Plot:
Living a lifelong dream of residing in a mansion and enjoying the most lavish parties, what more could Shelly (Faris), a honorary Playboy bunny who lives in the Playboy mansion with Hef and the girls, want? After her 29th celebrity filled birthday bash, she wakes up to find a note from Hefner demanding she leave the mansion immediately, with only the broke down car that she came to the mansion in. Now homeless, but still with dreams of living in a mansion, she sets out to be a house mother for one of the college frat homes. The only one that accepts her though is a house full of campus outcasts that can't even get pledges, so she sets out to transform them into some sexy divas with the best party frat house.
Reel Talk:
Honestly I got to admit that I went into the screening for this movie thinking that this is going to be a cheesy film. But was I ever wrong, this was actually a good movie. Anna Faris was hilarious as the clueless blond bombshell who helps the girls find their identity. Kinda reminded me of a female version of Revenge Of The Nerds. I am always glad going into a movie with doubts and leaving out enjoying it. Trust me the trailers don't do this movie any justice, it's worth checking out.
Starring: Anna Faris, Colin Hanks, Emma Stone, Hugh Hefner, Christopher McDonald and Beverly D'Angelo
Directed By: Fred Wolf
Rated: PG-13
I give it 4 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
Sunday, August 24, 2008
DEATH RACE
Plot:
When ex-racing star Jensen Ames' (Statham) wife is murdered and he is sent to prison for the crime, he soon learns that Warden Hennessey (Allen) runs a highly anticipated Internet site that provides viewer to Death Race. This competition is ran from the prison and the prisoners race in super charged, heavily armed vehicles with the intent of taking each other out. The warden wants Jensen to race as the popular masked Frankenstein, who was killed in an earlier race by Machine Gun Joe (Gibson), but no one knows, they believe he was just hospitalized. If he performs this task he is promised his freedom so that he can get out and claim his little daughter, but he realizes that he was set up and sent to prison by the warden and she has no intentions of allowing him to live past the race.
Reel Talk:
This is not by any means a great movie but it was actually entertaining. Kinda like Mad Max and the Condemned combined. Something about Statham and fast cars, seems like that's the roles he attracts the most. Like I mentioned this was an entertaining movie, with a lot of action and a little bit of gore. If you're an action junkie with a need for speed, this is a worth while movie.
Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian Mcshane, Tyrese Gibson and Natalie Martinez
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Rated: R
I give it 3 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
When ex-racing star Jensen Ames' (Statham) wife is murdered and he is sent to prison for the crime, he soon learns that Warden Hennessey (Allen) runs a highly anticipated Internet site that provides viewer to Death Race. This competition is ran from the prison and the prisoners race in super charged, heavily armed vehicles with the intent of taking each other out. The warden wants Jensen to race as the popular masked Frankenstein, who was killed in an earlier race by Machine Gun Joe (Gibson), but no one knows, they believe he was just hospitalized. If he performs this task he is promised his freedom so that he can get out and claim his little daughter, but he realizes that he was set up and sent to prison by the warden and she has no intentions of allowing him to live past the race.
Reel Talk:
This is not by any means a great movie but it was actually entertaining. Kinda like Mad Max and the Condemned combined. Something about Statham and fast cars, seems like that's the roles he attracts the most. Like I mentioned this was an entertaining movie, with a lot of action and a little bit of gore. If you're an action junkie with a need for speed, this is a worth while movie.
Starring: Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian Mcshane, Tyrese Gibson and Natalie Martinez
Directed by: Paul W.S. Anderson
Rated: R
I give it 3 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
TROPIC THUNDER
Plot:
When a director for a big budgeted war movie can't seem to get the realism from his actors, it is suggested that he takes them and drop them into a real jungle without their knowledge to film the movie. Once dropped in the jungle the actors Tugg Speedman (Stiller), Kirk Lazarus (Downey), Jeff Portnoy (Black), Alpa Chino (Jackson) and Kevin Sandusky (Baruchel) find out that this is the real deal and must do what they can to survive, especially after they encounter the local poppy seed drug dealers.
Reel Talk:
This is the funniest movie that I have seen this year. There are not any scenes that I don't think you're not going to laugh your head off. The casting was a great cast of some of the funniest guys in the game. Robert Downey Jr. portraying a black soldier was hilarious, and his verbal spats with Detroit comedian Brandon T. Jackson was crazy. Give a big hand to Stiller who was silly as ever, but also did a great job as director. Even though I can say that everyone contributed to making this a funny movie, the scene stealer was Tom cruise as Les Grossman, a ruthless producer who has a fascination with hip hop. This is a must see funny as hell movie.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Criuse
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Rated: R
I give it 5 corndogs and a soda
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
When a director for a big budgeted war movie can't seem to get the realism from his actors, it is suggested that he takes them and drop them into a real jungle without their knowledge to film the movie. Once dropped in the jungle the actors Tugg Speedman (Stiller), Kirk Lazarus (Downey), Jeff Portnoy (Black), Alpa Chino (Jackson) and Kevin Sandusky (Baruchel) find out that this is the real deal and must do what they can to survive, especially after they encounter the local poppy seed drug dealers.
Reel Talk:
This is the funniest movie that I have seen this year. There are not any scenes that I don't think you're not going to laugh your head off. The casting was a great cast of some of the funniest guys in the game. Robert Downey Jr. portraying a black soldier was hilarious, and his verbal spats with Detroit comedian Brandon T. Jackson was crazy. Give a big hand to Stiller who was silly as ever, but also did a great job as director. Even though I can say that everyone contributed to making this a funny movie, the scene stealer was Tom cruise as Les Grossman, a ruthless producer who has a fascination with hip hop. This is a must see funny as hell movie.
Starring: Ben Stiller, Robert Downey Jr., Jack Black, Brandon T. Jackson, Jay Baruchel, Danny McBride, Nick Nolte, Matthew McConaughey and Tom Criuse
Directed by: Ben Stiller
Rated: R
I give it 5 corndogs and a soda
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
PINEAPPLE EXPRESS
Plot:
Dale Denton (Rogen) is a subpoena server who is living the good life, easy job, dating a high school hottie and getting high all day. His supplier Saul (Franco) hooks him up with the bomb-est marijuana that has not yet hit the streets that only he has called Pineapple Express. It is so good that Saul doesn't want to sell it but smoke it himself, but is willing to share with Dale because he thinks of him as a friend. This is great until while Dale is out and about to serve a subpoena, but he had to smoke a joint first, witnesses a man and a female cop kill another man. He panics and throws the weed butt out the window of his car and races away only for the murdering couple to find it, not knowing that the man is the major distributor of the drug. This puts Dale and Saul on the run from the assassins that the drug dealer has sent after them, tying up all loose ends.
Reel Talk:
Move over Cheech and Chong, there are some new stoners in town. Rogen and Franco were hilarious as two stoners on the run. I must admit I was very surprised by Franco's performance because I had only seen him doing series roles, so this was a twist for him to perform comedy, but he rose to the occasion. Don't get me wrong this is a stupid movie that doesn't make any sense but its funny as hell. Got to mention Danny McBride portraying Red is proving to be a big contributor of laughs to some of the funnier movies out. Be warned that there are some graphic violent scenes, but you'll end up laughing them off.
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny Mcbride, Gary Cole and Rosie Perez Directed By: David Gordon Green
Rated: R
I give it 3 corndogs and a soda on the side
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
Dale Denton (Rogen) is a subpoena server who is living the good life, easy job, dating a high school hottie and getting high all day. His supplier Saul (Franco) hooks him up with the bomb-est marijuana that has not yet hit the streets that only he has called Pineapple Express. It is so good that Saul doesn't want to sell it but smoke it himself, but is willing to share with Dale because he thinks of him as a friend. This is great until while Dale is out and about to serve a subpoena, but he had to smoke a joint first, witnesses a man and a female cop kill another man. He panics and throws the weed butt out the window of his car and races away only for the murdering couple to find it, not knowing that the man is the major distributor of the drug. This puts Dale and Saul on the run from the assassins that the drug dealer has sent after them, tying up all loose ends.
Reel Talk:
Move over Cheech and Chong, there are some new stoners in town. Rogen and Franco were hilarious as two stoners on the run. I must admit I was very surprised by Franco's performance because I had only seen him doing series roles, so this was a twist for him to perform comedy, but he rose to the occasion. Don't get me wrong this is a stupid movie that doesn't make any sense but its funny as hell. Got to mention Danny McBride portraying Red is proving to be a big contributor of laughs to some of the funnier movies out. Be warned that there are some graphic violent scenes, but you'll end up laughing them off.
Starring: Seth Rogen, James Franco, Danny Mcbride, Gary Cole and Rosie Perez Directed By: David Gordon Green
Rated: R
I give it 3 corndogs and a soda on the side
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
THE MUMMY:TOMB OF THE DRAGON EMPEROR
Plot:
Rick (Fraser) and Evelyn (Bello) O'Connell, the famous mummy finders, now retired, try to live the normal life. This proves to be quite boring for the adventure seeking couple, so given the opportunity to deliver an important artifact to China, they jump at the chance. When they arrive there they realize that their son Alex (Ford) who should be away at college, has now become a tomb raider himself, having found the tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Li), a ruthless and powerful ruler with goals of ruling the world until he was cursed by the witch Zi Juan (Yeoh). After being double crossed and forced to bring the Emperor back to life so that he can complete his goal of conquering the world, the family must unite to prevent this from happening.
Reel Talk:
Well the gangs all here for the third installment for the Mummy series with the exception of Rachel Weisz who was replace by Maria Bello and Luke Ford who plays an older Alex.
Right off I got to say that I was very disappointed with this movie, considering that I enjoyed the previous films. It offered nothing different that the others and seemed as if they jammed a bunch of stuff together just to make this movie. Although the special effects were good, it was not enough to help this movie. If they plan on competing with the Indiana Jones series, they have to step it up big for the next film.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Luke Ford, John Hannah, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Rated: PG-13
I give it 2 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
Rick (Fraser) and Evelyn (Bello) O'Connell, the famous mummy finders, now retired, try to live the normal life. This proves to be quite boring for the adventure seeking couple, so given the opportunity to deliver an important artifact to China, they jump at the chance. When they arrive there they realize that their son Alex (Ford) who should be away at college, has now become a tomb raider himself, having found the tomb of the Dragon Emperor (Li), a ruthless and powerful ruler with goals of ruling the world until he was cursed by the witch Zi Juan (Yeoh). After being double crossed and forced to bring the Emperor back to life so that he can complete his goal of conquering the world, the family must unite to prevent this from happening.
Reel Talk:
Well the gangs all here for the third installment for the Mummy series with the exception of Rachel Weisz who was replace by Maria Bello and Luke Ford who plays an older Alex.
Right off I got to say that I was very disappointed with this movie, considering that I enjoyed the previous films. It offered nothing different that the others and seemed as if they jammed a bunch of stuff together just to make this movie. Although the special effects were good, it was not enough to help this movie. If they plan on competing with the Indiana Jones series, they have to step it up big for the next film.
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Maria Bello, Luke Ford, John Hannah, Jet Li and Michelle Yeoh
Directed by: Rob Cohen
Rated: PG-13
I give it 2 corndogs
By: Corndog - The Reel Hustler
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