By GroovyMovieGuy on July 5, 2009
Who loves Jack Black? Everyone. Who loves “Nacho Libre” and “School of Rock?” Everyone. Who loves “Be Kind Rewind?” Some. Maybe.
How could you go wrong with a movie starring Jack Black as Jerry Gerber, a neighborhood slacker who accidentally erases all the VHS tapes at Elroy Fletcher’s (Danny Glover) movie rental store while it’s under [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Comedy, Drama, Jack Black |
By GroovyMovieGuy on July 5, 2009
Jack Black discusses his “mime diet” on “Friday Night with Jonathan Ross” - BBC.
Posted in Blog, Index | Tagged interview, Jack Black, television, tv |
By GroovyMovieGuy on July 2, 2009
What girl could help herself from being drawn to the charms of Bela Lugosi in his late 50s? Well, most likely any girl, but that didn’t stop anyone from making this movie.
Edgar Allan Poe obsessed and “mature” Dr. Richard Vollin (Lugosi) saves the life of Jean Thatcher (Irene Ware) and turns his attention to the [...]
Posted in Drama, Horror, Index, Mystery | Tagged Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Drama, Edgar Allan Poe, Horror, Mystery |
By GroovyMovieGuy on June 27, 2009
It’s not so simple when tough Texan, Ray (John Getz), starts an affair with Abby (Frances McDormand), the wife of a rowdy honky tonk owner, Marty (Dan Hedaya) — especially when she’s his boss’s wife. Bring in a sleazy private eye, Loren Visser (M. Emmet Walsh), and things really turn south.
“Blood Simple” was the big [...]
Posted in Drama, Index, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged Coen Brothers, Drama, Frances McDormand, Mystery, Thriller |
By GroovyMovieGuy on June 26, 2009
The biggest mystery is “what were they thinking?” “Hollywood Mystery” doesn’t have a mystery or a murder. What it has is a movie promoter hyping his film by getting press that a real gangster is involved. I hope this doesn’t spoil the film, but that doesn’t go well.
If you’re looking for some background noise then [...]
Posted in Crime, Drama, Index, Mystery | Tagged Drama, gangster, Mystery, suspense, Thriller |
By GroovyMovieGuy on June 20, 2009
Back in their salad days, The Coen brothers made a movie called “Raising Arizona” that became an instant classic. It also became the film to which I would compare every movie the brothers made from then on — and there were some excellent movies to follow — such as “Fargo,” “Oh Brother, Where Art Thou” [...]
Posted in Comedy, Crime, Index, Mystery | Tagged adventure, Coen Brothers, Crime, dark comedy, Mystery, Nicholas Cage |
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