I thought
WKFTB Opinion: This is a remake of the 1970s film that launched Wes Craven’s career. He wrote and directed the old on, but he’s just on as a producer here. This trailer is much better than the one on television (love the song at the end too). That coupled with the better-than-I-though reviews might swing me into seeing this.
Miss March
Release Date: Today
Fan Buzz: Dece
Critic Reviews: Rotten, although it looks like it hasn’t been screened much
WKFTB Opinion: The only reason I would even consider seeing this is because it stars two of The Whitest Kids U Know. I posted a few vids on these guys in my old blog a few years ago after Tevlin introduced me to them. Definitely a specific sense of humor, but you can have a good time browsing through their YouTubes. I’ll probably just wait for the rental, though.
Angels and Demons
Release Date: May 15
Fan Buzz: Awesome
Critic Reviews: Too early
WKFTB Opinion: Ask anyone who has read the book (I haven’t), and you come to the conclusion that this should be legit. I actually haven’t even read the DaVinci Code . Yikes, probably need to get on both em. I enjoyed the first movie and I know I’ll like this. From director Ron Howard (Frost/Nixon, Da Vinci Code, Beautiful Mind, Apollo 13, Cinderella Man) and starring Tom Hanks, this looks like a must-see thriller, although I’m sure it won’t live up to the book.
Remember like 6 movie posts ago when we told you about Johnny Depp and Christian Bale’s movie coming out this July, Public Enemies? Well, there’s finally a trailer out for it:
Pop Culture:
-Adam Sandler joins up with Paul Rudd, Eric Bana and Lesile Mann in Judd Apatow’s new movie, “Funny People,” which comes out in July. It’s about a comedian with a terminal illness, which sounds depressing, but should be funny.
-Slumdog Millionaire’s main women, Freida Pinto will join Josh Brolin in Woody Allen’s new movie.
-Eminem’s new Album, “Relapse” will release May 16, the same day as Lil Wayne’s new rock album, which is undoubtedly not a coincidence.
-WKFTB saw Watchmen during a midnight showing last Thursday. UFC fighter, EB native and WKFTB follower (and new commenter) Joe Lauzon was also in attendance. We left a little undecided about the film, mostly because it was so F’n long, especially ay 2:30 a.m. Ultimately, I felt like it didn’t live up to my expectations and got a little too preachy. The violence and effects were sweet, but it seemed too jammed with stories.
-Role Models came out on DVD. South Park was back this Wednesday at 10 on Comedy Central. Catch Demetri Martin’s show right after and have an hour laugh fest. How’s Your News is on Sunday’s at 10:30 on MTV. Should be a must watch, although it goes against HBO’s Flight of the Conchords. Looks like comedy has made a renaissance.
-Nick "aKa ThE kId" is back
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Friday, March 13, 2009
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Movie Tuesday
One of the features on we discussed for WKFTB -- and yes we did map out a basic outline for the blog – was a weekly movie/pop culture post designed to A) keep you up to date on that week’s new releases B) inform you of other movies or sweet projects that we feel you should know about and C) hopefully give a few pop culture tidbits at the end of the post.
The idea was to post this every Monday as a Movie Monday post with the pop culture info at the end of the trailers/reviews, etc. But because of the Michael Young news yesterday, I kept in tune with my daily sports posts and completely ignored the movies.
So we’ll give you the post today instead. And because of some complaints about the lengthiness of some of these posts, I’ll restrict the comments to caveman-style one-word responses, and follow that up with embedded clips of the corresponding trailers. That should be enough to keep the ADD-SportsCenter-McNews crowd happy.
We’ll give you the title, release date, the crowd buzz (linked to Fandango) and the critics’ reviews (linked to Rotten Tomatoes). After that we’ll have the trailer. We’ll give you 2-3 movies coming out this week, one more coming soon, and a final one that’s in the future. We’ll follow it all with interesting notes that may or may not go with the featured movies. Since this is a rough go, please provide feedback/suggestions on how to do it better or what you want.
The Wrestler
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Great
Critic Reviews: Great
WKFTB Opinion: Go see it. Fabulous reviews from critics and fans alike. Great movie if you don’t like wrestling, but if you do it’s a must-see. WARNING: there is a tear alert for all males.
Notorious
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Good
Critic Reviews: Good
WKFTB Opinion: You know we’re hip-hop slanted and you know we were going to see this anyway. But, with solid reviews from fans and critics alike, this is a no-brainer to see, hopefully in Randolph.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Surprisingly good
Critic Reviews: None, meaning it most likely wasn’t screened for critics
WKFTB Opinion: Whenever you don’t hold an early screening for the critics, it means one thing: movie sacccckks. Trailer looks like one of the most corniest things on earth. We like Kevin James, but his shtick is getting a bit old. Go see this movie…if you’re a mega chooch.
Watchmen
Release Date: March 6 (maybe, see below trailers)
Fan Buzz: People seemed pumped
Critic Reviews: Too Early
WKFTB Opinion: Trailer looks amazing. This is definitely one of those movies you need to see in the theatres, because regardless of how good it is, with the CGI, explosions, sounds and huge effects, it will obviously be way iller on the big screen. There is a problem with the release though, see below.
Public Enemies
Release Date: July 1
WKFTB Opinion: Johnny Depp plays legendary gangster John Dillinger? With Christian Bale co-starring? Looks like another Depp Summer Blockbuster. No trailers yet, but the video below is kind of cool, just a bunch of stills from Depp shooting the movie and a few of what look to be viral videos of the set.
Pop Culture Round-Up:
-Depp was busy this year. Not only did he film PE, but he also shot as the Mad Hatter in 2010’s "Alice in Wonderland". Honestly, if someone put a gun to your head and said, who is the best person to play the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, don’t you instantly scream Johnny Depp?
-Problem with Watchmen: Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are in a court battle over distribution rights. Warner made the $100 million picture and wants to distribute it itself, but Fox owns the distribution rights to any adaption of the graphic novel (Watchmen). The two sides will resume battle on Jan. 20, with the March 6 release in jeopardy if there’s no agreement.
-Will Smith has no movie coming out this summer. Crazy, right? But he is in preliminary discussions about a sequel to "Hancock" and prequel to "I Am Legend."
Sweet Releases/Debuts this week: American Idol tonight on FOX, season premiere of Flight of the Concords this Sunday on HBO, "Swing Vote" comes out on DVD.
The idea was to post this every Monday as a Movie Monday post with the pop culture info at the end of the trailers/reviews, etc. But because of the Michael Young news yesterday, I kept in tune with my daily sports posts and completely ignored the movies.
So we’ll give you the post today instead. And because of some complaints about the lengthiness of some of these posts, I’ll restrict the comments to caveman-style one-word responses, and follow that up with embedded clips of the corresponding trailers. That should be enough to keep the ADD-SportsCenter-McNews crowd happy.
We’ll give you the title, release date, the crowd buzz (linked to Fandango) and the critics’ reviews (linked to Rotten Tomatoes). After that we’ll have the trailer. We’ll give you 2-3 movies coming out this week, one more coming soon, and a final one that’s in the future. We’ll follow it all with interesting notes that may or may not go with the featured movies. Since this is a rough go, please provide feedback/suggestions on how to do it better or what you want.
The Wrestler
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Great
Critic Reviews: Great
WKFTB Opinion: Go see it. Fabulous reviews from critics and fans alike. Great movie if you don’t like wrestling, but if you do it’s a must-see. WARNING: there is a tear alert for all males.
Notorious
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Good
Critic Reviews: Good
WKFTB Opinion: You know we’re hip-hop slanted and you know we were going to see this anyway. But, with solid reviews from fans and critics alike, this is a no-brainer to see, hopefully in Randolph.
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Release Date: Friday
Fan Buzz: Surprisingly good
Critic Reviews: None, meaning it most likely wasn’t screened for critics
WKFTB Opinion: Whenever you don’t hold an early screening for the critics, it means one thing: movie sacccckks. Trailer looks like one of the most corniest things on earth. We like Kevin James, but his shtick is getting a bit old. Go see this movie…if you’re a mega chooch.
Watchmen
Release Date: March 6 (maybe, see below trailers)
Fan Buzz: People seemed pumped
Critic Reviews: Too Early
WKFTB Opinion: Trailer looks amazing. This is definitely one of those movies you need to see in the theatres, because regardless of how good it is, with the CGI, explosions, sounds and huge effects, it will obviously be way iller on the big screen. There is a problem with the release though, see below.
Public Enemies
Release Date: July 1
WKFTB Opinion: Johnny Depp plays legendary gangster John Dillinger? With Christian Bale co-starring? Looks like another Depp Summer Blockbuster. No trailers yet, but the video below is kind of cool, just a bunch of stills from Depp shooting the movie and a few of what look to be viral videos of the set.
Pop Culture Round-Up:
-Depp was busy this year. Not only did he film PE, but he also shot as the Mad Hatter in 2010’s "Alice in Wonderland". Honestly, if someone put a gun to your head and said, who is the best person to play the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland, don’t you instantly scream Johnny Depp?
-Problem with Watchmen: Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox are in a court battle over distribution rights. Warner made the $100 million picture and wants to distribute it itself, but Fox owns the distribution rights to any adaption of the graphic novel (Watchmen). The two sides will resume battle on Jan. 20, with the March 6 release in jeopardy if there’s no agreement.
-Will Smith has no movie coming out this summer. Crazy, right? But he is in preliminary discussions about a sequel to "Hancock" and prequel to "I Am Legend."
Sweet Releases/Debuts this week: American Idol tonight on FOX, season premiere of Flight of the Concords this Sunday on HBO, "Swing Vote" comes out on DVD.
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