Hobo With A Shotgun is No Planet Terror

Based on a fake trailer during the GrindHouse films, Hobo With A Shotgun looked to be a fun addition to the grindhouse genre. And it would have been, if it didn't suffer from poor pacing and a lack of laugh inducing over the top gore. You get a lot of Hobo action but not nearly enough shotgun. The apocalyptic city that the movie is set in "Fuck Town" is populated by horrible Canadian actors who are best known for their walk on roles on small Canadian television series. The main villain in the film used to be on the terrible LEX series and is just as bad in Hobo With A Shotgun as he was on LEX. If you were a fan of Quentin Tarantino's GrindHouse movies you will not find what you are looking for in Hobo With A Shotgun. Instead rent Piranha 3D, it is more of what you are hoping to see.

Battle: Los Angeles Review | If You Liked Black Hawk Down and Independence Day You Will Love This Movie

After watching Battle: Los Angeles you may realize that you've already seen this movie. This films borrows heavily from similar movies like Independence Day and Black Hawk Down, but it does so in an insulting way. No one is saying that Independence Day was some sort of master piece, but most people can agree they enjoyed it. And if you were expecting a sense of destruction on an immense scale then the trail fooled you just like so many others out there. While watching the movie you get the impression that nothing is going on outside of the small battles the main characters are involved in. Despite the fact that within Battle:Los Angeles all of SoCal is being torn apart by aliens who look like a suspicious mix of Gears of War and Independence Day alien bad guys.

Do not be fooled by this movie, it's not Black Hawk Down with aliens although, its creators probably wish it were.

Academy Awards Predictions List: Who Will Win At The Oscars In 2011?

The Academy Awards are nearly upon us and everyone is asking who the winners will be. Here is a predictions list for this years Oscar winners:

*Winners are indicated by the Asterisk next to the nominee.

Actor in a Leading Role

•           Javier Bardem in “Biutiful”

•           Jeff Bridges in “True Grit”

•           Jesse Eisenberg in “The Social Network”

•           Colin Firth in “The King's Speech”*

•           James Franco in “127 Hours”

Actor in a Supporting Role

•           Christian Bale in “The Fighter”

•           John Hawkes in “Winter's Bone”

•           Jeremy Renner in “The Town”*

•           Mark Ruffalo in “The Kids Are All Right”

•           Geoffrey Rush in “The King's Speech”

Actress in a Leading Role

•           Annette Bening in “The Kids Are All Right”

•           Nicole Kidman in “Rabbit Hole”

•           Jennifer Lawrence in “Winter's Bone”

•           Natalie Portman in “Black Swan”

•           Michelle Williams in “Blue Valentine”*

Actress in a Supporting Role

•           Amy Adams in “The Fighter”

•           Helena Bonham Carter in “The King's Speech”*

•           Melissa Leo in “The Fighter”

•           Hailee Steinfeld in “True Grit”

•           Jacki Weaver in “Animal Kingdom”

Animated Feature Film

•           “How to Train Your Dragon” Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois

•           “The Illusionist” Sylvain Chomet

•           “Toy Story 3” Lee Unkrich*

Art Direction

•           “Alice in Wonderland”

Production Design: Robert Stromberg; Set Decoration: Karen O'Hara

•           “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1”

Production Design: Stuart Craig; Set Decoration: Stephenie McMillan

•           “Inception”

Production Design: Guy Hendrix Dyas; Set Decoration: Larry Dias and Doug Mowat*

•           “The King's Speech”

Production Design: Eve Stewart; Set Decoration: Judy Farr

•           “True Grit”

Production Design: Jess Gonchor; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

Cinematography

•           “Black Swan” Matthew Libatique

•           “Inception” Wally Pfister

•           “The King's Speech” Danny Cohen*

•           “The Social Network” Jeff Cronenweth

•           “True Grit” Roger Deakins

Costume Design

•           “Alice in Wonderland” Colleen Atwood

•           “I Am Love” Antonella Cannarozzi

•           “The King's Speech” Jenny Beavan*

•           “The Tempest” Sandy Powell

•           “True Grit” Mary Zophres

Directing

•           “Black Swan” Darren Aronofsky

•           “The Fighter” David O. Russell

•           “The King's Speech” Tom Hooper*

•           “The Social Network” David Fincher

•           “True Grit” Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Documentary (Feature)

•           “Exit through the Gift Shop” Banksy and Jaimie D'Cruz

•           “Gasland” Josh Fox and Trish Adlesic

•           “Inside Job” Charles Ferguson and Audrey Marrs

•           “Restrepo” Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger*

•           “Waste Land” Lucy Walker and Angus Aynsley

Documentary (Short Subject)

•           “Killing in the Name” Jed Rothstein

•           “Poster Girl” Sara Nesson and Mitchell W. Block*

•           “Strangers No More” Karen Goodman and Kirk Simon

•           “Sun Come Up” Jennifer Redfearn and Tim Metzger

•           “The Warriors of Qiugang” Ruby Yang and Thomas Lennon

Film Editing

•           “Black Swan” Andrew Weisblum

•           “The Fighter” Pamela Martin

•           “The King's Speech” Tariq Anwar*

•           “127 Hours” Jon Harris

•           “The Social Network” Angus Wall and Kirk Baxter

Foreign Language Film

•           “Biutiful” Mexico

•           “Dogtooth” Greece

•           “In a Better World” Denmark

•           “Incendies” Canada*

•           “Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi)” Algeria

Makeup

•           “Barney's Version” Adrien Morot

•           “The Way Back” Edouard F. Henriques, Gregory Funk and Yolanda Toussieng

•           “The Wolfman” Rick Baker and Dave Elsey*

Music (Original Score)

•           “How to Train Your Dragon” John Powell

•           “Inception” Hans Zimmer

•           “The King's Speech” Alexandre Desplat

•           “127 Hours” A.R. Rahman

•           “The Social Network” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross

•           “Tron: Legacy” Daft Punk (not on the list)***

Music (Original Song)

•           “Coming Home” from “Country Strong” Music and Lyric by Tom Douglas, Troy Verges and Hillary Lindsey

•           “I See the Light” from “Tangled” Music by Alan Menken Lyric by Glenn Slater

•           “If I Rise” from “127 Hours” Music by A.R. Rahman Lyric by Dido and Rollo Armstrong

•           “We Belong Together” from “Toy Story 3" Music and Lyric by Randy Newman*

Best Picture

•           “Black Swan” Mike Medavoy, Brian Oliver and Scott Franklin, Producers

•           “The Fighter” David Hoberman, Todd Lieberman and Mark Wahlberg, Producers

•           “Inception” Emma Thomas and Christopher Nolan, Producers

•           “The Kids Are All Right” Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte and Celine Rattray Producers

•           “The King's Speech” Iain Canning, Emile Sherman and Gareth Unwin, Producers*

•           “127 Hours” Christian Colson, Danny Boyle and John Smithson, Producers

•           “The Social Network” Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

•           “Toy Story 3” Darla K. Anderson, Producer

•           “True Grit” Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

•           “Winter's Bone" Anne Rosellini and Alix Madigan-Yorkin, Producers

Short Film (Animated)

•           “Day & Night” Teddy Newton

•           “The Gruffalo” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang

•           “Let's Pollute” Geefwee Boedoe

•           “The Lost Thing” Shaun Tan and Andrew Ruhemann*

•           “Madagascar, carnet de voyage (Madagascar, a Journey Diary)” Bastien Dubois

Short Film (Live Action)

•           “The Confession” Tanel Toom*

•           “The Crush” Michael Creagh

•           “God of Love” Luke Matheny

•           “Na Wewe” Ivan Goldschmidt

•           “Wish 143” Ian Barnes and Samantha Waite

Sound Editing

•           “Inception” Richard King

•           “Toy Story 3” Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

•           “Tron: Legacy” Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague*

•           “True Grit” Skip Lievsay and Craig Berkey

•           “Unstoppable” Mark P. Stoeckinger

Sound Mixing

•           “Inception” Lora Hirschberg, Gary A. Rizzo and Ed Novick*

•           “The King's Speech” Paul Hamblin, Martin Jensen and John Midgley

•           “Salt” Jeffrey J. Haboush, Greg P. Russell, Scott Millan and William Sarokin

•           “The Social Network” Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick and Mark Weingarten

•           “True Grit” Skip Lievsay, Craig Berkey, Greg Orloff and Peter F. Kurland

Visual Effects

•           “Alice in Wonderland” Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

•           “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” Tim Burke, John Richardson, Christian Manz and Nicolas Aithadi

•           “Hereafter” Michael Owens, Bryan Grill, Stephan Trojansky and Joe Farrell

•           “Inception” Paul Franklin, Chris Corbould, Andrew Lockley and Peter Bebb*

•           “Iron Man 2” Janek Sirrs, Ben Snow, Ged Wright and Daniel Sudick

 

Writing (Adapted Screenplay)

•           “127 Hours” Screenplay by Danny Boyle & Simon Beaufoy

•           “The Social Network” Screenplay by Aaron Sorkin*

•           “Toy Story 3” Screenplay by Michael Arndt; Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

•           “True Grit” Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen

•           “Winter's Bone” Adapted for the screen by Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini

Writing (Original Screenplay)

•           “Another Year” Written by Mike Leigh

•           “The Fighter” Screenplay by Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson;

Story by Keith Dorrington & Paul Tamasy & Eric Johnson

•           “Inception” Written by Christopher Nolan

•           “The Kids Are All Right” Written by Lisa Cholodenko & Stuart Blumberg

•           “The King's Speech” Screenplay by David Seidler*

"The Beaver" Looks Great

Everyone thought that Mel Gibson's career was over. Allegations of Gibson's spousal assault and his crazy rants that have been recorded and played to death by certain news outlets. To see Gibson in another movie seemed all but impossible but then there was "The Beaver". Check out this trailer and try and tell me you are not interested in seeing more.

Obscure Movie Trailer - Hobo With a Shotgun

People have to see this trailer and movie based on one of the fake trailers from the Tarantino/Rodriguez Grindhouse film, Hobo with a Shotgun, which was only seen in limited showings of the film.

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MacGruber Movie Review

MacGruber as a movie is less funny than all of the MacGruber skits combine. However, there is a bit of fun to be had with the overly crude film and in it Will Forte plays a MacGyver like character who creates deadly objects with improvised items. The funny parts of this movie occur when Forte plays up the idiosyncrasies of MacGruber such as his propensity to rip the throats out of enemies (Roadhouse style) and the loud disturbing noises that he makes while in the sack with women (Forest Gump style). The plot of the movie takes much from late 80s and early 90s films and Television, with the plot of Uncommon Valor to start of with then later takes on the commonly used Nuclear Bomb pointed at the Pentagon/D.C. thing to sort of keep the story going somewhere. Many of the jokes here are overused, like the how the last name of the villain Dieter Von Cunth’s also sounds like a curse word or how MacGruber always has to carry around his car stereo as an anti-theft method. These elements of the movie are tiresome, but among the few funny portions of this film one stands out. As a move to find out what is Cunth is up to MacGruber and company visit Cunth’s club while parking MacGruber is pissed off by another driver who cuts him off. In a strange turn MacGruber quickly memorizes the license plate of the offending car, but this later comes into play in an odd way after one of MacGruber’s team mates finds a booklet filled first with an unfilled list of clues then page after page of that car’s plate number, written in an increasingly disturbing manner leading up to drawn pages where you car see crude drawings of MacGruber hanging from something taking a shit on the offending car and the next drawing is of MacGruber shitting on the head of the car’s driver. It’s a completely unexpected thing to happen in the movie and is by far its’ funniest part. What that doesn’t sound funny to you?