Friday, October 24, 2008

BODY OF LIES (RUSSELL CROWE, LEONARDO DICAPRIO; 2008)


LEONARDO DICAPRIO HAS DECIDED TO RELEASE HIS MOST MEDIOCRE MOVIE SINCE GROWING PAINS. BODY DEPICTS HOW EASILY TERRORISTS CAN DESTROY OUR MODERN WORLD WHEN DICAPRIO DOES NOT GROW THE APPROPRIATE FACIAL HAIR FOR A ROLE. IT WAS VERY PROMINENT YET SOMEHOW SPARSE, LIKE IN BRITISH PORN, AND LOOKED LIKE IT WAS PRONE TO CATCHING TAPAS. IN THE WORLD OF SPIES THIS IS A BIG NO NO. IT MAKES THE ENEMY UNEASY AND HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE, AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE. LEONARDO'S CO-STAR RUSSELL CROWE HAS APPARENTLY BEEN INTRAVENOUSLY CONSUMING LUNCHABLES FOR THE PAST 8 YEARS SINCE HE LAST PARTNERED WITH DIRECTOR RIDLEY SCOTT IN GLADIATOR. THERE'S NO OTHER WAY TO GAIN THAT SORT OF WEIGHT DURING THE DAY ALONE. THERE'S A COUPLE OTHER CAMEOS IN HERE, PRIMARY BOLLYWOOD TYPES PLAYING AL QUAEDA MEMBERS. THEY'RE HOPING TO MAKE IT BIG ONE DAY IN A REAL MOVIE, MAYBE SKIP THE LINE AT SOME NEW L.A. NIGHT CLUB ONCE THEY DO AND GET LAID BEFORE CHRIST COMES BACK....RUSSEL CROWE DOES NOT HAVE A PONY TAIL IN THIS MOVIE BUT IF YOU LOOK REALLY HARD, AT JUST THE RIGHT ANGLE, AT JUST THE RIGHT MOMENT, WITH JUST THE RIGHT EYES, YOU MIGHT SEE A RAT-TAIL.

Friday, July 25, 2008

BLADE RUNNER (HARRISON FORD, THE RUTGER HAUER, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS, SEAN YOUNG;1982)


"WHERE'S MOVIE JERK!?" "WHERE IS HE YOU BASTARD REPLICANT?!!!!" ...I'M RIGHT HERE BABY. STUCK BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HOOKER'S PLACE. IT WAS 1982. THE YEAR OF THE MINOE. SEAN YOUNG WAS A SEX SYMBOL. DARRYL HANNAH PATIENTLY TARGETED THE KENNEDYS. EDWARD JAMES OLMOS'S ACNE CLEARED UP ONLY TO DISPLAY SCARS LARGER THAN SMALL CARTELS. AND RONALD REGAN WAS BEGINNING TO FORGET A NATION AFTER BEING RE-INFORMED OF THE INVENTION OF THE COLOR PURPLE: A MIXTURE OF RED AND BLUE, OR POOR TASTE AND NEW MONEY. THEN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STALLONE DYNASTY ARRIVED THE PRINCESS OF THE KINGDOM: RIDLEY SCOTT. THREE YEARS AFTER ALIEN, STARRING A YOUNG, DRUNK, AGGRESSIVE NICK NOLTE WITH TWO MOUTHS, CAME BLADE RUNNER. NOT JUST A MOVIE BUT ANOTHER SOPHISTICATED CHILD'S SKETCH OF A FUTURE HOLLYWOOD THINKS IT CAN PREDICT. OH SHIT! WAS THAT GLOBAL WARMING?! HIDE THE THE DRUGS. ACCUMULATING LESS REVENUE THAN ONE NIGHT FOR STUDIO 54, THIS MOVIE STILL MANAGED TO RECEIVE CRITICAL PRAISE DUE TO THE MASSIVE SHIPMENTS ARRIVING NIGHTLY FROM MIAMI. "OH MY GOD DUDE. IT'S LIKE, FUCKING CARS CAN FLY AND DARRYL HANNAH'S A HOMELESS VAGRANT ANDROID. THE 80'S ARE FUCKIN' CHANGING THE WORLD BUDDY! PASS ME THAT BAG I WANNA HIT ONE BEFORE WE GET TO DORRIAN'S. THAT FUCKIN' STALL'S ALWAYS PACKED TO THE GILLS."

Saturday, July 19, 2008

THE DARK KNIGHT (HEATH LEDGER, THE JOKER, NICHOLSON LOSES, HEATH LEDGER, HEATH LEDGER ROCKS; 2008)


HOLY SAC BATMAN! SOMEONE FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. THE REAL JOKER, THE HOMICIDAL, WWII-UNCLE-SAM; THE DAPRAVED CLOWN CREATED IN 1940 HAS FINALLY BEEN BROUGHT TO LIFE.
"In his initial dozen or so appearances, starting with Batman #1 (1940), the Joker was a straightforward mass murderer, with a bizarre appearance modeled after the symbol of the Joker known from playing cards. He was slated to be killed in his second appearance,[5] but editor Whitney Ellsworth suggested that the character be spared. A hastily drawn panel, demonstrating that the Joker was still alive, was subsequently added to the comic.[6] For the next several appearances, the Joker often escaped capture but suffered an apparent death (falling off a cliff, being caught in a burning building, etc.), from which his body was not recovered. In these first dozen adventures, the Joker killed close to three dozen people." (I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW TO FOOTNOTE...QUOTE TAKEN FROM WIKIPEDIA AND ANY COOL GEEK OFF THE STREET EXCEPT WARREN G).
FEEDING OFF THE TEARS HE KNEW HE'D DRAW FROM FAT NICHOLSON AND JAKE GYLLENHAAL (THE ONLY QUEER IN BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN), HEATH LEDGER CREATED ONE OF THE BEST MOVIE CHARACTERS OF ALL TIME. PURE COLOMBIAN CAN'T ENTERTAIN MY BRAIN AS MUCH AS LEDGER'S "JOKER" DID IN THE DARK KNIGHT. HE MANAGED TO CREATE A CHARACTER WHO DELIVERED HUMOUR AND UNCONTROLLABLE, CALCULATED INSANITY BETTER THAN ANYONE I'VE SEEN ON SCREEN IN SO LONG, THAT THEY DESERVE TO BE FORGOTTEN. IF THIS MOVIE HAD BEEN GIVEN AN "R" RATING LEDGER WOULD'VE BANGED CLARICE STARLING AND MADE HANNIBAL LECTER SHIT FAVA BEANS ON HIS OWN FACE. I DON'T WANT TO PROVIDE ANY DETAILS ABOUT THIS MOVIE (THOUGH I'VE ALREADY SEEN IT TWICE), BECAUSE I'LL GET SO CARRIED AWAY I'LL KNOCK OUT A LOAD ON THIS KEYBOARD. THAT WOULDN'T NECESSARILY BE A PROBLEM IF THIS COMPUTER WERE MINE, NOT TO MENTION THE HOUSE I STUMBLED INTO TO WRITE THIS. IF I HAD ANY BACKGROUND IN FILM I'D TRY TO ARTICULATED HOW AMAZING THE DIRECTING, WRITING, SCORE AND OTHER ACTORS WERE AS WELL. HOWEVER, I DON'T SO I WON'T. A PERFORMANCE LIKE LEDGER'S SHOULD MAKE HOLLYWOOD THINK TWICE BEFORE IT CALLOUSLY UTTERS THE WORD "TALENTED" AGAIN. I GUESS WHILE EVERYONE ELSE IN L.A. WAS COLLECTING BABIES LIKE PICASSOS AND TELLING US FOR WHOM TO VOTE, THERE WERE A FEW ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOB. -TMJ

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

LEGENDS OF THE FALL (BRAD PITT, HANIBAL LECTOR, E.T. 'MO, TASTY PIECE; 1994)


THIS IS A PICTURE OF THE MOVIE JERK REVISING HIS CREATIVE GENIUS IN MY CABIN JUST SOUTH OF EAST ST. LOUIS. UNTIL THE MOVIE JERK REARED HIS FANTASTICAL HEAD, HE'D ONLY RETURNED TO THIS WOOD MANSION ONCE BEFORE. THAT WAS WHEN HE WAS BORN TO MIDGET BARONS, GOLD BARS, AND A VIRTUOUS STRIPPER NAMED JIZZABELLA CUMFACE (IN HER NATIVE ITALY IT'S PRONOUNCED COME-FA-CHAY.....WHO KNEW?). APPARENTLY, I WAS CONCEIVED ON THE HARD STEEL OF A WINDOWLESS VAN BY A DWARF HOOKER WITH THE INTEGRITY OF A MOOSE IN MATING SEASON. GOD DAMN THE SPRING AND ITS LOVESTRUCK PREDATORS. THAT WOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN MY AVERSION TO FLOWERS, TREES, THE SUN, AND ANYTHING I CAN'T FUCK SIDEWAYS. GOD BLESS MICROWAVES WHILE I'M BLESSING SHIT. MICROWAVES ARE THE CHEAPEST INCUBATOR OUT THERE FOR PREMATURE BIRTH. ALWAYS REMEMBER, DESPITE WHAT YOU HEAR IN THE GHETTO, "DEFROST" CAN CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE. WHERE ARE MY PILLS!!!!? OKILO DOKEY. MOVIES MOVIES MOVIES. LEGENDS OF THE FALL IS THE STORY OF A FAMILY TORN APART BY LOVE, LUST AND WORLD WAR 1, WHICH MADE IRAQ LOOK LIKE A TEA PARTY. IF YOU WATCH LEGENDS OF THE FALL, BRAVEHEART, AND LAST OF THE MOHICANS BACK TO BACK, YOU WILL CRY. OR DRINK. EITHER WAY YOU'LL DEFINITELY LOSE. SO WHAT'S NOT TO WIN? -TMJ (HELP IS ON THE WAY).

Sunday, July 13, 2008

THE WACKNESS (JOSH PECK, BEN KINGSLEY; 2008)


FINALLY SOMETHING GOOD HIT THIS SCREEN. THE WACKNESS FOCUSES ON A TEENAGE DRUG DEALER IN 1994 NEW YORK. VIRTUALLY CRIPPLED BY HIS INABILITY TO GET LAID, THE MAIN CHARACTER, SHAPIRO, ATTEMPTS TO FIND RELIEF IN THE "WISDOM" OF HIS SHRINK (BEN KINGSLEY). WHOM, I MIGHT ADD, HE PAYS WITH WEED. HOWEVER, WHEN HIS SHRINK'S DAUGHTER EXPRESSES INTEREST IN SHAPIRO, SHAPIRO'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE MERRY DOCTOR TAKES A COMPLICATED TURN FOR THE WORSE. THE MOVIE JERK ABSOLUTELY LOVED THIS MOVIE, THOUGH HE DID HAVE TROUBLE RELATING TO THE CHARACTERS. THIS IS MAINLY BECAUSE YOUR'S TRULY HAS BEEN HAVING SEX WITH EVERYTHING FROM SEASHELLS, TO STORM DRAINS, TO ELECTRICAL SOCKETS, TO ANYTHING ELSE HE CAN GET HIS PAWS ON SINCE THE RIPE AGE OF 9 AND 1 HALF. THE MOVIE JERK'S ALSO ANTI-DRUGS. UNLESS THEIR HIS DRUGS. IN WHICH CASE I'M VERY PRO DRUGS. UNTIL THEY'RE ALL GONE. WHEN AGAIN I BECOME ANTI-DRUGS. UNTIL I'M PAID. WHICH MAKES ME PRO DRUGS BUT STILL AGAINST OTHERS WHO ARE PRO DRUGS. WHICH MAKES ME AN ANTI-PRO-DRUG USE USER. AND A LIAR. JUST GIMMEE THE F#CKIN' DRUGS. I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR PROBLEMS. GOD DAMN IT! IF ONLY THIS DOOR HAD 15 MORE BOLTS AND 3 MORE PEEPHOLES I'D BE SAFE. I COULD REALLY SEE 'EM COMING! YOU HEAR ME!? I KNOW YOU'RE OUT THERE! GET BACK! I HAVE A CAT! AND I HAVEN'T FED HIM IN A WEEK! YOU WANT SOME OF THAT ACTION?! DO YOU, YOU BASTARDS! I'VE GOT THREE PEEPHOLES. ONE FOR EVERY SIDE OF THE DOOR!.....THE WACKNESS IS HYSTERICAL AND DELIGHTFUL. SEE IT TODAY. -TMJ

Thursday, July 10, 2008

NUMB (MATHEW PERRY, KEVIN POLLACK, LYNN COLLINS; 2007)


I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF POSTING A PICTURE OF MATHEW PERRY JUST TO PROVE HE'S STILL ALIVE. IN THIS PARTICULAR PHOTO PERRY IS CARRYING A BOX OF THE SCRIPTS/ROLES HE TURNED DOWN BEFORE FRIENDS WAS CANCELLED. ABSENT FROM THIS BOX, SOON TO BE HOME, IS THREE TO TANGO, SERVING SARA, HOOSIERS 2: SENIOR YEAR, AND THE RON CLARK STORY. ALL CINEMATIC MILESTONES THEMSELVES, IT'S NO SURPRISE THE JUICY SCRIPT FOR NUMB LANDED IN PERRY'S LAP. NUMB IS THE TYPE OF MOVIE YOU RENT DRUNK, WATCH HUNGOVER, AND FEEL ASHAMED OF AFTERWARD. IT'S LIKE IF YOU WERE AT A BAR, BEER-GOGGLED TO HELL AND BACK, AND ALL THE FAT GIRLS WERE THE MOVIE NUMB. "HEY BABY, YOU'RE HUUUGE. WHAT'D YOU DO? EAT MATHEW PERRY? HAHAHA. I'M JUST KIDDING, THAT'S A JOKE. WHY DON'T YOU POLISH OFF THAT SHOT OF POTATO CHIP AND GET IN THE CAR......WHOA,WHOA. UH, UH. THE TRUNK BABY, GET IN THE TRUNK. THAT'S RIGHT. WELCOME TO THE SELF-ESTEEM MACHINE." ANYWAY, NUMB IS THE STORY OF A SCREENWRITER WITH "ACUTE DEPERSONALIZATION DISORDER." APPARENTLY THIS DISORDER TURNS A PERSON INTO A SLIGHTLY DEPRESSED CHANDLER BING. HOWEVER, AFTER UNEXPECTEDLY FALLING IN LOVE, THE SCREENWRITER DECIDES TO TRY EVERY THERAPY IMAGINABLE IN ORDER TO WIN OVER THE OBJECT OF HIS AFFECTION. LAUGHTER ENSUES FOR PEOPLE WHO DON'T DESERVE TO LAUGH. STEER CLEAR. -TMJ

Wednesday, July 9, 2008

HANCOCK (WILL SMITH, JASON BATEMAN;2008)


WELL IT'S BEEN SIX MONTHS. TIME FOR WILL SMITH TO COLLECT ANOTHER 50 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS MOVIE WOULD'VE CARRIED MUCH MORE WEIGHT HAD IT CAST MY FIRST PICK FOR HANCOCK, RUTGER HAUER, OR AS HE WAS KNOWN IN THE 80'S: "GERMAN STEELE ." NOT ONLY WAS RUTGER HAUER THE MOST PROLIFIC ACTOR OF THE 20TH CENTURY HE'S ALSO FLUENT IN LATIN, WHICH IS IRRELEVANT....BUT SHOULD IT BE? UNFORTUNATELY WHEN I PITCHED RUTGER HAUER TO SONY PICTURES I ACCIDENTALLY PRESENTED CLIPS FROM SPLIT SECOND (1992) AS OPPOSED TO HIS ALMOST OSCAR NOMINATED PERFORMANCE IN BLIND FURY. IN CASE YOU FOOLISHLY FORGOT, BLIND FURY WAS THE 1989 CLASSIC IN WHICH HAUER PLAYED A BLIND SAMURAI EXPRESSING EXTRAORDINARY EMOTIONAL INSIGHT. I BELIEVE THE TAG LINE FOR BLIND FURY WAS: IF JUSTICE IS BLIND YOU BETTER PRAY HE'S NOT YOUR JUDGE. I JUST SHED A TEAR. ANYWAY, THE NET WORTH OF A SMALL COUNTRY LATER, WE GOT WILL SMITH. IT'S CHEAPER TO ACQUIRE SNUFF PORN THAN THIS GUY. IN HANCOCK, SMITH PLAYS AN AIRBORNE ALCOHOLIC SUPERHERO WHO'S DOESN'T HIDE HIS IDENTITY. IF THERE'S ONE THING MORE DANGEROUS THAN DRIVING DRUNK IT'S FLYING DRUNK (SEE J.F.K. JR.). AFTER COSTING L.A. MILLIONS IN DAMAGES, A GRATEFUL TOP P.R. EXEC, WHOSE LIFE HANCOCK SAVED, DECIDES TO HELP HIM CHANGE HIS IMAGE. HOWEVER, JUST WHEN THE PUBLIC BEGINS TO LOVE HANCOCK A PLOT TWIST FUCKS EVERYTHING UP AGAIN. I MIGHT ADD THE PLOT TWIST IS ABSURD. IF YOU HAVE AN I.Q. BELOW 95 YOU'LL PROBABLY SEE THIS TWICE. IF YOU'RE A FUNCTIONING MEMBER OF SOCIETY ONE VIEWING SHOULD BE MORE THAN ENOUGH.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

WANTED (JAMES MCAVOY, ANGELINA JOLIE-VOIGHT-PITT, MORGAN "I'M ACTUALLY A WHITE MAN IT'S JUST THE LIGHTING" FREEMAN; 2008)


TO YOUR LEFT IS AN IMAGE OF ANGELINA-JOLIE SITTING BY THE MOVIE JERK'S BEDSIDE. (I LIVE IN BLACK AND WHITE. KEEPS ME HONEST). SHE'S THINKING, "WHY DID I SLEEP WITH THIS CLOWN? HE SMELLS LIKE A GARGOYLE AND I'M PRETTY SURE HE ONLY PRETENDED TO PUT ON THAT CONDOM." SENSING HER STRESS I AWAKE, STARE DEEP INTO HER EYES AND SAY, "WELL LAST NIGHT DEFINITELY MADE UP FOR THE SHIT MOVIE YOU CRANKED OUT WITH THAT SCOTTISH GEEK. HOWEVER, I STILL DON'T KNOW IF I CAN - FUCK ME! WHERE'D THAT ASIAN KID COME FROM!? NEVER MIND. LIKE I WAS SAYING, I STILL DON'T KNOW IF I CAN GIVE YOU A GOOD REVIEW. MAYBE IF YOU PUT THE GUN DOWN AND GRAB THE JERK SOME ALKA SELTZER FROM THE BATHROOM I'LL THINK ABOUT IT. I SAID GOD DAMN. ALL THAT HUMPIN' GAVE ME SOME GAS." EVEN AFTER RAIDING THAT TOMB THOUGH THE MOVIE JERK MUST MAINTAIN HIS INTEGRITY AND PROVIDE AND HONEST REVIEW/OPINION/TRUE NONSENSE. WANTED IS THE STORY OF A LEAGUE OF RIDICULOUS ASSASSINS. APPARENTLY THEIR HEARTS CAN BEAT 400 TIMES A MINUTE WHEN THEY'RE THREATENED. THIS RAPID HEARTBEAT CAUSES THEY'RE ADRENAL GLANDS TO LEAK WORSE THAN A FRESHMAN WITH THE CLAP. THIS "TALENT" ENABLES THESE ASSASSINS TO JUMP OF BUILDINGS, "CURVE BULLETS," SHOOT THE WINGS OFF FLIES AND DESTROY CITY STREETS AND CAREERS. IF THIS MOVIE TOOK PLACE IN THE MATRIX IT MIGHT'VE BEEN DECENT. HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE THIS BULLSHIT TAKES PLACE IN THE REAL WORLD, IT SUCKS. - HAPPY 4TH. BE SURE TO SWERVE FOR TREES AND PEDESTRIANS. -TMJ

Tuesday, July 1, 2008

BLUE VELVET (DENNIS HOPPER, DAVID LYNCH'S PEOPLE OF THE NIGHT;1986)


SOME WOULD SAY THIS MOVIE EXHIBITS CLASSIC ELEMENTS OF FILM NOIR AND SURREALISM. IN 1986 THE MOVIE JERK WAS QUOTED AS SAYING, "LYNCH'S LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT IS LIKE A GIANT SPOONFUL OF FECAL PEANUT BUTTER WASHED DOWN WITH A WARM GLASS OF THICK PISS." THE POINT I WAS TRYING TO MAKE WAS THAT ANYBODY CAN SAY AND DO WEIRD SHIT. ONLY DAVID LYNCH GETS PRAISED FOR IT. WELL, HE AND STEVE-O. APPARENTLY THIS EXPLORATION OF A SMALL TOWN'S PERVERSE CRIMINAL UNDERBELLY REJUVENATED DENNIS HOPPER'S LAGGING CAREER. HOWEVER, I'M PRETTY SURE IT WAS HOPPER'S EARLY 80'S REHAB STINT THAT PROVIDED HIM WITH THE NECESSARY MENTAL CLARITY TO READ A SCRIPT, NOT TO MENTION PROPERLY REGURGITATE IT ON CAMERA. LORD KNOWS HOPPER COULDN'T FORM A FUCKING SENTENCE FOR ABOUT 14 YEARS AFTER THE PREMIERE OF EASY RIDER. GOD BLESS YOU HOLLYWOOD AND YOUR 17 CHANCES. ON A 100% COMPLETELY SERIOUS NOTE THOUGH, IF YOU REALLY WANT TO SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF A LOVED ONE, INVITE THEM OVER FOR A HOME-COOKED ASPARAGUS DINNER AND A MIDNIGHT SHOWING OF BLUE VELVET. BE SURE TO ANSWER THE DOOR WEARING NOTHING BUT A BANANA PEEL AND YOUR COOLEST, MOST DISTURBING GRIN. CIAO FOR NOW - TMJ

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

THE MOVIE JERK WILL BE POSTING TONIGHT ON SOMETHING YOU'D NEVER WATCH ANYWAY. WRITE LIKE YOU TALK. THINK LIKE YOU SPEAK. -TMJ

Saturday, June 21, 2008

GET SMART (STEVE CARELL, A ROCK, ANNE HATHAWAY;2008)


STEVE CARELL IS SUCH A NICE GUY ISN'T HE? I WAS HOPING ANNE HATHAWAY, THAT COW-EYED HUMOR MINE, WOULD'VE CHOSEN MY SCRIPT OVER GET SMART. IT DIDN'T REQUIRE MUCH CHARACTER DEPTH AND WAS APTLY TITLED, THE DEVIL WEARS ANNE HATHAWAY. HOWEVER I SETTLED FOR THIS LOVELY LITTLE REMAKE. A ROCK'S IN THIS. YES HE IS. AREN'T YOU? YOU HORRIBLE ACTOR. STEVE CARELL PLAYS A BUMBLING SECRET AGENT BETTER THAN ANYONE. EVEN WITH THIS LACKLUSTER SCRIPT THE MOVIE JERK STILL RECOMMENDS SEEING THIS TONIGHT IF YOU LIKE STEVE CARELL, OR ANNE HATHAWAY, OR A ROCK I SUPPOSE. GOOD LUCK.

Tuesday, June 17, 2008

THE HAPPENING (MARK WAHLBERG, ZOOEY DESCHANEL, ASHLYN SANCHEZ, TREES, THE WIND;2008)



THAT MY DEAR FANS IS A PICTURE OF THE MOVIE JERK AVOIDING HIGH GAS PRICES BY RUNNING TO SOUTHAMPTON TO AVOID THE HORRORS OF A WEEKEND STUCK IN MANHATTAN. WELL, THAT AND/OR AVOIDING ANOTHER DUI. GOD. I CAN PRACTICALLY TASTE HARLEM IT’S SO HOT. QUICK EVERYONE! TO THE JITNEY BEFORE THEY HEAR US! AHHH YES. M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN: INDIAN. GIVER. MOVER. SHAKER. BAD FILM MAKER. JUST AS I SUSPECTED, M, AS HE’S REFERRED TO BY THE SUPERCOOL, HAS MADE ANOTHER EXCELLENT PREVIEW FOLLOWED BY ANOTHER TERRIBLE MOVIE. M, YOU ARE THE COAL IN MY STOCKING. THE RASH ON MY ASS. THE PIMP WHO CLAIMS I DIDN’T PAY HIM. THE FAT GIRL I WAS TOO NICE TO AND THE SKINNY ONE I CAN’T AFFORD. STOP FUCKING ME WITH YOUR TRAILERS AND PAY BRUCE WILLIS TO BRING YOU A HIT. THIS MOVIE IS BASICALLY AN INDEPENDENT HORROR FILM ABOUT THE DANGERS OF GLOBAL WARMING. LITERALLY. I CAN’T SAY ANYMORE IN CASE YOU ACCIDENTALLY FALL INTO A THEATER AND WATCH THIS ATROCITY.

Saturday, June 14, 2008

THE INCREDIBLE HULK TOO (NOT ERIC BANA, NOT JENNIFER CONNELLY, SAME GREEN MACHINE;2008)


THE IMAGE TO YOUR LEFT IS ACTUALLY OF THE MOVIE JERK WATCHING THE INCREDIBLE HULK. THIS IS THE WORST MOVIE I'VE SEEN SINCE IN THE BEDROOM. THERE'S NOTHING QUITE AS COOL AS MAKING THE EXACT SAME MOVIE TWICE. THE FIRST WAS BANG LEE'S 2003 DISASTER, HULK. IN THIS ONE, DR. BRUCE BANNER IS HIDING IN THE FAVELAS OF BRAZIL ATTENDING GAMMA ANONYMOUS MEETINGS AND DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A CURE FOR BEING THE COOLEST GUY AT THE BAR:


BANNER: WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE OUT OF BLUE MOON?

BARTENDER: YOU SEE THAT KEG OVER THERE CHIEF? IT'S TAPPED. THAT'S WHAT I MEAN.

BANNER: DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM!? YOU WON'T LIKE ME WHEN I'M ANGRY!

BARTENDER: I REALLY DON'T LIKE YOU ANYWAY. HOW 'BOUT A BUD LIGHT?

BANNER: AAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRGH!

BARTENDER: YO MAN. YOU LOOK PRETTY GREEN. IF YOU'RE GONNA PUKE DO IT OUT SIDE.

BANNER: HULK SMASH!

BARTENDER: NOT BEFORE "HULK" PAYS TAB ASSHOLE.


ANYWAY, LIKE I SAID, BANNER IS ON THE RUN, HIDING IN BRAZIL. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE UNFAMILIAR WITH BRAZIL, THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF SKINNY, WHITE, AMERICAN MALES OVER THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 90 MINUTES. SO UNLESS BANNER WERE THE HULK FULL TIME, THE GOVERNMENT WOULD NEVER FIND HIM IN BRAZIL BECAUSE HE WOULD'VE BEEN CHOPPED UP AND STIRRED INTO A BATCH OF COCAINE. ONLY TO BE SHIPPED BACK TO AMERICA ON "GO FAST" BOATS AND SNORTED BY TOMMY LEE. SUBJECTING US TO ANOTHER 50 YEARS OF HORRIBLE DRUMMING.


THE REST OF THIS MOVIE IS THE EXACT SAME AS 2003'S HULK EXCEPT WITHOUT THE SPECIAL TREAT OF NICK NOLTE. THIS MOVIE IS MUY MUY BAD.

Friday, June 13, 2008

FUNNY GAMES (NAOMI WATTS, TIM ROTH, MICHAEL PITT; 2008 A.D.)


THIS FOOD BABY WAS ABOUT A FUN AS PASSING A KIDNEY STONE. IN THIS TERRIBLE PIECE, TWO CLOWNS IN TENNIS WHITES INVADE WEALTHY SUMMER HOMES AND KILL ENTIRE FAMILIES VIA THEIR SICK GAMES. NATURALLY LAW ENFORCEMENT IS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND THROUGHOUT THE FILM. APPARENTLY NO ONE NOTICES WHEN THE ENTIRE POPULATION OF FISHER'S ISLAND FALLS OFF THE MAP. ASSININE. OUR CULPRITS ARE TWO WELL SPOKEN, WEIRD GEEKS IN TENNIS WHITES WHO COME TO PEOPLE'S FRONT DOORS AND POLITELY ASK FOR EGGS. WHAT FUCKING PRODUCER IS GREENLIGHTING THIS SHIT? WHEN SOMEONE SHOWS UP TO THE MOVIE JERK'S DOOR UNANNOUNCED ASKING FOR EGGS I ASSUME HE, OR SHE, IS ONE OF A FEW THINGS:


A. HE'S SOME FUCKING 'MO I ACCIDENTLY CONVERSED WITH THE PREVIOUS NIGHT WHEN HE APPEARED TO BE A WOMAN.


B. MY DEALER CALLED IN SICK AND SENT HIS COUSIN JULIO.


C. IT'S AN EX-GIRLFRIEND I DATED FOR 3 WEEKS IN BLACK OUT. SHE EITHER WANTS HER GOLDFISH BACK OR IS TRYING TO SLAP A FUCK ON BEFORE WORK.


D. MY CHILD.


KEEP YOUR DOOR SHUT. DON'T TALK TO STRANGERS AND DON'T RENT THIS HUNK OF CRAP.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

CASSANDRA'S DREAM (COLIN FARRELL, EWAN "SHOULD BE 'IAN'" MCGREGOR, SLUTES, PILLS, MURDER, AND A BOAT NAMED CASSANDRA'S DREAM;2008)


ISN'T ACTING SOOO GREAT? MWHHAHAAHAHA. IN GREEK MYTHOLOGY CASSANDRA WAS THE LOVE INTEREST OF APOLLO. WHOM I RESEMBLE. IN ORDER TO GET CASSANDRA TO GAG ON HIS SUNBEAM APOLLO GIVES CASSANDRA THE GIFT OF PROPHECY. THE MODERN EQUIVALENT OF WHICH IS STRONG HALLUCINOGENS. "DAS RIGHT BABY, WE GOING TO THA STARS." ANYWAY, WHEN CASSANDRA STILL DOESN'T EXPRESS INTEREST IN THE SUN GOD, HE PUTS A CURSE ON HER. THE CURSE IS THAT NOBODY WILL EVER BELIEVE CASSANDRAS'S PROPHECIES THOUGH THEY BE TRUE. SO FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE SHE WALKS AROUND GREECE BABBLING ABOUT TROJAN HORSES AND WARS COMING AND GLORY HOLES DOWNTOWN AND THE LIKE. BASICALLY SHE BECOMES SHARON STONE. THE POINT OF THIS HISTORY LESSON IS THAT CASSANDRA'S DREAM IS NOT A GOOD NAME FOR A BOAT. YET LEAVE IT TO 2 DRUNK IRISH ACTORS TO NAME THEIR SAILBOAT AFTER A CURSED GREEK PRUDE. SURE ENOUGH, AFTER OUR TWO STARS, WHO ARE BROTHERS, NAME THEIR NEW BOAT THEIR LIVES FALL TO SHIT. IN THIS MOVIE FARRELL PLAYS A DEGENERATE GAMBLER / PILL POPPING DRUNK. BASICALLY HIMSELF BUT POOR. MCGREGOR IS JUST HAPPY TO BE WORKING. WHEN THEIR FINANCIAL STRAITS BECOME A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND FARELL FALLS INTO DEBT WITH THE WRONG PEOPLE, THE 2 BROTHERS TURN TO THEIR RICH UNCLE FOR QUICK CASH. HOWEVER, HE ASKS FOR A FAVOR IN RETURN. A FAVOR WHICH SHATTERS EACH BROTHER'S MORAL COMPASS AND REDEFINES THEIR BONDS TO FAMILY, MONEY, AND WOMEN. TMJ GIVES WOODY ALLEN'S LATEST 15 STARS AND A CUPCAKE WITH A TRICK CANDLE.

Monday, June 2, 2008

NATIONAL TREASURE 2: BOOK OF SECRETS (NICOLAS CAGE, ED HARRIS, JON VOIGHT, DIANE KRUGER, GROSSLY DISTORTED HISTORY;2007)


REPORTER: "MR. CAGE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY ASKING YOU ABOUT THE RUMOURS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY JESUS CHRIST."

CAGE: "WELL BARBARA. THOUGH I'M NOT ACTUALLY J.C. I CAN SEE HOW PEOPLE MIGHT CONFUSE US. FIRST OF ALL, LIKE JESUS, I'M VERY MODEST. I OWN 13 HOMES AROUND THE WORLD BUT THEY'RE ALL SOLAR POWERED. EVEN THE CASTLE IN SCOTLAND. GRANTED I HAD TO BY ULTRA-VIOLET LAMPS TO HEAT THE SOLAR PANELS BECAUSE IT'S ALWAYS RAINING OVER THERE. HOWEVER, THE POINT IS, I DEPRIVE MYSELF OF REAL ELECTRICITY TO HELP FEED THE MASSES. A LOT OF ACTORS WOULDN'T DO THAT. SECONDLY, I CARE ABOUT THE HOMELESS. JUST THE OTHER DAY I GAVE THIS UNFORTUNATE LITTLE THING THE KEYS TO MY BENTLEY. BECAUSE I DON'T CARE ABOUT MATERIAL POSSESSIONS BARB. THE LOOK IN HIS EYES WAS SO MUCH MORE REWARDING THEN A 250,000 DOLLAR PIECE OF MACHINERY...AND I'LL NEVER FORGET WHAT HE SAID TO ME BEFORE HE SPED THROUGH 4 RED LIGHTS. HE LOOKED AT ME OVER THE PASSENGER DOOR AND YELLED, 'YO, AIN'T YOU THE MOTHAFUCKA FROM FACEBOOK?' TO WHICH I REPLIED, 'NO MY FRIEND. THAT WAS FACE-OFF.' FACE-OFF WAS A BLOCKBUSTER I HEADLINED IN 1997. I'M SURE YOU REMEMBER. THIRDLY, I OFTEN WORK WITH APOSTLES, SUCH AS JOHN TRAVOLTA AND LOUIS GOSSETT JR. WHO I MIGHT ADD ALSO DOUBLES AS MY 'BLACK FRIEND.' KIND OF LIKE A 2 FOR 1 DEAL AT DENNY'S BUT FAR MORE MEANINGFUL. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, I DO HAVE MUCH IN COMMON WITH THE SON OF GOD BUT HOPEFULLY PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE I'D BE SO ARROGANT AS TO CLAIM TO BE HIM. HAHAHA. GOOD QUESTION THOUGH BARB."

REPORTER: "WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR LATEST FILM, THE SEQUEL TO NATIONAL TREASURE?"

CAGE: "WELL...HMMM. I CLASHED A LOT WITH THE DIRECTOR WHICH IS WHY I SHAVED MY SIDEBURNS TO ONCE AGAIN PLAY DR. GATES."

REPORTER: "THAT DOESN'T REALLY MAKE ANY SENSE..."

CAGE: NEITHER DOES NATIONAL TREASURE 2.

REPORTER: 2 SHAY.

-TMJ

Sunday, June 1, 2008

THE STRANGERS (LIV TYLER, SCOTT SPEEDMAN;2008)


"GOD DAMN IT LIV, I TOLD YOU I DON'T DO WELL AT THESE FUCKING COCKTAIL PARTIES....WELL, IF HE'S NOT GONNA GIVE ME THE TOYOTA ACCOUNT WILLINGLY, LET'S SEE HOW ARTICULATE HE IS WHEN I STICK THIS FUCKING SHOT GUN DOWN HIS THROAT...YOU READY FOR THAT SWIMMING POOL YOU ALWAYS WANTED BABY?...EVERYBODY GET DOWN ON THE FUCKING GROUND AND NO ONE'LL GET HURT!" FINALLY A DECENT HORROR MOVIE. THE WRITER/DIRECTOR DOES A GREAT JOB OF BUILDING THE MAIN CHARACTERS SO THE VIEWER ACTUALLY CARES ABOUT THE VICTIMS. THERE ARE NO GHOSTS OR FICTIONAL CREATURES. JUST 3 HOMICIDAL MANIACS WHO REALLY DON'T LIKE STRANGERS. THE ENTIRE MOVIE CENTERS AROUND BUILDING SUSPENSE AND DOES A VERY GOOD JOB. THERE ARE A FEW PREDICTABLE SHOCKERS BUT NOT ENOUGH TO RUIN THE MOVIE BY ANY MEANS. IF YOU WANT A GOOD SCARE THE STRANGERS IS FAR MORE FRIGHTENING THAN SEX IN THE CITY.

Friday, May 30, 2008

STAYED TUNED FOR THE MOVIE JERK'S REVIEW OF THE STRANGERS. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH "THE STRANGER." WHICH ALSO ROCKS!

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART II (RICKY SHRODER, BENJAMIN BRATT, WILL, TOKEN BLACK FEMALE DOCTOR, TOKEN GAY SOLDIER, TOKEN ASIAN SCIENTIST;2008)




DUM DUM DUM. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN RETURNED FOR PART II ON TUESDAY EVENING TO SHOVE MORE LIBERAL SHIT DOWN OUR THROATS. WAS THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN A MESSAGE FROM OUR FUTURE SELVES? ONCE DECODED, WAS IT A REQUEST FOR NATURAL RESOURCES WE'D BURNT OUT IN THE FUTURE AND COULD ONLY REACQUIRE FROM THE PAST? DID AL GORE TRAVEL INTO THE FUTURE TO WITNESS THE EFFECTS OF GLOBAL WARMING!? THEN PROCEED TO GET STUCK THERE? IS HE TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH US? IS IT A KILLER ALIEN VIRUS? OR IS IT THE BUTT-UGLY CHICK IN THIS PHOTO WITH THE KID FROM SILVER SPOONS? WHO BY THE WAY HAD THE BEST LINE IN THE ENTIRE MOVIE:


TOKEN DOCTOR: "YOU GOT A GIRL BACK HOME?"


RICK SHRODER MAN-DECODER: "I WON'T TELL IF YOU DON'T ASK..."


DID THEY REALLY HAVE TO MAKE THIS GUY A GAY? THAT WAS ABOUT THE TIME THE MOVIE JERK THREW A BEER AT THE SCREEN AND STARTED BOOING HIS ZENITH TELEVISION SET. I GUESS OLD RICKY DOESN'T HAVE MUCH CHOICE IN HIS ROLES THOUGH. IT COULDN'T HAVE BEEN EASY GOING FROM SILVER SPOONS TO SILVER POONS. THE SECOND HALF WASN'T NEARLY AS COOL AS THE FIRST. HOWEVER, IF YOU CAN IGNORE THE UNDERLYING AGENDA OF THE SCREEN WRITERS THIS MOVIE'S STILL WORTH RENTING WHEN IT ARRIVES ON DVD.


Tuesday, May 27, 2008

THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN PART 1 (RICKY SHRODER, BENJAMIN BRATT, ERIC MCCORMACK;2008)




TO YOUR LEFT IS A PICTURE OF RICKY SHRODER. ONE OF THE TOP SCIENTISTS HIRED TO FIND A CURE FOR AN ALIEN VIRUS KNOWN AS ANDROMEDA. IF THIS MOVIE WERE AT ALL REALISTIC EVERYONE WOULD ALREADY BE DEAD. YOU DON'T CURE DEADLY VIRUSES WITH NAKED CANNONBALLS OR SILVER SPOONS. THE ANDROMEDA STRAIN IS A VIRUS PICKED UP IN SPACE BY AN AMERICAN SATELLITE. ANDROMEDA INDUCES BLOOD CLOTTING, AS WELL AS HOMICIDAL AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR. WHICH MAKES ME SUSPECT "ANDROMEDA" IS ACTUALLY A LARGE SHIPMENT OF PCP. FOR THOSE OF YOU UNFAMILIAR WITH PCP, IT'S THE DRUG TO WHICH MOST MARVEL SUPERHEROES ARE ADDICTED. IT MAKES YOU FEEL NO PAIN, PROVIDES A FALSE SENSE OF INVINCIBILITY, AND CAUSES YOU TO BELIEVE YOU CAN FLY. IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY. THE FIRST HALF OF THIS REMAKE PREMIERED LAST NIGHT ON A&E NETWORK AND I MUST SAY I WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED. IT WAS PRETTY CLOSE TO A REAL MOVIE. AND FREE. WILL FROM WILL & GRACE PLAYS A HETEROSEXUAL JOURNALIST IN THIS. HOWEVER, EVERY TIME A TENSE ACTION SCENE BREAKS OUT HE RUNS FOR A GLASS OF CHARDONNAY, SITS DOWN, PATS HIS BROW WITH A POLKA-DOT HANDKERCHIEF, AND STARTS TELLING ANYONE WHO WILL LISTEN ABOUT WHAT A "CRAZTHY WAZY" DAY HE'S HAVING. THE ENTIRE MOVIE PLAYS TONIGHT ON A&E. CHECK THE TIMES AND BE SURE TO TUNE IN.

Monday, May 26, 2008

The Flock (Richard Gere, Claire Danes;2007)


NEEDLESS TO SAY, AUDIENCES DID NOT "FLOCK" TO THIS DISTANT COUSIN OF 8MM (NICK CAGE). RICHARD GERE IS OBVIOUSLY TRYING TO BECOME UNFAMOUS. HIS PLAN OF MAKING VERY BAD MOVIES SEEMS TO BE WORKING. WITHIN TWO YEARS HE WILL MOST CERTAINLY BE WRITTEN OFF AS TALENTLESS BOX-OFFICE RUST WITH A PERMA-SQUINT AND POOR TEMPER. IN THIS MODERN MIRACLE, GERE PLAYS ERROL BABBAGE (PRONOUNCE "CABBAGE" WITH A "B"). ERROL TRACKS SEX OFFENDERS. FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT FAMILIAR WITH PEOPLE IN THIS OCCUPATION I WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN EXAMPLE OF THEIR DUTIES. THEY FREQUENTLY BARGE IN YOUR HOUSE AND ASK YOU HOW YOU'RE DOING, WHERE YOU'RE WORKING, IS IT NEAR A SCHOOL, DO YOU SPEND TOO MUCH TIME IN TOY STORES OR THE WOMEN'S LINGERIE SECTION OF THE MALL AND SIMILAR QUESTIONS TO PUT THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITY AT EASE. AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT BUILDING SWING SETS IN LOCAL PLAYGROUNDS YOU SHOULD BE ALRIGHT. HOWEVER, EVERY NOW AND THEN THESE INSPECTORS ARRIVE AT YOUR HOME UNANNOUNCED AND ASK SOME PRETTY TRICKY QUESTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE THEY MIGHT SHOVE A PHOTO OF A TEENAGE GIRL IN YOUR FACE AND SCREAM, "MR. JERK, HAVE YOU SEEN THIS GIRL? HER NAME IS ANGELA. SHE'S THE CAPTAIN OF HER SOCCER TEAM, AN HONOUR STUDENT AND WENT MISSING 2 DAYS AGO." TO WHICH MR. JERK WOULD RESPOND, "NO SIR. THAT'S NOT EVEN MY BED IN THE PHOTO AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TIE KNOTS LIKE THAT. THOUGH MAYBE WE SHOULD TAKE THIS OUT TO THE PATIO. I'VE LOCKED MY MINIATURE COLLIE IN THE BEDROOM AND YOUR LOUD VOICE IS MAKING HER WHIMPER." "MINIATURE COLLIES CAN'T SAY, 'HELP ME!' MR. JERK..." "UM...YOU KNOW, NOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT, I MAY HAVE SEEN THAT BED IN MY UNCLE'S HOUSE IN NANTUCKET. YOU SHOULD REALLY TALK TO HIM." AND SO ON. ANYWAY, IN THE FLOCK BABBAGE BECOMES OBSESSED WITH HIS MORE EXTREME CLIENTS AND BARELY KEEPS HIMSELF IN CHECK FROM USING HIS "UNORTHODOX" METHODS. HOWEVER, WHEN A YOUNG GIRL GOES MISSING, ALL BETS ARE OFF. CLAIRE DANES REALLY DIDN'T NEED TO BE IN THIS MOVIE. I GIVE IT ONE CORNER OF ONE STAR. -TMJ

Thursday, May 22, 2008

INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL (HARRISON FORD, SHIA LEBEOUF, KAREN ALLEN, CATE BLANCHETT, PHOTO OF SEAN CONNERY;2008)



I KNEW IT. THE MINUTE HARRISON FORD REMOVED HIS GOD DAMN EARRING HE STARTED MAKING GOOD DECISIONS AGAIN. NO MORE RANDOM HEARTS OR SIX DAYS SEVEN NIGHTS. THANK GOD FORD DIDN’T DESTROY HIS REPUTATION AFTER K-19: THE WIDOW MAKER BY DOING SOMETHING STUPID. YOU KNOW, LIKE GET CAUGHT ASPHYXIATING HIMSELF WITH A WHIP WHILE MASTURBATING IN A HOTEL ROOM WEARING NOTHING BUT A FEDORA. I’M PRETTY SURE THAT WOULD’VE HALTED THE INDIANA JONES VEHICLE. STAY COOL MICHAEL HUTCHENCE. YOU KNOW YOU SUCKED LONG BEFORE YOU DIED. LET’S NOT PRETEND WE CARED. THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL DOESN’T CHANGE THE INDIANA JONES FORMULA ONE BIT. THE STORY MIGHT BE A LITTLE MORE FAR-FETCHED THAN USUAL BUT LUCAS AND SPIELBERG ALREADY SET THE BAR PRETTY HIGH WITH THE FIRST THREE JONE’S ADVENTURES. THE ACTION SCENES ARE VERY LONG BUT NEVER DULL, LIKE LITTLE MOVIES IN THEMSELVES. THE PLOT DOES INVOLVE ALIENS, POSSIBLY INDY’S BASTARD CHILD, COMMUNISM, RUSSIANS, AND NUCLEAR WEAPONRY. THE STORY DOES HAVE A COUPLE HOLES BUT IT GENERALLY WORKS. THE OPENING DOESN’T WASTE ANY TIME GETTING INTO OLD SCHOOL JONESERY. AS LONG AS YOU DON’T EXPECT IT TO BE AS GOOD AS THE FIRST THREE JONE’S FILMS, YOU’RE IN FOR A GOOD ADVENTURE MOVIE. I'll STOP THERE BEFORE I RUIN THE PLOT. SEE THIS TONIGHT. -TMJ
P.S.
THE INCOHERENT ASIAN KID FROM TEMPLE OF DOOM REPRISES HIS ROLE IN THE NEW JONES. IT'S NOT SO BAD THOUGH. HE'S OBVIOUSLY BEEN WORKING WITH A VOICE & DICTION COACH AND HE'S WEARING SO MUCH MAKE-UP HE LOOKS LIKE SHIA LEBEOUF.
CATE BLANCHETT’S STILL HOT AS A RUSSIAN WITH A HORRIBLE HAIRCUT.
KAREN ALLEN AGES WORSE THAN WARM MILK.
SEAN CONNERY’S AN ASSHOLE.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

THE ROAD WARRIOR (MEL GIBSON, BRUCE SPENCE;1982)


THERE'S A FEW THINGS ABOUT WHICH THE MOVIE JERK IS VERY PASSIONATE. ONE IS LUNCHBOXES: THE BRIEFCASE OF THE TODDLER AND THE WORKING CLASS. THE SECOND IS YACHTING: BECAUSE I CAN. THE THIRD IS TIME WARNER CABLE: EMPLOYING THE HOMELESS SINCE 1989. AND FINALLY, THE ROAD WARRIOR. AFTER A NUCLEAR BLAST DESTROYS AUSTRALIA, THE REMAINING POPULATION TURNS INTO RAPISTS, MURDERERS, AND CANNIBALS WHO WOULD DECAPITATE THEIR FELLOW MAN FOR A GALLON OF GASOLINE. NOT UNLIKE 2008. HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THE DANGEROUS NOMADIC LIFESTYLE, OR RADIATION THAT'S FRIGHTENING. IT'S THE FACT THAT APPARENTLY AFTER A NUCLEAR BOMB EXPLODES, THE WORLD WILL TURN INTO PROVINCETOWN, MASSACHUSETTS AND THE ONLY CLOTHING TO SURVIVE THE BLAST WILL BE SILVER-STUDDED LEATHER SPEEDOS AND ASS-LESS CHAPS. LUCKILY MEL GIBSON, OUR LORD AND SAVIOR, WILL DESTROY THESE S&M MONSTERS, AND RETURN US TO A CIVILIZATION BASED ON TRADITIONAL VALUES....SUCH AS LUNCH BOXES, YACHTING, AND TIME WARNER CABLE. GREAT ACTION IN THIS CLASSIC BUT IT DEFINITELY GETS WEIRDER EVERY TIME I SEE IT.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

PREMONITION (SANDRA BULLOCK, JULIAN MCMAHON;2007)


THE PICTURE TO YOUR LEFT IS ACTUALLY THE MOVIE JERK BEFORE, AFTER, AND DURING SEX. NOTICE THE EXPRESSION. TO ME IT SAYS "SURE, I'M PRETENDING TO BE ASLEEP. AND I KNOW YOU'RE DISAPPOINTED BABE. I ALSO KNOW YOU'RE STILL IN THE HOUSE (NOT TO MENTION THE BED). BUT MAYBE, JUST MAYBE, YOU COULD BE THAT SPECIAL ONE-IN-A-MILLION GIRL AND TAKE THE FUCKIN' HINT: I'M DONE. AND UNLESS YOU COME WITH BEER, IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO GET THE FUCK OUTTA YOUR HOUSE AND LET ME GET SOME GODDAMN REST." SORRY. THAT WAS JUST THE ROMANTIC IN ME COMING OUT. ANYWAY, 2007 WAS NOT A GOOD YEAR. THIS MOVIE DIDN'T MAKE IT ANY BETTER. I'VE GOT OUT OF BED 3 TIMES THIS YEAR INCLUDING TODAY. THE FIRST TIME I GOT OUT OF BED I HEARD SIDEBURNS WENT OUT OF STYLE AND WERE NOW ONLY POPULAR IN THE GAY COMMUNITY. ON THE SECOND DAY OF "FUCKTHIS," MY TOILET WAS OVERFLOWING AND I DECIDED TO SHIT THE BED. ON THE THIRD DAY I HEARD SANDRA BULLOCK'S LATEST GIFT TO WORLD PULLED IN 47 MILLION DOLLARS. THIS MOVIE'S ABOUT AS COOL AS HAVING 1 LINE OF COKE: FOR 10 MINUTES YOU THINK YOU'RE GOOD FOR THE NIGHT. NEXT THING YOU KNOW YOU'RE READY TO AXE A MOTHERFUCKER FOR 60 BUCKS AND HIS CAR KEYS. IF YOU WANT A SYNOPSIS OF THE PIECE OF SHIT GO TO YAHOO. ALL I'M GOING TO TELL YOU IS THAT IT SUCKS. -TMJ

Thursday, May 15, 2008

POINT BREAK (KEANU REEVES, PATRICK SWAYZE, GARY BUSEY;1991)


BEER ME!.... TO YOUR LEFT I POSTED A DIGITALLY ENHANCED PHOTO OF MR. JOSHUA (SEE LETHAL WEAPON). HE WAS LAST SEEN ON THE SET OF UNDER SIEGE IN 1992. FORTUNATELY FOR YOU, ME, AND ESPECIALLY GARY "THE GRAVY" BUSEY, POINT BREAK 2 RECENTLY GOT THE GREEN LIGHT FOR A 2009 RELEASE. MEANING BUSEY CAN DITCH HIS GROCERY CART AND START SHOPPING FOR STUDIO APARTMENTS AGAIN. CHEERS TO THE SWEET LIFE BUSEY. EASY MONEY. NO DISH WASHER BUT IT COMES WITH A MICROWAVE! FAST COOKING FOR CRACK/COCAINE OR AN UNWANTED INFANT! UNFORTUNATELY, ANY ACTOR WHO'S STILL WORTH MORE THAN A SUBWAY TOKEN IS NOT SIGNING ON FOR THIS CAREER HIGHLIGHT. WHICH MEANS BUSEY WILL REPRISE HIS ROLE AS RECOVERING F.B.I. ADDICT, ANGELO PAPPAS, RICHARD GREICO WILL SLIDE INTO SWAYZE'S ROLE AS BHODI, AND ALEX WINTER (BILL;BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE) WILL FILL THE SHOES OF JOHNNY UTAH. ALEX SHOULD BE WELL RESTED AFTER HIS "SELF-IMPOSED" 20 YEAR HIATUS FROM THE BIG SCREEN. WHO KNEW ALEX'S TRUE PASSION WAS TO BE A MACHINIST IN DETROIT? I GUESS SOME PEOPLE REALLY AREN'T ATTRACTED THE GLAMOUR OF HOLLYWOOD. ANYWAY, PREPARE FOR DISAPPOINTMENT BY PURCHASING THE FIRST POINT BREAK TODAY. THOUGH IT WAS LIKE WATER IN THE DESSERT (NECESSARY & FANTASTICAL), ITS SEQUEL IS GOING TO BE A REAL COIN TOSS.

Wednesday, May 14, 2008

AIR AMERICA (MEL GIBSON, ROBERT DOWNEY JR.;1990)


READ THE CAPTION: "THE FEW. THE PROUD. THE TOTALLY INSANE." (I DOUBT BOB DOWNEY WAS TOO PROUD WHEN HE STUMBLED INTO THE WRONG HOUSE IN MALIBU, THINKING IT WAS HIS, AND PASSED OUT). THAT BEING SAID... HOW SADLY ACCURATE IT IS WHEN LIFE IMITATES ART. IN THIS 35 MILLION DOLLAR ACTION FEAST, NOT ONLY DO RIGGS AND MURTAUGH CRASH PLANES INSTEAD OF CARS BUT THEY'RE BOTH WHITE! UNFORTUNATELY, THE PRODUCERS NARROWED THEIR TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC BY LIMITING THE PLOT TO CAUCASIAN CAMARADERIE. THEREFORE DRASTICALLY LOWERING THE BOX OFFICE REVENUE AS WELL. THERE'S SIMPLY NO OTHER EXCUSE FOR THIS GEM DOING AS POORLY AS IT DID (5 MILLION UNDER BUDGET). IF ONLY MURTAUGH WERE THERE TO HOLD BACK RIGGS AS HE FOAMED AT THE MOUTH, SHOT GUNS AND GOT ELECTROCUTED IN MID-AIR. DAMN YOU DOWNEY AND YOUR METHADONE ACTING. NEXT TIME YOU GET BACK ON THE JUNK, IRONMAN, YOU BETTER NIKKI-SIX YOUR ASS INTO A REAL BRIGHT WHITE LIGHT. I HOLD YOU PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DANNY GLOVER'S CAREER DECISIONS. SHOOTER? SAW? THE BLACK STUDENTS' UNION? THIRD WORLD LIBERATION FRONT? I CAN'T EVEN FIND THOSE LATTER TWO MOVIES. IT'S JUST SAD. APPARENTLY MEL GIBSON AND RDJ REALLY BONDED AND ENJOYED "GETTING INTO CHARACTER" BEFORE THIS FLOP BEGAN FILMING IN THAILAND: HOME OF THE AMERICAN PEDOPHILE. I'M SHOCKED. WHAT DID THESE TWO HAVE IN COMMON ASIDE FROM A POOR SCRIPT? WAIT...WAIT....IF MY MATH IS CORRECT....MEL GIBSON BEGAN ATTENDING A.A. MEETINGS IN 1991, AND ROBERT DOWNEY JR. MADE CHAPLIN IN 1992....YES! I'VE GOT IT! THEY WERE BOTH COMPLETELY FUCKED UP WHEN FILMING BEGAN IN 1989. I LIKE TO THANK TO MY 10TH GRADE PRE-CALC TEACHER FOR NOT QUITING ON ME, AND FOR KEEPING ME AWAKE IN CLASS BY SMELLING LIKE A SHOE. I WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN INTO DRUGS WITHOUT YOU. CHEERS. BITCH.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

THE X-FILES (DAVID DUCHOVNY, GILLIAN ANDERSON;1998)


REMEMBER THESE TWO? THEY FOUGHT OFF ALIENS AND SEXUAL TENSION THROUGHOUT THE NINETIES. FOX MOULDER AND DANA SCULLY WERE THE SONNY & CHER OF THE LAST DECADE. EXCEPT THEY DIDN'T SUCK AND THEY SKIED THROUGH TREES, NOT INTO THEM. WHICH IS WHY THEY'RE STILL AROUND TO RELEASE THE X-FILES SEQUEL THIS JULY. DON'T WORRY ABOUT SCULLY RETURNING TO THE BIG SCREEN LOOKING LIKE MOLLY RINGWALD, OR JUDD NELSON FOR THAT MATTER. YOU'VE ACTUALLY SEEN HER RECENTLY IN THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND. SHE PLAYED THE HOT BLOND DOCTOR WHO RIDES THAT SCOTTISH TOOL. IN THE FIRST X-FILES "SPOOKY" AND DANA THWART E.T.'S PLANS TO COLONIZE OUR PLANET BY SEDUCING OUR WOMEN WITH REECES PIECES AND THE TYPE OF CHARM THAT CAN ONLY BE EXUDED BY ANYTHING WITH A FLAT-FACE AND GLOWING FINGERS. LIKE MY COUSIN JAMES. EXCEPT HE WASN'T AN ALIEN. HIS MOTHER JUST BEAT HIM IN THE FACE WITH A FRYING PAN AND EXTINGUISHED HER CIGARETTES WITH HIS INDEX FINGER. I CONSOLED HIM BY TELLING HIM HE LOOKED LIKE E.T. I LIKE TO THINK I HELPED. HE'S PRETTY CONFIDENT TODAY. ANYWAY, IF THE SCRIPT FOR THE X-FILES 2: I WANT TO BELIEVE IS HALF AS GOOD AS THE FIRST, IT SHOULD BE A WINNER. LOOK FOR IT THIS JULY. AND GET CAUGHT UP BY RENTING THE FIRST X-FILES MOVIE TONIGHT.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

LARS AND THE REAL GIRL (RYAN GOSLING, EMILY MORTIMER;2007)


RYAN GOSLING PLAYS A GENIUS IN THIS ADORABLE DRAMEDY. CRAZY, AND SELF-ISOLATING FOR MONTHS, GOSLING'S CHARACTER, LARS, GIVES IN A BOFFS A PLASTIC DOLL HE ORDERED ONLINE. HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE TOWN PITIES HIM, HE DOESN'T STOP THERE. HE ACTUALLY PARADES THIS "HARD" BODY AROUND TOWN AS HIS GIRLFRIEND. HE BRINGS HER TO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, HIS BROTHER'S HOUSE, CHURCH AND TO HIS FAVORITE LAKE. THE TOWN PLAYS ALONG WITH HIM BECAUSE THEY THINK HE'S DELUSIONAL. I WILL WATCH THIS MOVIE AGAIN BECAUSE I THINK HE'S BRILLIANT. LARS MANAGES TO CONVINCE AN ENTIRE TOWN IT'S O.K. TO DATE A PLASTIC, LIFE-SIZED DOLL-SLUT. I'VE BEEN TRYING TO CONCEIVE A WAY TO DO THIS FOR YEARS. FIRST I KEPT HER IN MY BATHTUB, THEN I DRUNKENLY TOOK HER TO THE BAR (AS A "JOKE"), AND FINALLY, I TRULY "BROUGHT HER OUT" AT A DEBUTANTE BALL. THE LAST STEP WAS A LITTLE TRICKY AND FAILED. IT GOT WEIRD. FOR OTHERS. EVENTUALLY WE GOT CAUGHT IN THE H.O.V. LANE. APPARENTLY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN DRIVING IN THE "CARPOOL" LANE WITH PLASTIC, OR INFLATABLE DOLLS TO FOOL THE TRAFFIC POLICE. NATURALLY THIS WASN'T OUR PROBLEM. JAMME (PRONOUNCED "JAMIE") WAS VERY REAL. HOWEVER, THE COPS FOUND COCAINE ON HER AND SHE BLEW A NOTHING. WHICH IS A APPARENTLY RARE. I EXPRESSED MY DISAPPOINTMENT WITH THE ARRESTING OFFICERS AND TOLD THEM TO BRING HER IN. THEY JUST SLOWLY BACKED AWAY AND DREW THEIR WEAPONS. ANYWAY, THE ROMANCE DIED THAT NIGHT. PLUS, I HEARD SHE TALKED TO THE COPS. AND WE ALWAYS AGREED SHE WOULDN'T TALK. IT WAS THIS BEST PART OF OUR RELATIONSHIP......I MOVED ON BUT AFTER SEEING THIS MOVIE I'M WILLING TO OPEN-UP AGAIN. I RECOMMEND YOU RENT THIS TODAY. -TMJ.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

CONSPIRACY (VAL KILMER, JENNIFER ESPOSITO;2008)


VAL KILMER'S WEIGHT GAIN IS NO LONGER TOP SECRET. IN THIS ACTION PACKED CONFUSATHON, WHICH SHOULD REALLY BE CONSIDERED VAL KILMER'S RESIGNATION FROM THE MOVIE BUSINESS, ICE-MAN STARS AS A WOUNDED MARINE SUFFERING FROM P.T.S.D. WHICH IN VAL KILMER'S CASE STANDS FOR, PAIR of TITS & STOMACH-DICK. SERIOUSLY, THIS GUY'S PLAYING A MARINE BUT HE LOOKS LIKE CHILI SHIT. ANYWAY, SEMI-RETIRED, MEANING FULLY-DRUNK, VAL CRUISES UP TO ARIZONA TO VISIT A FRIEND WHO HAS SOME LAND AND WORK PROSPECTS.... START A NEW LIFE TYPE OF THING. YOU KNOW THE DRILL. HOWEVER, WHEN THE SAINT ARRIVES IN ARIZONA, AFTER SINGLE-HANDEDLY CAUSING A GREYHOUND BUS TO BURN AT LEAST TWO EXTRA TANKS OF GAS, HIS FRIEND IS NOWHERE TO BE FOUND. NATURALLY, ICE-MAN DOESN'T NOTIFY ANY AUTHORITIES BUT INSTEAD TURNS INTO AN ASS-KICKING P.I. THIS LEADS TO MANY PEOPLE DYING. SOME PROBABLY INNOCENT. I WOULD RECCOMEND WATCHING THIS ON TNT. THAT'S IT. THIS IS NOT KILMER'S BEST WORK. HOPEFULLY HIS NEXT PROJECT WILL BE, THE DOORS 2: HOW MORRISON FOUGHT OBESITY AND BRONCHITIS IN 1971.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke;2008)


BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE DEAD, HE'LL MAKE YOU WATCH PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN HAVE SEX. WHICH IS THE OPENING ACT OF THIS FILM: P.S.H. PLOWING MARISA TOMEI. THE CLOSEST THING I COULD COMPARE THIS TO WOULD BE WATCHING A RHINOCEROS TAKE A SHIT ON A SMALL BIRD. PERHAPS A HUMMING BIRD. LORD KNOWS SHE WAS FLAPPING HER ARMS FASTER THAN A HUMMING BIRD'S WINGS IN A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE THE PHALLIC GRASP OF HER OBESE CAPTOR. I NEED TO STOP NOW. IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR LUNCH. ANYWAY, THE STORY IS ABOUT TWO BROTHERS WHO BOTH NEED FAST CASH FOR DIFFERENT REASONS. THE MORE WICKED OF THE TWO BROTHERS (HOFFMAN), COAXES HIS YOUNGER BROTHER (HAWKE) INTO ROBBING A JEWELRY STORE. THE CATCH IS, THE JEWELRY STORE IS OWNED BY THEIR PARENTS. THE ROBBERY GOES HAYWIRE AND FROM THERE EACH BROTHERS' CONSCIENCE EXPLODES INTO A THOUSAND EMOTIONS A MINUTE. THE ACTING IS GOOD TO INCREDIBLE, DEPENDING TO WHICH ACTOR WE'RE REFERRING (HOFFMAN BEING THE BEST AS USUAL). THE STORY IS POWERFUL, ORIGINAL AND VERY DISTURBING. THE MOVIE IS DEFINITELY WORTH RENTING. AND I RECOMMEND YOU START THIS MOVIE ON "SCENE 2: YOU WILL ACHIEVE ERECTION AGAIN BECAUSE YOU AVOIDED SCENE 1."

Saturday, May 3, 2008

IRON MAN (ROBERT DOWNEY JR.;2008)


ROBERT DOWNEY'S NEW REHAB SUIT LOOKS ABSOLUTELY FOOL PROOF. IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY LIPS TO WRAP AROUND A CRACK PIPE. IT DOESN'T HAVE A NOSE WITH WHICH TO SNORT COCAINE. AND DEALER'S BULLETS BOUNCE RIGHT OFF THIS PUPPY, NOT TO MENTION NEEDLES. I SUPPOSE "IRON MAN," A.K.A INMATE 3895, COULD LIE ON HIS BACK AND POUR WHISKEY THROUGH THE MOUTH PIECE BUT IF THAT'S IT.....WE'LL TAKE IT! CONGRATULATIONS RDJ! YOU. ARE. CURED. NOW GO SPREAD THE WORD WILD MAN......THIS MOVIE IS THE BEST SUPERHERO MOVIE NEXT TO CHRISTIAN BALE'S BATMANS. THOUGH BATMAN IS STILL FAR SUPERIOR, ROBERT DOWNEY'S PERFORMANCE AS TONY STARK IS HIGHLY ENTERTAINING. GYNWETH PALTROW IS PERFECT AS RDJ'S UNSEXY/SEXY ASSISTANT, AND WE ALL KNOW JEFF BRIDGES IS A HORRIBLE HUMAN BEING....SO HE WORKS OUT WELL AS THE BAD GUY. THE ENDING TO IRON MAN HAS A NEAT LITTLE TWIST AS WELL. IT'S SIMPLE AND INCREDIBLY FUN. EXACTLY WHAT A SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER SHOULD BE. GET ON LINE RIGHT NOW. -TMJ

Thursday, May 1, 2008

CSI: COKE SPEED INJECTION

COPS: "WAIT...WAIT...GET THIS GUYS...O.K., O.K... HEY GARY CAN, UM, WE GET A DNA SAMPLE (SNICKER)? NO...WAIT...WAIT..HOW 'BOUT A BLOOD CULTURE?" AHAHAHAHAHA. "WE'RE JUST KIDDING. YOU'RE FUCKED. GET IN THE CAR ASSHOLE."

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

FORGETTING SARAH MARSHALL (JASON SEGEL,RUSSEL BRAND, KRISTIN BELL, MILA KUNIS;2008)



BETTER THAN KNOCKED UP. FUNNIER THEN GARY DOURDAN AT COACHELLA. NO SUPERBAD. I’VE TAKEN THE LIBERTY OF LIMITING THE ACTORS IN THIS PHOTO TO THE FUNNY ONES….. "BUT…BUT…MR. MOVIEJERK THERE’S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE PHOTO…." TMJ: "I KNOW PETEY. NOW KEEP LICKING THE WINDOWS ‘TILL THE BUS COMES TO A FULL STOP. AND DON’T YOU QUIT SMACKING YOURSELF IN THE FACE. REMEMBER, PEOPLE WHO CONTROL THEIR BODY MOVEMENTS AREN’T SPECIAL LIKE YOU. AND WHY AREN’T THEY SPECIAL PETEY?"….PETEY: "WHEN IT'S BROWN FLUSH IT DOWN?" TMJ: "AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME KID. WAY TO CORK THE FORK LITTLE BUDDY. AIM FOR THE HALL AND NOT THE WALL." THE REASON THERE’S ONLY ONE PERSON IN THE PHOTO IS BECAUSE WITHOUT HIM THE MOVIE JERK WOULDN’T RECOMMEND THIS LITTLE NUMBER. MAYBE IT WAS ALL THE HYPE THAT LET ME DOWN. MAYBE IT WAS BECAUSE IT’S NOTHING MORE THAN A RACY ROMANTIC COMEDY. I CAN’T PUT MY FINGER ON IT…WAIT…YES I CAN….IT’S MASHED POTATOES. IT’S ALSO JUST NOT THAT FUNNY. THE RIDICULOUS ENGLISH ROCK STAR REALLY SAVES THE DAY. DEFINITELY WORTH A RENTAL.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

HOLY SHIT: SPECIAL POST


THE FORCE IS NO LONGER WITH MARK HAMILL. NOR WAS IT ABSORBED BY THAT THING TO HIS LEFT.

BABY MAMA (TINA FEY, AMY POEHLER; 2008)


THE MOVIE JERK LOVES TINA FEY. SHE'S EASY TO BECOME INFATUATED WITH BECAUSE SHE SEEMS ACHIEVABLE. NOT NECESSARILY FOR ME, BUT FOR ANYONE WHO'S NET WORTH CONSISTS OF MORE THAN 5 MILLIGRAMS OF VALIUM, A FISH TANK, AND A MEDICAL ALERT BRACELET. THIS IS A COMEDY ABOUT SURROGATE MOTHERS. A SURROGATE MOTHER IS APPARENTLY POOR WHITE TRASH YOU CAN PAY TO HAVE YOUR KID AND THEN TELL HER TO LEAVE FOREVER. SOUNDS AMAZING. SURROGATE MOTHERS ARE LIKE HOOKERS EXCEPT THEIR PURPOSE IS DIFFERENT AND THEY STAY LONGER. THEY TALK MORE TOO. I HATE TALKING HOOKERS. I GUESS WITH SURROGATE MOTHERS THERE'S MORE TO TALK ABOUT THOUGH. I WONDER IF THEY MAKE MUTE ONES....?ANYWAY, YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH TINA FEY. EVEN THOUGH THIS MOVIE MIGHT FALL INTO THE CATEGORY OF "CHICK FLICK" IT'S STILL PRETTY DAMN FUNNY. TMJ RECOMMENDS IT TODAY.....STEVE MARTIN ALSO HAS AN INCREDIBLE ROLE IN THIS.

Saturday, April 26, 2008

THE SAVAGES (PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, LAURA LINNEY;2007)


THERE'S A FEW PEOPLE WHO'VE WALKED THIS PLANET THAT HAVE TRULY FOUND THEIR CALLING AND MASTERED THEIR RESPECTIVE CRAFTS. THERE'S JESUS CHRIST, WHO GOT SIDE TRACKED WITH THE WHOLE SON OF GOD THING, BUT HE COULD TURN A 2X4 INTO THE TAJ MAHAL. THERE'S JENNA JAMESON WHO COULD SUCK THE EXPLOSION OUT OF DYNOMITE. THERE'S TOM CRUISE WHO'S BEHAVIOR SINGLE-HANDEDLY REINFORCES OUR CONSTITUTION (NAMELY THE RIGHT TO BARE ARMS)....AND THEN THERE'S PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN, WHO MIGHT BE THE ONLY ACTOR TO HONESTLY DESERVE A SPOT IN THE 20-MILLION-A-MOVIE CLUB. I'D PAY TEN DOLLARS TO WATCH THIS GUY BRUSH HIS TEETH. THE SAVAGES IS AN EXTRAORDINARY ACCOMPLISHMENT THAT FOCUSES ON THE UNFORTUNATE EMOTIONAL DISTANCES THAT CAN ONLY DEVELOP BETWEEN FAMILY AND LOVED ONES, AND THE DRASTIC CIRCUMSTANCES THAT MUST OFTEN OCCUR TO RECOGNIZE WHO REALLY LOVES AND CARES ABOUT YOU. THE SAVAGES DELIVERS ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT DRAMATIC PERFORMANCES WHICH ARE ONLY MADE MORE COLOURFUL AND CRISP BY THE SCRIPT'S INTELLIGENT, FIERCE, AND SUBTLE COMEDIC UNDERTONES.

Friday, April 25, 2008

ONE MISSED CALL (ED BURNS, SHANNYN SOSSAMON;2008)


"WAIT, WAIT. LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT. SO, THIS IS A RECORDING OF ME MOMENTS BEFORE MY DEATH? HOLD ON, HOLD ON, YOU'RE BREAKING UP. IT'S SOUNDS LIKE I'M CHOKING ON A STEAK AT HOUSTON'S. OH MY GOD! PLAY THE MESSAGE AGAIN....YEAH, I WAS RIGHT. I'M GOING TO CHOKE TO DEATH ON A STEAK FROM NOT CHEWING PROPERLY IN THE NEAR FUTURE! OH SHIT! GET ALL THE BEEF OUT OF THE HOUSE AND CANCEL MY DINNER RESERVATIONS AT ZANIBAR FOR THE NEXT WEEK." PHEW, TALK ABOUT SOME FRIGHTENING STUFF. VERIZON REALLY KNOWS HOW TO SCARE THE SHIT OUT OF PEOPLE. THE MOVIE JERK HAS HAD SOME BAD IDEAS, BUT NONE AS BAD AS MAKING THIS MOVIE. SUCH AS THE TIME HE EMPTIED HIS FLASK INTO A GLASS OF MILK AT A M.A.D.D. PARTY ONLY TO EXCLAIM, "HEY LADIES, MAYBE IF WE MADE CARS WITH MORE WHEELS WE COULD KEEP DRINKING AND BE SAFE?" "YOU EVER THINK ABOUT THAT ONE?" "EW YEAH MRS. JONES, I'D LIKE TO DESIGNATE YOU TO SUCK MY..." ANYWAY, IT GOT PRETTY UGLY. MUCH LIKE THIS MOVIE, WHICH IS WORSE THAN 5 FAT CHICKS IN AN ELEVATOR.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

OCEAN'S 13 (BRAD PITT, GEORGE CLOONEY, AL PACINO, MATT DAMON;2007)


IN THE THIRD INSTALLMENT OF A FRANCHISE THAT SHOULD'VE STOPPED AT THE FIRST, THE HIGHEST PAID ACTORS ON THE PLANET RETURN TO DESTROY HOLLYWOOD BUDGETS AND MAKE STEALING ATTRACTIVE AND THEREFORE, NOT WRONG. AFTER DANNY OCEAN'S MENTOR IS DOUBLE CROSSED BY A HUMAN ORANGE (AL PACINO), HE AND HIS GANG OF SUPER COOL THIEVES DECIDE TO RIP OFF THE ORANGE'S NEW CASINO/HOTEL NAMED, THE BANK. IN ORDER TO PULL OFF THIS FEISTY HEIST, DANNY'S 13 MUST REQUEST THE HELP OF ANDY GARCIA (WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN), THE CASINO OWNER THEY PREVIOUSLY RIPPED OFF IN OCEAN'S 11. TALK ABOUT HIGH STAKES. OH MY. THIS MOVIE DOESN'T FOCUS SO MUCH ON VEGAS, OR PLOT, AS IT DOES RIDICULOUS PEOPLE WHO SHOULDN'T EXIST. AT THIS RATE I EXPECT DANNY'S 14TH TO BE A MUPPET.....AL PACINO GIVES A GLOWING PERFORMANCE. THAT LITTLE CHINESE THING STEALS THE SHOW THOUGH.

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

PEOPLE I KNOW (AL PACINO, TEA LEONI, KIM BASSINGER, RYAN O'NEAL;2003)


AL PACINO PROVIDES ONE OF HIS MOST RIDICULOUS PERFORMANCES TO DATE IN THIS FLOP. (I HAVE FAITH THAT WATCHING HIS HAIRPIECE IN THE UPCOMING 88 MINUTES WILL BE MORE ENTERTAINING THAN THE PLOT). IN THIS DISASTER, AL PLAYS PUBLICIST ELI WURMAN, WHO, ACCORDING TO PACINO'S CHARACTER INTERPRETATION, IS ACTUALLY RUMPELSTILTSKIN. THROUGHOUT THIS MESS, WE WATCH WURMAN SLITHER AROUND NEW YORK CLEANING UP CELEBRITIES' MESSES. HIS MOST FAMOUS CLIENT, CARY LAUNER, IS PLAYED BY THE UN-DEAD RYAN O'NEAL. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT FORGOT, OR NEVER CARED, O'NEAL GARNERED FAME FOR THE 1970 HIT LOVE STORY AND FOR BEATING HIS CHILDREN IN PUBLIC (http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/Movies/02/04/oneal.arrest/index.html?imw=Y).

ANYWAY, LAUNER ASKS WURMAN TO GET RID OF A DRUG-ADDLED SLUT HE DRAGGED BACK TO NEW YORK FROM SOME EXOTIC LOCATION. BEING THE DUTIFUL DWARF THAT HE IS, WURMAN, BAILS HER OUT OF JAIL AND BRINGS HER TO HER HOTEL TO PACK. ONCE THERE, WURMAN POPS TOO MANY PILLS AND COLLAPSES IN HER TUB. THIS SCENE'S A REAL NAIL BITER. FROM THE TUB, WURMAN WITNESSES THE HO GET RAPED AND KILLED. QUE SCARY MUSIC. TURNS OUT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN SOME HIGH PROFILE SLUTTY DRUG STUFF WITH IMPORTANT PEOPLE. THAT'S IT. I QUIT. THIS MOVIE WAS AN UNFORTUNATE CHOICE FOR ALL INVOLVED. IT RAKED IN $121,972 AT THE BOX OFFICE. WHICH, AT 10 DOLLARS A POP, MEANS 12,197 PEOPLE SAW THIS IN THEATERS.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

THE NUMBER 23 (FIRE MARSHAL BILL, VIRGINIA MADSEN, TWENTY THREE;2007)


THIS PICTURE WAS ACTUALLY TAKEN AFTER THE LOS ANGELES' PREMIERE..... THE TRUMAN SHOW WAS NOT A GOOD MOVIE. JIM CARREY IS NOT ROBIN WILLIAMS. HE WILL NEVER CONVINCE VIEWERS HE'S CAPABLE OF DRAMA. HE ONCE AGAIN PROVES HIMSELF AS A COMEDIAN, AND ONLY A COMEDIAN, IN THE NUMBER 23. THIS MOVIE WOULD'VE BEEN JUST AS GOOD HAD IT STARRED BLACKIE DAMMETT. CARREY PLAYS BOTH THE GOOD GUY AND BAD GUY IN THIS OBNOXIOUS FAIRYTALE. THE GOOD CARREY IS A DOG CATCHER AND FAMILY MAN, THE BAD CARREY IS A SAX-PLAYING, HOMICIDAL DETECTIVE NAMED FINGERLING. FIRST OF ALL, THE NAME FINGERLING SHOULD BE RESTRICTED TO MIDGET PORN. SECOND, WE ALL KNOW THE ONLY DANGEROUS SAX PLAYER ON PLANET IS THIS GUY: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap-OO0xqTe4. (OUR MAN, I CALL HIM "THE HEAT," CAMEOS IN AT THE 30 SECOND MARKER). THAT BEING SAID, THIS MOVIE IS PREPOSTEROUS. THERE'S SOME COOL COINCIDENCES WITH THE NUMBER 23 BUT THAT'S ABOUT IT. YOU SHOULD RENT THIS MOVIE JUST TO THROW IT OUT. YOU'LL BE HELPING SOMEONE ELSE, LIKE UNICEF, EXCEPT IT'S ALL U.

Monday, April 14, 2008

SMART PEOPLE (DENNIS QUAID, ELLEN PAGE, THOMAS HADEN CHURCH, SARAH JESSICA PARKER, ASHTON HOLMES;2008)


RANDY QUAID'S EMPLOYED BROTHER, DENNIS, GIVES ONE OF HIS FINEST PERFORMANCES SINCE DREAMSCAPE, AS SEVERELY DEPRESSED PROFESSOR, LAWRENCE WETHERHOLD. AFTER WOUNDING HIMSELF IN A HUMOROUS FENCE-CLIMBING ACCIDENT, WETHERHOLD MUST CHECK HIMSELF INTO THE EMERGENCY ROOM FOR REPAIRS. WHILE IN THE HOSPITAL, WETHERHOLD ENCOUNTERS THE WOMAN HE'LL TRY TO BANG FOR THE NEXT HOUR. THAT WOMAN, IS THE DEVASTATINGLY UNATTRACTIVE WHORE WHO'S FUCKED HALF NEW YORK OVER THE PAST TEN YEARS. THAT'S RIGHT, YAAAAAY! FOR BEING BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE!, SARAH JESSICA PARKER! JESUS, I'D RATHER MOUNT A SATURN. GREAT MPG, SLEEK BUILD, HORSE POWER NOT HORSE FACE. YEAH, I'D HIT THAT. VRRRHOOOM VRRRRHOOM.....THOMAS HADEN CHURCH IS HYSTERICAL IN THIS MOVIE, ESPECIALLY IN HIS INTERACTIONS WITH THE UNDERAGE ELLEN PAGE. SMART PEOPLE IS NO JUNO, BUT IT'S OF THE SAME FAMILY AND WORTH THE 10 BUCKS.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

STREET KINGS (KEANU REEVES, FOREST "LOOK ME IN THE EYE" WHITAKER, DR. HOUSE, JAY MOHR;2008)


KEANU REEVES (KEY-ON-EWW R-YVES) HASN'T GOTTEN ANY BRIGHTER SINCE THE LAKE HOUSE, THE FILM IN WHICH HE PLAYS A HOME OWNER. HOWEVER, HE HAS LEARNED TO CHOOSE ROLES WHICH ARE BETTER SUITED TO HIS ACTING RANGE. COPS AND STUFFED ANIMALS ARE THE WISEST CHARACTERS FOR MR. REEVES TO TACKLE. IN THIS PARTICULAR MOVIE REEVES PLAYS DETECTIVE TOM LUDLOW, A COP WITH MULTIPLE DUI'S WHO IS AS COMFORTABLE KILLING AS HE IS ORDERING AN OMELET. AFTER HIS PARTNER IS SHOT AN UNNECESSARY NUMBER OF TIMES, LUDLOW'S INVESTIGATION INTO HIS MURDER EXPOSES A RING OF CORRUPT POLICE OFFICERS. FILMED IN NEIGHBORHOODS MOST PEOPLE WOULDN'T FLY OVER IN A HELICOPTER, STREET KINGS HAS NO SHORTAGE OF COLOURFUL CHARACTERS. THOUGH KINGS WON'T BE UP FOR A SINGLE AWARD ANY TIME SOON, IT'S STILL A HIGHLY ENTERTAINING 1HR AND 47MINUTE STORY OF PEOPLE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE LAW WHO ARE COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL. THE MOVIE JERK RECOMMENDS SEEING IT TONIGHT.

Friday, April 11, 2008

LIONS FOR LAMBS (TOM "THE BOMB" CRUISE, ROBERT "NEW SKIN NOW PLEASE" REDFORD, MERYL "EWW YEAH!" STREEP;2007)


"O.K. MAV, YOU CAN DO THIS. YOU'RE NOT GONNA TAKE A SHIT UNTIL THE CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY, OR KENNY LOGGINS, CALLS AND GIVES YOU PERMISSION. YOU'RE THE BOSS-MAN. YOU'RE IN CONTROL. HANDS ON WHEEL TOM. EYE OF THE TIGER. WHEN LIONS FOR LAMBS OPENS YOU'RE GONNA BE A FUCKING GOD AGAIN. JUST LIKE AFTER THE OPENING OF FAR AND AWAY. PEOPLE WILL WEEP FOR MY GENIUS...OH CHRIST I JUST FARTED. WHY DOES OVIII-80SCH KEEP TESTING ME LIKE THIS? I'M A SENATOR, A PILOT, A NAVY LAWYER, A RACE CAR DRIVER, A SECRET AGENT, A DISFIGURED CEO.....GODDAMN IT. I'M AN ACTOR."..... THIS MOVIE WAS....HOW DO YOU SAY?.....NOT GOOD. I DON'T MIND BE LECTURED BY ROBERT REDFORD FOR 90 MINUTES AS LONG AS THE LECTURE IS FOCUSED ON BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, SNEAKERS, THE NATURAL, PRE-MATURE AGING, OR THE LEPER COLONY FROM WHICH HE ESCAPED. ANY OTHER TOPICS BETTER COME WITH A FREE SANDWICH. TOM CRUISE, ON THE OTHER HAND, IS SO IN TOUCH WITH REALITY THAT I PRETTY MUCH BELIEVE WHATEVER HE SAYS. WHAT'S THAT TOM? GLOBAL WARMING IS ACTUALLY INSIDE MY SOCKS?...I'M SO SORRY. I'LL NEVER WEAR SOCKS AGAIN. I'VE PROBABLY ALREADY KILLED 1,000 POLAR BEARS WEARING BUSINESS SOCKS ALONE! OH MY GOD! EVERYONE MUST FREEZE THERE SOCKS! IN THIS BORE, MAV PLAYS MINIATURE REPUBLICAN SENATOR, JASPER IRVING. AS THE VIEWER YOU GET TO ENJOY LISTENING TO JASPER'S NEW STRATEGY FOR THE WAR ON TERROR. MERYL STREEP IS THE UNATTRACTIVE, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, INTELLIGENT, LIBERAL JOURNALIST INTERVIEWING JASPER. ROBERT REDFORD PLAYS AN IRRELEVANT COLLEGE PROFESSOR WITH ZERO EFFECT ON NATIONAL POLICY. WHEN YOU COMBINE THESE THREE, YOU GET, WHAT THEY CALL IN THE ENTERTAINMENT BUSINESS, "A SLEEPER, THAT STAYS ASLEEP." THIS MOVIE IS INSULTING, ARROGANT BULLSHIT. I WANT MY MONEY BACK.

Monday, April 7, 2008

FEAST OF LOVE (GREG KINNEAR, MORGAN FREEMAN, JANE ALEXANDER;2008)


ROBIN HOOD'S COLOURED COMRADE IS BACK ON THE BIG SCREEN IN A BIG WAY IN THE WRONG MOVIE. SLAP-HAPPY SEX DEVIL, MORGAN FREEMAN, GIVES HIS MOST ASTONISHING PERFORMANCE SINCE BRUBAKER IN FEAST OF LOVE. THIS IS THE MOST DEPRESSING AND DISTURBING "ROMANTIC COMEDY" SINCE LEAVING LAS VEGAS. I GOT A BETTER NIGHT'S REST AFTER WATCHING SLEEPERS AND I WAS ACTUALLY STAYING IN KEVIN BACON'S GUEST HOUSE. WE HAD AN INTERVIEW EARLY THE NEXT MORNING ABOUT KEVIN'S PIG-NOSE AND HOW IT RELATED TO HIS LAST NAME. THE INTERVIEW WAS TO TAKE PLACE IN HIS SHE'S HAVING A BABY-ROOM. ANYWAY, GUESS WHICH OF THE TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS, LISTED BELOW, HAPPEN IN THIS MOVIE:


A. LESBIAN SEX

B. GIRLFRIEND BEATING

C. HEROIN RECOVERY

D. ABUSIVE/ALCOHOLIC THREATENS GIRL WITH HUNTING KNIFE

E. SAME GUY TRIES TO KILL SAME GIRL IN THE END

F. MICHAEL KEATON CAMEOS WITH MULTIPLICITY REFERENCE

G. YOUNG GUY DIES LEAVING TWO FATHERLESS INFANT DAUGHTERS


YOU GUESSED IT JUANCITO. F IS FALSE. THERE'S NO HUMOR IN THIS FILM. THE MOVIE JERK FINISHED IT IN A FETAL POSITION, CRYING OVER A PINT OF BEN & JERRY'S LOVE-YOURSELF-FAT-GIRL-MINT-CHIP. MMMMMM.

Sunday, April 6, 2008

DAN IN REAL LIFE (STEVE CARELL, JULLIETTE BINOCHE, DANE COOK;2007)


IN "REAL LIFE" DAN SCREWS HIS BROTHER'S GIRLFRIEND TO HELP HIMSELF FORGET ABOUT HIS DEAD FIANCE. THAT IS, WHAT'S ACTUALLY GOING ON HERE. AND NO, THAT'S NOT FUNNY, AND NOT O.K.......UNLESS IT'S STEVE CARELL AND DANE COOK IN THE BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY OF 2007! IN WHICH CASE, DAN (CARELL) COULD BEAT THE FAMILY DOG AND IT'S STILL ALL LAUGHS. THE MORAL OF THIS STORY IS, WHEN FUNNY PEOPLE HURT OTHERS, IT'S NOT WRONG. DANE COOK'S IN THIS MOVIE. THEY FAILED TO MENTION THAT IN THE F.B.I. WARNING. THE ACTUAL MESSAGE OF THIS MOVIE IS THAT NOTHING CAN COME BETWEEN TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE. NOT EVEN A HORRIBLY INTRUSIVE FAMILY. TOUCHING. THE STORY ALSO CLAIMS TWO PEOPLE CAN FALL IN LOVE IN ABOUT 5 HOURS WITHOUT LIQUOR, DRUGS, OR PAYMENT. THIS IS NOT TRUE. IT'S A GREAT THOUGHT TO ENTERTAIN. UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S ALSO A GIANT LET DOWN ONCE THE MOVIE ENDS AND YOU REALIZE NO ONE LOVES YOU NO MATTER HOW MANY HOURS THEY'VE KNOWN YOU. CHIN UP. TMJ'S GOT GOOD NEWS: YOU CAN OWN THIS MOVIE TODAY FOR $19.99! DAN IN REAL LIFE IS ACTUALLY A CHARMING, NO-BRAINER. IT'S PERFECT FOR A SUNDAY EVENING AFTER A LONG WEEKEND, OR IF YOU JUST FEEL LIKE SHIT IN GENERAL.

Saturday, April 5, 2008

THE RUINS (JOHNATHON TUCKER, LAURA RAMSEY, JENA MALONE;2008)


THE TITLE OF THIS HORROR FILM IS MORE THAN ACCURATE. THIS MOVIE ALSO COULD HAVE BEEN TITLED, THE WORST, THIS'LL HURT, NO SEQUEL PLEASE, GOOD LORD IS THIS OVER YET?, AND/OR WHERE'S MY REFUND? THE STORY LINE IS SIMPLE. FOUR AMERICAN TOURISTS TRAVEL TO CANCUN TO DRINK AND VOMIT. ON THEIR LAST DAY THEY DECIDE TO BRANCH OUT AND GO SEE SOMETHING BESIDES THE FLOOR. THAT "SOMETHING" IS AN ANCIENT MAYAN TEMPLE. ONCE THEY ARRIVE AT THE TEMPLE THEY'RE ATTACKED AND TRAPPED BY MEXICANS WHO DON'T SPEAK SPANISH OR ENGLISH. FORCED TO REMAIN ON THE MYSTERIOUS TEMPLE, THE FOURSOME BEGINS SEARCHING FOR AN ALTERNATE EXIT FROM THE ONE BEING BLOCKED BY SPEEDY GONZALES AND SLO-MO. IT'S THEN.......MWHAHAHAHAH!... THAT THEY'RE ATTACKED BY KILLER VINES! YES, YOU READ CORRECTLY, KILLER VINES. IT WAS ALSO THEN THAT THE MOVIE JERK BECAME SO BORED HE BEGAN CRAWLING ON THE FLOOR AND GRABBING PEOPLE'S TOES, SCREAMING, "GET 'EM OFF ME!" "THESE FUCKING VINES ARE EVERYWHERE!" "OH MY GOD YOU SMELL LIKE SHIT!" LUCKILY, THEY LET ME BRING MY LAPTOP INTO THE DRUNK TANK, FROM WHICH I DELIVER THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO YOU....DO NOT SEE THIS MOVIE.

Thursday, April 3, 2008

THE DARJEELING LIMITED (OWEN WILSON, ADRIEN BRODY, JASON SCHWARTZMAN;2007)


THE DARJEELING LIMITED, (PRONOUNCED, "NOT AS GOOD AS THE ROYAL TENNEMBAUMS") IS ADEQUATE. THE COMBINATION OF ANDERSON AND WILSON NEVER FAILS TO PRODUCE THAT INTELLIGENT, SUBTLE HUMOUR WE'VE ALL COME TO EXPECT. THERE'S NOTHING WORSE THAN NOT GETTING WHAT YOU EXPECT. FOR EXAMPLE, "LISTEN BABE, I'M SLIDING UP THE BED AND I EXPECT YOU TO KEEP YOUR HEAD IN THE SAME PLACE, CREATING AN EFFECT SCIENTISTS REFER TO AS: MEGETTINGBLOWN." I'M ALSO FASCINATED BY ADRIEN BRODY'S NOSE. I COULD WATCH THAT THING TAKE UP HALF THE SCREEN IN ANY MOVIE AND BE AMUSED. THIS IS THE STORY OF THREE BROTHERS RE-UNITING FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A YEAR AFTER THEIR FATHER'S FUNERAL. THE PLACE OF RECONCILIATION IS INDIA. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:


1. OWEN WILSON CALLING INDIAN KIDS ASSHOLES


2. NATALIE PORTMAN NAKED


3. INDIANS BEING INDIANS


4. NATALIE PORTMAN'S ASS. (SEE #3)


BOTTOM LINE IS THIS IS WES ANDERSON'S WORST MOVIE SO FAR BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE IT BAD. IT'S JUST THAT HIS OTHERS ARE SO DAMN GOOD.

Tuesday, April 1, 2008

JESSE STONE: SEA CHANGE (TOM SELLECK;2007)


IN 1989 WHEN MAGNUM P.I. WAS CANCELLED, WE ALL KNEW TOM SELLECK WAS UP TO SOMETHING BIG. FINALLY, WE KNOW WHAT IT WAS, THE JESSE STONE MADE FOR T.V. MOVIES. BECAUSE HIS CHARACTER, DETECTIVE STONE, WAS WRITTEN TO BE IN HIS 60'S, THE STUDIO REQUIRED SELLECK TO DISAPPEAR FOR 15 YEARS TO AGE APPROPRIATELY AND PREPARE FOR THIS ROLE. SURE, THEY LET HIM GALLIVANT AROUND THE SET OF QUIGLEY DOWN UNDER AND VARIOUS OTHER WESTERNS IN ORDER TO PAY THE BILLS, BUT FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, SELLECK WAS ORDERED NOT TO HAVE A "HIT." TRUE TO HIS WORD, HE NEVER EVEN CAME CLOSE. WAS IT WORTH IT?...I LIKE TO THINK SO. IN THIS MOVIE, SELLECK PLAYS AN ALCOHOLIC COP FROM L.A. WHO'S BASICALLY EXILED TO A SMALL TOWN IN MAINE FOR FUCKING UP ON THE JOB. OVERQUALIFIED, AND DRUNK AS SHIT, DETECTIVE STONE IMMEDIATELY BEGINS CLEANING UP WHAT SEEMED TO BE A CRIME-FREE TOWN. AS STONE, SELLECK MASTERS ONE-LINERS SUCH AS "FREEZE," "MORE COFFEE," AND "YES, I'M DRINKING." I WAS BLOWN AWAY. IN ALL SERIOSITY THOUGH, THESE MOVIES ARE ACTUALLY LIKE REALLY GOOD T.V. SHOWS. THERE'S FOUR OUT THERE RIGHT NOW AND ONE IN PRODUCTION. THE FIRST IS STONE COLD. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND IT. -TMJ