For Your Consideration

For Your Consideration: Christopher Guest & crew are back and this time having fun with Oscar buzz. The humor here is the same as Guest’s earlier efforts such as A Mighty Wind and Best in Show. Compared to those however For Your Consideration is a little weak. Nevertheless if you are fan of Guest’s other movies (like myself), then I think this one is worth a spin. The story centers on a small film production that gets a little Oscar buzz going for its main actors. This causes a stir for everyone involved with the movie (the writers, actors, agents, and director). The film’s short run time (86 minutes) is perfect as the story could not go much further.

“Pick it Up”

DVD Treasures

The Memorial Day weekend is upon us, which also puts us smack-dab in the middle of the summer movie season. The studios spend a mountain of cash on advertising to make sure we rush out to see the big new movie on its opening weekend. Overall, almost none of these so called “blockbusters” end up being worth all the hype they open up with. So this weekend I suggest looking for movie bliss in another direction. Find an older movie on DVD that is worth the hype. We all have some classic films that have dodged us. Movies we put off seeing because they are in black & white, or have subtitles, or have Elizabeth Taylor in them. Yet these highly acclaimed movies from the past, almost always hold up in time…..in fact many just get better. Just yesterday I was treated with my first viewing of Cool Hand Luke (1967). One of the biggest joys for me regarding movies is seeing a classic like Cool Hand Luke, and having instant understanding on why it became a classic in the 1st place. I mean why settle for Jerry Bruckheimer’s emptiness when you can have Alfred Hitchcock’s horror. Look to the past, to have joy in the present.

A great list of films to start looking at AFI’s top 100 - http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx

Night at The Museum DVD Review

Night at the Museum: What we have here is a “chuckle movie” – a movie full of small laughs, but nothing tremendously funny. Ben Stiller plays a night watchman at the museum. The wacky thing about this museum is that at night all the exhibits and animals come to life. Robin Williams plays a good Teddy Roosevelt, Owen Wilson is Jedediah, and is great in the small role he provides. There is not much of a story to follow, but the end tries its hardest to be heartfelt – didn’t really work. The creativity, specials effect, and sound are all above average and made the movie mildly entertaining.

So I am giving it a mild “Pick it Up”

Domino DVD Review

Domino: Keira Knightley stars as a “bad ass” bounty hunter and surprisingly - she pulls it off. The movie is set in present day Los Angeles and is actually based loosely on the true life story of Domino Harvey. Speaking of the story, it is out there!! At one point Ian Ziering and Brian Austin Green (Steve Sanders & David Silver from 90210 as they are better known as) play themselves and host a reality TV show following the bounty hunters. The plot falls apart at the seams, but it was still fun to watch the stylized chaos on screen……it was a guilty pleasure if you will.

“Kick it on the Floor” but if you

“Pick it Up” I think you will enjoy,