Browsing Month August, 2009
ENTOURAGE: Season 6, Episode 8 Review
By Norm Schrager at August 31, 2009 | 10:59 pm | 2 Comments
Before you realize it, the 24 minutes of Episode 74 are over. That wouldn't be a big deal except for the fact that the episode's two major plot points are story arcs of minimal interest to long-time fans: Andrew Klein's relationship problems and, oh hey, Eric's relationship problems. The first story benefits from two bizarre, over-the-top moments. First, after a night more...
Seattle Movie Geeks Tackle INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
By Norm Schrager at August 30, 2009 | 10:33 pm | 5 Comments
Depending on your film knowledge, movie memory and all-around cinematic obsession, you can have some fun catching the many references in any Quentin Tarantino film. Now if you want to ingest all the homages in Inglourious Basterds, you'll need to create a pretty massive checklist. So that's exactly what the movie nuts at Seattle's Scarecrow Video did. Here's Scarecrow more...
Trailer: YOUTH IN REVOLT
By Norm Schrager at August 28, 2009 | 10:27 pm | 0 Comment
Sure, we've seen Michael Cera play this role before. Or have we? In Youth In Revolt, sharp-edged director Miguel Arteta (The Good Girl, Chuck & Buck) has Cera playing two roles: his trademark softie as well as a sly jerkoff. Fight Club anyone? Here's the Youth In Revolt trailer, just out this week. CAST: Impressive. Zach Galifianakis (about to get huge), Justin more...
Top Ten John Hughes Movies
By Norm Schrager at August 28, 2009 | 9:12 pm | 0 Comment
It took us a little time, but our crew over at filmcritic.com has developed an extremely unscientific list of the ten greatest John Hughes films, in memory of the 1980s standout filmmaker. Granted, the guy didn't actually direct ten movies, but he was a hugely prolific writer and influential producer. So if his name was on it, we considered it. I had a great time more...
