This is a non-weekly posting of the latest and strangest from Hollywood’s trailer park. I’ve got about a dozen for you here, all viewable from Apple’s Trailer and Yahoo Trailer sites respectively. I’ve embedded a few videos from YouTube, but only a few because Flash kill any good webpage and we want to keep this webpage good. Let’s roll.
The Imaginarium of Doctor Panassus
Give Terry Gilliam carte blanche over a project, and supply the LSD and maybe this is what you’d end up with. A spectacular, fantastical trippy looking film with huge stars, including the late Heath Ledger and Johnny Depp. With a huge budget, this doesn’t mean a huge box office. I bet this appeals to some people (like me) but I couldn’t tell you what it’s about except that Heath Ledger zips around Dr. Suess like locales and meets up with other famous celebrities.
Good Hair
This is Chris Rock’s unfunny attempt to do a Michael Moore like documentary about black people’s hair. I thought after Imus we couldn’t event talk about black people’s hair, but I guess if you’re black and famous you can do a documentary. Not Funny.
St. Trinian’s School For Girls
A kid goes to a new school/neighborhood where he/she doesn’t fit in, then tries to fit in but fails. He/She then makes an impression, everyone likes him/her and a new person is born. But a problem arises, the school/art center/library doesn’t have the funding, so they must come together and raise money. Oh wait, it takes place in England.
Me and Orson Welles
A story of a young actor (Zac Effron) who lands a dream role of working and acting in Orson Welles play ‘Ceasar’ on Braoadway, also finds the girl of his dreams (Claire Daines). This movie looks quite interesting and the actor Christian McKay who portays Orson Welles looks just awesome.
Toy Story 3
We got a while before June 2010, but watching this makes me giggle and brings back the fuzzies I had from the first two films. The complete cast is back for voices which this film could not exist without. This looks to be another great movie from Pixar.
The Missing Person
Love the way this is filmed, it looks like photos as if they were taken in the 70’s – grainy, brown hues, simpler times. It’s film noir in color set in post 9/11. I’d check it out, but I think I’ll do it from my couch.
How To Seduce Difficult Woman
A comedy for stupid men. Men who don’t understand woman – least the writer anyway. I’ve seen this before. The teacher of love has no idea what love is, spreads it unto men with insecurities who end up saying things nobody in their right mind would say, then finds love by the end of two hours. The end.
Edge of Darkness
Mel Gibson is back in a mystery/thriller as a single father of two when he comes home one night to an intruder who kills his oldest daughter. He tries to uncover the why’s and the hows and who his daughter really was. This adaption of a BBC television series looks highly entertaining and suspenseful, but seriously – Give Me Back My Son!
Serious Moonlight
Romantic comedy where Timothy Hutton’s character admits to his wife (Meg Ryan) he’s been in love with another woman (Kristen Bell). So Meg, who is desperate to be in love and keep their relationship together ties up her husband until they fall in love again. Call me a cynic, but these trite scnerios just makes me gag. I can be a romantic guy, but these ridiculous plots make laugh. Seriously – after he admits he’s been cheating on his wife, the other woman shows up and Meg and Kristen have a little talk about it. How nice. Most girls I know would rip her hair out on the spot. But it’s a comedy so they work it out instead. Finally a fourth player (Justin Long) appears justin time (get it?) to fill in the gap and balance out the couples. Who will get who in the end? I will only watch this on VHS.
