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The Foot Fist Way Danny McBride (Tropic Thunder; Pineapple Express) is a loser, small town tae kwon do instructor with a black belt ego who does battle with his floozy, fleshpot wife and scumbag action hero Chuck "The Truck" Wallace. One of those comedies where you laugh at the main character while feeling embarrassed for him at the same time. A pretty good effort from first-time writer/director Jody Hill, who also has a small part as a psycho martial arts freak. 7.0/10

Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia A rich Mexican rancher puts out a bounty on the gigolo who knocked up his teenage daughter. Warren Oates (best remembered as the a-hole drill instructor from Stripes) also has a machete to grind with Senor Garcia, so he joins in the hunt. Undoubtedly one of the sleaziest movies ever made, but it does tend to drag at times. Also starring Robert Webber and Gig Young as a pair of homosexual hitmen who are looking to benefit from Garcia's demise. 7.5/10 PS - the inspiration for the Iron Prostate song Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia, a great anti-Dead tune.

The Blues Brothers Still one of the best comedies of the past thirty years, with plenty of action, car chases, and classic blues/R+B numbers (by James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Cab Calloway, John Lee Hooker, and of course the Blues Brothers themselves) thrown into the mix. John Belushi and Dan Ackroyd are on the top of their games as outlaw musicians Jake and Elwood Blues, and John Candy, Steve Lawrence, Charles Napier, Henry Gibson, Frank Oz, Pee Wee Herman, Kathleen Freeman, Carrie Fisher, and Twiggy provide excellent support; look for Steven Spielberg in a cameo. If you haven't seen this ... why not? 8.0/10

The Third Man Now on to the serious films.... Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is a hack novelist who travels to post-war Vienna to meet an old acquaintance, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon arrival in the bombed-out city, which is still under allied military control, Martins learns that Lime has recently died in a mysterious car accident. Disregarding the "suggestions" of the head of the British occupying forces (Trevor Howard), Martins decides to stay in Vienna to try to solve his friend's death ... and discovers much more than he was looking for. Suspenseful from start to finish, and the final chase scene through the sewers of Vienna is an absolute classic. Written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed (Oliver!). Welles and Cotten teamed up for Citizen Kane, but this movie is even better. 10/10

Metropolis Released in 1927, this film is one of the all-time greats, and it marks the peak of German Expressionist cinema. The plot - uniting labor (the hands) and management (the head) through mutual understanding (the heart) - is hopelessly hokey, but the special effects and production design are simply amazing, and several bizarre subplots add to the intrigue. The movie is also fascinating on the political level, as director Fritz Lang's cinematic vision of the ideal state perfectly matched Hitler's philosophic vision of the same ... but when Josef Goebbels asked Lang to join forces to produce propaganda films, the director immediately fled the country for Hollywood, where he had a marginally successful career (Fury; Ministry of Fear; The Woman in the Window; Scarlet Street; The Big Heat), but failed to match his German masterpieces such as M, Die Nibelungen, Destiny, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, and of course Metropolis. This silent film is best watched in a theatre (such as the Wexner Center) accompanied by a live music performance. 9.8/10

Speaking of which ... The Golem, another great German expressionistic silent film, will be playing at the Wexner Center this Saturday night; the Carpe Diem String Quartet will provide the live score.
 
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I just watch the new X-Files movie and Wanted last night. Talk about a double letdown. I have no idea how Wanted got so much pub, it sucked.

I saw QoS a couple weeks ago and liked it, but everyone else I know didn't. The next one should get back on track where you don't have to know what happened in the previous movie to get it.
 
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Deer Hunter.

Am I the only person that thinks that this movie is the most over rated movie of all time?

Eeesh.

Also, Once Upon a time in America

4 1/2 hours long. Good flick. Dragged a little being a 70's film. But enjoyed it. Have no idea what it was about other than a historical look at organized crime.
 
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exhawg;1345463; said:
I have no idea how Wanted got so much pub,
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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia A rich Mexican rancher puts out a bounty on the gigolo who knocked up his teenage daughter. Warren Oates (best remembered as the a-hole drill instructor from Stripes) also has a machete to grind with Senor Garcia, so he joins in the hunt. Undoubtedly one of the sleaziest movies ever made, but it does tend to drag at times.
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Also good in The Wild Bunch and in The Hired Hand. TWB is on from time to time, but I haven't seen THH for a decade or so.


The Third Man Now on to the serious films.... Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten) is a hack novelist who travels to post-war Vienna to meet an old acquaintance, Harry Lime (Orson Welles). Upon arrival in the bombed-out city, which is still under allied military control, Martins learns that Lime has recently died in a mysterious car accident. Disregarding the "suggestions" of the head of the British occupying forces (Trevor Howard), Martins decides to stay in Vienna to try to solve his friend's death ... and discovers much more than he was looking for. Suspenseful from start to finish, and the final chase scene through the sewers of Vienna is an absolute classic. Written by Graham Greene and directed by Carol Reed (Oliver!). Welles and Cotten teamed up for Citizen Kane, but this movie is even better. 10/10
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:banger: Great flick

Metropolis Released in 1927, this film is one of the all-time greats, and it marks the peak of German Expressionist cinema. The plot - uniting labor (the hands) and management (the head) through mutual understanding (the heart) - is hopelessly hokey, but the special effects and production design are simply amazing, and several bizarre subplots add to the intrigue. The movie is also fascinating on the political level, as director Fritz Lang's cinematic vision of the ideal state perfectly matched Hitler's philosophic vision of the same ... but when Josef Goebbels asked Lang to join forces to produce propaganda films, the director immediately fled the country for Hollywood, where he had a marginally successful career (Fury; Ministry of Fear; The Woman in the Window; Scarlet Street; The Big Heat), but failed to match his German masterpieces such as M, Die Nibelungen, Destiny, The Testament of Dr. Mabuse, and of course Metropolis. This silent film is best watched in a theatre (such as the Wexner Center) accompanied by a live music performance. 9.8/10

Speaking of which ... The Golem, another great German expressionistic silent film, will be playing at the Wexner Center this Saturday night; the Carpe Diem String Quartet will provide the live score.
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Metropolis is amazing. Another must see is The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
 
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