Est. 1998
Movie Infos Title: One-Eyed Jacks Year: 1961 Director: Marlon Brando Writer: Guy Trosper, Calder Willingham Starring: Marlon Brando Karl Malden Katy Jurado Ben Johnson Pina Pellicer … Marlon Brando directed this unusually dark Western in which he stars as Rio, a badass, disillusioned cowboy who robs banks in Mexico with his partner Dad (Karl Malden). That is until, after a big score, Dad betrays him…
If you ever wondered what would happen if the horny teenage geeks in “Superbad” dressed up as super-heroes and got into a bunch of bloody crazy mayhem, this is your answer. Adapted by Matthew Vaughn from the Mark Millar graphic novel, “Kick-Ass” is an irreverent send-up of comic book movies that’s as hilarious as it is badass. The endearing and amusing Aaron Johnson stars as…
What do you get when you cross True Lies (but with both spouses secretly working as spies) and that timeless classic “Assassins” (but with less sexual tension than there was between Stallone and Banderas)? Doug Liman’s latest exercise in cool, entitled “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” even though it has nothing to do with the 1941 Hitchcock film. John (Brad Pitt) and Jane (Angelina Jolie) Smith…
Doug Quaid is a happy man from a future Earth. He’s got a construction job that’s kinda hard, but the reward is good, and anyway, he’s no wimp, he’s one gigantic ball of muscles. He also has a hi-tech apartment and a wonderful wife (the delightful Sharon Stone)… Oh, Quaid’s a lucky bastard, only he doesn’t realise it. He keeps dreaming about the now colonised…
This is without any doubt one of the grossest movies I’ve ever seen. Yet, it’s extremely funny, and, surprise, even insightful and witty! To give you an idea, think of a John Waters movie with a taste of Saturday Night Live and a dash of romance. The movie was directed by the Farrelly brothers, who gave us the Jim Carrey vehicle “Dumb and Dumber” and…
(in a Frank Zappa-style sarcastic voice) Oh, the United States of America, the greatest country on earth! The Air Force of its army is so powerful that there has to be a competition among itself to find out who’s the best pilot in the world. So each year, the top 1% of all fighter pilots come to FighterTown, USA to get into intense dogfights against…
Movie Infos Title: Jerry Maguire Rating: Year: 1996 Director: Cameron Crowe Jerry Maguire’s the typical Tom Cruise character: successful, talented, smooth-talking and charismatic, with a smile wide enough to lure the most skeptic observer. A bullshit artist, but with a good heart. Maguire works as a sports agent for a big firm, and he’s got tons of big contracts. He’s about to get married to…
Woody Allen is a genius. You can’t even say that he really is an American filmmaker, because his movies are in a category of their own. He started doing stand-up, and went on starring and directing in a bunch of screwball comedies. His most interesting work, though, is his many comedies about love and sex in New York. I believe he has made a film…
previously: Almost Famous) My timing on this is a bit awkward… I’d already planned to make “Kill Bill” the next movie(s) I was gonna revisit when the news hit a couple of days ago that David Carradine, i.e. motherfucking Bill himself, had died. How would that affect the viewing of his defining performance? We’ll see, but first, let’s address the unfortunate fact that we’re…
In many ways, “Eastern Promises” is a harsh, sobering picture. But what the hell, allow me to go on about the most extreme parts first! Right from the start, there’s a botched assassination in a barbershop that’s sure to make you take notice. A bit later on, there’s a “cleaning” scene, à la Jean Reno in “Nikita” or The Wolf in “Pulp Fiction”,…