Trailer of the Day: The Campaign
Two rival North Carolina politicians with presidential aspirations tangle with one another. – IMDb
Month: May 2012
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Scream 4
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 58% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Wes Craven
Written By: Kevin Williamson
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Emma Roberts, Hayden Panettiere, Rory Culkin and David Arquette
Studio: The Weinstein Company/Dimension
Synopsis: In Scream 4, Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill (played by Emma Roberts) and her Aunt Kate (Mary McDonnell). Unfortunately Sidney’s appearance also brings about the return of Ghostface, putting Sidney, Gale, and Dewey, along with Jill, her friends, and the whole town of Woodsboro in danger. (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Core
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 42% (Critics) / 41% (Audience)
Directed By: Jon Amiel
Written By: Cooper Layne and John Rogers
Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Hilary Swank, Stanley Tucci, Tchéky Karyo, DJ Qualls and Delroy Lindo
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: The only way to save Earth from catastrophe is to drill down to the core and set it spinning again. (Source)
Cover Me Monday: We Found Love
It’s always interesting to me to hear how a song originally sung by a less than stellar vocalist sounds when attempted by someone with a real voice. That is why I like the Jessie J live version of Rihanna’s “We Found Love”. Rihanna is a total studio fabrication whose vocals sound like a mix between a robot and a rejected American Idol contestant. Jessie J on the other hand can actually sing. Sure she has a penchant for overindulging on ad libs and runs but when she is under control she is one of the best young voices in music. … Continue reading Cover Me Monday: We Found Love
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Altitude
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 22% (Audience)
Directed By: Kaare Andrews
Written By: Paul A. Birkett
Starring: Jessica Lowndes, Julianna Guill and Ryan Donowho
Studio: Anchor Bay Entertainment
Synopsis: After a mysterious malfunction sends their small plane climbing out of control, a rookie pilot and her four teenage friends find themselves trapped in a deadly showdown with a supernatural force. (Source)
Trailer of the Day: Piranhaconda
Part fish! Part snake! All killer! In B-movie icon Roger Corman’s latest, a hybrid creature – half piranha and half anaconda — attacks a movie crew on location near her nest when her egg is stolen. Now they must outrun and kill the deadly Piranhaconda as well as stop the mad scientist who stole the egg – before they all become dinner. – Facebook
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: Battleship
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 36% (Critics) / 56% (Audience)
Directed By: Peter Berg
Written By: Erich Hoeber and Jon Hoeber
Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgård, Brooklyn Decker and Liam Neeson
Studio: Universal
Synopsis: Peter Berg produces and directs Battleship, an epic-scaled action-adventure that unfolds across the seas, in the skies and over land as our planet fights for survival against a superior force in this film inspired by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game. (Source)
Good, Bad & Ugly Review: The Dictator
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61% (Critics) / 64% (Audience)
Directed By: Larry Charles
Written By: Sacha Baron Cohen, Alec Berg, David Mandel and Jeff Schaffer
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Anna Faris, Jason Mantzoukas and Ben Kingsley
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Synopsis: The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed. (Source)
Game of Thrones Scene of the Week: Little Orphan Arya
“A Man Without Honor” was a bit heavier on dialog than action and the best scene for me was the further adventures of Little Orphan Arya and her ward Daddy Lannister. Tywin Lannister is surrounded by generals yet he can only have deep, meaningful conversations with a tweenage girl he has just met. That this man of great intellect and power is surrounded by so many idiots has been shown in previous episodes and this exchange was just extra fun. The two characters went back and forth with Tywin making it known that he is aware when Arya is lying … Continue reading Game of Thrones Scene of the Week: Little Orphan Arya
Trailer of the Day: Excision
A disturbed and delusional high school student (AnnaLynn McCord) with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother. – IMDb
Trailer of the Day: True Blood Season Five
Ya can never go wrong with Chris Meloni playing a bad guy as far as I’m concerned. The new season of True Blood airs Sunday, June 10 at 9 PM ET on HBO. Continue reading Trailer of the Day: True Blood Season Five
Cover Me Monday: Jolene
With a nod to blogging brethren jmount43 for the recommendations, I present to you this week’s cover songapalooza featuring Dolly Parton’s classic “Jolene” sung by both nascent alterna-folk singer Mindy Smith and the Norah Jones side band The Little Willies.
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