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		<title>Happy 100 Akira Kurosawa!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That&#8217;s right, the beloved director of such films as Ran, Sanjuro, Yojimbo, Dreams, The Hidden Fortress, Rashomon and The Seven Samurai would be one hundred years old today if he were still alive. We don&#8217;t actually have any of those titles, so I will instead distract you with this dazzling display of cinematic treasures we&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That&#8217;s right, the beloved director of such films as <em>Ran</em>, <em>Sanjuro</em>, <em>Yojimbo</em>, <em>Dreams, The Hidden Fortress</em>, <em>Rashomon</em> and <em>The Seven Samurai</em> would be one hundred years old today if he were still alive. We don&#8217;t actually have any of those titles, so I will instead distract you with this dazzling display of cinematic treasures we&#8217;ve just uncovered.</p>
<p>Monty Python fan? We&#8217;ve got you covered with <strong><em>all 14 zany crazy</em> <em>volumes</em></strong> of <em>Monty Python&#8217;s Flying Circus</em>! Also, <em>Monty Python And The Holy Grail</em>, <em>The Meaning Of Life</em> and Terry Gilliam&#8217;s mind-bending <em>Brazil</em>. And speaking of mind-bending and Terry Gilliam, how&#8217;sabout the Criterion Collection version of <em>Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas</em>. Yup, we got that.</p>
<p>Music fans may be interested in <em>Tenacious D: The Complete Masterworks</em>, <em>The Clash: West Way To The World</em>, <em>The Essential Clash</em> or maybe <em>Pink Floyd: The Dark Side Of The Moon</em>, a 2003 release that takes an in-depth look into the creation of one of rock&#8217;s timeless recordings.</p>
<p>Maybe you want to get your 80s on: <em>The Breakfast Club</em>, <em>Fast Times At Ridgemont High</em>, <em>Fletch</em> and the sequel <em>Fletch Lives</em>, <em>Animal House </em>and one of my all-time favorites: <em>The Blues Brothers</em>.</p>
<p>But wait, there&#8217;s more! Rob Zombie&#8217;s <em>House Of 1000 Corpses</em>, the two-disc super special edition version of <em>Se7en</em>, <em>Army Of Darkness</em>, <em>Soylent Green</em>, <em>Logan&#8217;s Run</em>, <em>The Andromeda Strain </em>(a movie that terrified me when I saw it as a youngster) <em>First Spaceship On Venus/Voyage To The Prehistoric Planet </em>(double feature) and the mother of all crappy movies: <em>Plan 9 From Outer Space</em> (includes <em>The Ed Wood Story</em> with Johnny Depp, Martin Landau, Ed Wood&#8217;s wife Dolores Fuller and even Vampira herself!).</p>
<p>Want more? Good! Humphrey Bogart, Edward G. Robinson and Lauren Bacall smolder in <em>Key Largo</em>, Charlton Heston does what he does best in <em>Ben Hur</em>, Jack Nicholson chews it up in <em>Five Easy Pieces </em>and <em>Chinatown</em>, Paul Newman broods in <em>Hud</em> and <em>The Hustler</em> and Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn and Omar Sharif star in the sweeping epic <em>Lawrence Of Arabia</em> in a two-disc super-special limited edition.</p>
<p>Not finished just yet, but I&#8217;m getting there: Fan-favorites <em>Die Hard</em>, <em>The Road Warrior</em> and <em>Fight Club</em>, plus <em>The Last Of The Mohicans</em> and the classics <em>The Conversation</em> (later remade as <em>Enemy Of The State</em>) and <em>High Noon</em> starring Gary Cooper. A couple anime&#8217; titles: <em>Amon Saga </em>and <em>Appleseed</em>, a tongue-in-cheek look back at &#8220;educational&#8221; films of yore in <em>Social Engineering 201 </em>(which touches on classic 16 mm films shown to schoolchildren from the 1940s to the 1970s like <em>It Must Be The Neighbors</em> and <em>What To Do On A Date</em>), and finally, a blaxploitation triple feature: <em>Bad Azz Muthaz</em> featuring <em>Black Punisher (</em>Jim Brown), <em>Tattoo Connection</em> (Jim Kelly) and <em>Kid Vengeance</em> (Fred Williamson). Ohhh yeah.</p>
<p>There&#8217;s a lot more than that, but my typin&#8217; fingers hurt, so come on in and take a look at the Wall O&#8217; Cool and see what strikes your fancy.</p>
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		<title>Gary&#8217;s Guilty Goodies</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 01:33:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;And the time has come for Gary to pick his 5 guilty pleasure movies. This was super hard, because&#8230; Well just read the post.

1. Clueless. Like Jeremy said about his movies not actually being a guilty pleasure, Clueless is certainly not one I am ashamed of liking. However, when I worked at a rental store, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8230;And the time has come for Gary to pick his 5 guilty pleasure movies. This was super hard, because&#8230; Well just read the post.<br />
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1. <em>Clueless</em>. Like Jeremy said about his movies not actually being a guilty pleasure, Clueless is certainly not one I am ashamed of liking. However, when I worked at a rental store, people couldn&#8217;t believe that I, the strapping young adult male that I am, would recommend this &#8220;girly teen movie&#8221;. Well guess what, this movie is from Amy Heckerling, who brought us Fast Times. So shut up. This movie kicked off Paul Rudd&#8217;s celebrity. This movie has two songs by Radiohead in it. This movie had Donald Faison, whom you may know as Turk from Scrubs. This movie has Dan Hedeya (if you don&#8217;t know him, look it up quick). This movie even has the late Brittany Murphy in a role unlike any of her others&#8230; What more do you want? Paul Rudd almost didn&#8217;t take the risk of starring in Clueless, because he thought it sounded like a stupid teen movie&#8230; Then he read the script and realized it was much more. It&#8217;s a movie with teenagers, yes, but the maturity of the comedy shines far beyond any other teen movie in the last decade or so. Paul Rudd took the risk and so should you. Clueless is worth it.</p>
<p>2. <em>It&#8217;s Pat</em>. Okay, I&#8217;m starting to realize why I didn&#8217;t come up with the Guilty Pleasures category. I mean no disrespect to Jessica, but I simply can&#8217;t feel guilty about these movies. So instead of racking my brain for something I may not even successfully accomplish, I&#8217;m going to talk about movies that the general population may dislike, or even hate, but that I found very enjoyable. So here we go, It&#8217;s Pat. This movie is the bee&#8217;s knees. SNL alum Julia Sweeney brings her most successful SNL character (which still wasn&#8217;t very successful) to the big screen in this gender-bender of a comedy about the androgynous Pat Riley (as I quote the theme song, &#8220;A lot of people say, &#8216;what&#8217;s that?&#8217; It&#8217;s Pat!). A lot of people also think this movie is stupid, but I thoroughly enjoyed the silly humor and found it clever all the ways they had of disguising Pat&#8217;s real gender. Even Pat&#8217;s love interest Chris, played marvelously by Kid&#8217;s in the Hall&#8217;s Dave Foley, and a beautiful interaction with weirdo com-rock band Ween. Upon reflection, that last sentence didn&#8217;t make sense, but I think it&#8217;s fitting with the oddity that is this movie. To be honest, I have no idea why it&#8217;s #92 on the list of IMDb&#8217;s Bottom 100 movies. I thought it was a great comedy.</p>
<p>3. <em>Heavy Weights. </em>Another great flick that I have no shame in admitting I own. As much as I&#8217;d like to write about how marvelous this movie is, no film review could be as elegant as this one I&#8217;ve found on IMDb by user niftyjim:</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>An unparalleled cinematic masterpiece</strong>, 13 April 2006</p>
<p>Continuing in the tradition of classic films such as &#8216;The Godfather&#8217; and &#8216;Apocalypse Now&#8217;, director Steven Brill has added his name to the short list of truly great directors with his sweeping masterpiece &#8216;Heavy Weights&#8217;. In arguably his finest performance to date, Aaron Schwartz plays Jerry Garner, a young man who is forced to attend a summer camp against his will. Upon arriving at the camp, Jerry is befriended by Roy (Kenan Thompson) and Josh (Shaun Weiss). Together they challenge the the tyrannic rule of manic camp counselor Tony Perkis (Ben Stiller) while overcoming their own personal insecurities to have the best summer of their lives. Thompson and Weiss both deliver Oscar-worthy performances, and Ben Stiller is at his best as the fitness-crazed camp counselor who must whip the campers into shape. Brill is truly at his best here, weaving an intricate tale full of mystery, suspense and deception, while capturing the essence of the human spirit and the hope and perseverance of children. This is a must have for any true fan of film.</p></blockquote>
<p>4. <em>Flyin&#8217; Ryan</em>. I don&#8217;t even know what to say about this movie. Did I enjoy it? Possibly. Was it quality? Absolutely not. Is it about a boy who buys Healys and discovers they allow him to fly? Certainly. Does it look like it was shot on a hand-held camera by the actor&#8217;s parents? Of course. Do we have it at MovieCycle so you can check it out to see how ridiculous it is? Correct. Will you purchase it, only to return it in a day or two for the rental return store credit less a dollar per day? Probably.</p>
<p>#5. <em>The Brothers Solomon.</em> This movie apparently didn&#8217;t hit it off too well with critics or audiences, but how am I to avoid a movie directed by Bob Odenkirk of the legendary Mr. Show? I can see why people wouldn&#8217;t want to check this movie out. It does appear to be a weird one, especially at face value, but this movie has a lot of funny people in it. Will Forte, the SNL cast member soon to take off in Hollywood (or fail horribly) with this summer&#8217;s upcoming MacGruber movie, and Will Arnett, who everyone knows as Gob from Arrested Development, play socially awkward brothers who try to produce a grandchild for their dying father. Also noteworthy is Chi McBride (you may know him as Detective Emerson Cod from Pushing Daisies), who possibly steals this movie in the role of James. What can I say? I really enjoyed the film, but keep in mind I also really enjoyed It&#8217;s Pat. I would at least check it out if you like silly humor though.</p>
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