Review: Looper

Any conversation dealing with time travel it can easily become an endless debate  about the technicalities, ethics, paradoxes and impossibilities of practicing time travel. Time travel is messy and because of this it is a bit of a cheat when used as a literary device. It can get the writers into very tricky situations when the impossibilities begin to pile up, or it can be used to completely wipe a slate and start anew. Few writers have ever gotten it right, but when they do it is usually beautiful. Rian Johnson’s Looper gets it right within its own world. Unlike most time travel stories, Looper embraces the paradoxes. But more surprisingly it wipes them away in a rather clever - and intense - conclusion.

Red

Oh god yes.

Trailer: The Expendables

YES YES AND MORE YES!

I'm still hoping for a cameo from Van Damme, but this movie looks like the pinnacle of summer action blockbuster. Hell, Randy Couture and Stone Cold Steve Austin are in it!

I cannot wait for this film.

A Bit About "Cop Out"

Hello faithful reader(s).

Much like Wilder and his early viewing of Funny People, I have seen Cop Out, directed by Kevin Smith.

I, much like Wilder, had to sign a non-disclosure agreement.

All I can say, the movie is great and a lot of the women in the audience liked it too.

I also got to shake Kevin Smith's hand and tell him I enjoyed the movie.

Needless to say, I'm super giddy.

More to come later.

-Mark

Review: SURROGATES

Just like when I saw I, Robot, when I left the theater I had one thought. Great sci-fi still exists.

It doesn't have to be hot women in tight suits fighting robots, it doesn't have to be a man who can teleport. It can be somewhat simple, and like all great sci-fi, if it uses the world it presents you with to make stinging social commentary, it can be a solid movie.

Surrogates

It's hard for me to express how good I think this movie is going to be.

SURROGATES trailer in HD

Happy Birthday, Brucey

Hey guys. Here's a somewhat frivolous post on my part, but I hope you can forgive me.

It's Bruce Willis' birthday, and he's my favorite actor and such.

Here's some upcoming stuff we can look forward to for Brucey.

Surrogates (2009) - Directed by Jonathan Mostow
A Couple of Cops (2010) - Directed by Kevin Smith
The Last Full Measure (2010)
Pinkville (2011) - Directed by Todd Robinson


No matter how old you get, you will always be The Man.