10 Word (or less) Film Review

The Book of Eli

• Directed by: Albert and Allen Hughes
• Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis
• Plot: “A post-apocalyptic tale, in which a lone man fights his way across America in order to protect a sacred book that holds the secrets to saving humankind.”

Review: New age apocalypse meets old world religion? Pass. (C-)

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Reason why Twitter makes me a happy geek

I watch the fantastic mind-blow film Primer. I tweet that I loved the fantastic mind-blow film Primer. David Sullivan, one of the two main actors from the film, tweets me thanking me for tweeting that I loved the fantastic mind-blow film Primer.

And I become a happy, happy geek.

The Best Songs of 2010! (so far)

All,

About six months ago, I went through a long explanation of how A) I’m still very close with a group of guys I basically met in 3rd Grade and B) twice a year I make a CD for them full of good new music - Now, the mix isn’t just new songs (although mostly it is), but songs that are new to me. Stuff I first heard since the last mix was made. (Original post can be found here: “A Lookback of the Music”)

I’ve just put together Mix 1/2 of 2010 and delivered it at our annual MovieFest. Once again, ignore the photo - it’s an old old old inside joke. Still, the music is solid, and so, I present to you, the best songs I’ve heard in 2010 so far:

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1. “I Am The President of Your Fan Club (and Last Night I Followed You Home)” – Cancel The Astronauts
2. “Generator ^ First Floor” – Freelance Whales
3. “@!#?@!” – Motion City Soundtrack
4. “You Are My Sunshine” – Kevin Devine  (A classic American folksong originally written by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell. )
5. “Kiss With a Fist” – Florence and the Machine
6. “Sleepy Head” – Run Toto Run  (originally performed by Passion Pit)
7. “My Backwards Walk” – Frightened Rabbit
8. “Dinosaur on the Ark” – The Very Best
9. “El Sincero” – Wheat
10. “Dominoes” – The Big Pink
11. “Comme des enfants” – Coeur de Pirate
12. “Little Secrets” – Passion Pit
13. “Ain’t No Grave” – Crooked Still
14. “Good Friends, Bad Habbits” – Owen
15. “High Lonesom” – The Gaslight Anthem
16. “Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa” – Peter Gabriel and Hot Chip  (originally performed by Vampire Weekend)
17. “Geekquilibrium” – Dr. Awkward
18. “Rich Girl” – The Bird and The Bee  (originally performed by Hall and Oats)
19. “Barny Rubble” – The Twang
20. “Comin’ Home” – Murder by Death
21. “Me and You” – Slow Club
22. “I Want You Back” – Discovery  (originally performed by The Jackson 5)
23. “Lullaby” – Loudon Wainwright III

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Thank you Internet.

10 Word (or less) Film Review

Shutter Island

• Directed by: Martin Scorsese
• Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsly
• Plot: “Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.”

Review: Dear Martin, please make good, passionate films again. Thanks! (C+)

10 Word (or less) Film Review

Legion

• Directed by: Scott Stewart
• Starring: Paul Bettany, Dennis Quaid, Kate Walsh
• Plot: “An out-of-the-way diner becomes the unlikely battleground for the survival of the human race, when God loses faith in humankind.”

Review: God’s clearly furious with humanity if he delivered this crap. (D)

10 Word (or less) Film Review

Invictus

• Directed by: Clint Eastwood
• Starring: Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon
• Plot: “Nelson Mandela, in his first term as the South African President, initiates a unique venture to unite the apartheid-torn land: enlist the national rugby team on a mission to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup.”

Review: Who knew Rugby was this sentimental? (B)