Irrelevant But Awesome

There is a movie out there called Recount. There's a good chance that you haven't seen it. I don't know a whole lot of people who have. It wasn't a theatrically released film but rather a TV movie that aired on HBO back in 2008. So it's understandable if you don't know what I'm talking about. Understandable, yes, but it's a real problem if you haven't seen it. Because it's one of the most impressive movies that you've never seen. The movie presents a behind the scenes look at the 2000 election and the days following it where none of us knew who our next president was going to be. Almost none of the movie focused on the candidates themselves but instead centered around the managers of their campaigns as they both worked to figure out a way to get their preferred candidate to the White House. It's a great subject for a movie (and a bit of political theater that many of us remember playing out in real time back in 2000) and is as compellin...

Ten years ago I went to the movies to watch Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. Not having read the books at that point, I had no real special interest in seeing the movie other than my Dad wanted to watch it and I just really liked going to the movies. What followed were three of the most impressive hours that I had ever spent in a Cinema. The opening part of a trilogy that would span over the next couple of years and would help to define what it meant to be a modern epic. So it is fitting somewhat that now a decade later, almost to the day, we get our first glimpse at The Hobbit, the triumphant return to Middle Earth for Peter Jackson and company to tell the story of Bilbo, Gandalf, and the discovery of the one ring. I won't do an overly detailed look at the trailer as I have with some of the other trailers in the past. There are those who are far more dedicated to the works of Tolkien than I, who have read the book again and again who will likely pick up on several th...

Today Warner Bros. relesased the trailer for what is arguably the most anticipated movie of 2012. We'll talk about what goes on in the trailer in a moment but first, let the wonder of The Dark Knight Rises wash over you. Well that was wonderful wasn't it? First we get a good look at Bane in motion for the first time. Some of the biggest internet complaints about the trailer is how Bane's voice sounds in this movie. Sure it's a bit odd but its not impossible to understand. And this is the world where Batman has a super gravely voice remember? So I've no problems with the voice yet. What I do like about this Bane is that he seems to be a very intimidating, competent version of the character, not at all like the disaster we got back in 1997. This is a Bane that I can believe going toe to toe with Batman. In this show we can clearly see some pictures of Harvey Dent in the background though we've been told that he did in fact die at the end of the last movie. So perh...

But we can’t forget Television shows. Along with the films nominated for Golden Globes today we got a slew of TV that’s been nominated as well. Now these I’ve seen a lot more of. Mostly because TV is much more free than going out to the movies all the time, but a quick look at the nominees shows that you will need at least basic cable to watch most of these shows if not some of the premium channels (Not a single Broadcast show in the Drama nominees) We will get to more in depth reactions later today but for now here are your television nominees without personal commentary (Real Quick, I know that I just said no personal commentary, but it hurts my very soul that Community has not only not been nominated for a Comedy Series award but in fact is missing from the entire list) • DRAMA SERIES American Horror Story Boardwalk Empire Boss Game of Thrones Homeland • DRAMA – ACTOR Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire Bryan Cranston, Breaking Bad Kelsey Grammer, Boss Jeremy Irons, The Borgias Damian L...

The Golden Globe Nominations have been released wich means that Award Season is about to kick off into high gear. It also reminds me how woefully behind I am on watching movies this year. I have seen a mere fraction of the movies listed below Partially that’s not my fault because many of these movies have yet to be released or are only playing in selected cities right now. But the fact of the matter still stands. I’m going to have to take a lot of trips to the theater between now and Globe time. Anyways, here are your nominations. BEST PICTURE, DRAMA 'The Descendants' 'The Ides of March' 'The Help' 'Moneyball' 'Hugo' 'War Horse' BEST PICTURE, COMEDY 'The Artist' '50/50' 'Bridesmaids' 'My Week With Marilyn' 'Midnight in Paris' BEST ACTOR, DRAMA George Clooney in 'The Descendants' Brad Pitt in 'Moneyball' Leonardo DiCaprio in 'J.Edgar' Ryan Gosling in 'The Ides of March...

So I love movie versions of Broadway Musicals. As someone who doesn't have the money to constantly take many trips to New York to watch those musicals over and over and over again, the next best thing is geting a movie version. So whenever I get wind of a Musical being adapted into a movie, I'm always supportive, even if some creative liberties are going to be taken. Sometimes A movie adaptation gets the bulk of the Broadway cast to be in the movie (Rent and The Producers) while sometimes A whole new slew of famous people are cast to help the movie's chances with some star power (Hairspray and Mamma Mia!) It doesn't take much of the trailer to guess where on that scale Rock of Ages seems to be in. I would love a chance to see the original cast do the show, even just a filmed copy of the actual show one night (we don't get nearly enough of those) but I can understand why those big names need to be there. Also, note that the last movie to use We Built This City" ...

Man it sure has been a big day for trailers. Not only did we have the MIB 3 trailer earlier in the day, now we've got a GI Joe trailer out as well. Check it out below. So I knew the Rock was going to be a big part of the movie, after all he's arguably the biggest name attached to the thing, but it seems that hes going to be unquestionably the main character of the thing this time around. I think saw Duke for a second in there but not near what I saw of Roadblock. Also did this plot remind anyone else of the set up for the new Mission Impossible movie. Which is really the premise for the A-Team show from way back when. But it's the same plot with Snake Eyes, so I'm more or less content with that. What I would have really liked though is some sort of indication that we might get some more of Joseph Gordon-Levitt in this movie but I guess somebody was too busy being in the most anticipated Batman movie of all time. So there's that. Oh and for those who don't know ...

...The Trailer is out. Not much more to say than: 1. Watch it now and 2. asdlkjfalksjdlfkjs!!!!

Every year a list of un-produced screenplays is released. This list includes screenplays that have been read and receive a great amount of positive feedback but for one reason or another have yet to go into production. Each year these screenplays, most of them completely unknown to those of us on the outside of Hollywood are for the first time heard about by the general public. Many screenplays to have been featured on past years lists have even gone on to be rather successful movies including Juno and last year's The Social Network. This year's list includes sevearl movies including a biopic about Alan Turing topping the list and the screenplay Django Unchained (which I think we all know will more than likely get made) But the most intriguing entry on the list is one coming in at number three called Chewie. All we have right now is a one sentence sinopsis which states that the movie is "A satirical behind the scenes look at the making of Star Wars through the eyes of Pete...

The original Men In Black movie is one of my personal favorites. It may not be a piece of cinematic art but it blends a perfect amount of action, sci-fi, comedy, entertainment, and just straight up fun all into one movie. In fact since 1997 it's been one of the pillars I've judged other potential summer blockbusters by (or rather since 1998 when I first watched it on VHS) The second Men In Black movie was so much bad as it was forgettable. Yes, I know that there is a second movie but all I can really tell you is that the bad guy was some kind of plant alien and that Michael Jackson was in it for half a second. But a forgettable movie turns into a big disappointment when it's following something like Men In Black. So now, ten years later were getting another chance to have a sequel that captures the charm of the original. And our first look at that movie (due out next year) is below. So who's favorite part from all that was Josh Brolin looking like he walked out of a Tom...

With the winter movie season getting into full swing, we're starting to get some new trailers for the big deal movies of next summer. And this week's overblown action movie trailer is a new one for Battleship, the very expensive version of the board game you played growing up as a child. Again, nothing in the trailer reminds me of of a bunch of red and white pegs and plastic boats, so every comment about the first trailer is still relevant. This time around we are reminded that this comes from the same company that brought us the Transformers (Hasbro) and I have to say, the aliens (or robots, or whatever the bad guys in the movie are) do seem to look a lot like the suped up versions of the Trasformers that Michael Bay cooked up. As always, lots of explosions and gunplay is prevalant, but we are still mysteriously short on any details of what the plot of the movie might be. Anyway, check it out for yourself below.

So I'm a big fan of old interviews. The idea of people talking about something that we consider classic, back when it was a brand new thing is always interesting. The interest is even greater when it comes to Star Wars because so much of the franchise's history is all about "what comes next." The idea that there would be more movies, and more stories to tell in the universe is something that's always been with Star Wars so in every interview we get questions about the next chapters of the saga. In this interview, released some time in 1980 (probably very close to the film's release since they won't talk about the connection between Darth Vader and Luke) we get to hear about the intended nine films that Star Wars was going to be. It's interesting to listen to the ideas that they had about the prequel movies back in 1980. Some were way off from what actually ended up happening (Mark Hamill talks about an 8-year-old version of Luke in Episode III that we ...