Friday, April 23, 2010

#67 Dogtooth (2009)


In the Greek indie film Dogtooth, a mother and father have secluded their three children away from society in their home their entire lives. They believe cats love to eat childrens' flesh, dandelions are zombies, and airplanes passing over are toys. The father hires a prostitute to satisfy the son's sexual urges, but later she is banned from returning after she gave one of the daughters VHS tapes of Jaws and Rocky. The kids have had absolutely no outside influence their entire lives and make up games such as seeing who can hold their finger under a hot facet the longest. The winners of these daily games are awarded stickers and after dinner whoever has the most gets to choose that night's entertainment.

Dogtooth is one of the most original and surreal films I've ever seen.

5/5

Sunday, April 18, 2010

#66 Red Cliff (2008)


Epic Chinese war movie based on the battle at Red Cliff. The most expensive Chinese movie ever made - and it shows. Looks stunning throughout and the battles are enormous in scale. I saw the western 148 minute cut instead of the 280 minute theatrical release. Maybe later I will watch the 'full' movie and see which I prefer.

4.5/5

#65 Paper Heart (2009)


Paper Heart is a documentary mixed with the supposed real life relationship Michael Cera had with Charlene Yi. She is going across America interviewing people about what they think love is and meets Michael and they start dating. The real documentary parts with the faux relationship story makes for an interesting and funny movie.

Charlene got her start in comedy in Fontana!

4/5

Saturday, April 17, 2010

#64 Kick Ass (2010)


Kick Ass very much lived up to its title. All the characters were awesome, especially Hit Girl. So much bad ass and unexpected stuff in one movie. Best comic/superhero movie since The Dark Knight.

5/5

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

#63 Tron (1982)


A movie ahead of it's time before computers were mainstream and had some of the most advanced computer graphics at the time, Tron is a sci-fi movie that takes place inside a computer with programs being represented as the user who wrote them. The Master Control Program wants to control all programs and becomes sentient enough to meddle in the real world, which is how Flynn is pulled into the digital world and has to play games he created himself. A visionary film for being made in the early 80s.

Tron Legacy comes out this December - get hype!

4/5

Sunday, April 11, 2010

#62 The Foot Fist Way (2006)


One of Danny McBride's first movies in which is he awesome. He plays a delusional Taekwondo instructor. His wife cheats on him with his taekwondo idol Chuck "The Truck" Wallace after he sells his car to pay him $10,000 to make an appearance at his school. Plenty of hilarious quotes packed in, too.

4/5

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

#61 American Pie Presents: The Book of Love (2009)


Gets right into the swing of things as soon as the movie starts. This movie knows exactly what it is and doesn't feel like it's trying too hard. Ends up being pretty funny and much better than any other Pie spin-off I've seen. Eugene Levy's part explains a ton from the previous movies and makes him an even bigger pimp.

4/5

Monday, April 5, 2010

#60 Leaves of Grass (2009)


Edward Norton plays twin brothers that have gone in very different directions in life. One is a college professor who has severed ties with his family and the other is the premier weed grower in Oklahoma. The pot smoking brother tricks his twin into coming home and wants to use him as an alibi while he goes to a meeting with a crooked jew he owes money. Things don't go according to plan (they never do) and hijinks ensue.

4/5

Sunday, April 4, 2010

#59 The Boys and Girls Guide To Getting Down (2006)


Entertaining tutorial/documentary style film about the nightlife scene in LA. Funny and educational.

4/5

Friday, April 2, 2010

#58 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009)


Based on the 6th book in the Harry series. Wasn't as entertaining as the previous movies. Stupid love subplot and jumpy storyline (I didn't read the books) made this the least enjoyable Potter movie for me yet.

3.5/5