VH Corner

Appaloosa went into wide release, but I already posted it in limited releases a few weeks ago. There are a couple interesting films being released–one with potential young lovers having fun in New York City and the story of the guy who invented intermittent windshield wipers. There are a couple that don’t seem to have much potential–a non-funny satire, an idiot making a fool of himself in front of celebrities, and everyone going blind. Finally, there is a talking dog movie, but let’s try to ignore that. The one I want to see the most is a limited release and would also be the only Certified Fresh movie this week, which is Rachel Getting Married.

Nationwide Releases

Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
Directed: Peter Sollett
Starring: Michael Cera, Kat Dennings
Trailer

Synopsis: Two young people meet up in a New York City night club and get dragged around trying to escape his ex-girlfriend and to find her drunk friend.

My Take: Michael Cera is funny. I am disturbed that his ex is played by pumpkinhead from Invasion though.

RT Score: 72%
RT Consensus: Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist combines a pair of charming leads, the classic New York backdrop, and a sweet soundtrack.

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Babel

Directed: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Starring: Cate Blanchett, Brad Pitt, Gael Garcia Bernal, Adriana Barraza, Rinko Kikuchi

Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett are vacationing in Morocco when she is shot accidentally by two boys. Their Mexican nanny back home is trying to get to her son’s wedding when this happens so she tries to take their two kids across the border illegally. And somehow a Japanese teen dealing with her father being wanted by the Tokyo police is related to these stories.

The “big” story would be the one involving Cate Blanchett’s character getting shot from a stray bullet and Brad Pitt trying to get her help in Morocco where he has difficulty communicating with people in a strange land. There is the point made that the Americans try to spin the story that it is a terrorist act against American tourists, which it isn’t, but there isn’t much time spent on that angle. There was so much of this story spent with Brad Pitt fretting over help getting to his wife in the middle of the nowhere while Cate Blanchett slowly bleeds in a remote village. Their story is pretty boring.

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This movie comes from Mexico and it contains a lot of sex and a lot of naked guys. Two seventeen year old boys (Tenoch and Julio) just graduated high school and plan on goofing off for the summer. Their girlfriends just left to prance around Europe while they stay back in Mexico. They soon become bored out of their minds when Tenoch meets his cousin’s wife and hits on her. They invite her on a road trip with them. On the spur of the moment she goes with them. There is much to be learned on this wild and wacky road trip out to a beach that the boys made up to convince her to come with them.

I enjoyed the movie. It was funny and sexy and crazy. Good times.

Grade: B

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