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Burning Palms

riscphree — Thu, 26 May 2011 05:02:07 +0000

What an amazing film. Glad to have had the off chance to see this. It was slow at the beginning and then it drags you in until you can’t get out.

I really was hoping there was more. There are five stories that will bend the way you think just a little bit, but enough to look over this film again.

Gets my seal of approval. Go get it folks!

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Burning Palms [Blu-ray]

IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT 2011, Blu-ray, $7.09

Darling Darling

riscphree — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 06:27:23 +0000

Matthew Lessner ftw! He hooked me up with a copy of this short film Darling Darling.

The short film is about a young man going to pick up his date for prom. The young man sees his date’s father with a horse mask and goes through some off and uncomfortable settings. The young man is Michael Cera so you can imagine it’s gonna have his comedic acting.

It’s definitely a wtflick, but I enjoyed it immensely! I can’t wait to see how some more of his work goes.

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Mr. Nobody

riscphree — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 01:48:34 +0000

Think Memento meets time travel. Jared Let stars as a man who, I think, travels in time finding out what his choices in life bring him to. Quite an interesting film, but it seemed like it dragged on. Not enough action for me.

A Serbian Film

riscphree — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 07:00:24 +0000

I was lucky enough to get a chance to see this. Wow. Here’s the description from IMDB:

An aging porn star agrees to participate in an “art film” in order to make a clean break from the business, only to discover that he has been drafted into making a pedophilia and necrophilia themed snuff film.

Intense. I’m definitely gonna keep my eyes on the Serbian film market after this. Not a bad movie, not the most grotesque I’ve seen either. But plenty enough for the average joe.

Do watch this if you get a chance!

Kynodontas

riscphree — Sat, 15 May 2010 15:06:23 +0000

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted, so I’m giving you a good one ;)

As usual, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. No background on this before I watched it, but when it was all said and done, it deserves to be on this site.

Kynodontas is about a family in Greece that is tightly controlled by the parents. The three kids don’t know anything about the civilized world. Their little world begins to unwind when the father brings home a co-worker for his son to relieve himself with sexually.

What a weird concept for a movie. If you think you’ve seen a family that is abnormal, they will be perfectly normal after watching this movie.

Below is a trailer:

I don’t have any amazon links to buy this, so you’ll have to use your resources to find it to watch.

Title	Content
Movie:	Kynodontas
Director:	Giorgos Lanthimos
Genre:	Drama See »
Plot Outline:	Three teenagers are confined to an isolated country estate that could very well be on another planet… See more » \| Add synopsis »
Awards:	9 wins&2 nominations
Cast:	Christos Stergioglou, Michele Valley, Aggeliki Papoulia, Mary Tsoni, Hristos Passalis …

RocknRolla

riscphree — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 14:00:13 +0000

I know most of you have seen Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels from Guy Ritchie, but this steps it up a notch. I can’t list all of the big name cast, there’s too many. Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Jeremy Piven, and hell, even Ludacris.

The plot doesn’t focus on a certain group over overall situation. That situation is a Russian mob boss trying to build a building in the UK. The top mob boss is the one that can make this happen. But due to unforseen events, things unfold not as they plan.

I definitely recommend this movie if you like the UK crime/action type movie. Top notch!

Title	Content
Movie:	RocknRolla
Director:	Guy Ritchie
Writer:	Guy Ritchie (written by)
Genre:	Action \| Comedy \| Crime
Tagline:	A story of sex, thugs and rock 'n roll.
Plot Outline:	In London, a real-estate scam puts millions of pounds up for grabs, attracting some of the city’s scrappiest tough guys and its more established underworld types, all of whom are looking to get rich quick. While the city’s seasoned criminals vie for the cash, an unexpected player — a drugged out rock ‘n’ roller presumed to be dead but very much alive — has a multi-million dollar prize fall into his hands.
Awards:	1 win&3 nominations
Cast:	Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton, Mark Strong, Idris Elba …

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RocknRolla (Special Edition)

Warner Home Video 2009, DVD, $5.10

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RocknRolla [Blu-ray]

Warner Home Video 2009, Blu-ray, $5.99

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RocknRolla (Single-Disc Edition)

Warner Home Video 2009, DVD, $3.25

Inland Empire

riscphree — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:00:01 +0000

I had no idea what was going on in this one. True David Lynch style. The basic premise is that these people are making a movie. They didn’t know it had been tried to be made before and has since been called cursed due to bad luck or whatever.

That’s where I left because it was boring. From IMDB: “An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.” AKA COMPLETE MIND FUCK. Didn’t have any idea what was going on in the beginning.

Now Lynch has written and made a lot of cool films, and even this is ranked a 7.1 on IMDB, but this film was too boring for even me. That does say something. Unless you have a bit of time to kill and are absolutely bored, I’d skip this movie.

Title	Content
Movie:	Inland Empire
Director:	David Lynch
Genre:	Mystery \| Thriller
Tagline:	A Woman In Trouble
Plot Outline:	An actress’s perception of reality becomes increasingly distorted as she finds herself falling for her co-star in a remake of an unfinished Polish production that was supposedly cursed.
Awards:	2 wins&5 nominations
Cast:	Laura Dern, Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux, Karolina Gruszka, Jan Hencz …

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David Lynch’s Inland Empire (Limited Edition Two-Disc Set)

Absurda / Rhino 2007, DVD, $17.41

The I Inside

riscphree — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:00:57 +0000

Ryan Phillippe stars in this mind twisting movie, along with Piper Perabo and Sarah Polley. Thinking about it, it’s almost like The Butterfly Effect, but not. Anyway, it’s about a guy (Phillippe) who wakes up in a hospital with amnesia and can’t remember the last two years of his life or how he got there.

As his memory comes back he finds himself traveling in time between two points in time where he attempts to try and change what cannot be changed.

Overall, it was a good movie as long as you like mindfuck movies (if you didn’t why are you here?). If you liked the idea of The Butterfly Effect I think you’d like this, at least I enjoyed it. Easy enough to watch and not require a lot of brain cells, but maybe just a bit too much for the general audience.

Title	Content
Movie:	The I Inside
Director:	Roland Suso Richter
Genre:	Fantasy \| Mystery \| Thriller
Tagline:	Sometimes it is hard to come back.
Plot Outline:	A man (Simon) awakens in a hospital not recalling the last two years as he begins to find out things… more \| add synopsis
Cast:	Ryan Phillippe, Sarah Polley, Piper Perabo, Stephen Rea, Robert Sean Leonard …

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The I Inside

Dimension 2005, DVD, $7.77

I Heart Huckabees

riscphree — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:08:40 +0000

What a crazy movie. I guess the term is existential. The film is about an eco-friendly guy (played by Jason Schwartzman) that meets on three occasions the same guy. He wonders what the meaning of this coincidence is and stumbles upon a company that calls themselves existential detectives.

There’s such a high power cast, I didn’t know what to expect. Jason Schwartzman, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law, Mark Wahlberg, Naomi Watts, Kevin Dunn. Not a cast you’d think would end up on wtflicks. They pulled it off though. Discussing the big question, what’s life about, who am I, why am I doing this, etc. in a sorta of comedy and half serious way. Entertaining movie, but didn’t really get me thinking, just hit the surface of the thinking aspect, my guess is that’s on purpose. I think they wanted more average movie watchers to watch this one.

All in all, decent movie, if you’re bored with the usual, check this fun loving comedy out.

Title	Content
Movie:	I Heart Huckabees
Director:	David O. Russell
Genre:	Comedy \| Drama
Tagline:	An existential comedy
Plot Outline:	A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means. full summary \| add synopsis
Awards:	2 wins&4 nominations
Cast:	Jason Schwartzman, Isabelle Huppert, Dustin Hoffman, Lily Tomlin, Jude Law …

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I Heart Huckabees

David O. Russell (Producer). 20th Century Fox 2005, DVD, $3.95

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I Heart Huckabees (Two-Disc Special Edition)

David O. Russell (Producer). 20th Century Fox 2005, DVD, $9.72

Sleep Dealer

riscphree — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 14:00:02 +0000

Sleep Dealer is a Spanish movie set in the near future where people can plug into a network (think The Matrix) and use it for a variety of things. The main use for this network is to provide jobs for people. In this particular case, Mexico employs people as Sleep Dealers to work in America as construction works, nanny’s, etc without the people actually being there. Robots taking the place of them.

It is about a kid who accidentally gets his father killed and travels to the city to get money for his family by working as a Sleep Dealer.

It seemed like a very low budget indie movie, maybe a little heavy on the special effects which were a little subpar. I think the movie didn’t go deep enough, I think it focused too much on unimportant stuff. The acting was ok, I’m not too familiar with Spanish cinema, but it looks like even they are putting out better stuff than Hollywood.

Overall the movie was decent, if a little slow. I had watched Avatar the same day so I was in a sci-fi mood when I watched it. If you’re a sci-fi cinema geek definitely check it out, otherwise you might not like it.

Title	Content
Movie:	Sleep Dealer
Director:	Alex Rivera
Genre:	Sci-Fi
Tagline:	Connect to your destiny.
Plot Outline:	Set in a near-future, militarized world marked by closed borders, virtual labor and a global digital network that joins minds and experiences… more \| full synopsis
Awards:	5 wins&5 nominations
Cast:	Leonor Varela, Jacob Vargas, Luis Fernando Peña, Giovanna Zacarías, Marius Biegai …

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Sleep Dealer

Maya Entertainment 2009, DVD, $5.24

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Sleep Dealer [Blu-ray]

Maya Home Ent 2009, Blu-ray, $8.03