JACKASS 3D

Plot:

For this third installment to the MTV Jackass movies, Johnny Knoxville and his band of raunchy cohorts, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Wee Man and all the rest of the crew are back and if their raw and wild antics weren’t already in your face, it’s now in 3D. They are back bringing you some all new explicit and dangerous stunts as well as some more of the grossed out skits that makes them jack asses.

Reel Talk:

What can really be said about these guys? They are completely off the chain and hilariously stupid and now they are literally in your face with the 3D effects regarding their dangerous and nasty skits and stunts. True Jackass fans will not be disappointed with the third addition to the film series. But as always please realize that this is entertainment and never try and re-enact any of these crazy stunts from this movie. Please be advised there are some pretty gross scenes for those with weak stomachs.

Starring: Johnny Knoxville, Bam Margera, Steve-O, Chris Pontius, Ryan Dunn, Preston Lacy, Jason Acuna, Spike Jonze, Dave England and Wee Man
Directed by: Jeff Tremaine
Rated: R

I give it 2 and a half eaten corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler

RED

Plot:

Frank Moses (Willis) is a retired CIA operative (retired RED which means Retired, Extremely, Dangerous) who just wants to start a new life and maybe even meet someone to settle down with. He likes a costumer service representative named Sarah (Parker) that he has just talked to over the phone, but soon, he realizes that he is targeted for assassination as well as Sarah just because he has shown interest in her. Frank kidnaps Sarah so that he can keep her alive while he assembles his old teammates from the CIA, Joe (Freeman), Marvin (Malkovich), Victoria (Mirren) and Ivan Simanov (Cox) so that they can find out who is out to exterminate them and why a new young relentless CIA agent named Cooper (Urban) is so set on catching them.

Reel Talk:

This movie has everything -comedy, action, suspense and intrigue. It also has a great cast of seasoned actors and actresses, with the veterans making a statement that they are not too far over the hill that they can’t act. It was good seeing the likes of film legend Ernest Borgnine in his cameo as the records keeper. Overall this is definitely a good movie for Willis and crew. Not an Oscar worthy movie, but very entertaining.

Starring: Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Karl Urban, Morgan Freeman, John Malkovich, Helen Mirren, Brian Cox and Ernest Borgnine
Directed by: Robert Schwentke
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corn Dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler

LIFE AS WE KNOW IT

Plot:

Love birds Peter (MacArthur) and Alison (Hendricks) tried to hook up their two best friends Holly (Heigl) and Eric or Messer (Duhamel) as he likes to be called with hopes that romantic sparks would fly between them. But instead the two because of their opposing characteristics, hers being straight forth and prudence and his being a fly by night womanizer, don’t even go on their first date. When an unfortunate accident claims the life of Peter and Alison, their two friends are shocked to realize that the couple left them as the legal guardians to raise their little baby girl Sophie. They are left to wonder first why did they get stuck with the child, then why the two of them together and what must they do to make it work so that they honor their friends’ wishes?

Reel Talk:

Honestly this was a good movie, I mean it’s most definitely a date movie but it is a pretty good one. It offers a variety of elements (comedy, sadness, drama) which keeps you interested. The plot is pretty predictable and is by no means original, but Heigl and Duhamel along with Josh Lucas offer freshness to the film as well as the adorable Clagett girls Alexis, Brynn and Brook as Sophie. Good movie, well worth the admission for a date.

Starring: Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Hayes MacArthur, Christina Hendricks, Alexis, Brynn and Brooke Clagett
Directed by: Greg Berlanti
Rated: PG-13

I give it 3 corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler

GHETTOPHYSICS: WILL THE REAL PIMPS AND HO'S PLEASE STAND UP?

Plot:

With so much happening in the world today from wars, oil spills and economic shake ups worldwide just to name a few things, one college professor portrayed by E. Raymond Brown tries to educate a group of students on the structure of corporate and political pimps and ho’s. Taking them back to possibly the beginning of it all with hopes of raising their awareness on what side of the fence they are on.


Reel Talk:

First off, take your minds out the gutters because this is not a film about the HBO documentary about street pimps and ho’s, although it does touch on that, it is more about the social, political and economic effects that governmental pimping and prostitution affects each of us today. If you are into the government conscience awareness movies by Michael Moore then you will appreciate this effort by author, director, producer, music composer and actor E. Raymond Brown who based the film from his novel ‘Will The Real Pimps And Ho’s Please Stand Up-Peeping The Multi-Leveled Global Game’.


Be sure to check out my interview with E. Raymond Brown.

Starring: E. Raymond Brown, Cornel West, Ice-T, Too $hort and KRS-ONE
Directed by: William Arntz and E. Raymond Brown
Rated: R

I give it 2 and a half eaten corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler

E. RAYMOND BROWN INTERVIEW

Prior to my watching the advance screening of the new movie Ghettophysics: Will The Real Pimps And Ho’s Please Stand Up?  The Reel Hustler had the opportunity to sit down and do some reel talking with E. Raymond Brown who is a director, writer, producer, music composer and actor for the film. I got to be tell you this is one deep brother, he will have you running to get a dictionary when you talk to him. Truly passionate about what he is putting down.

Corndog: This film is based off your novel ‘Will The Real Pimps And Ho’s Please Stand Up-Peeping The Multi Leveled Global Game’. How or was it difficult taking it from book to movie?

E. Raymond Brown: Uh yeah, I didn’t have a formal training in film, so basically that aspect of life being an initiatory process. I had to get initiated in the game by people that were in the film arena. They kinda walked me through it, this is what it is, this is what you got to go through, this is what you got to learn. And it was like you go into battles, you know what I’m saying, you go into production situations and you looking at what you come out with on the other end. You’re trying to catch the magic of a situation on film with your equipment, with your netting or whatever. How good are you at it? I kind of got apprenticed into that. Had to go from a pimp to a ho.

The Reel Hustler: Where did the idea for the book/movie come from?

E. Raymond: At the core, it’s an expiration of the archetypal realm, as it relates to these terms. The archetypal realm is in everybody’s mythic cosmology, their stories about the world. Every culture has stories about how the world came about. I have studied the archetypal psychology and I’m saying these terms ‘pimps and ho’s’, I’m putting forth they have archetypal significance. The way they show up, the way it’s used, the terminology in hip hop cultural. The way I have observed it since late 90’s , 2000 and it points further and further. It wasn’t just about literal prostitution. It was about power interaction. So that’s will the real pimps and ho’s please stand up?

The Reel Hustle: You wore a lot of hats for this project. How difficult was that for you?

E. Raymond: It was very, very challenging. It was a lot going on at once and it was a big opportunity. I got the funding for it, that’s rare, for African American film makers to get films green lighted at certain levels and all that. It was an amazing opportunity. I had a lot of preparation, I had been writing. I was working more and more in the film domain, learning apprenticing, learning the ropes. Humbly learning from cats, allowing them to teach me what to do, its initiation, I like doing more than one thing.

The Reel Hustler: What is it that you would expect people that see the film to learn?

E. Raymond: What I want is the Trojan Horse, you know what I’m saying, that’s gonna hit them over the head with something different than they expected. Have them question what’s going on around them. Like it touches their own world, like whoa! Are there things that were happening that I wasn’t really present to, that I’m dealing with everyday? Am I in the game the way I want to be or do I need to wake up?


Ghettophysics: Will The Real Pimps And Ho’s Please Stand Up? opens in theaters October 8, 2010.

R.A. MIHAILOFF INTERVIEW

With the new horror movie Hatchet II opening October 1st,  The Reel Hustler got a chance to sit down and kick it with R.A. Mihailoff who stars in the movie as a sharp shooting tracker named Trent. After seeing his menacing performance in the movie and then witnessing his massive size in person (around 6ft something and maybe around 300lbs) I was intimidated until we sat down to chat. This guy was mad cool, we talked like we had been old friends from way back.


The Reel Hustler: You play Trent in Hatchet II, a sharp shooting hunter. How challenging was this role for you?

R. A. Mihailoff: Let me put it to you this way, I could have raided my own closet for my wardrobe, that’s how close the character is to me.

The Reel Hustler: So you are a hunter as well?

R.A.: Yeah sure, I grew up hunting and believe it or not before I got into show business, I actually worked cross country oil expiration in the swamps in Mississippi and Alabama. I’ve been down there and I knew how the people talked. I worked with Cajuns, it was something and the part was written for me.

The Reel Hustler: So you weren’t in the first movie?

R.A.: No, but I met Adam and I’ve known Kane for 20yrs and he introduced me to Adam and they tailored the part for me.

The Reel Hustler: How was it working with Adam Green?

R.A.: Ah, he’s great man, he’s great. Keep an eye out for that man, he’s going places. Excellent director, very open, anytime I felt like, because I knew that language, I’d fall into that Southern patio real easy, you know “ya’ll”, stuff like that. I would see stuff in the script that I would like to change and I never hesitated to approach Adam about making changes and 99% of the time he was receptive to anything.

The Reel Hustler: Would you work with him again?

R.A.: Oh are you kidding? I look forward to it, I hope, I hope. They call people that work on the Hatchet movies The Hatchet Army. I’m a proud soldier in the Hatchet Army.

The Reel Hustler: So can we expect a Hatchet III?

R.A.: I’ve heard things, I’ve heard things. No one has actually said to me personally, but I’ve heard things. But Adam has a tendency to work with people that he likes over and over. I’m ready to suit up again anytime.

The Reel Hustler: Your character was very menacing in the film.

R.A.: Yeah, thank you. You noticed I wore sunglasses. That’s in the script (enter Trent, a large burly bearded man with sunglasses). Well guess what, that’s sort of like my trademark. I always wear sunglasses.

The Reel Hustler: Your fight scene was pretty intense and impressive.

R.A.: Oh thank you, I was so excited. Not only did Kane Hodder play Victor Crowley but he was also the stunt coordinator and it was his choice who to hire. He could have hired a stunt double before me. But he knew I wanted to do the fight. So it was Kane and I, knock down, drag out, balls to the walls, rafter shaking fight to the death. That’s all Kane and I.

The Reel Hustler: How many takes did you guys do it in?

R.A.: Not to many, we’re good man, we’re good. Plus we had a lot of breakaway stuff and there’s only one maybe two times for the breakaway. We had to get it down pretty good. A couple of things happened thou. Kane tore a bicep insertion because we were going at it hard. I broke a cabinet door over his head and that was not a breakaway. But he got me back, he smashed my head through a wall and threw me over a table. From the beginning when they told me I would be doing the fight myself, it was my goal to make that fight scene worthy of a Chainsaw Award nomination. I hope we delivered.

The Reel Hustler: Most the movies you have starred in are horror, why?

R.A.: Why??? Well two reasons, probably the fact I’m a huge horror fan to begin with. A lifelong horror fan even as a child, and then look at me – I’m ready made for horror.

The Reel Hustler: Out of all your movies, which would you say is your favorite?

R.A.: My new favorite saying is , Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw 3 is and always will be my first love, because that was a game changer for me. But Hatchet II is my new love because this is actually one of the biggest roles I’ve ever done without as I affectionately call them ‘rubber heads’. This is the biggest role I’ve ever done.

The Reel Hustler: OK then what would be your overall favorite horror movie?

R.A.: Um let me think….. Well I’ll go back to the formative years, uh probably the two that had the earliest impact on me were ‘Night Of The Living Dead’ and then of course the other one would be the original ‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre’. That was a trailblazer itself.

The Reel Hustler: So is that why you wear that chainsaw emblem on your necklace?

R.A.: Yeah my first love. I mean 90% of what I have today comes from this (holding the chainsaw piece from his chain). I’m very proud of that, I’m very proud of horror. As a lifelong fan remember…. Chico Escala “baseball’s been berry, berry good to me”, I’m Chico Ser Rocho “horror’s been berry, berry good to me”. I love it and I’m proud to be a member in good standing of the horror community.

The Reel Hustler: With 30yrs of acting under you belt who would you like to work with now?

R.A.: Oh that’s a nice question, excellent question. Gosh, uh…there’s so many people I want to work with that I couldn’t even begin to pick. Just anybody that calls, anybody working today is worthy of working with. It’s especially gratifying to work with friends. I will say that.

Hatchet II opens October 1, 2010 in AMC Theatres only.

HATCHET II

Plot:

In this sequel of the 2006 horror movie Hatchet, Marybeth (Harris) narrowly escapes with her life from the Louisiana swamp legend murderer Victor Crowley (Hodder). But before her escape, she is told to seek the help of Rev. Voodoo (Todd) so that she can find out her family’s involvement surrounding the origination of the legend of Victor Crowley. Upon meeting Rev. Voodoo she wants two things 1) to learn the secret regarding her family and 2) That he assist her and return to the swamp to retrieve the remains of her father and brother. When he agrees he assembles a team of hunters led by no non-sense tracker and sharp shooter named Trent (Mihailoff) to hunt down the murdering monster and rid the area of the curse.

Reel Talk:

As most of you may know I am a hard critic of horror movies. Well with Hatchet II, although it offers nothing new to the horror realm, it does fill a void left by the Friday the 13 or Halloween series genre of horror. Director and writer Adam Green can easily franchise a few more films off the Victor Crowley character putting the Hatchet series right along with the others. As I mentioned don’t expect anything new, but it is entertaining and will satisfy the appetite of gore heads in need of blood and guts. This movie is only being shown at AMC Theatres and is unrated. But parental discretion is strongly advised.

Be sure to check out my interview with R.A. Mihailoff who plays Trent.

Starring: Danielle Harris, Tony Todd, Kane Hodder, R.A. Mihailoff, Parry Shen and Tom Holland
Directed by: Adam Green

I give it 3 corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler

THE SOCIAL NETWORK

Plot:

When geeky computer wiz Mark Zuckerberg (Eisenberg) gets dumped by his girlfriend for being a arrogant butt hole, he returns to his dorm room and gets drunk, blogs and creates a campus networking site from hacking into the college database. Where this caused great concern among the administration, it was the launce pad for what we now know as Face Book. As the social networking site begins to rapidly grow Mark is plagued with lawsuits from various ones who felt that he stole ideas and resources from them, including his friend and co-founder Eduardo Saverin (Garfield).

Reel Talk:

My prediction is that just like the actual social site, this movie is going to be big. This movie will keep you interested from beginning to end. It sort of addicts you like the site itself. The acting is brilliant among the talented young cast as they depict the supposedly origination of the hugely successful Face Book. If the actual Mark Zuckerberg is anything like Jesse Eisenberg’s character, than all I can say is ‘WOW’. That guy was out cold. This is an excellent movie that is well worth the admission.

Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Rooney Mara, Andrew Garfield and Justin Timberlake
Directed by: David Fincher
Rated: PG-13

I give it 4 corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler