Archive for August, 2016

Unified Pictures, Tee Rob Pictures, Amberdale Productions,

Billy Crudup, Anton Yelchin, Felicity Huffman, Selena Gomez, Laurence Fishburne, William H. Macy

Sam (Billy Crudup) is a single Dad whose life spirals out of control when his college age son is recently deceased. He’s a power ad executive, but just can’t deal with the pain. After he loses his job, he takes a spin at house painting and lives on a boat and heads deeper and deeper into despair. When his ex-wife drops off their son’s demo tapes for songs that he wrote, Sam starts singing them at a local bar, but as the music becomes quite popular, he is faced with the fact that he has stolen his son’s music and must face the consequences.

This is a very dark indie film, that tells a great story. William H. Macy has a rather small part, but he is the director and he is so talented. He really brought this film to the screen in a very touching manner, and it really affects you in the way the story unfolds. He does an excellent job here. Anton Yelchin, who recently passed away in a tragic accident is very memorable here. His role in pivotal in the epiphany that Sam has to come to and does a very good job as well. You’ll see that Selena Gomez is listed, and her role is rather small. Since her boyfriend (Sam’s son) dies in the first few minutes, and since she is boy’s girlfriend, I can only assume that she is here for her star power. It’s a small role, but completely dramatic, and she handles it well. The story is somewhat shocking, and you have to come to feel sorry for Sam, though you’d like to smack him at the same time, and there are several other actors who turn in excellent performances. The star power here is fierce and the story, though dark, is quite touching. I have often wondered of how people deal with issues like this, and this film seems, (to me at least) to portray it in a very stark, realistic manner. This is rated R because of the intensity of the subject matter, and though the usual stuff that earns an R rating is not present here, it’s still likely to be disturbing for younger teens, so I would stick with the R rating. For those who are older though, I think this is a good example of an excellent independent film, and I can imagine it was popular in the film festival circuit. Give it a shot, it’s a worthwhile tale.

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Rovio Entertainment, Columbia Pictures, LStar Capital,

Jason Sudeikis, Josh Gad, Danny McBride, Maya Rudolph, Kate McKinnon, Sean Penn, Tony Hale, Keegan-Michael Key, Bill Hader, Peter Dinklage

The Green Pigs have found their way to Bird Island where Red (Jason Sudekis) is in Anger Management because the birds don’t believe in anger. But though the pigs promise to bring gifts to the birds, Red is concerned that they may have ulterior motives. When they steal all the eggs, Red is called upon to channel his anger to getting back the children, and in the process we learn the real reason why birds and pigs just don’t get along.

Based on the popular video game, this animated feature is really cute. With excellent voice characters, there is a lot of talent here, and it is very well done. There’s a lot of sort of off color jokes, which surprised me a bit, and is probably the reason behind the PG rating. The kids are probably going to miss it, and it may make it more enjoyable for grown ups, but I’m just not used to the naughty jokes in what looks like a kids film. However, lots and lots of big people (I hesitate to say grown-ups) loved the game however, and maybe the target audience isn’t the little ones. All in all though, it’s a humorous story and by showing us the back story of the war between the angry birds and the green pigs, it is enjoyable. Now we know why the birds are so angry. I really had a good time with this movie, and it’s not half bad if you have an interest in the war of the birds and pigs.

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20th Century Fox,

Sadie Katz, Anthony Ilott, Aqueela Zoll, Rollo Skinner, Billy Ashworth

Danny (Anthony Iilot) suddenly inherits a run down resort in Hobb Springs, so he and his friends head out to investigate his good fortune. But while there they run into a bunch of inbred locals who hang around the place. Turns out they are long lost relatives and they try to turn Danny against his friends and to join their family, and they help by killing and eating his friends one at a time.

This is the 6th film in the Wrong Turn series, and by far the weakest. The story is lame, and the concept has been rather stretched. After all, the original idea what someone who accidentally ended up taking the wrong road and ending up where they definitely shouldn’t be, but in this one, they know where they are going. Perhaps you could say it was a wrong choice, but they chose to go there. The kills are very graphic and the unrated version is rather nasty, but the story is just kind of lame. I was bored though this, and it took about 3 tries before I could make it through the whole film without falling asleep. I am a fan of horror, and usually not too hard to please, but this one is pretty bad. You might find this on late night cable, and if you’re a fan of the franchise, feel free, but I don’t recommend wasting the time on this one. Just sex and gore, blood and guts and disgusting people. Not worth it.

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Movie Rentals Releasing Tuesday August 16, 2016

  • The Angry Birds Movie
  • A Cinderella Story: If the Shoe Fits
  • God’s Not Dead 2
  • Sundown

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Duplass Brothers Productions,

Melissa Rauch, Gary Cole, Thomas Middleditch, Sebastian Stan, Cecily Strong, Haley Lu Richardson

Hope (Melissa Rauch) was an Olympic gymnast who comes from a small town, but an injury ended her career and left her with a Bronze medal and with the love and adoration of the folks in her little town. She’s a minor celebrity and never got beyond that. Now she lives with her single Dad (Gary Cole) and makes like life a living hell trying to meet all her diva demands. She hasn’t forgiven her ex-coach, who now has a new upcoming gymnast which doesn’t make Hope very happy, but when her ex-coach suddenly dies, leaving a fortune for Hope is she will simply become “Coach Hope” and bring this new girl to the Olympics, begrudgingly she agrees to try. It’s not going to be pretty.

This is really a vehicle for Melissa Rauch (who you probably know as Bernadette from The Big Bang Theory) but the rest of the team is pretty good too. Gary Cole is very long suffering as the bullied Dad and his performance is top notch. Cecily Strong is the new girls Mom, and though she doesn’t have a lot of screen time, she does a good job every time she appears. All in all the story is really simple, like a Will Farrell or Ben Stiller type movie, but certainly the thing that makes this film so much fun is the wonderful bitchiness Melissa brings to every single scene. She gives a good job when her character is very angry in the Big Bang Theory too, but here she has free reign to play the nasty card to the hilt, and she does. Not a masterpiece by any means, but this is a really good film, and really funny. It’s off the wall in it’s humor, and catches you off guard, but it is really hilarious most of the time.

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