September 5, 2008 – 4:02 pm
Starring: Ben Stiller, Jack Black, Robert Downey Jr.
Directed by: Ben Stiller (Cable Guy, Zoolander)
The “Tropic Thunder” experience begins without warning as fake trailers starring the soon to be protagonists are shown. The quick 10 minute batch of trailers provides a quick shock, but it is simply a warm up. It’s a perk that this film [...]
August 29, 2008 – 9:25 pm
Starring: Seth Rogan, James Franco, Rosie Perez, and Gary Cole Jr.
Directed by: David Gordon Green (George Washington, All the Real Girls, Snow Angels)
The gap between hip hop and Seth Rogan really isn’t that large. If you have seen Knocked Up, you may remember the first song to be heard was “Shimmy Shimmy Ya” by none [...]
August 6, 2008 – 9:07 am
Starring: Dave Chappelle and plenty of Hip Hop Acts.
Directed by: Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Be Kind Rewind)
The movie opens with a man having difficulty starting up his car and getting help from Dave and another man. Behind him, a band (The Brooklyn Steppers) is playing “Overnight Celebrity” in such a beautiful [...]
August 2, 2008 – 7:09 pm
Starring: Will Farell, John C. Reilly and Richard Jenkins
Directed by: Adam McKay (Talledega Nights, Anchorman)
If the trailers didn’t have you laughing, don’t worry, there are still plenty more laughs to go around in this 90 minute laugh-fest. What you didn’t see in the trailer were some other ridiculously crude moments that provide some of the [...]
July 19, 2008 – 7:12 am
Starring: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine
Directed by: Christopher Nolan (Memento, The Prestige, Batman Begins)
This is not a comic-book movie; it isin a league of its own. While others have claimed this summer to be loaded with tremendous blockbuster pictures and such, I differ. I think we’ve seen all of this before; the [...]
July 10, 2008 – 9:25 am
Starring: Will Smith, Jason Batemen and Charlize Theron
Directed by Peter Berg (Friday Night Lights, The Kingdom)
With this being my first movie review, let me start off by saying that I am a huge movie buff. If hip hop is my first love, movies are a very close second in a tie with hockey. With that [...]
