movie reviews |In local theaters
“THE BANK JOB” (C): This is a solid, no-nonsense heist thriller, yet one that ultimately fails to distinguish itself from the many others of the genre. Jason Statham, star of the “Transporter” movies, plays the vividly named Terry Leather, a used-car dealer with a criminal past. He and some of his amateur thug pals get roped into robbing the bank’s vault by seductive ex-model Martine Love (the stunning Saffron Burrows). Martine herself has been roped into organizing the heist by her married lover (Richard Lintern), a member of MI5 who wants to retrieve some potentially scandalous photos of someone in the royal family, which are stashed inside a safe deposit box in the vault. 115 minutes. Rated R for sexual content, nudity, violence and language.
“BE KIND REWIND” (C):The frantically useless Jerry (Jack Black) gets zapped by an electromagnetic field while trying to sabotage a power plant in Passaic, N.J., and ends up accidentally erasing every tape at the video store where his longtime friend, the low-key Mike (Mos Def), works. The two hatch a scheme to reshoot a bunch of movies, starting with “Ghostbusters,” and rent them out to unsuspecting customers. Not only do people in town not mind, they fall in love with the makeshift movies. “Be Kind Rewind” could have been a clever, biting satire about pop culture but instead feels too fluffy and sweet. 101 minutes. Rated PG-13 for some sexual references.
“DRILLBIT TAYLOR” (C): Judd Apatow produced, Stephen Brill (“Little Nicky”) directed and Seth Rogen co-wrote the script to this one-note story about a trio of high school nerds who hire a bodyguard to protect them from a psychotic bully. Owen Wilson is the same low-key guy as usual, playing the titular Santa Monica homeless dude who pretends to have special ops training to get the gig. Young stars Nate Hartley, Troy Gentile and David Dorfman have a likable, goofy chemistry with each other, and the fact that they’re up-and-comers makes them more believable. But once you get past the premise, there’s just nowhere to go. 102 minutes. Rated PG-13 for crude sexual references throughout, strong bullying, language, drug references and partial nudity.
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I’m in Lincoln NE, just went to Best Buy around noon and got The Orange Box for $25. Who hates that? In and out as quick as any other day (although this may be because the Huskers are playing).
I’m almost done with my holiday shopping. Every year I get my grandkids quite a few presents but never some cheap piece of plastic from Communist China. I get arrowheads, fossils, meteorites, old US coins, etc. There is very little consumption involved in this and it is highly unlikely those types of presents will end up in a landfill by the second week of January.
dshpls=average american=we are all fucked
NO U
Plus its filled with HEADSHOTS courtesy of Marky Mark
I voted up Alexgreen about it being karma whoring, and voted down the Carsonbiz post. I don’t give a shit about Black Friday, but I do give a shit about jerkoff polling in the index.
Yeah, that’s a way to stick it to the man. Buy nothing on the day when everything’s the cheapest and your lack of a contribution will be less than a drop in the ocean. Yeah, fight the power!
Paul Joseph Watson’s review is right on! I’ve seen this movie twice in the last ten days, the first time not realizing prior to seeing it that it was a nod to the 9/11 Truth Movement, as well as an expose of all false flag & black ops in general. Since I always carry Loose Change dvd’s with me to give out (my life has become a daily 9/11 Truth Jam - nod to Mark Dice’s -www.TheResistanceManifesto.com- term there), I gave out Loose Change dvd’s to many in the audience at the movie’s conclusion both times.To all you 9/11 Truth cynics out there, the only honest, credible and coherent thing Rumsfeld ever said was, “You don’t know what you don’t know.” So if you are a true patriot, loyal to your country and not just blindly loyal to a leader or a party, heed his advice and go do the research and try to deny the truth once you understand the scientific evidence. It’s Physics 101.You’ll see.Betsy