Tyler Labine plays Kevin, a hapless slacker with the ability to see and communicate with the dearly departed. Kevin would be successful if only he wasn't stoned or wired all of the time. When he falls madly for a best selling author/celebrity medium (played by So You Think You Can Dance host Cat Deeley) he discovers that she is a fraud but is too thick to realize that she is on a mission to ruin him, to save her own reputation. Each episode Kevin has to help problem ghosts on their journey into the light. Deadbeat has lots of inappropriate humor (which I love) and plenty of b-list cameos that make the show interesting but not great. My major problem with Deadbeat is that Labine once again plays a character that borders on mental retardation, making it frustrating at times to watch as he gets himself into jam after jam. Still worth a watch.
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Blue Jasmine
(2013)
What is wrong with you people?
8 February 2014
Aside from some funny one-liners, Blue Jasmine is a hot mess of overacting, horrible American accents, and out-of-place characters. The obvious of course is the blatant and shameless adaptation of Tennessee Williams' Streetcar Named Desire minus the depth and passion. Unfortunately , I possess the ability to ferret out awful American accents and both Blanchett and Hawkins never fooled me for a second. The story itself is dated and sloppy with San Francisco only serving as a background. All of the working class characters seem to have New York accents and no class whatsoever only serving as crude archetypes, possibly from Woody Allen's old Brooklyn neighborhood. The dialogue is stayed and flat as Blanchett's American accent and doesn't lend any likability to the characters. Even the kids featured in the film are written poorly. Note: There is a disclaimer on IMDb that threatens to kick off reviewers who give spoilers, but if you've seen any version of Streetcar or any sitcom from the 70s, you already know how this ends. Blue Jasmine is not good, great, original, endearing, or interesting. Woody Allen should have stuck with his narrow New York view of the world and set this film in Bayridge or some other working class borough. Props to the Dice Man and Bobby Canavale who seemed to be the only actors who actually gave a damn and tried. It seems that Allen lost his way about 20 years ago and nearly everything since has been clumsy and ham fisted.
Lola Versus
(2012)
Nooooooooola!
2 July 2013
I will never watch another Fox Searchlight film because whenever I do movies like this happen. Either Greta Gerwig is a talented bright young actress who just does schmaltzy fake indie movies or some diabolical executive's evil invention designed to single handedly kill non-mainstream cinema. I'm not sure. Lola Versus is a feeble boring predictable yawn-fest about a beautiful young woman who just can't seem to find love in America's and possibly the world's greatest city. I could go on but why? The one star is solely for Gerwig's infectious charm and magnetism even though I feel like she is slowly ruining my love for New York City.
Spiders
(2013)
My Spidey Sense Tells Me This Sucks!
1 July 2013
Problems With Spiders:
-Not enough spiders. -The spiders don't kill enough stupid actors. -Christa Campbell's botoxed and sadly altered faced makes her look like Michael Jackson near the end. -Not enough spiders. -When every actor flubbed a line (and they all did at some point, some more than others) it seemed like the director just waved them on to continue. -Seeing the same forty or so extras in nearly every crowd scene (watch for the red hoodie). -Not enough goddammed spiders!
I could go on, but it's hot in my apartment right now. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
-Not enough spiders. -The spiders don't kill enough stupid actors. -Christa Campbell's botoxed and sadly altered faced makes her look like Michael Jackson near the end. -Not enough spiders. -When every actor flubbed a line (and they all did at some point, some more than others) it seemed like the director just waved them on to continue. -Seeing the same forty or so extras in nearly every crowd scene (watch for the red hoodie). -Not enough goddammed spiders!
I could go on, but it's hot in my apartment right now. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
Miami Connection
(1987)
The Citizen Kane of 80s Ninja Musicals!
21 June 2013
Miami Connection is the perfect storm of ugly people, bad acting, stupid dialogue, horrendous action sequences, and bargain basement special effects. I wasn't sure who to root for: the evil drug lord and his retarded henchmen who are painfully clueless and inept at the simple things like being threatening on any level - or the gangster ninjas who show up and steal drugs and money from the drug lord and easily demolish the loser henchmen - or the "heroes" of the flick, the awesomely awful and culturally diverse synth rock band the Dragon Sounds who I just wanted to watch get sawed in half a la the Scarface "shower scene."
Best lines include: "they don't make buns like that down at the bakery" and "my mother was Korean and my father was Black American"
God I love this movie, it has everything a true cinephile could ever dream for. Enjoy.
Best lines include: "they don't make buns like that down at the bakery" and "my mother was Korean and my father was Black American"
God I love this movie, it has everything a true cinephile could ever dream for. Enjoy.
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