Reel Fanatic
 
Showing 1-10 of 156 records
 
Expand article

Will Russell Crowe play the funniest man on the planet?

The Article has images The Article has embedded video
2008-08-19 06:32:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
By the way, if anyone here is in advertising or marketing, kill yourself Bill Hicks If that offends anyone, well, first of all, it's a joke and, second of all, that's pretty much the point Although there's plenty of competition for the title of funniest dude in the world, my vote every time goes to the late Bill Hicks. And now, if Russell...
 
Tags: hicks, comedian bill hicks, native hicks, type bill hicks, bill hicks, comedian, bill hicks live, russell crowe, crowe
 
 
 
 
Expand article

"Tropic Thunder": The art of sharp satire lives again

The Article has images
2008-08-17 09:14:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
Even if it has come a lot later than usual this year, it's still depressing to announce that, once again, it is now mathematically impossible for the Baltimore Orioles to win 100 games (but the chase to .500 goes on with spirit But that, of course, is not the order of the day. That would be "Tropic Thunder" which - given my fears about how bad...
 
Tags: tropic thunder, satire, jack black, line, black, bottom line, stiller holds, simply, hollywood satire
 
 
 
 
Expand article

And yes, I do have a pet rock

The Article has images The Article has embedded video
2008-08-15 09:01:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...movies. For example, you can watch every single episode of "South Park" and, even better, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" (before they're even out on DVD.) I realize this is turning into a straight-out plug, but I can't help it Amazingly enough, you can even watch one of my all-time favorite films there for free, Whit Stillman's...
 
Tags: flick, nonbudget indie flick, flick based, extremely quotable flick, star rainn wilson, star, movies, favorite movies, writer-director tom dicillo
 
 
 
 
Expand article

All aboard the "Pineapple Express"

The Article has images
2008-08-09 07:50:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
It's like killing a unicorn, with like, a bomb Somehow I think the men's "round of 64" (as the equally nonstoned announcer kept saying over and over) Olympic badminton that was on this morning when I woke up probably would have been a lot funnier under the influence of some Pineapple Express And I promise, to the best of my ability, I will try...
 
Tags: pineapple express, danny mcbride, mcbride, flick, action flick, james franco, lot funnier, lot, jody hill
 
 
 
 
Expand article

David Simon's "Treme" will be a "Wire" family reunion

The Article has images
2008-08-07 07:32:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
Even with the simply sublime "Mad Men" back on the air and clearly still in top form and a slew of pretty great shows ("Pushing Daisies" would have to be the one I'm most jazzed about) finally set to return for hopefully full seasons, the end of HBO's "The Wire" has just left a huge void Luckily for us viewers, "Wire" mastermind David Simon is...
 
Tags: david simon, simon, mastermind david simon, wire, city, york city, american city, orleans, orleans times-picayune
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Everybody must get stoned ... at the movies

The Article has images
2008-08-06 06:01:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...movies. I don't mean movies that are supposedly fun to watch while on drugs (though plenty of those are great.) And I won't include any of the Cheech & Chong flicks, even if they are the gold standard, just because it seems too obvious And all of this, of course, is in honor of "Pineapple Express," which I won't be seeing until Friday but...
 
Tags: flick, sophomore flick, richard linklater flick, movies, favorite flick, lizard flick, crazy flick, fun, supposedly fun
 
 
 
 
Expand article

"Swing Vote": Split decision

The Article has images
2008-08-03 09:24:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...movies and certainly in "Swing Vote," I pretty much like him as much as anybody else. As I'll get to later, I just wish writer-director Joshua Michael Stern liked this kind of character too For the first almost 90 minutes or so, "Swing Vote" is exactly the kind of movie I like, and comes surprisingly close to real political satire - which...
 
Tags: vote, costner, strong costner hater, kevin costner flick, bud, bud johnson, moment, jimmy stewart moment, pretty
 
 
 
 
Expand article

If you're gonna spoof, go for a big target ... like Michael Moore

The Article has images The Article has embedded video
2008-08-01 07:41:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...movies. "Sicko," which focused way too much on what's right with health care in Europe rather than what's wrong with it here in America, was a failure in my book - but a noble one at that - but I think all his other flicks have been right on-target And I swore after going to see "Date Movie" (admittedly only because Alyson Hannigan was in...
 
Tags: michael moore, spoof, flick, flawless flick, zucker, trailer, infinite playlist, spoof flick, david zucker
 
 
 
 
Expand article

Can Sony right a serious superhero wrong ... and are you ready to laugh?

The Article has images
2008-07-31 07:42:00 by Reel Fanatic in Reel Fanatic
...movies coming next will be somewhere near as funny as that (though, I have my doubts August: A month to laugh If I'm not mistaken (though I too often am), my favorite comedy of 2007, "Superbad" (by just a nose over "Hot Fuzz") came out last August, but I'm not sure this year's late-summer laughers - though there are a lot of them - will...
 
Tags: flick, summer flick, freddie prinze, director peter cattaneo, director, dismal flick, funny, very-funny, funny spoof