Mini-Review: Absurd, ironic, and absolutely ballsy. How they left North Korea with the footage they shot is practically a heist, but I find it to actually be a comment on how North Korea just doesn't perceive irony. Jacob makes the movie, with his insightful commentary that remains under the radar due to the North Koreans believing him to be nothing more than a simpleton. Mads' comment on his discovery that he is using his friend as much or more as the North Koreans is refreshing. Best doc of True False.
Mini-Review: I cannot imagine the horror that would course through me if I awoke inside the body of Rob Schnieder. I had nightmares for days, the most frightening movie of 2002.
Mini-Review: Plot holes so large they seem parallel universes themselves, acting so poor Stanislavski rose from the dead merely to weep, and a script...nevermind I'm not calling that a script, I've scrawled more enthralling piss stains on snow. It begs to be riffed on...when its not begging to be noticed at all. I hated this movie.
Mini-Review: What was the moral of this story? Don't lie to get out of a weird blind date because it's mean? Anyone can make friends? Red boots are so CRAZY!? Oh and I love the "moral high ground" taken by Howard(Quall) when he tells Huges(Church) that the people on Huges' side of the fence(reporters) are no better than the people on Howard's side (crazy news followers). Actually, I suppose he was right, both sides of the "fence" were equally sensationalizing news stories that thrived on people's misery.
Mini-Review: A zombie style outbreak film that uses all of the cliches you'd expect but does so with such fluidity of pace you really enjoy it. The government is a villain, but its hard to fault them for their desperate attempt to contain the virus.
Mini-Review: Jody Hill parodies the lovable underdog story creating a character, in Ronnie Barnhardt, that initially tricks the audience into rooting for his dreams of glory only to be horrified by the reveals of his true character, and the lengths he will go to in order to prove his worth. You will laugh, but hopefully at the satire in this movie and not because you agree with ANYTHING Ronnie does. When Barnhardt nears the completion of his underdog arc you actually find that you pray he does not succeed.
Mini-Review: I'm not entirely sure why everyone seems to hate this film. Black and Cera play off one another pretty well, and Oliver Platt (along with many of the other supporting characters) were even funnier. I'm never a huge fan of toilet humor though, and that did make up a sizeable portion of the film, so it loses points there.