Thursday, March 29, 2012

Short Review: The Hunger Games

Grade: A-

A girl is forced to fight 23 other young boys and girls to the death.

Very fun and enjoyable movie. Cast is spectacular. Unfortunately, does not stand on it's own. Pretty sure only fans of the book will love this movie.

Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Donald Sutherland, Lenny Kravitz and more

Attention span must last 2 hours 22 minutes to enjoy.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Podcast: Episode 47

Head over to sutmspod.wordpress.com to hear the latest episode of Shut Up! The Movie's Starting, the official podcast of Cucu for Movies.

In this episode Michael and Russell discuss (at length) the movies The Hunger Games (in theaters now), The Vicious Kind (on Netflix Streeming) and Jewel of the Nile. They mostly jabber on about the good (and the bad) things about The Hunger Games movie.

Thursday, March 22, 2012

Short Review: 21 Jump Street

Grade: A

Two new cops are sent back to high school undercover in order to stop a drug ring.

Absolutely hilarious from start to finish. It has been a long time since I've laughed this hard at a movie. Fun story. Cannot stress enough how funny this movie is.

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Brie Larson, Ice Cube, Dave Franco and more.

Attention span must last 1 hour 49 minutes to enjoy.

Short Review: Casa de mi Padre

Grade: B

A man tries to get rid of the drug dealers doing business on his father's land.

This Will Ferrell comedy done entirely in Spanish is funny and entertaining. Plays out and looks like a Spanish soap opera.

Will Ferrell, Diego Luna, Genesis Rodriguez, Gael Garcia Bernal and more.

Attention span must last 1 hour 24 minutes to enjoy.

Monday, March 19, 2012

Podcast: Episode 46

Head over to sutmspod.wordpress.com to listen to the latest episode of Shut Up! The Movie's Starting, the official podcast of Cucu for Movies.

In this episode Michael and Russell discuss the movies 21 Jump Street (in theaters now), Casa de mi Padre (in theaters now), Ghosts of Mars (available on Netflix Streaming) and Romancing the Stone. They also talk about Boondock Saints, Silent House, the trailers for Dark Shadows, Prometheus and Avengers, the greatness of 80s adventure comedies, why do 80s action stars want sailboats so bad, and so much more.

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Podcast: Episode 45

Head over to sutmspod.wordpress.com to hear the latest episode of Shut Up! The Movie's Starting, the official podcast of Cucu for Movies.

In this episode Michael and Russell discuss the movies John Carter (In theaters now), The Hard Way (available on Netflix Streaming) and Fierce Creatures. The two also talk about Warrior, Monty Python, the trailers for Men in Black 3, Avengers, That’s My Boy and more, as well as what makes good science fiction as they swoon over John Carter, how funny John Cleese, Kevin Kline, Jamie Lee Curtis and Michael Palin are, the awesomeness of James Woods and so much more.

Thursday, March 8, 2012

Short Review: Silent House

Grade: D-

Strange things start happening in an old house while a young woman is helping fix it up with her dad and uncle.

Really boring. Bad plot. Uninteresting. Terrible ending. Being one continuous take/shot is interesting but leads to some horrible camera work.

Elizabeth Olson... More...ish

Attention span must last 1 hour 25 minutes to enjoy. (7 minutes of which are ending credits)

Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Short Review: John Carter

Grade: A+

A civil war soldier is accidentally transported to Mars where meets a princess in need of a savior.

Great and completely enthralling story. Very fun. Good performances. Great effects.

Taylor Kitsch, Lynn Collins, Willem Dafoe, Mark Strong and many more.

Attention span must last 2 hours 12 minutes to enjoy.

PS: this movie is quite violent but because all of the blood is blue I guess the MPAA doesn't care.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Short Review: The Lorax

Grade: B

A boy must learn the story of the Lorax in order to find a tree for a girl.

Pretty funny and entertaining. The music leaves something to be desired. Relentless in its message.

Attention span must last 1 hour 26 minutes to enjoy.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Podcast: Episode 44

Head over to sutmspod.wordpress.com to hear the latest episode of Shut Up! The Movie's Starting, the official podcast of Cucu for Movies.

In this episode Michael and Russell discuss the movies The Lorax (in theaters now), Lucky (available on Netflix Streaming) and A Fish Called Wanda. The two also talk about Dirty Girl, the Trailers for Despicable Me 2, Paranorman, Frankenweenie, Madagascar 3 and That’s My Boy, Avengers vs Batman, Top Gun 2, The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, Where to Find the Oscar nominated shorts and so very much more!