Date: Friday 30th November
Film: American Reunion (2012)
Director: Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg
Starring: Jason Biggs, Alyson Hannigan and Seann William Scott
Running Time: 01 hour, 53 minutes
Rating: 7/10
American Reunion is essentially a repeat of the first American Pie. The characters are older, but not necessarily wiser, looking for the same things they were looking for 13 years previously.
This film could be terrible, but a sense of nostalgia, and the fact that they managed to get all the original characters back together, make it enjoyable.
Not by any stretch the best American Pie movie, but good fun nonetheless.
Challenge day: 68
Challenge time: 03 days. 09 hours, 37 minutes
Challenge film total: 44
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Tuesday, 4 December 2012
Friday, 30 November 2012
It's too much familiarity. It's like she's one of my limbs.
Date: Wednesday 28th November
Film: Friends With Kids (2011)
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm
Running Time: 01 hour, 47 minutes
Rating 7.5/10
The commentary on this DVD box says 'funnier than Bridesmaids'. Not sure that's a fair comparison to make. Whilst Friends With Kids has a cast made up almost entirely of faces that popped up in Bridesmaids, the humour is totally different.
Don't go expecting this to be another Bridesmaids; the jokes aren't as brash, the characters aren't as 'caricature-y' and at no point does anyone defecate in the street. It is, however, as good as Bridesmaids, mainly due to the brilliant cast.
Friends With Kids is heartwarming, funny and has an exceptional cast, although Chris O'Dowd's accent upset me a little.
Challenge day: 66
Challenge time: 03 days, 06 hours, 10 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 42
Film: Friends With Kids (2011)
Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
Starring: Jennifer Westfeldt, Adam Scott, Maya Rudolph and Jon Hamm
Running Time: 01 hour, 47 minutes
Rating 7.5/10
The commentary on this DVD box says 'funnier than Bridesmaids'. Not sure that's a fair comparison to make. Whilst Friends With Kids has a cast made up almost entirely of faces that popped up in Bridesmaids, the humour is totally different.
Don't go expecting this to be another Bridesmaids; the jokes aren't as brash, the characters aren't as 'caricature-y' and at no point does anyone defecate in the street. It is, however, as good as Bridesmaids, mainly due to the brilliant cast.
Friends With Kids is heartwarming, funny and has an exceptional cast, although Chris O'Dowd's accent upset me a little.
Challenge day: 66
Challenge time: 03 days, 06 hours, 10 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 42
Monday, 26 November 2012
This is such a stone-cold pack of weirdos, and I am so proud!
Date: Saturday 24th November
Film: Bridesmaids (2011)
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd and Maya Rudolph
Running Time: 2 hours, 05 minutes
Rating 9/10
After a long and adventurous day at Secret Cinema, all we wanted to do was settle down with a movie and, following Friday night's gossipy disaster (2 films started, neither finished, both stopped for slightly boring stories and superhero chats), we needed something that was going to hold our attention and stop us falling asleep on the sofa.
Two of us adore Bridesmaids and one of us hadn't seen it, so it seemed like a good choice. Something that I knew inside out so if I did feel myself getting a little too tired, I could take a 5 minute power nap and still know exactly what was going on.
This film gets better and better with every viewing; each time I watch there's something new to make me laugh. It probably helps that it is created by a bunch of people I adore, Paul Feig can do no wrong in my eyes (maybe it's because I'm a massive Freaks and Geeks fan), Kristen Wiig is hilarious and Chris O'Dowd is his usual charming self. Bridesmaids is always going to be one of my favourite comedies.
Chaellenge day: 62
Challenge time: 3 days, 00 hours, 37 minutes.
Challenge film total: 39
Film: Bridesmaids (2011)
Director: Paul Feig
Starring: Kristen Wiig, Chris O'Dowd and Maya Rudolph
Running Time: 2 hours, 05 minutes
Rating 9/10
After a long and adventurous day at Secret Cinema, all we wanted to do was settle down with a movie and, following Friday night's gossipy disaster (2 films started, neither finished, both stopped for slightly boring stories and superhero chats), we needed something that was going to hold our attention and stop us falling asleep on the sofa.
Two of us adore Bridesmaids and one of us hadn't seen it, so it seemed like a good choice. Something that I knew inside out so if I did feel myself getting a little too tired, I could take a 5 minute power nap and still know exactly what was going on.
This film gets better and better with every viewing; each time I watch there's something new to make me laugh. It probably helps that it is created by a bunch of people I adore, Paul Feig can do no wrong in my eyes (maybe it's because I'm a massive Freaks and Geeks fan), Kristen Wiig is hilarious and Chris O'Dowd is his usual charming self. Bridesmaids is always going to be one of my favourite comedies.
Chaellenge day: 62
Challenge time: 3 days, 00 hours, 37 minutes.
Challenge film total: 39
Friday, 23 November 2012
Her new boyfriend has an incredibly long neck. Just thinking about giraffes makes me angry.
Date: Sunday 18th November 2012
Film: Submarine (2010)
Director:Richard Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Page and Sally Hawkins
Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
Sunday Night Film Club is back and this week we fancied a little bit of British comedy and where better to look than Richard Ayoade's directorial debut. Submarine is a dark and wickedly funny film about a socially awkward 15 year old growing up in 1980's Wales, dealing with family turmoil and his first love.
A film that I've seen more than once, yet still manages to surprise me. beautifully shot, full of incredibly dry jokes and a stellar soundtrack, Submarine is boosted by a strong supporting cast of some of the best of British, including Paddy Considine and Noah Taylor.
Not necessarily the jolliest of comedies, but a great Sunday night film none the less.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 20 hours 10 minutes
Challenge film total: 37
Director:Richard Ayoade
Starring: Craig Roberts, Yasmin Page and Sally Hawkins
Running Time: 1 hour 37 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
Sunday Night Film Club is back and this week we fancied a little bit of British comedy and where better to look than Richard Ayoade's directorial debut. Submarine is a dark and wickedly funny film about a socially awkward 15 year old growing up in 1980's Wales, dealing with family turmoil and his first love.
A film that I've seen more than once, yet still manages to surprise me. beautifully shot, full of incredibly dry jokes and a stellar soundtrack, Submarine is boosted by a strong supporting cast of some of the best of British, including Paddy Considine and Noah Taylor.
Not necessarily the jolliest of comedies, but a great Sunday night film none the less.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 20 hours 10 minutes
Challenge film total: 37
If you stay positive, you have a shot at a silver lining
Date: Sunday 18th November 2012
Film: Silver Linings Playbook (2012)
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
Director: David O. Russell
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro and Jacki Weaver
Running Time: 2 hour 02 minutes
Rating: 8.5/10
From all the trailers and press I wasn't sure about this film, but a free screening is a free screening (even if it did involve trekking to Stratford first thing on a Sunday morning!) and I'm so glad I got up and went.
I already knew I loved Jennifer Lawrence, she's amazing in Winter's Bone, as well as The Hunger Games and X-Men: First Class, but this film gave me a whole different opinion on Bradley Cooper. With the exception of The Hangover, I struggle to think of a film he's been in, let alone one where he can prove that he's more than a pretty face. With Silver Linings he does exactly this, he plays vulnerable, needy, emotionally unstable and a little kooky, brilliantly.
The supporting cast is equally outstanding. This is the first solid performance I've seen Robert De Niro give in a long time and Jacki Weaver was, yet again, phenomenal.
The story isn't anything special, you can see the ending coming from a mile off, but the acting and dry script lift this away from a standard predictable rom-com.
Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 56
Challenge time: 2 days 18 hours 33 minutes
Challenge film total: 36
Friday, 16 November 2012
He's not a person Tina, he's a Daily Mail reader.
Date: Wednesday 14th November
Film: Sightseers (2012)
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Alice Lowe and Steve Oram
Running Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Rating: 9/10
Wednesday night, through the power of Twitter, the boy flatmate and I found ourselves at a screening of Ben Wheatley's new British comedy, Sightseers (thanks Grolsch Film Works). Having both heard great things about Wheatley's previous directorial outing, Kill List, and enjoyed the trailer immensely we were expecting great things.
We were not let down. Sightseers had us laughing out loud from start to finish, sometimes with discomfort as we realised, uncomfortably, that we were on Chris' side as he murdered people for disrespecting him and the area around him (littering, rudeness, etc.).
A genuinely funny British film, that touches a nerve. Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Plus, we got given one of these, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was a kid. I need to find somewhere awesome for him to live.
Film: Sightseers (2012)
Director: Ben Wheatley
Starring: Alice Lowe and Steve Oram
Running Time: 1 hour 28 minutes
Rating: 9/10
Wednesday night, through the power of Twitter, the boy flatmate and I found ourselves at a screening of Ben Wheatley's new British comedy, Sightseers (thanks Grolsch Film Works). Having both heard great things about Wheatley's previous directorial outing, Kill List, and enjoyed the trailer immensely we were expecting great things.
We were not let down. Sightseers had us laughing out loud from start to finish, sometimes with discomfort as we realised, uncomfortably, that we were on Chris' side as he murdered people for disrespecting him and the area around him (littering, rudeness, etc.).
A genuinely funny British film, that touches a nerve. Worth seeing if you get the chance.
Plus, we got given one of these, the likes of which I haven't seen since I was a kid. I need to find somewhere awesome for him to live.
Challenge day: 52
Challenge time: 2 days 8 hours 43 minutes
Challenge film total: 31
Monday, 5 November 2012
Oh my gosh, you got me a gift! And it's pink!
Date: Friday 2nd November
Film: For A Good Time, Call...
Director: Jamie Travis
Starring: Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller and Justin Long
Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Rating: 8/10
In an attempt to avoid Bond, and still maintain our semi regular dinner and a movie date, JC and I decided to check out For A Good Time, Call....
A low-budget comedy, this is the story of two women who, after a falling out on the day they met in college, find themselves, ten years down the line, moving in together after a little matchmaking from a mutual friend (the excellent Justin Long) and once they start to become friends, setting up their own phone sex line out of their living room.
Considering the premise, this film could have been all about sex jokes, but the phone sex is an side and the story focused more on the relationship between these two polar opposites than it did on the business they set up.
Ari Graynor excels, reminding me why I'm a big fan of hers (she has some of the best scenes in Nick and Norah's). Lauren Miller has moved from a bit part actress (and Mrs. Seth Rogen) and does a great job of her first lead role.
All-in-all a warm, funny, story about letting go of misconceptions and getting to know the people around you.
Recommended.
Challenge day: 40
Challenge time: 1 day 22 hours 57 minutes
Challenge film total: 27
Film: For A Good Time, Call...
Director: Jamie Travis
Starring: Ari Graynor, Lauren Miller and Justin Long
Running Time: 1 hour 25 minutes
Rating: 8/10
In an attempt to avoid Bond, and still maintain our semi regular dinner and a movie date, JC and I decided to check out For A Good Time, Call....
A low-budget comedy, this is the story of two women who, after a falling out on the day they met in college, find themselves, ten years down the line, moving in together after a little matchmaking from a mutual friend (the excellent Justin Long) and once they start to become friends, setting up their own phone sex line out of their living room.
Considering the premise, this film could have been all about sex jokes, but the phone sex is an side and the story focused more on the relationship between these two polar opposites than it did on the business they set up.
Ari Graynor excels, reminding me why I'm a big fan of hers (she has some of the best scenes in Nick and Norah's). Lauren Miller has moved from a bit part actress (and Mrs. Seth Rogen) and does a great job of her first lead role.
All-in-all a warm, funny, story about letting go of misconceptions and getting to know the people around you.
Recommended.
Challenge day: 40
Challenge time: 1 day 22 hours 57 minutes
Challenge film total: 27
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
It's what's in the groove that counts.
Date: Sunday 28th October
Film: The Sapphires (2012)
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rating 6.5/10
Up early on a Sunday morning for an advance screening of new film The Sapphires (thanks Show Film First). After waiting outside in the cold for a blooming long time, dreaming of my afternoon spent buying a coat that actually protects me from the ice cold temperatures of North London in October (who am I kidding, I try very hard to spend as little time outside as possible), we were finally let into what I consider to be one of the worst cinemas inside the M25, the Odeon, Holloway.
The Sapphires is an Australian film about a group of three Aboriginal sisters and their cousin who, in 1968, take their soul group to Vietnam to perform for US troops, with the help of their manager, Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd).
Overly sentimental and predictable, on any other day I would probably found this film a little too cheesy for my tastes, I did find myself cringing at some points, however there is some comedy there and Chris O'Dowd more than saved the film through his charm and likeability.
This is one of those films you would watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with your Grandma; an inoffensive, easy watch.
Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 17 hours 50 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 23
Film: The Sapphires (2012)
Director: Wayne Blair
Starring: Chris O'Dowd, Deborah Mailman and Jessica Mauboy
Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes
Rating 6.5/10
Up early on a Sunday morning for an advance screening of new film The Sapphires (thanks Show Film First). After waiting outside in the cold for a blooming long time, dreaming of my afternoon spent buying a coat that actually protects me from the ice cold temperatures of North London in October (who am I kidding, I try very hard to spend as little time outside as possible), we were finally let into what I consider to be one of the worst cinemas inside the M25, the Odeon, Holloway.
The Sapphires is an Australian film about a group of three Aboriginal sisters and their cousin who, in 1968, take their soul group to Vietnam to perform for US troops, with the help of their manager, Dave Lovelace (Chris O'Dowd).
Overly sentimental and predictable, on any other day I would probably found this film a little too cheesy for my tastes, I did find myself cringing at some points, however there is some comedy there and Chris O'Dowd more than saved the film through his charm and likeability.
This is one of those films you would watch on a rainy Sunday afternoon with your Grandma; an inoffensive, easy watch.
Challenge Day: 35
Challenge Time: 1 day 17 hours 50 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 23
All the great themes have been used up and turned into theme parks.
Date: Saturday 27th October/Sunday 28th October
Film: Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Director: Allan Moyle
Starring: Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Rating: 8/10
After overdosing on Empire Records, Luce and I decided we needed a little more Allan Moyle in our lives so we settled in for the night with a spot of Pump Up the Volume. As great as this movie is (and who doesn't love 90s Christian Slater), it was late, we'd had a long day and it was very warm and comfortable lying on that bed, we might have fallen asleep less than halfway through.
Alas, for me, all was not lost. Sunday evening, prior to Sunday Night Film Club, I had just enough time at home to watch the rest of the movie. It's a good job this was a film I've seen a fair few times, so the 18 hour break in the middle of viewing didn't leave me confused!
Pump is a comedy-drama about a loner high school student, Mark, who runs an illegal radio station from his bedroom. The station is his chance to anonymously tell people what he thinks of school, community and American society. The station, and his alias Happy Harry Hard-On, gets more and more popular and one student, Nora, uses her detective skills to work out who is running the station, and gets involved with Mark, just as he is starting a revolution amongst the other students.
I like Pump Up the Volume, it has a great cast and a story that has potential to be a bit like every other 'loner hates high school' movie, but somehow manages to seem original. It is witty, dark and has a solid soundtrack. Maybe I'm just a really big Allan Moyle fan!
Challenge day: 34/35
Challenge time: 1 day 16 hours 7 minutes
Challenge film total: 22
Film: Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Director: Allan Moyle
Starring: Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis
Running Time: 1 hour 42 minutes
Rating: 8/10
After overdosing on Empire Records, Luce and I decided we needed a little more Allan Moyle in our lives so we settled in for the night with a spot of Pump Up the Volume. As great as this movie is (and who doesn't love 90s Christian Slater), it was late, we'd had a long day and it was very warm and comfortable lying on that bed, we might have fallen asleep less than halfway through.
Alas, for me, all was not lost. Sunday evening, prior to Sunday Night Film Club, I had just enough time at home to watch the rest of the movie. It's a good job this was a film I've seen a fair few times, so the 18 hour break in the middle of viewing didn't leave me confused!
Pump is a comedy-drama about a loner high school student, Mark, who runs an illegal radio station from his bedroom. The station is his chance to anonymously tell people what he thinks of school, community and American society. The station, and his alias Happy Harry Hard-On, gets more and more popular and one student, Nora, uses her detective skills to work out who is running the station, and gets involved with Mark, just as he is starting a revolution amongst the other students.
I like Pump Up the Volume, it has a great cast and a story that has potential to be a bit like every other 'loner hates high school' movie, but somehow manages to seem original. It is witty, dark and has a solid soundtrack. Maybe I'm just a really big Allan Moyle fan!
Challenge day: 34/35
Challenge time: 1 day 16 hours 7 minutes
Challenge film total: 22
Monday, 29 October 2012
The idea of being nice to weird and unpopular kids hadn't arrived yet.
Date: Friday 26th October 2012
Film: Damsels in Distress (2011 - might debate with IMDb on this, I'm pretty sure it came out at the beginning of this summer)
Director: Whit Stillman
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton and Adam Brody
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Rating: 7/10
Friday evening, alone with my latest LoveFilm. Damsels in Distress is a film I was keen to see on its release however, I didn't get a chance to get to a screening of it.
Whit Stillman's first film after a 13 year hiatus, and, in my opinion, worth the wait. Eccentric, funny and warm, whilst Stillman's humour and style is not for everyone Damsels is a really good film, helped by Greta Gerwig's charm. Plus, Adam Brody pops up, a lot, sometimes dancing, mostly wearing a suit. What's not to love about that?
Challenge Day: 33
Challenge Time: 1 day 10 hours 51 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 19
Film: Damsels in Distress (2011 - might debate with IMDb on this, I'm pretty sure it came out at the beginning of this summer)
Director: Whit Stillman
Starring: Greta Gerwig, Analeigh Tipton and Adam Brody
Running Time: 1 hour 39 minutes
Rating: 7/10
Friday evening, alone with my latest LoveFilm. Damsels in Distress is a film I was keen to see on its release however, I didn't get a chance to get to a screening of it.
Whit Stillman's first film after a 13 year hiatus, and, in my opinion, worth the wait. Eccentric, funny and warm, whilst Stillman's humour and style is not for everyone Damsels is a really good film, helped by Greta Gerwig's charm. Plus, Adam Brody pops up, a lot, sometimes dancing, mostly wearing a suit. What's not to love about that?
Challenge Day: 33
Challenge Time: 1 day 10 hours 51 minutes
Challenge Film Total: 19
Monday, 22 October 2012
A is for Awesome.
Date: Saturday 20th October
Film: Easy A (2010)
Director:Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Thomas Hayden Church and Amanda Bynes
Running Time : 1 hour 32 minutes
Rating: 7/10
It's been a while since we had a good teen comedy, they've been thin on the ground since the brilliance of Mean Girls and, while Easy A isn't as solidly wonderful as Mean Girls, it still has more pro points than your average teen flick.
I think a lot of this can be attributed to a great cast, led by the supremely talented (and all round adorable) Emma Stone.
Yes, the storyline is predictable however the humour and the cast make it seem fresh. It's only downfall? Over playing this truly hideous song...
Worth checking out.
Challenge day: 27
Challenge time : 01 days, 04 hours, 56 minutes.
Challenge film total: 15
Film: Easy A (2010)
Director:Will Gluck
Starring: Emma Stone, Penn Badgley, Thomas Hayden Church and Amanda Bynes
Running Time : 1 hour 32 minutes
Rating: 7/10
It's been a while since we had a good teen comedy, they've been thin on the ground since the brilliance of Mean Girls and, while Easy A isn't as solidly wonderful as Mean Girls, it still has more pro points than your average teen flick.
I think a lot of this can be attributed to a great cast, led by the supremely talented (and all round adorable) Emma Stone.
Yes, the storyline is predictable however the humour and the cast make it seem fresh. It's only downfall? Over playing this truly hideous song...
Worth checking out.
Challenge day: 27
Challenge time : 01 days, 04 hours, 56 minutes.
Challenge film total: 15
Thursday, 11 October 2012
It's funny how those initial instincts can be so right, you know?
Date: Wednesday 10th October
Film: Young Adult (2011)
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson
Running Time : 1 hour 34 minutes
Rating: 8/10
When I saw this was coming through the post (thank you LoveFilm) I had a chat with my two biggest film loving buddies, and they filled me with so much dread. They hated it. At first I thought it was a case of mis-leading trailers convincing you that you were going to get one thing then being totally thrown when that isn't the case. Alas, this was not the reason. They just plain hated it.
This had me worried. How could Reitman team up with Diablo Cody again and make a bad movie? Surely, it would be full to the brim with dark, dry comedy and a hint of depression.
I'm pleased I didn't listen to them and spent my post-Looper evening tucked up in bed watching this. Yes, there were depressing parts. Yes, the humour was dark. Yes, there wasn't a massive resloution/happy ending. But, I really, really enjoyed Young Adult.
Challenge day: 17
Challenge time : 01 days, 01 hours, 36 minutes.
Challenge film total: 13
Film: Young Adult (2011)
Director: Jason Reitman
Starring: Charlize Theron, Patton Oswalt and Patrick Wilson
Running Time : 1 hour 34 minutes
Rating: 8/10
When I saw this was coming through the post (thank you LoveFilm) I had a chat with my two biggest film loving buddies, and they filled me with so much dread. They hated it. At first I thought it was a case of mis-leading trailers convincing you that you were going to get one thing then being totally thrown when that isn't the case. Alas, this was not the reason. They just plain hated it.
This had me worried. How could Reitman team up with Diablo Cody again and make a bad movie? Surely, it would be full to the brim with dark, dry comedy and a hint of depression.
I'm pleased I didn't listen to them and spent my post-Looper evening tucked up in bed watching this. Yes, there were depressing parts. Yes, the humour was dark. Yes, there wasn't a massive resloution/happy ending. But, I really, really enjoyed Young Adult.
Challenge day: 17
Challenge time : 01 days, 01 hours, 36 minutes.
Challenge film total: 13
Tuesday, 9 October 2012
We're reviving a canceled undercover project from the '80s and revamping it for modern times.
Date: Monday 8th October
Film: 21 Jump Street (2012)
Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube and Dave Franco
Running Time : 1 hour 49 minutes
Rating: 8/10
I'll admit, when I first saw this at the cinema earlier this year I was not expecting great things. I had seen a few episodes of the original series during the more obsessive parts of my Johnny Depp phase, and I was entirely convinced that Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill could gel well together - even in a film where they were supposed to play characters with vastly differing personalities.
I was pleasantly surprised - this is a great comedy. A teen movie that isn't afraid to make jokes at it's own expense. Channing Tatum is a turn up for the books, 2012 really has been the year he's proved, at least to me, that he's a lot more than a pretty face with good rhythm.
There's a brilliant cameo toward the end, that even when you know is coming, it's a little bit wonderful.
One of the better teen comedies of the last few years, watch it if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 15
Challenge time : 00 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes.
Challenge film total: 11
Film: 21 Jump Street (2012)
Director: Phil Lord and Chris Miller
Starring: Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, Ice Cube and Dave Franco
Running Time : 1 hour 49 minutes
Rating: 8/10
I'll admit, when I first saw this at the cinema earlier this year I was not expecting great things. I had seen a few episodes of the original series during the more obsessive parts of my Johnny Depp phase, and I was entirely convinced that Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill could gel well together - even in a film where they were supposed to play characters with vastly differing personalities.
I was pleasantly surprised - this is a great comedy. A teen movie that isn't afraid to make jokes at it's own expense. Channing Tatum is a turn up for the books, 2012 really has been the year he's proved, at least to me, that he's a lot more than a pretty face with good rhythm.
There's a brilliant cameo toward the end, that even when you know is coming, it's a little bit wonderful.
One of the better teen comedies of the last few years, watch it if you get the chance.
Challenge day: 15
Challenge time : 00 days, 20 hours, 22 minutes.
Challenge film total: 11
Tuesday, 25 September 2012
It must be some kind of hot tub time machine...
Date: Monday 24th September
Film: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Director: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson
Running Time : 1 hour 41 minutes
Rating: 7.5/10
Not what I was planning to watch for the first film of my year of movies, but last night the flatmates and I came to the agreement that there was nothing on the telly and only a DVD would entertain us. After a lot of debate, we narrowed it down to two choices - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Hot Tub Time Machine. This gave me the chance to utter the sentence 'I'm not sure rape scenes and lamb chops really go' and Hot Tub Time Machine was in the player.
This is a film I've seen a few times, and I think it qualifies as a guilty pleasure. I guess any film that has the combined talents of Lloyd Dobler, George McFly, and Janis Ian is bound to be a winner. Plus, it has a solid 80s soundtrack (Poison, Mötley Crüe, and Rick Springfield's amazing Jessie's Girl), Clark Duke and a hot tub that can be used to travel through time. What's not to love.
I don't know if this is a film I would recommend to others - I guess it depends on your sense of humour. It's juvenile in places and some jokes fall a little flat. I get the feeling, from talking to others that have seen it, that it's a bit of a Marmite movie.
I like it, and so did Empire.
Challenge day: 1
Challenge time : 00 days, 01 hours, 41 minutes.
Challenge film total: 1
Film: Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)
Director: Steve Pink
Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry, Clark Duke, Craig Robinson
Running Time : 1 hour 41 minutes
Rating: 7.5/10
Not what I was planning to watch for the first film of my year of movies, but last night the flatmates and I came to the agreement that there was nothing on the telly and only a DVD would entertain us. After a lot of debate, we narrowed it down to two choices - Girl with the Dragon Tattoo or Hot Tub Time Machine. This gave me the chance to utter the sentence 'I'm not sure rape scenes and lamb chops really go' and Hot Tub Time Machine was in the player.
This is a film I've seen a few times, and I think it qualifies as a guilty pleasure. I guess any film that has the combined talents of Lloyd Dobler, George McFly, and Janis Ian is bound to be a winner. Plus, it has a solid 80s soundtrack (Poison, Mötley Crüe, and Rick Springfield's amazing Jessie's Girl), Clark Duke and a hot tub that can be used to travel through time. What's not to love.
I don't know if this is a film I would recommend to others - I guess it depends on your sense of humour. It's juvenile in places and some jokes fall a little flat. I get the feeling, from talking to others that have seen it, that it's a bit of a Marmite movie.
I like it, and so did Empire.
Challenge day: 1
Challenge time : 00 days, 01 hours, 41 minutes.
Challenge film total: 1
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