Review: Control

“It’s not like the hipsters have united and decided, ‘This is the best band,’ ” said Brian Aubert, singer-guitarist of Silver Lake indie-rock group the Silversun Pickups, which covered Joy Division’s “Shadowplay” on an early demo tape. “It’s always been the best band. A band you found out about through other people. It was never pushed on you.”

In probably the best shot and cinematic motion picture of the year, Control is not the story of Ian Curtis and/or Joy Division, but of Ian Curtis in Joy Division. Read the rest of this entry »

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This Weekend: We Own The Night

Eva Mendes, Mark Wahlberg, Joaquin Phoenix and Robert Duvall star in this crime thriller based in late 1980’s Brooklyn. I don’t know if I’ll get a chance to watch “We Own the Night” this weekend, but I am looking forward to checking this flick out soon. Mostly because Joaquin Phoenix is frickin awesome. I had decided that I wanted to watch this movie about 15 seconds into the trailer. Just because JP looks badass. Or maybe because he reminds me of an uncle I used to hang out with in the 80’s.

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Death Proof DVD

For all of you who saw the second half of Grindhouse and thought to yourself, man I wish this was longer then today is your lucky day. Death Proof comes to DVD in a two-disc set, featuring an extended and unrated version of the film that runs about 30 minutes longer than the theatrical release. That’s right an extra 30 minutes of Quentin Tarantino gently musing about the love of his own dialogue. For the rest of us who rather watch Planet Terror, we’ll have to wait till sometime in October.

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Review: Superbad

It seems to be a tough time in Hollywood nowadays for relationship comedies. There hasn’t been a good one in hell, I don’t know, quite a while. (I haven’t seen Knocked Up yet.) Following producer Judd Apatow’s formula of heart and raunch, Superbad Screenwriters Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg created a funny, any-generation-can-relate movie through what some would call a “bromance.” Read the rest of this entry »

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Good Luck Chuck

Here’s a movie that I will most likely never see, but a trailer that some people might appreciate. Honestly, I’m getting tired of Jessica Alba flashing her panties all the time. I guess Dane Cook isn’t the only one who’s gone gay.

GOOD LUCK CHUCK - Trailer

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