"He's his own worst enemy."
Rowan Atkinson lives life and goes about things all wrong in a comedy of heartbreak and hilarity and missed opportunities.
(Inspired by a comment in one of Jon's Facebook games.)
Monday, July 13, 2009
My Best Friend's Shoes
"You Think YOU'VE Got It Bad"
Mid-to-late 30s consultant bored with life and frustrated by the demands of his high-stress job and repeated problems with home repair wishes for a change. Meanwhile across the country, his friend, a mid-to-late 30s screenwriter, is living with his folks and frustrated that he hasn't sold a script. He also wishes for a change. At the exact same time. Which was July 8, 2009, at 12:34:56am. And magic happens. They switch places. You know how the rest goes.
Ideally, I am thinking perhaps Jason Bateman and Robert Downey Jr . Although I could totally dig a Steve Zahn & Sam Rockwell reunion (yes, another one). For the mother, how about Shirley Knight, since Debbie Reynolds is taken.
(Inspired by a comment by Jon on List Anything)
Mid-to-late 30s consultant bored with life and frustrated by the demands of his high-stress job and repeated problems with home repair wishes for a change. Meanwhile across the country, his friend, a mid-to-late 30s screenwriter, is living with his folks and frustrated that he hasn't sold a script. He also wishes for a change. At the exact same time. Which was July 8, 2009, at 12:34:56am. And magic happens. They switch places. You know how the rest goes.
Ideally, I am thinking perhaps Jason Bateman and Robert Downey Jr . Although I could totally dig a Steve Zahn & Sam Rockwell reunion (yes, another one). For the mother, how about Shirley Knight, since Debbie Reynolds is taken.
(Inspired by a comment by Jon on List Anything)
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Craig's List
From the director of Goo Ghoul and Ya Who comes this horrifying look into the true face of evil. The students at Hulu High are being picked off one by one but Detective Jo Blo (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is on the case, and she never loses. When she finds a secret passage in the basement of the school, Jo discovers the janitor's room where Craig Wokalski (Lou Diamond Phillips) has been living for years. But even more horrifying is the list she finds; 9 students and five already have their names crossed off.
Now, Jo must beat the clock to save the remaining four students from a grisly death and also put an ad on craiglist for a new janitor (they very well can't keep Craig on after this discovery).
"School's out...forever"
Now, Jo must beat the clock to save the remaining four students from a grisly death and also put an ad on craiglist for a new janitor (they very well can't keep Craig on after this discovery).
"School's out...forever"
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Sudoku
Ben Carter (Nicolas Cage) is an American cop living in Tokyo. His partner, Okubo (Ken Watanabe), dies during a drug sting operation along with several important members of the Yakuza. Now, three years later, Ben's wife and child are kidnapped and he has forty eight hours to get them back safely but whomever has them isn't making it easy.
Ben is mailed a large map of Tokyo that has been broken up into a grid holding 81 squares. Several of the numbers have already been filled in (each number representing the number of people murdered in that area) and Ben has to complete the puzzle to find the last number "2" (representing his wife and child). As Ben goes deeper into the sick, twisted world of japanese number puzzles, he discovers some interesting things about his ex-partner. Now, with the clock ticking, Ben must unravel the clues that hold the key to the whereabouts of his wife and child along with who might be behind this high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Ben is mailed a large map of Tokyo that has been broken up into a grid holding 81 squares. Several of the numbers have already been filled in (each number representing the number of people murdered in that area) and Ben has to complete the puzzle to find the last number "2" (representing his wife and child). As Ben goes deeper into the sick, twisted world of japanese number puzzles, he discovers some interesting things about his ex-partner. Now, with the clock ticking, Ben must unravel the clues that hold the key to the whereabouts of his wife and child along with who might be behind this high stakes game of cat and mouse.
Directed by Joel Schumacher.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Air Bud: Surfer, Dog
Steve Cooter (Matthew McConaughey) is having a bad day. He overslept and lost his job, his pot dealer and best friend (Kevin Corrigan) got arrested, and his fiance (Heather Graham)broke up with him because he's a 35-year old pot head who lives in his mother's basement and only lives for the surf. After drowning his sorrows in pot and beer, Steve takes his jeep out for a spin in hopes of saving his relationship but when a poodle runs out in front of his jeep, Steve is forced off the road and welcomed into the cold arms of death...
...or so we think.
Now, Steve has been given a second chance in the body of 'Bud', that cooky, incredibly talented dog from the other movies in the "Air Bud" series such as "Air Bud: Golden Receiver" and "Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch". Bud roams the beaches in search of someone, anyone who can help him get back to his human form when he comes across Dune (Luke Wilson). Dune adopts Bud as his own and discovers that Bud has some skillz when it comes to surfing. Suddenly, Dune and Bud are thrust into the spotlight and become celebrities and heroes to humans and dogs alike. Because Bud can surf. And not just like, when you put a dog on a surfboard and push him out into the water FORCING him to surf against his will. No, Bud picks up the surfboard and catches his own waves. It's really something to see which is why they become famous. But that's just the beginning.
Like anything else that is rare, Bud's talents become coveted by the head of the Green Corporation, Thad Burrows (Eric Mcormick), who hires thugs (Scott Caan, Seann William Scott) to steal Bud away from Dune. But even thugs have hearts, and after spending only a few minutes with Bud and Dune, the thugs change their minds about what's important in life and turn the screws on their greedy, meany meany boss.
A perfect double feature with Smooches 3, Air Bud; Surfer, Dog, is a must see this Valentine's Day.
...or so we think.
Now, Steve has been given a second chance in the body of 'Bud', that cooky, incredibly talented dog from the other movies in the "Air Bud" series such as "Air Bud: Golden Receiver" and "Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch". Bud roams the beaches in search of someone, anyone who can help him get back to his human form when he comes across Dune (Luke Wilson). Dune adopts Bud as his own and discovers that Bud has some skillz when it comes to surfing. Suddenly, Dune and Bud are thrust into the spotlight and become celebrities and heroes to humans and dogs alike. Because Bud can surf. And not just like, when you put a dog on a surfboard and push him out into the water FORCING him to surf against his will. No, Bud picks up the surfboard and catches his own waves. It's really something to see which is why they become famous. But that's just the beginning.
Like anything else that is rare, Bud's talents become coveted by the head of the Green Corporation, Thad Burrows (Eric Mcormick), who hires thugs (Scott Caan, Seann William Scott) to steal Bud away from Dune. But even thugs have hearts, and after spending only a few minutes with Bud and Dune, the thugs change their minds about what's important in life and turn the screws on their greedy, meany meany boss.
A perfect double feature with Smooches 3, Air Bud; Surfer, Dog, is a must see this Valentine's Day.
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