JOBLESS FILM REVIEWS

New Wes Anderson Film has a trailer 'Moonrise Kingdom'

2012-01-12T21:27:00.001-05:00

Here is the latest from Wes Anderson with added Bruce Willis.

Dark Knight Rises Sexy HD Trailer Out Now

2011-12-19T21:00:00.001-05:00

How good does this look? E-mail us at joblessfilmreviews@gmail.com

Men in Black 3 Trailer

2011-12-13T20:53:00.001-05:00

Do we need another one? Do we? Send your thoughts to the podcast. joblessfilmreviews@gmail.com

Rock of Ages Trailer

2011-12-13T20:51:00.003-05:00

This looks awful no? I am a big Tom Cruise fan but I am struggling here. Send us your thoughts, joblessfilmreviews@gmail.com

Johnny English Reborn Review

2011-10-22T14:58:00.004-04:00

This film is a huge pile of steaming shit, avoid. Unfunny, painful to watch and frankly embarrassing.

Hear the drunk rant on the next Jobless Film Reviews podcast, out later this week.

Anne Hathaway's Catwoman photo's Released.... Spoiler Alert

2011-09-25T14:45:00.003-04:00

These are the latest photos from The Dark Knight Rises. Has there ever been a film that has had this much press from people sneaking photos? I am not sure.

Let us know what you think about the costume. joblessfilmreviews@gmail.com

We will read your opinions on the next podcast.

Jobless Film Reviews Episode 48

2011-09-25T14:43:00.002-04:00

Simon has left but the podcast lives on, with throw everything at you. The wacky soundboard, Arnold Schwarzenger as a guest and reviews of Drive, The Lion Kind 3D, Contagion and everything else you need to see and also its a key party! Sounds like the best podcast ever right? Film reviews rule!

Episode 47 - The Pitch Game and Simon's last Episode

2011-09-10T11:51:00.001-04:00

It's a sad day as Simon is leaving for other parts. We will survive but Simon will be missed. Anyway what better way for him to leave than on a pitch game. So hear the pitch game, our new sound effects library and also reviews of everything that is out on DVD right now.

New Podcast: Jobless Film Reviews Episode 46 - Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Help, Colombiana

2011-09-10T11:49:00.001-04:00

On a very sad episode we say goodbye to simon as he leaves for greener pastures, but on a happy note we get an awesome sound board, check it out with all the new awesome sound effects.

Ever wanted that pair of Nike shoes from Back to the Future 2? Well know you can.

2011-09-10T11:44:00.003-04:00

You know how everyone wants a hoverboard? Well they ain't available yet but remember those Nike shoes? Well they are now for sale!

The bad news is only 1,500 have been made and they are for sale on Ebay which means they are selling for a lot of money. Take a look at the ads below. If you make this podcast/blog a success we promise to use any profits to buy these shoes!

Ever wondered what it would be like if you made a film and it flopped?

2011-09-04T18:24:00.004-04:00

This article taken from the site Quora describes what it is like when you have spent months on a film and it fails totally. It's a fascinating read see below. In fairness he should try working on a podcast for no money that recieves minimal attention and not having a job, now that is depressing.

Article:

When you work "above the line" on a movie (writer, director, actor, producer, etc.) watching it flop at the box office is devastating. I had such an experience during the opening weekend of Conan the Barbarian 3D.

A movie's opening day is analogous to a political election night. Although I've never worked in politics, I remember having similar feelings of disappointment and disillusionment when my candidate lost a presidential bid, so I imagine that working as a speechwriter or a fundraiser for the losing campaign would feel about the same as working on an unsuccessful film.

One joins a movie production, the same way one might join a campaign, years before the actual release/election, and in the beginning one is filled with hope, enthusiasm and belief. I joined the Conan team, having loved the character in comic books and the stories of Robert E. Howard, filled with the same kind of raw energy and drive that one needs in politics.

Any film production, like a long grueling campaign over months and years, is filled with crisis, compromise, exhaustion, conflict, elation, and blind faith that if one just works harder, the results will turn out all right in the end. During that process whatever anger, frustration, or disagreement you have with the candidate/film you keep to yourself. Privately you may oppose various decisions, strategies, or compromises; you may learn things about the candidate that cloud your resolve and shake your confidence, but you soldier on, committed to the end. You rationalize it along the way by imagining that the struggle will be worth it when the candidate wins.

A few months before release, "tracking numbers" play the role in movies that polls play in politics. It's easy to get caught up in this excitement, like a college volunteer handing out fliers for Howard Dean. (Months before Conan was released many close to the production believed it would open like last year's The Expendables.) As the release date approaches and the the tracking numbers start to fall, you start adjusting expectations, but always with a kind of desperate optimism. "I don't believe the polls," say the smiling candidates.

You hope that advertising and word of mouth will improve the numbers, and even as the numbers get tighter and the omens get darker, you keep telling yourself that things will turn around, that your guy will surprise the experts and pollsters. You stay optimistic. You begin selectively ignoring bad news and highlighting the good. You make the best of it. You believe.

In the days before the release, you get all sorts of enthusiastic congratulations from friends and family. Everyone seems to believe it will go well, and everyone has something positive to say, so you allow yourself to get swept up in it.

You tell yourself to just enjoy the process. That whether you succeed or fail, win or lose, it will be fine. You pretend to be Zen. You adopt detachment, and ironic humor, while secretly praying for a miracle.

The Friday night of the release is like the Tuesday night of an election. "Exit polls"are taken of people leaving the theater, and estimated box office numbers start leaking out in the afternoon, like early ballot returns. You are glued to your computer, clicking wildly over websites, chatting nonstop with peers, and calling anyone and everyone to find out what they've heard. Have any numbers come back yet? That's when your stomach starts to drop.

By about 9 PM its clear when your "candidate" has lost by a startlingly wide margin, more than you or even the most pessimistic political observers could have predicted. With a movie its much the same: trade magazines like Variety and Hollywood Reporter call the weekend winners and losers based on projections. That's when the reality of the loss sinks in, and you don't sleep the rest of the night.

For the next couple of days, you walk in a daze, and your friends and family offer kind words, but mostly avoid the subject. Since you had planned (ardently believed, despite it all) that success would propel you to new appointments and opportunities, you find yourself at a loss about what to do next. It can all seem very grim.

You make light of it, of course. You joke and shrug. But the blow to your ego and reputation can't be brushed off. Reviewers, even when they were positive, mocked Conan The Barbarian for its lack of story, lack of characterization, and lack of wit. This doesn't speak well of the screenwriting - and any filmmaker who tells you s/he "doesn't read reviews" just doesn't want to admit how much they sting.

Unfortunately, the work I do as a script doctor is hard to defend if the movie flops. I know that those who have read my Conan shooting script agree that much of the work I did on story and character never made it to screen. I myself know that given the difficulties of rewriting a script in the middle of production, I made vast improvements on the draft that came before me. But its still much like doing great work on a losing campaign. All anyone in the general public knows, all anyone in the industry remembers, is the flop. A loss is a loss.

But one thought this morning has lightened my mood:

My father is a retired trumpet player. I remember, when I was a boy, watching him spend months preparing for an audition with a famous philharmonic. Trumpet positions in major orchestras only become available once every few years. Hundreds of world class players will fly in to try out for these positions from all over the world. I remember my dad coming home from this competition, one that he desperately wanted to win, one that he desperately needed to win because work was so hard to come by. Out of hundreds of candidates and days of auditions and callbacks, my father came in....second.

It was devastating for him. He looked completely numb. To come that close and lose tore out his heart. But the next morning, at 6:00 AM, the same way he had done every morning since the age of 12, he did his mouthpiece drills. He did his warm ups. He practiced his usual routines, the same ones he tells his students they need to play every single day. He didn't take the morning off. He just went on. He was and is a trumpet player and that's what trumpet players do, come success or failure.

Less than a year later, he went on to win a position with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, where he played for three decades. Good thing he kept practicing.

So with my father's example in mind, here I sit, coffee cup steaming in its mug and dog asleep at my feet, starting my work for the day, revising yet another script, working out yet another pitch, thinking of the future (the next project, the next election) because I'm a screenwriter, and that's just what screenwriters do.

In the words of Ed Wood, "My next one will be BETTER!"

Dark Knight Returns: Latest Batman/Bane pictures

2011-08-02T21:12:00.004-04:00

Wow this are some pretty amazing pictures from the set of the new Batman film, spoiler alert!

Batman is filming in Pittsburgh right now and these are some pretty amazing pictures from set. SPOILER ALERT.

Let us know what you think joblessfilmreviews@gmail.com

We will be talking about this on the next podcast, you can get this from http://joblessfilmreviews.podomatic.com/.

The Green Lantern Review

2011-06-24T21:03:00.003-04:00

Don't watch this. I watched the whole thing and I still don't know what a Green Lantern is, apparently they are some kind of intergalactic heroes.

Ryan Reynolds plays Hal Jordan a bum/fighter pilot (odd I know) who he is chosen by an alien's ring who becomes the Green Lantern.

This is a film where there is so much CGI, action and loud noises. You know whats odd its so boring. It's dull because you don't care about anyone, you don't really understand anything and the whole concept is do dumb you kind of want to nap.

Do not go watch this. The only good things about this movie are Ryan Reynolds body, Blake Lively and some voice over work from celebs playing frogs in green suits.

Awful. 1/10.

Jobless Film Reviews Episode 43 - DVD Reviews and The Pitch Game

2011-06-24T20:59:00.001-04:00

This is the episode you have been waiting for. We are bringing back a popular catch phrase, be the first to jump on board this bandwagon. We review all the DVDs you know and have a great pitch game. Please send more in.

Jobless Film Reviews - Episode 42

2011-06-24T20:57:00.000-04:00

In this amazing episode of jobless film reviews, we review super 8, xmen first class, bridesmaids, and that stupid pirate movie.

Amazing Interview with the writer of the fifth Fast and the Furious Film

2011-04-27T20:34:00.000-04:00

Enjoy.....

New X-Men First Class Trailer

2011-04-27T20:25:00.001-04:00

A new X-Men First Class trailer has arrived now I can't speak for the Jobless team (this is Andrew) but this still looks like an awful movie, now I have never enjoyed any of the X-Men films to maybe I am a bad judge but this looks like a Star Wars prequel attached to a major world event to give it some gravitas. Watch it and let us know what you think.

Jobless Film Review: Episode 41

2011-04-22T15:08:00.002-04:00

Like usual we get drunk and talk about movies, scream 4, Win Win, Your Highness, Hanna, and a bunch of other stuff.

Jobless Film Reviews: Episode 40 -DVD and pitch games

2011-04-22T15:07:00.001-04:00

In this episode the boys get really drunk and discuss the latest DVDs and play another round of the pitch game.

Jobless Film Reviews - Episode 39 - Film Review Podcast

2011-04-22T15:05:00.001-04:00

On this episode, Andrew, Sie and Matt review a bunch of movies including source code, hall pass, and a bunch of other movies, then they get drunk.

New 30 Minutes or Less Red Band Trailer

2011-04-22T14:41:00.002-04:00

Check out what Jesse Eisenberg did after The Social Network. A comedy about a pizza delivery boy. Looks pretty f-ing good.

Rise of the Apes Trailer

2011-04-14T09:16:00.002-04:00

The latest re-boot (or recycled idea) is Rise of the Apes. It stars James Franco and a bunch of monkeys, which looks great and come from the Avatar effects team. Take a watch and let us know what you think and we will discuss in the podcast.

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Jobless Film Reviews Episode 38 - DVD Reviews and The Pitch Game

2011-03-20T14:38:00.002-04:00

Jobless Film Reviews is back and we are drunk.

We review everything that is on DVD at the moment from Due Date, Red and Megamind.

We also play the pitch game and we were a little too drunk to really make too much sense.

WARNING THIS AMOUNT OF DRUNKENNESS IS A LITTLE MUCH FOR SOME. IT GETS MESSY.

Also try and work out from the picture who is Matt, who is Simon and who is Andrew?

Jobless Film Reviews Episode 37

2011-03-20T14:36:00.002-04:00

We review so many films it will blow your mind! Big Momma's House 3, The Mechanic, No Strings Attached, Paul, Unknown, and almost every other movie around.

Jobless Film Reviews Episode 36 - The Oscars and the latest Movie News

2011-03-20T14:35:00.002-04:00

Is this episode we talk about The Oscars, Charlie Sheen, Robocop the statue and the new director for Iron Man 3.