Movie and Book Blog

casino
Martin Scorsese paints a colorful portrait of Las Vegas in the early 1970s as the oasis of glamour and corruption that it was. Against this backdrop, the story chronicles the rise and fall of three central characters: a play-by-the-rules casino owner with mob connections (Robert De Niro), his childhood friend and Mafia underboss (Joe Pesci) and an ex-prostitute with expensive taste and a driving will to get what she wants (Sharon Stone).

a pretty standard Scorsese movie, but in a good way. One of the few where De Niro is a good guy. Pesci is brutal, and sharon stone is a goddamn mess. Probably one of my top 5 fave mafia movies in my new found love of the mafia.

8/10

cash back
After his girlfriend dumps him, insomniac art student Ben (Sean Biggerstaff) takes a supermarket night-shift job and deals with his boredom by pretending he can stop time --a tactic that reveals life's hidden beauty and draws him to the intriguing checkout girl (Emilia Fox). Surrounded by equally creative co-workers, Ben learns that by freezing time, his world opens up to unimaginable possibilities, including a cure for his chronic sleeplessness.

I picked to watch this movie pretty much at random from netflix watch it now stuff due to the babe on the cover and the talk of time stopping. Ended up being a very pleasant surprise. The kids attitude towards breaking up and relationships is pretty funny and at the same time relateable, same goes for his view of beauty. Very fun romantic comedy without being wussy. Watch this with a lady

7/10

the ruins
An idyllic vacation in Cancun takes a dangerous turn for four young Americans when they're persuaded by a mysterious tourist to join an archaeological dig and subsequently find themselves lost within the cursed ruins of a forgotten city. Adapted by Scott B. Smith from his own novel, this bone-chilling thriller from director Carter Smith stars Jonathan Tucker, Laura Ramsey, Jena Malone and Shawn Ashmore.

awesome!!!! WEED MONSTERZZZZZ!!!! BEN STILLER. shitty movie but pretty funny, pretty scary when the weeds are moving in peoples skin.

5/10

hot fuzz
A top London cop (Simon Pegg) is ready to die of boredom when his superiors transfer him to a sleepy English village to work alongside a blundering but well-meaning young constable (Nick Frost). Craving some real action, the big-city bobby may just get his wish when the town begins to stir with a series of grisly "accidents." Is foul play afoot in this seemingly idyllic hamlet? Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead) directs.

i think when i saw this in the theater i didn't fully appreciate it. I am glad i watched it again cause there is lots of little stuff in it to notice that makes it hysterical.

9/10

the office (series one, British)
The workplace depicted in this six-part BBC series is as dysfunctional as it gets. David Brent (Ricky Gervais), office manager of nondescript Wernham Hogg Slough, is at once zany, clueless and mortifying. David likes to drink, divulge deeply personal information at odd moments, read his poetry and make a fool of himself in front of his team, which is made up of Gareth the sycophant, Tim the sensitive guy, flirtatious Dawn and many others.

amazingly uncomfortable without being goofy. Some of the greatest moments in television comedy.

8/10

the signal
When the phones, radios and TVs in the city of Terminus begin to broadcast the same strange signal, the transmission causes jealousy and hate to spew, turning once sane people into murderous lunatics. Trapped in a world gone mad, a faithless wife seeks the safety of her lover, while her affected husband hunts for her. David Bruckner, Jacob Gentry and Dan Bush each write and direct an act of this bloodthirsty horror tale.

brutal horror filmed in pulp horror. Freshest horror movie i have seen in a long time. 3 separate writes have there own act each with a different tone, but all pretty cool in it's own way.

8/10
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