Monday, December 9, 2013

The Smell of Success (2009)

Released January 20th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Rose's Manure Company seems to be doing fairly well in its sales.
Its door-to-door salesmen seem to be happy with their jobs and their boss too.
All of a sudden , their boss up and dies on them.
Now what exactly will become of the company and its salesmen??
Well , the salesmen believe they can continue on , just as successfully as when the big boss was alive. They also believe the head salesman for the company will surely be the one to take over.
Although that whole train of thought couldn't be further from the truth....
The new boss who happens to have inherited the company , has no desire what so ever to own or run a manure company.
Stars Billy Bob Thornton , Mark Polish , Ed Helms , Kyle MacLachlan , Pruitt Taylor Vince , Richard Edson , Téa Leoni , Frances Conroy , Patrick Bauchau , Scott Michael Campbell , Brooke Baumer , Vincent De Paul , Janet DuBois
Directed by Michael Polish
Rated PG13
COMEDY

"I think it's important that we discuss the size of his carrot."

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Gone (2006)

Aired on TV , May 11 , 2010 in the US.
Filmed entirely in Australia.
The story : Alex is a Brit who is traveling through Australia on holiday. Along the way , he plans on picking up his girlfriend Sophie and the two will continue on to the rest of their holiday together.
Early on before Alex hooks up withSophie he befriends a seemingly nice guy , Taylor - who wants to travel along with him , basically because yea he has a car and Alex doesnt.
This does seem like a good idea at first. But slowly Taylor begins fucking with Alexs' head. And then it occurs to Alex , after hooking up with Sophie that Taylor is looking to scoop up Sophie.
Alex and Sophie come close to breaking up on a daily basis because of all the crap Taylor pulls on them.
Every time they work it out and decide to go the rest of the way without Taylor , he somehow talks them into keeping him on.
But really , they should have just caught the first bus right out of there , leaving Taylor in the dust.
Stars Shaun Evans , Scott Mechlowicz , Victoria Thaine , Yvonne Strahovski , Amelia Warner , Zoe Tuckwell-Smith
Directed by Ringan Ledwidge
Rated R
MYSTERY/THRILLER/HORROR

"Did the message say that he was going? Or that he is gone?"

World's Greatest Dad (2009)

Released August 21st in the US.
Filmed in Washington.
The story : Lance is a school teacher , a single dad raising a very difficult young teenager but he really considers himself to be a writer.
The one thing that would make Lance completely fulfilled would be to have at least , just one of something he wrote published somewhere , somehow.
But that is not the case.
When Lance's son dies tragically the circumstances are quite embarrassing for Lance to say the least.
Lance concocts the plan of authoring a suicide note and claiming his son wrote it.
The note gets much attention and shows Lances' son in a light that no one really ever seen him in before.
This also gives Lance a vehicle for his writing! AhHa!
Stars Robin Williams , Daryl Sabara , Morgan Murphy , Geoff Pierson , Henry Simmons , Naomi Glick , Dan Spencer , Zach Sanchez , Alexie Gilmore , Evan Martin , Ellie Jameson , Michael Thomas Moore , Ray Mist , Jermaine Williams , Lorraine Nicholson
Directed by (& story written) Bobcat Goldthwait
Rated R
COMEDY/DRAMA

"Did Kyle write anything else...???"

Friday, December 6, 2013

Big Top Pee-wee (1988)

Released July 22nd in the US.
Filmed entirely in California.
The story : Pee-wee lives on his very own farm now. His life now revolves around being the best farmer he can possibly be.
Pee-wee believes he is living a great life. Happy with his work , animals and the love of his life Winnie.
Even if the towns people hate his guts.
When a bad storm blows in , Pee-wee and his animal friends find shelter in their shelter shed.
After the storm passes , Pee-wee finds a traveling circus in his yard.
Now Pee-wee has some new friends and interests.
Stars Paul Reubens , (voice) Wayne White , Penelope Ann Miller , Albert Henderson , Mary Jackson , Frances Bay , Leo Gordon , Jeffrey R. Shaw , Dustin Diamond , Savannah Prue , Lisa M. Ball , Molly Ann Carter , Myka Peck , Dustin Berkovitz , Kit MacKenzie , Jered Aspenson , Kris Kristofferson , Valeria Golino , Susan Tyrrell , Jack Murdock , David Byrd , Anne Seymour , Jay Robinson , Kenneth Tobey , Eve Smith , Mihaly 'Michu' Meszaros , Franco Columbu , Benicio Del Toro , Matthias Hues , Vance Colvig Jr. , Terrence Mann , Kevin Peter Hall , Lynne Marie Stewart , John Sherrod , Joseph Arias , Stephanie Hodge
Directed by Randal Kleiser
Rated PG
FAMILY/COMEDY

Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)

Released August 20th in the US.
Filmed in California.
The story : Leigh Ann is a senior in high school who is working hard to try and achieve either Valedictorian status or at the least a much needed scholarship.
Leigh Ann isn't very confident about her assignment but she feels she has done the best she can and that should at least give her an A.
Unfortunately , Leigh Ann's teacher is the dreaded Mrs. Tingle , who doesn't give anyone a break and likes to bust ass on a regular basis.
An old friend of Leigh Anns' brings to her attention that he had copied Mrs. Tingles' final assignment that hasnt been given to them yet and ends up giving it to her , against her wishes of course.
But Leigh Ann gets caught red handed and that ain't good.
Stars Katie Holmes , Lesley Ann Warren , Marisa Coughlan , Barry Watson , Liz Stauber , Helen Mirren , Michael McKean , Vivica A. Fox , Molly Ringwald , Jeffrey Tambor
Directed by (& story written) Kevin Williamson
Rated PG13
COMEDY/THRILLER

"She kinda looks like that movie you know , where that demon chick upchucks all over everybody."

Monday, December 2, 2013

Party Girl (1995)

Released June 9th in the US.
Filmed entirely in New York,.
The story : Mary is the ultimate party girl. She lives just for the party. Everyday and everything in Marys' life is purely for the party.
When Mary gets arrested for all kinds of things at , you guessed it , a big bash shes' throwing at her house , she's kind of stuck.
She ends up asking her Godmother for help , as she is the only family she really has.
So , Mary insists that her Godmother help her out some more with more cash.
When she refuses and asks Mary what the hell she's gonna do to take care of herself , Mary decides to make a go at working at the library with her Godmother.
Even though Mary has absolutely no idea how the library works.
Stars Parker Posey , Lum Chang Pang , Anthony DeSando , Omar Townsend , Liev Schreiber , Donna Mitchell , Guillermo Díaz , Elizabeth Beer , Sasha von Scherler , Richard Topol , C. Francis Blackchild , John Ventimiglia , Dwight Ewell , Teresa Lebron , Wendell Daughtery , Timothy Duperron , Robert Sorce , Natasha Twist , Irma St. Paule , Nicole Bobbitt , Marion Rosenfeld
Directed by Daisy von Scherler Mayer
Rated R
COMEDY

"You're telling me , that if your name is syphilis and you spent your life lugging a rock up a hill you wouldn't be miserable!?"

We're the Millers (2013)

Released August 7th in the US.
Filmed in North Carolina and New Mexico.
The story : David Clark deals marijuana. He isn't that big of a dealer , but he does deal under a pretty powerful guy he has known since his college days.
David gets caught up in some dumb shit and ends up getting robbed of all his drugs and money.
Now he doesn't know what hes gonna do.
His boss , decides to send him on a mission to Mexico to smuggle some drugs back to the US for him.
There's only one way David can think of to do this and not get caught.
Stars Jason Sudeikis , Will Poulter , Jennifer Aniston , Emma Roberts , Ed Helms , Nick Offerman , Kathryn Hahn , Molly C. Quinn
Directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber
Rated R
COMEDY