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Review: Black Swan

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 10:33:00 -0800

It's been a dogs age since I last posted here, but well, I have a review of a new(ish) film for you to check out. Enjoy

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BLACK SWAN (2010)

dir. Darren Aronfsky.

starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel,

Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder

I don’t really care for Darren Aronofsky. There, I said it. In fact, I’ve only ever truly liked one of his films (The Wrestler) and I don’t really credit him with my enjoyment of the film as much as I credit Mickey Rourke.

What a difference a few years can make. Black Swan is not only a good movie, it’s a great one, and really dug into me unlike any movie this year. It is a hard film to watch, but also a hard film to look away from. This is a film that shows the utter horror that can occur when we find ourselves filled with paranoia and obsession. Being perfect has a huge price, and Black Swan documents this throughout its running time.

The film is about Nina, a ballerina in a New York ballet company that is about to open their season with a wild imagining of Swan Lake where the two leads, the White Swan and the Black Swan, will be portrayed by the same dancer. Nina desperately wants the role, but cannot show the emotion needed to portray the wild and seductive Black Swan. When she actively petitions for the roles she ends up convincing the director that she might have the spark, so he bets everything on her, and so begins her journey to discover the inner darkness that is the Black Swan.

To say much else would ruin the film, I think, so I won’t, but this film really sticks to the ribs like a good meal, and provides lots to think about as one leaves the theater, and this goes both for the plot as well as the techniques used to craft the film itself. This film is a very well put together film that really shows some brilliant craftsmanship from all involved. From the limited locations that make the film feel almost claustrophobic to the camerawork that never stops, dancing along with the characters that give the film a sense of fluid motion, the filmmakers used every asset available to make this movie a feast for the senses and for the mind.

Darren uses this film as a chance to stretch his wings and allow for some clever homage to classical filmmakers like Argento and Polanski, while giving the film his own unique vision. The film works almost as a companion piece to The Wrestler in the sense that Nina is as desperate as Randy to move her career further, and like Randy, she goes to dangerous lengths to make sure it happens. Darren uses this to show the dangers of obsession, and, as I said earlier, the price one pays for perfection. Perfection seems to be a bit of a running theme in his movies, and it really comes full circle here with the story of Nina and her rise to being the Swan Queen.

This film is all about performance, and it’s cast gives some great ones. Natalie Portman gets a lot of shit for some reason, and I think she’s a fine actress, but this really allowed her to shine. She really personifies the shy, timid creature that Nina is at the beginning, and so its not hard to believe her in the role, which makes her transition over the course of the film into a much darker persona that much more powerful. She really nails this, and one shot of her towards the end of the film is simply terrifying.

The supporting cast is great as well. Mila Kunis brings a lot to her role as Lilly, a mysterious girl who joins the company at the start of the film. One of her best assets in the film is her likability. Mila has always been likeable (even as the distinctly annoying Jackie on That 70’s Show) and she uses it to wonderful effect her to work her way into Nina’s life and in so doing, the emotions of the audience. She is also very sensual, which lends itself very well to one of the film’s most talked about sequences. Vincent Cassel was great as the fairly sleezy director of the company who pushes Nina towards her eventual fate, not caring what the end result is as long as he gets his “art”, and Winona Ryder shows up briefly as the former lead dancer of the company. Her role isn’t really that big in the film, except that she provides a window for Nina to see what she might eventually become, and Winona does a fine job with what she is given.

One performance that isn’t getting as much talk as I think it should is Barbra Hershey as Nina’s mother. Good Lord, she is wonderful. Her character is not a likable character, and it’s done that way on purpose, but she brings such realness to the character that it’s hard to dislike her, even when the film leads you to. One scene in particular had me squirming because of how her and Natalie were interacting. It’s areally powerful performance to match Natalie’s electric take on Nina.

One of the other assets the film has it it’s score and it’s soundtrack, which is crafted by Darren’s frequent collaborator Clint Mansell. He does a wonderful job here to take the existing score to Black Swan and transform it into something dark and twisted to mirror Nina’s journey, and sometimes it’s very subtle, and other times it’s right in your face, but it’s a wonderful trick to work that score into our brains so that when the finale comes, the big night, we associate that music more with Nina than anything else.

As I said, this is a film that has just stuck with me, and I continue to think about it now, even after writing this much about it. Darren Aronofsky has crafted one of the year’s best films, a film that is at once stunningly beautiful, absolutely terrifying, and ultimately heartbreaking, and I loved every second of it.

Score: 5 Stars (out of 5)

Wag The Movie - Terminator Salvation Review

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sat, 23 May 2009 15:48:00 -0700

Check out the official Wag The Movie reveiw of Terminator Salvation, only at HubPages (our new home, for the most part)

Wag The Movie - Terminator Salvation Review

Op/Ed: Listen Up, Warners, DC, Chris Nolan, Et All.

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 5 Apr 2009 22:48:00 -0700

I am gonna let my nerd flag fly for a moment, and tell my opinion on a certain matter.

Of course last summer, The Dark Knight came out and blew everyone away, and of course, you wonderful people at WB want to make another one, and if Chris Nolan agrees, it'll be off.

Great. I can't wait.

But of course, as with any superhero film, the question is, who will be the villian. Now, since Dark Knight was released, a lot of speculation has floated around, but only one of those is a constant. The Riddler.

A few actors have been tossed around as possibles, and while that's normal Hollwood fiddle faddle, I actually have a suggestion.

DON'T cast Johnny Depp. A great actor to be sure, but I feel like casting him in this sort of role would be almost a cop-out. "We need quirky and wacky, get Depp"

DON'T cast Eddie Murphy. While that was a huge rumor (that has been since debunked) his name is still out there. He can be good (see his old standup, older films, Dreamgirls, ect.) but I don't think this is a role for him.

Here is my big suggestion for casting of the famed Puzzle master of Gotham...

Robin Williams. Bare with me...

Years ago, when Tim Burton was doing the Batman movies, Robin was at one point considered for The Joker...but was never a serious choice. They used him to get Jack Nicholson to lower his price. Of course he was upset...who wouldn't be? They then offered him the role of the Riddler in Batman Forever, and he would have done it if WB apologized for their actions (or so the story goes) and they didn't, so Jim Carrey took the role.

This would be a great way, WB, to say "We're Sorry" In recent years, I've seen Warners become one of the best companies out there for filmmaking, and it would make sense that the people who told New Line Cinema to get lost after they screwed over Peter Jackson would be able to apologize to Robin Williams.

He has also already worked with Chris Nolan before, and Nolan likes to use familiar actors. Chris, I don't know how well you guys got on on the set of Insomnia, but I think he'd make a perfect, unorthodox Riddler.

Riddler in recent years has taken on a more detective role in the comics, and that would be perfect for the Nolan world...I don't know how he'd work into the story, and I am not going to waste my time writing fan fiction...but I'll say this. Heath Ledger was a strange choice for Joker, and he turned in an incredible preformance...I imagine Robin Williams, one of the best (comedic or not) actors of his time could do something similar.

So what I am saying is...Warners, DC, Chris...please consider Mr. Williams for the role of the Riddler, should you decide to use the character in Batman 3.

That's all for now
Donald Hallene III

The DH3 Awards 2008 (Part One)

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 2 Jan 2009 12:10:00 -0800

Since I don't run the Academy, I'd figured I'd dole out my own awards...Feel free to comment on my choices, or hand out your own.

Best Picture: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
If you read my review here, you know why this movie moved me as much as it did. Not much else need be said
Runner Up: The Dark Knight. I am a nerd for Batman, and it's very true that I saw this movie more times than any rational man should have in theaters, but it truly is a great film, and it will be hard to beat in terms of Comic Book films in the future.

Best Actor: Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler)
A tour-de-force performance by an actor I've always liked. He returns to the promise he had back in the 90's in one fell swoop as the screw-up wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson
Runner Up: Brad Pitt in Benjamin Button. It isn't the best preformance of his career, but Brad Pitt brings something special to the man who's live is in perpetual Rewind.

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Cate Blanchett has always been one of the best actresses around. From her indie films, to her big budget stuff, she is always stellar. She even gave an entertaining performance in the disappointing fourth Indiana Jones, but here, she gives a brilliant turn as Daisy, the lover of the title character. She plays the character from the young age of 20 (or so, I wasn't really sure) Until the very end, and each scene with her is a wonder to watch, with her grace and beauty.
Runner Up: Um, Not Sure. I'll get back to you

Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
As the Joker, Heath undoubtedly left his mark on the world. The film would not have been nearly as good or successful without his performance as the Chaos loving clown. It really is a shame to see such a good actor gone, way to early, as this movie would have launched him into the stratosphere (and he was already pretty famous)
Runner Up: Don't Snicker, but it's totally Aaron Eckhart in the Dark Knight. Sadly because of Ledger's role, he is vastly overshadowed, but is fantastic as Harvey Dent.

Best Supporting Actress: Taraji P. Henson (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
as Queenie, the surrogate mother for Benjamin, Taraji exudes the warmth and friendliness that we all want in a mother. She was also not a caricature of the typical African American "Mammy" which could have happened very easily.
Runner Up: Evan Rachel Wood in The Wrestler. I was expecting nothing really strong from Ms. Wood, but she turned in a wonderful performance as Randy's distant daughter.

Best Director: David Fincher (The Curious Case of Benjamin Button)
Two years in a row, Mr. Fincher has given me my favorite movie of the year, and I think he did a marvelous job taking the bulky script by Eric Roth and turning it into a beautiful film, with wonderful characters, and wonderful vision. I'd say this might be a pity award for him after getting completely ignored for Zodiac, but...Benjamin Button was just that good.
Runner Up: TIE! Christopher Nolan for The Dark Knight and Darren Aronofsky for the Wrestler. Nolan turned what could have been a normal superhero sequel into a morality tale that was gritty and dark, and felt very much like a brilliant crime thriller...with a dude in a Bat Suit to boot. Darren really turned in a Class A film with the Wrestler, a film that tells an honest story, with honest emotions.

Best Screenplay (Original): Wall-E
Now I know that most of the movie is beeps and boops, but, there was a great STORY behind those noises, and when they get to the ship and Humans get involved, it gets even better.
Runner Up: The Wrestler. What a weird thing that this movie came from an writer for The Onion. Wacky. Anyway, it's a great script that, as I mentioned in the RU-Director blurb, tells a very honest and well thought out story.

Best Screenplay (Adapted): The Dark Knight
Jonathan Nolan and Chris Nolan really outdid themselves, along with David Goyer, in telling a brilliant Batman story, tied up in a deep and exciting Crime Thriller. The Joker is a new take on the character, but feels familiar in all the right ways, and all the familiar faces from before got better lines in this film. (I'm lookin at you, Gary Oldman, you awesome man, you)
Runner Up: Part of me really wants to say Benjamin Button, but looking at the film, it's clear that it wasn't a well EDITED script...and it really wasn't a faithful adaptation of the story, so I don't really know.

Best Cinematography: The Dark Knight
Holy Hell, this film looks beautiful, especially on IMAX and in HD, but either way you slice it, the somber blue tone to the film adds a nice touch, and they even learned how to light Batman better than before.
Runner Up: Benjamin Button. Fincher always gets the best when it comes to filming his movies, and this looks beautiful as well. In HD I bet it's damned near amazing.

That's It for Now...
More to Come!

Shocker: Bonham Carter cast in Wonderland (along with Anne Hathaway)

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Tue, 7 Oct 2008 11:23:00 -0700

Thats Right, Tim Burton continues to be totally goddamned predictable when it comes to casting his wife in lead roles. According to The Hollywood Reporter Helena Bonham Carter will be playing the Red Queen in the Disney Digital 3D remake of Lewis Carrol's timeless acid trip for kids. Now, I don't mind her doing it, I think she'll be fine (I really like her, despite my protests to Tim's un-originality)

On the more surprising side, hotass Anne Hathaway will be playing the White Queen, sister to the Red Queen (a sign they are going more with the books than the animated movie), and she will be asking Alice to slay a creature, and I am not sure if this kid safe, the Bandersnatch. Sounds dirty.

The two queens join Johnny Depp (The Mad Hatter), Matt Lucas from Little Britain (Tweedles Dee and Dum), Michael Sheen and Mia Wasikowska (Alice) in the film set to be released in 2010.

- Donald

The Grim Reaper Strikes Again OR: 2008 Sucks

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:42:00 -0700

Paul Newman, all around bad-ass actor, has died at age 83.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

"Paul Newman, the Academy-Award winning superstar who personified cool as an activist, race car driver, popcorn impresario and the anti-hero of such films as "Hud," "Cool Hand Luke" and "The Color of Money," has died. He was 83.

Newman died Friday after a long battle with cancer at his farmhouse near Westport, publicist Jeff Sanderson said. He was surrounded by his family and close friends."

We have lost so many good people this year, and it just sucks. Although we at Wag are known for our snark and sarcasm, we mean it when we say, we wish Newman's family the best.

- Donald Hallene III

Box Office Blitz: Sam Jackson defeats Dane Cook

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:43:00 -0700

Fuck You for not letting me walk on the sidewalk, Dane Cook

Yeah, back when I was living in Boston, he filmed his #3 film in one of my favorite hang out spots...and they wouldn't let me walk down the sidewalk, because Dane Cook was getting all funny and shit. Fuck him.

Oh, yeah...Box Office...

1 Lakeview Terrace $15,600,000
2 Burn After Reading $11,295,000
3 My Best Friend's Girl $8,300,000
4 Igor $8,010,000
5 Righteous Kill $7,700,000
6. Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys $7,500,000
7 The Women $5,306,000
8 Ghost Town $5,171,000
9 The Dark Knight $2,950,000
10 The House Bunny $2,800,000

Tis good to see the Coen Brothers with the suprise comedy hit of the fall, and it's also good know that people are spending more money on their filck than the one with Dane Cook, Penny Lane, and the Pie Fucker. America suddenly got taste...thank God.

This week was fairly predictable. Sam Jackson still draws crowds, and his flick from Neil "yeah, I did the Wicker Man remake" LaBute looked to be at least entertaining. Igor was the lone kids movie this week, but kids are getting school underway, so tough shit, John Cusack and friends.

Wow, the Dark Knight still chugging away...that film just won't die...unlike Two Face...oh, did I spoil that for you...whoops

Kato takes the Wheel

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 11:24:00 -0700

Reporting: Donald Hallene III
Source: CHUD.com, Aint it Cool News, The Hollywood Reporter

In a recent announcment it was revealed that Stephen Chow (Kung Fu Hustle) was not only up fro the role of resident bad ass sidekick Kato in Seth Rogen's The Green Hornet, but also...he's totally directing the fucker.

Folks, it don't get much more awesomesauce than this.

This film has bounced around for years, at one point it was being written by Kevin Smith, but now it seems like it may be shaping up to be a fantastic action comedy.

The Green Hornet is being written by Rogen and his Superbad partner, Evan Goldberg, and Rogen is slimming down to play the title character.

From Schlubby Jewish Dude to Bad Ass Crime fighter. I dig it, Mr. Rogen.

I Heart Gremlins

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Thu, 4 Sep 2008 23:22:00 -0700

Edgar Wright turned me on to this video (I write that like I know the dude, I don't...I read it on his MySpace blog) and I must share.

This is the best thing to come out of a fan film since fan films were invented. I love me some Gremlins, so this...this is the reason they invented the internet...well, this and porn.

I hope this stirs up Warner Brothers so they make another Gremlins movie.

Thank God He's on Our Side!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:53:00 -0700

ShockTilYouDrop has got the exclusive Hellboy II poster. It's pretty damned nifty

Hellboy II is a-coming up, and I cannot wait. Personally, I hope Universal wises the fuck up, and moves it to late June (where it has little competition) instead of its "right before The Dark Knight" current date...either way though, getting to see Big Red back in the theaters feels hella good. No pun intended.

- Donald

(source:ShockTilYouDrop

Well, Hello Beautiful Trailer. Dark Knight gets Official!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 4 May 2008 09:13:00 -0700

You can see the brand new Batman trailer in HD here

OR:

God. Damn.

IFFBoston Review: Mongol

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:30:00 -0700

Mongol is the story of the man who became known as Genghis Khan. Hearing that, I was expecting Mr. Khan to be tearing ass all around Mongolia, killing some bitches, and just generally being epic for the whole running time of the film. What I got, in the end, was a completly different film...no less epic...in fact, this is the first film since Lord of the Rings to feel suitably epic.

The film starts with the boy who will become the ruler of the Mongols. He has set out to choose his bride, and decided not to choose from the tribe which his father invaded years before, but instead chooses a girl, who in reality, picked him. On the way home, Pops falls ill from some poisoned milk, and the boy is promoted to Khan, much to the disdane of the Khan's second in command. He declared war on the poor boy (named Temudjin) and promises to kill him when he grows up.

The film then journeys with Temudjin as he grows up, goes in search of his wife, and declares war on the tribe his father offended when they kidnap his wife. His friend helps him, and shares in the spoils, but due to a mistake, they become enemies quickly, and Temudjin is defeated by one he called Brother. Sold into slavery he waits for years, until he is saved by his wife and son.

Learning of the horrors that the Mongols have become since his enslavement, he sets out to create new laws, and do battle with his "brother" who had become Khan. In the end, he becomes the Khan, Genghis Khan.

The films is one that brought tears to my eyes. It was a film of pure beauty. Every scene was exhilarating to watch, and the scene when he overtakes an army single handedly, with the help of the thunder, is pure cinema gold.

10/10

IFFBoston Watch: The Tracey Fragments

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:17:00 -0700

Ellen Page, of Juno fame, has another movie, and it looks...crazy wack-a-doo weird, which is a good thing, I think.

Here is what the IFF site says:

If Tracey Berkowitz (Ellen Page) is just a self-described "normal 15-year-old girl", how did she wind up sitting on the back of a bus, wearing nothing but a ragged shower curtain, looking for her lost little brother Sonny (who thinks he's a dog)? Well, her life is fraught with dysfunction from her parents, her shrink (the peculiar, androgynous Dr. Heker), her more popular classmates (who ostracize Tracey, cruelly referring to her as "It") and most of all, her obsessive crush Billy Zero, the dreamy, elusive new boy in school.

Adapted from Maureen Medved's novel, the film takes its title literally. It eschews a traditional linear narrative in favor of an audacious sound-and-vision collage with the screen continually split up into fragments. Instead of falling into a set pattern throughout, the fragments (which range from two to twenty at any given moment) appear, scatter and overlap in a seemingly infinite number of configurations. The fluid, jagged editing rhythms result in illusory tricks, often leaving the viewer wondering how or if a certain fragment is related to another. Fortunately, the style and story mesh perfectly; not only do we see many perspectives onscreen simultaneously but we also get a vivid sense how Tracey's reality and fantasy tend to blur (out of nowhere, a heavily stylized credits sequence appears for Tracey's own movie about her life). Featuring an effectively atmospheric score by Broken Social Scene, the film establishes a new creative standard for what one can accomplish with digital video.

-Chris Krioske

Showings:
Fri, Apr 25, 09:45 PM: Coolidge Corner Theater
Sun, Apr 27, 10:00 PM: Somerville Theater - Screen 1

I'll be there (at the Coolidge screening), and I'll let you people on the intraweb know what I think.

Also Playing Tonight: Big Man Japan (Fri, Apr 25, 09:30 PM: Somerville Theater - Screen 5)

IFFBoston Watch: We Are Wizards

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:30:00 -0700

The Harry Potter fan base is an intense one, and they finally get their own movie. The film looks like it focuses on the Wizard Rock craze of recent years...which hey, thats cool..

Here is a description from the folks at IFFBoston:

"My dad is rich!" Woonsocket band Draco & the Malfoys sing in a bookshelf-lined room in a public library, "and your dad is dead!" The band members aren't crooning about their own lives, but from the viewpoint of Draco Malfoy, the evil nemesis of Harry Potter. Be aware: this group is not alone in its pursuit of Potter-inspired rock.

WE ARE WIZARDS is the latest piece from director Josh Koury, whose 2002 documentary STANDING BY YOURSELF was a nominee for Sundance's Grand Jury Prize. This film examines the phenomenon of Harry Potter fandom from a unique perspective, showcasing a sampling of people whose creative work is entirely based on their infatuation with the boy wizard. From "wizard rock" bands like Draco and Boston's own Harry & the Potters; to Brad Neely, an artist who found semi-stardom by creating "Wizard People, Dear Readers," a parody soundtrack to Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone; to a pair of brothers, aged four and seven, who play their own brand of "dragon rock" as The Hungarian Horntails; each sub-story is an intriguing nugget about artistry and inspiration.

Interviews with Melissa Anelli of Potter fan website "The Leaky Cauldron" and teenaged activist Heather Lawver (whose "Potter War" website challenged Warner Brothers to allow more fans to realize their Potter-inspired works without being threatened with legal action) help to highlight the complexities of creativity in the Internet age, where copyright owners are often the ones to decide if a project is inspiration or infringement.

-Erin Amar

NOTE: This film contains strong lanuage

A Harry Potter film with strong language? Score.

We Are Wizards will be playing on
Thu. April 26th @ 7:30 (featuring a live performance from Harry and the Potters) at the Coolidge Corner Theater
Sun. April 27th @ 2:15pm at the Somerville Theater

iffboston.org

IFF Boston Watch!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:11:00 -0700

Starting...er...right now, I am going to be taking a look at the upcoming films that will be showing at the Independent Film Festival of Boston, especially their After Dark genre choices. Many of the films look, well, badass, so it should be an interesting journey.

Films I'm on the Look out for:

Big Man Japan (Dainipponjin)
Flashpoint
Dreams with Sharp Teeth
Blood Car
The Tracey Fragments
We Are Wizards

And there are...TONS...tons more.

Shia LaBeouf may just have to punch a bitch.

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:20:00 -0700

Thank God for akward snapshots.

IESB just posted some neat photos from next month's Indy-a-palooza known as Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and one of them, is pure awesome incarnate.

Eat Shit, Russian Cate Blanchett! Eat It!

May 22nd is going to be a very good day, I can feel it.

you can see the rest of pictures over at IESB.net

Oh, Boy. EverQuest.

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Sun, 7 Oct 2007 10:40:00 -0700

by: Donald Hallene III
Source: ComingSoon.net

Thats right. In recent times the juggernaut that is EverQuest has been slightly overshadowed by its main enemy, World of Warcraft, but that didn't stop Sony from saying "Hey, that game made us a SHIT load of money. Lets make a movie."

So, now there is an EverQuest movie in the works, from the guy who wrote 300, and producer...get this...Avi "Bratz" Arad.

Sweet Deal, no?

This will be an interesting...er...train wreck to watch. Maybe it will come out at the same time as the WoW movie. That would be one hell of a double feature.

D-d-d-d-DUELLLLLLL!

Johnny Depp Sings and Slashes in New Trailer

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 5 Oct 2007 04:27:00 -0700

Source: Yahoo! Movies

Sweeny Todd finally has a trailer after a long ass wait. I for one am excited and intrigued by this trailer and cannot wait to see the film.

Johnny looks like he is doing a strange meld of Jack Sparrow and Edward Scissorhands, but it seems to be paying off. Alan Rickman looks badass, as always. My Favorite "He's in every fucking movie" Actor, Tim Spall looks, well, creepy, in that pedo kinda way, and of course, Helena Bohnam Carter looks like...Helena Bohnam Carter.

Oh, and lets not forget Sasha Baron Cohen as the rival barber. He looks...awesome.

Check it out at the above link, for a flash based viewer and HD Downloads.

Sweeny is Waiting. He wants you bleeders.

Bummer. "Talisman" Gets Bitch-Slapped

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:55:00 -0700

Reporting: Donald Hallene III
Source: ComingSoon.net

Ouch, It seems that the Steven Spielberg produced film based on the Stephen King story is kinda getting the shaft...because they wrote a lofty epic script...for TNT.

Congrats, guys...TNT. They had that Librarian miniseries a few years back, and that had a small budget...I guess good ol' King deserves more than just a simple TV movie. I still wish they would just go theatrical with this film like the were planning on doing back in the day, but what do i know, I just write a slightly sarcastic movie blog...and host a more than slightly sarcastic movie podcast...

Anyway, as i am kinda a nerd for Mr. Spielberg AND Mr. King, you guys will see more updates on this in the future.

Get it together guys, for me...

Indiana Jones gets a title...Whooo!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:25:00 -0700

Reporting: Donald Hallene III
Source: Everywhere (unless you live under a rock), Shia LaHowever you spell his name

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Interesting title, if you ask me, and I saw it coming (thanks to my friends over at Chud.Com who predicted it a while back. I think it has major potential, and it could be a great storyline, but i have no clue at this point. It could turn out to be a lot of things, good or bad, so lets hope for the best, and heres to Indy not tossing the metaphorical "Idol" on this one...

...Wow, that was a terrible pun. Someone shoot me.

This is how Dad does it...

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:41:00 -0700

I know I am a bit late for this...but who cares, its a freaking sweet trailer.

Iron Man Trailer in QuickTime (and HD!)

Next summer is shaping up to be a great summer for movies, with this, The Dark Night, and Speed Racer...

I'd type more, but who wants to listen to me, when you can you watch Robert Downey Jr. be a bad ass.

Frank Darabont Delivers...again

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 19:36:00 -0700

The trailer for Frank Darabont's next foray into the world of Mr. Stephen King is here, and holy shit is it awesome.

I can say no more, other than the fact that the trailer is quite spoiler-y

Yahoo! Movies: The Mist (Trailer)

Robert Duvall!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:15:00 -0700

Since there is nothing much to report about right now. Enjoy a video that makes me laugh, something Family Guy rarely does.

It's Totes Insistant

This Clip is Super(motherfuckingly awesome)Bad

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 18:38:00 -0700

Source: ComingSoon.net

I have no words. Just watch one of the funniest scenes in perhaps the years funniest comedy.

Oh Snap, Book of Secrets!

wagthemovie@gmail.com (Wag the Movie) — Fri, 3 Aug 2007 03:41:00 -0700

by Donald Hallene III
source: Apple.com, ComingSoon.net

Nic Cage is back at the whole "steal shit from the government" game. Now, I am one of those who really fucking loved the first National Treasure, not because it had good preformances (actually, now that I think on it, it didn't have any "good" preformances, unless you count Sean Bean hamming it up as the villian, and even thats pushing it.), but because it was fun, and you could tell everyone involved had a real good time, and that lead to a good time for me.

Now Apple releases the brand spankin' new trailer for the sequel National Treasure: Book of Secrets...and to be honest....I am underwhelmed like woah. This looks kinda terrible, and I feel bad, cause I was kinda looking forward to this, and the teaser made me groan too, so this movie just gets more and more...well, dreaded.

I will, most likely, see this, but at this point, I don't think I will walk out as enthusiastic as I did with the first one. At least the sidekick is still wisecrackingly funny...that was my favorite part of the first one. *le Sigh*