Cinema Obsessed

Tasty Tagline: The Devil Wears Prada

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Hell on Heels.

Quotable Quote: Riding in Cars with Boys

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"One day can change your life. One day can ruin your life. All life is is three or four big days that change everything."

~ Drew Barrymore as Beverly Donofrio in Riding in Cars with Boys (2001)

Ramona and Beezus Trailer!

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We told you a while back about the classic Beverly Clearey book being turned into a movie... well the trailer has arrived!

Take a peak at this cute little family-friendly film that comes out this summer!

Righteous Revenge: She Devil

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Jonathan, our newest Cin-Ob Supreme, has chosen this tasty nugget from She Devil (1989), which is actually inspiration for a new segment! We loves us some revenge... we just love when the baddy gets his come-uppance. Such a warm fuzzy feeling.

The Lottery Ticket

2010-03-19T13:00:00.002-04:00

This one caught my attention. Ang and I are constantly playing the 'What if We Win the Lottery or Suddenly Fall into Absurd Amounts of Money and Could Have/Do Anything We Want Game'... the 'What If' game for short.

We make all sorts of plans. Make all sorts of imaginary purchases. We get really excited and giddy. Then we remember that it probably won't happen and we sulk for a few days. It's a common game, I'm sure. Most of you probably play it.

Now back to the movie at hand. Here's a 'lil synopsis:

Kevin Carson (Bow Wow), a young man living in the projects, wins $370 million in a nationwide lottery. When his opportunistic neighbors discover he has the winning ticket in his possession, Kevin must survive their greedy and sometimes even threatening actions over a three-day holiday weekend before he can claim his prize. themovieinsider.com

Hmmm... Bow Wow... $370 million? Here's my predictions for Bow Wow purchases:

1. 500 blingy blings...

2. 5 or 6 pimped out rides...

3. Lotsa sparkly watches...

Sterotyping? Stop me when I lie... I think I've seen Mr. Wow with all of the above.

Ok Ang, get ready for LottoMax tomorrow! What are we gonna do with all our moolah?!

Our Wish List:

1. Matching Austin Mini's
2. A gigantic jungle gym for our backyard
3. A fully functioning treehouse (indoor plumbling and electricity)
4. Our own waterpark
5. A manmade lake in the backyard with jetskis
6. A trampoline the size of a small country
7. A disco room for our house
8. A 'Goldie Oldie' theater (open to the public)
9. A CinemaObsessed.com store in every major city in Canada
10. Fund our own movie (screenplay in the works)

What would you Cin-Obs want? Wish Lists anyone?

I'm Patrick Swayze!

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That's right, this cutie-patootie was a young Patrick Swayze! Awwww wasn't he adorable? It's like he was always destined to make the ladies swoon.

Congrats go to Jonathan for guessing correctly! All hail the new Cin-Ob Supreme! Check back later to see what Jo-Jo has chosen for us! Man oh man, does he have good taste.

We're Full of Sunshine!

2010-03-19T09:00:00.001-04:00

WOW! A special thanks to Cin-Ob Georgina over at Olive Me, who has bestowed the Sunshine Award upon us!

In the grand tradition of Blogging Awards, we're going to pass it on to some others who deserve a shout-out!

And the recipients are:

Amber over at Nostomanic - for her hilarious posts about all kinds of stuff we love, that fill us with that tingly nostalgic feeling, mixed with peeing our pants with laughter.

Sonsey at Ottawa Horror - for bringing horror goodness to Ottawa peeps! (I guess it's ironic to give a SUNSHINE award to a dark horror fanatic like Sonsey, but it's the thought that counts)

Christina from Christina in Wonderland for her overall entertaining posts and rants (and dedicated Cin-Ob participation!)

Thanks again Georgina! We 'preciate it somethin' fierce.

Tasty Tagline: Dragnheart

2010-03-18T21:00:00.000-04:00

You will believe.

Quotable Quote: City of Ember

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"Pay attention, pay attention to everything, everything you see. Notice what no one else notice, and you'll see what no one else knows, What you get is what you get, what you do with what you get, that's more the point."

~ Tim Robbins as Lois Harrow in City of Ember (2008)

Movies We Were Too Young To See

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We've explained many times before how we were converted into Cin-Obs at a very young age. This works to our benefit, since we now have years upon years of film-obsessing experience. A hobby that long ago turned into a lifestyle.

But there were down sides to being exposed to so many types of film at such a young age. We have very vivid memories of crapping ourselves with fear during movies that shouldn't be presented to 7 and 9 year olds. Thanks Mom and Dad for the excellent supervision! (Just kidding, love love love)

This bad-boy (literally) transformed our love of dolls and all things childlike into a phobia... combined with occassional night-terrors. Child's Play (1988) might be about toys, but for the love of Pete... it ain't for kids.

We peaked out from under our covers many a time to keep an eye on our mound of dolls and stuffed animals, just to be sure they weren't weilding any weapons or planning our slaughter.

Ahhh yes. The People Under The Stairs (1991). Grrrreeeaaat, because as a 6 year old I wasn't already scared enough of the basement. Nice little cherry on top there.

Incest, burglery, funeral homes, mutiliation, child abuse, kidnapping, and generally evil shit. Now that's good wholesome family fun.

I still struggle with stairs that have that opening after each one. DON'T GRAB ME!

To this day I run up the stairs as quickly as possible, having dark fantasies about what's down there. When my dad hears the frantic thump-thumping of my stair-climbing, he's always sure to throw in a boogieman comment. Yeah Dad, well be careful what movies you rent for your impressionable children!

PS - Still love this movie.

And now we'll move on to the king of horror... Mr. Stephen King. No Dr. Seuss for us little Cin-Obs. We got the ultimate horror experience as kids.

Reasons this 1994 film (mini-series) was inappropriate for 8 year old Ang and 10 year old Chanty:

- Apocolyptic themes

- Creepy devil dude who hung out in the corn fields (side-note - we both became terrified of corn fields)

Ever since, whenever we see anything that looks abandoned, we turn to each other and go "Whoa, this is SO The Stand."

*Shiver* The Langoliers... I don't know if this Stephen King gem is as well known as the others, but this made-for-tv beauty created many anxieties in our child selves. Very irrational ones.

I did alright in airplanes until I saw this movie, and it's not until recently that I made the connection. I went for hypnosis therapy and the therapist told me after that I was screaming "THE LANGOLIERS ARE COMING! AAAHH!!!" I don't remember cuz I was hypnotized. So it must be true.

Again, this movie was full of creepy-abandoned-world imagery, and that scary feeling that things are just too quiet. See the movie if you have no idea what I'm talking about. The crap acting alone is worth a watch.

As children we were terrified. Remember Balki, the loveable bumbling immigrant from Perfect Strangers? He was a total baddie in this movie, and that fact just turned our worlds upside down. His descent into madness in this film left us going "What's happening to Balki? Noooo!"

Also, we became terrified that the world would just drop away and our faces would be torn to shreds by these mofos.

And last but definitely not least to round out the Stephen King trilogy of childhood fear, I'm sure you all know who this scary razor-toothed mother-effer is. This jerk of a movie made us scared of clowns, balloons, sewers, bathroom sinks, everything! I'm fairly certain IT is the reason so many people are phobic of clowns.

Can't very well talk about movies that scarred us without some aliens thrown in. Uh huh... Fire in the Sky (1993) was a supernatural treat for us kids. I remember laying in bed, waiting for my eventual abduction (because in my mind it was just an eventuality) and hoping to god I wasn't going to wake up in a slime cocoon. After seeing this movie I was obsessed with all things alien, every cheesy tv documentary about abduction I could find. Because I needed to study for what I was sure was my future reality.

The year - 1993. The movie - Jurassic Park. A loving father of two young girls decides to take them to the matinée of the biggest movie in theatres at the time. Because they love dinosaurs! I don't know how the logic went, but I image it to be something like this - "My girls love the Flintstones so I'm sure they'll like this dino-theme park idea!" And you know what? We were psyched. That is, until the movie began.

Seven and nine year old ears are not prepared for the booming sound effects and ludicrious volume levels of this film. We thought we liked dinosaurs up until this point. Yeah... we liked dinosaurs that were man's best friend/appliances. Not the rip-your-face-off kind.

We cried and left the movie 15 minutes in. Money well spent, Pops.

Tales From The Crypt: Demon Knight (1995) - This particular scarring experience I can attribute to our uncle, who rented it and told our parents the Cryptkeeper stories were always cheesey and not scary.

When I saw giant implant boobs on the moaning groaning blonde woman in the bathtub in the first ten minutes, I knew he had lied.

At the time, this is how the entire movie sounded "fuck fuck fuckity fucker fuckbag fuck!" At least that's how my 9 year old ears interpreted it. Remember as a kid feeling physically uncomfortable hearing cursewords? Yeah so we basically shivered the whole way through this one. Although we knew Billy Zane played the head-honcho demon bent on world destruction, we still liked him more than a friend.

(note - this is one of my top ten favourite films to this day. I got over the gratuitous boobies and fucks, and I likey me some bad boy cowboy Billy Zane more than ever)

Ah yes, the cult phenomenon Phantom of the Paradise (1974) is a "phantasy"... but not the 'pixie dust and magic wands' kind. It's the "sign your name in blood, I own your soul, terrorism, snort cocaine, get electrocuted on stage' kinda phantasy. Yes! This is the perfect film to show my 10 year old! As sarcastic as that is meant to be, it actually was. This movie is our favie of all favies. Takes the #1 spot. Our parents were smart... they knew we wouldn't take any notice (or even understand) the drugs, group orgies, and general darkness of the film. All we absorbed from it at the time was the Sublime Soundtrack and 70s feel (which was totally alien to us as 80s kids).

Once again, our parents took a risk in showing us the child-unfriendly flick. But hey... we didn't know what a transvestite was, we didn't understand that they were sexually charged aliens, we didn't notice the incestuous relationship between Riff-Raff and Magenta, or that Rocky was a sex slave, or the true meaning of the lyrics "t..t..t..t..t..touch me, I wanna be dirty!"

Watching it as an adult (and knowing how young we were when introduced to this movie) makes us gasp, but it also makes us giggle at how naive we were.

Did you ever see an inappropriate movie when you were too young?

Memorable Monologue: World Trade Center

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"9/11 showed us what human beings are capable of. The evil, yeah, sure. But it also brought out the goodness we forgot could exist. People taking care of each other for no other reason than it was the right thing to do. It's important for us to talk about that good, to remember. 'Cause I saw all of it that day."

~ Nicolas Cage as John McLoughlin in World Trade Center (2006)

Delightful Dialogue: Blade

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Blade: OK, Vampire Anatomy 101, crosses and holy water don't do dick so forget what you've seen in the movies. You use a stake, silver or sunlight. You know how to use one of these?
[hands her a gun]

Dr. Karen Jenson: No, but I'll damn sure learn quick.

Blade: Safety's off, round's already chambered. Silver hollowpoint filled with garlic. You aim for the head or the heart. Anything else, is your ass...

~ Wesley Snipes and N'Bushe Wright in Blade (1998)

Tasty Tagline: The Muppet Movie

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More entertaining than humanly possible!

Quotable Quote: Serendipity

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"You see that is what happens when people get hooked on the new age life... they end up sitting at home burning candles for Mister Right, when Mister Good Enough For Right Now is waiting at the corner bar!"

~ Molly Shannon as Eve in Serendipity (2001)

Exquisite Extra: Predators Sneak Peek Behind the Scenes Goodness!

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Oh gosh darnit! Yesterday when I told you about the new film, Predators, I forgot to give you this little making-of featurette!

See the actors in action, and see Robert Rodriguez throw in his two cents.

Although I'm TOTALLY gonna see this movie, it does look similar to the others, military people covered with dirt and sweat, waving their guns around frantically in every direction, with a tough woman thrown in so as to appease the feminists.

What do you think?

The Swan Archives Features our "BEEF" Shirt!

2010-03-17T15:00:00.002-04:00

Your one-stop shop for all things Phantom of the Paradise, The Swan Archives, is featuring our beef shirt in their merchandising section!

If you don't know about our absolute favourite film of all time, read more here. Who's Beef, you ask? Check out this clip. You won't regret it. And check out The Swan Archives, it's like mecca for Phantom phans. Haha see what I did there?

Check out the Cin-Ob Store HERE!

Jeff Who Lives at Home

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Ok. Let me just start off by saying... JAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSOOOON!!!!!!!!!!!!! MARRY ME?? WE'RE MEANT TO BE!!

Ahem. Excuse me. That was desperate. Just reading it back makes me shiver a little.

The Duplass brothers, who are writing and directing the film, are producing with Jason Reitman via his Right of Way Films. John Malkovich's Mr. Mudd is also producing. The movie chronicles a day in the life of two brothers, one a loser (Segel) who lives at home and the other (Helms) more together but overbearing. ComingSoon.net

From what we understand of this upcoming comedy, we'll most likely be featuring many parts in

our Just Say No segment. Wink Wink. Nod Nod. Nudge Nudge. Chortle Chortle. Wait. What? Did I just say Chortle? I did. ANGIE, why don't you stop me when I say things like that?

Needless to say, we're pumped!! Shizing our pants with glee!!

Jason, if you're reading, I don't really shit my pants (often). It's a metaphor for my love and adoration... for you, of course. Aren't you longing to be with a gal who's not afraid to shit herself for love? Ugh.

AAAAAANGIEEEE!!!

Memorable Monologue: My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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"Now, you are family. Okay. All my life, I had a lump at the back of my neck, right here. Always, a lump. Then I started menopause and the lump got bigger from the hormonees. It started to grow. So I go to the doctor, and he did the bio... the b... the... the bios... the... b... the bibopsy. Inside the lump he found teeth and a spinal column. Yes. Inside the lump was my twin."

~ Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula in My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

Delightful Dialogue: Innerspace

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[Jack hears Tuck talking to him in the doctor's office]

Jack Putter: Did you hear that?

Waiting Room Patient: Hear what?

Jack Putter: You didn't hear that then?

Waiting Room Patient: Noooo, I'm sorry, I didn't hear anything. Are you feeling all right?

Jack Putter: Would I be in a doctor's office if I was feeling all right?

~ Martin Short and Andrea Martin in Innerspace (1987)

Tasty Tagline: Once Upon a Time in the West

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There were three men in her life.

One to take her...

one to love her...

and one to kill her.

Quotable Quote: Along Came Polly

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"Since we have been together I have felt more uncomfortable, out of place, embarassed, and just physically sick then I have in my entire life. But I could not have gone through that, I could not have thrown up 19 times in 48 days if I was not in love with you."

~ Ben Stiller as Reuben Feffer in Along Came Polly (2004)

Delightful Dialogue: The Ugly Truth

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Abby Richter: The big strong brave men, that we've all been reading about in novels and watching in movies since we've been nine years old, - -that's a fallacy. They don't exist. Men are not strong. Men are not brave. Men, are afraid. Even if they have a moment in a hotel elevator and it's totally romantic and full of potential, men are incapable of copping to it because, why? Men are weak.

Mike: Let me tell you something about women. Women would have us believe that they are the victims; That we break their hearts for sport. That's crap. They say they want romance, they say they want true love, but all they want is a check list. Is he perfect? Is he handsome? Is he a doctor? For you men who fit the criteria, don't kid yourselves. Cuz if they're not sleeping with you, they're sleeping with a carefully calculated set of venal choices. Money over substance, looks over soul, polished over principles. No gesture, no matter how real or romantic will ever compensate for a really impressive list of credentials.

~ Katherine Heigl and Gerard Butler in The Ugly Truth (2009)

Tantalizing Trivia: Labyrinth

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The "Ludo" costume (Labyrinth, 1986) was so big that the puppeteer couldn't see outside. A small camera was mounted in one of the horns that was connected to a small tv monitor inside to give him a view of his surroundings.

PREDATORS! (It's plural this time!)

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Ahhh... how I love unnecessary sequels. But really, in this case, I'm razzamajazzed for it. Special effects are definitely at a point where they can make this a kick-arse movie!

I Watch Stuff is reporting on the new film, so I did some research. I'm professional like that.

Wow, look at that blade. It's like I can hear it going SCCCHHIIIINGG!!!

If you guys remember the ending of Alien VS Predator (2004) you were probably expecting this one. I know I was!

Set to be released this summer, Predators (yes, with an S!) is about nine humans,"Predators" of sorts, who are kidnapped and taken to an alien world which is used by the Predators as a game reserve. Now they must all fight to survive while they are hunted by a new breed of alien hunters know as Predators. (Wikipedia)

Ooooh these mother-effers are making their hunt into a game. Love it!

Robert Rodriguez is at the helm of this project, and he apparently wrote the script in 1994. It was recently pulled out of the ideas junk-drawer, dusted off, and put into production!

Some notable members of the cast will include Topher "I got a job" Grace, Lawrence "I'll always be Morpheus no matter what I do" Fishburne, and Adrien "nose and a half " Brody.

As much as I tease, I think it's gonna be great! I expected this to be 3D but I haven't seen any reports of that yet. They'd be stupid not to! Listen to me Hollywood, I totally know everything about your business.

Memorable Monologue: The Reader

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"She had favourites. Girls, mostly young. We all remarked on it, she gave them food and places to sleep. In the evening, she asked them to join her. We all thought - well, you can imagine what we thought. Then we found out - she was making these women read aloud to her. They were reading to her. At first we thought this guard... this guard is more sensitive... she's more human... she's kinder. Often she chose the weak, the sick, she picked them out, she seemed to be protecting them almost. But then she dispatched them. Is that kinder?"

~ Alexandra Maria Lara as young Ilana Mather in The Reader (2008)