I should be slapped for putting off watching the movie Soul Men. Bernie Mack’s last movie might not be an award-winning comedy, but it’s definitely a good movie certain to make you laugh.
The two remaining members (Samuel L. Jackson, Bernie Mack) of the popular soul band from the 1970’s, The Real Deal, take a road trip to the Apollo Theater for a musical tribute to their recently deceased front man. As they travel across the country in a series of adventures and misdventures, they get to the bottom of their old grievances.
What ensues is pure comedy gold!
I should have never put this movie off for so long. Bad Movie Nerd!
In The Maiden Heist, three museum security guards devise a scheme to steal artwork before the curator plans to have the art transferred to another museum in Denmark.
The movie stars Morgan Freeman, Christopher Walken and William H. Macy as the security guards with a few other recognizable faces joining in on the fun.
Put another way, this movie is a combination of Grumpy Old Men meets The Thomas Crowne Affair.
The Maiden Heist is nothing special in terms of movies, but it’s definitely a feel good flick worth a watch.
Hopper made his acting debut in ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ in 1955. He later descended into years of drug and alcohol abuse but made a comeback in 1986 with his Oscar-nominated role in ‘Hoosiers.’
Dennis Hopper, the maverick director and costar of the landmark 1969 counterculture film classic “Easy Rider” whose drug- and alcohol-fueled reputation as a Hollywood bad boy preceded his return to sobriety and a career resurgence in the films ” Hoosiers” and “Blue Velvet,” died Saturday. He was 74.
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Dennis Hopper goes beyond acting. He was an artist in the truist and purist form.
Looking back on his life, I can only hope to create an ounce of something like Hopper did in so many ways that will live on beyond my time.
As a tribute, here are the six best Dennis Hopper movies. He will be missed.
The Ninth Gate is another Johnny Deep movie that doesn’t quite fit the Hollywood norm.
And no wonder. It was directed by Roman Polanski.
This mystery thriller about the rare book business, which turns out to be a very cutthroat world. Rare-book dealer Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is hired by an extremely rich guy to validate a seventeenth-century copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows. In the process of trying to determine the book’s authenticity, Corso runs into all sorts of trouble.
Rotten Tomatoes has it at 41%, but that is way low. This movie is no masterpiece by any means, but it is a pretty good movie. Action, boobs, the Devil himself (or herself?). Highly recommended, but with a warning that this isn’t your typical movie.
Role Models is a comedy released in 2008 and directed by David Wain. The movie is about two energy drink salesmen (Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd) who are court-ordered to perform 150 hours of community service as punishment for various offenses.
For their service, the two men work at a program designed to pair kids with adult role models. One kid is a huge dork, the other kid might be Satan himself. At first, the kids hate the guys, and vise versa, but like any predictable Hollywood comedy, they wind up loving each other by the end of the flick.
I still think the Paul Rudd record is in tact. I have yet to see a Paul Rudd movie I didn’t like. Role Models is a pretty funny movie full of quotes you’ll find yourself repeating for years.
