The ESL Players Premiere "We Don't Need Know Stinkin' Edumacation!"
The ESL Players present their new sketch comedy revue "We Don't Need Know Stinkin' Edumacation" opening on September 23rd thru October 14th at 7:30pm at The Chicago Center For The Performing Arts. The Chicago Center For The Performing Arts is located at 777 N. Green Street. Tickets are $8 and are available here.
The ESL Players are Alonzo "The Assassin" Alcaraz, Antonia "Black Mamba" Arcely, Ricky "Hungry" Carmona, Joe "SmilesALot" Fernandez, and Miguel "MakeBelieve" Morales.
Here's the teaser trailer to Christopher Nolan's new movie Inception. Based on this teaser the movie looks to be about....uh....weird moving water'n'shit. Apparently a crime happens in this movie and there's a hallway that forgot to have gravity installed in it. I'm in! I'm not surprised by the marketing style of this one. After *M. Night Shyamalan's success with The Sixth Sense the studio did everything in their power to not tell you what his follow up film Unbreakable was about. All you needed to know was it starred Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson's jacked up afro. Same thing seems to be happening here. We don't know what Inception is about but we all loved The Dark Knight so it's safe to say that this movie is going to open big. Still don't think so? Okay? How about this then? It stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt (Paul's boy!), Marion Cotillard (My girl!) and awwwww helll naw!? Did I see Tom Berenger's name in those credits too. I been waiting for him to come back ever since the great trailer for Shattered. Inception arrives in theaters on July 16, 2010.
The great trailer for Unbreakable:
Tom Berenger handling his bidness:
*I was nor am I in any way comparing the talent of M. Night Shymalan and Christopher Nolan. I want to make that clear as glass. Mr. Glass that is. And I'm out!
Hey Have You Seen That New Capitalism: A Love Story Trailer?
Here's the trailer to Michael Moore's new documentary Capitalism: A Love Story. What can you say about Michael Moore? People either love him or hate him. I'm a fan of his. I don't always agree with him but in a world where people are getting their own television shows for shooting 8 kids out of their cooch I'll take a guy who's at least trying to do something funny and smart in front of a camera. Here he is doing what I love seeing him do. Chasing old rich white dudes with cameras. They can make that an Olympic event with just Moore competing. Alright now I support Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics. Cleeeeearrrly that was the deal breaker. My one issue with a new Michael Moore movie is the same fear I had with the Bruno movie. How much will Moore be able to get away with on camera? Moore is such a recognizable face that his targets probbably know who he is by now and they are not going to talk to him. Chase them old rich white dudes any way Mike! I would but then I'd miss a day of work and wouldn't get paid, yadda yadda yadda. Take a look at the trailer for yourself peoples and if you see an old white dude on the street ask him, "Hey! Where's all my paper at son!" Capitalism: A Love Story arrives in theaters on October 2nd. I hope that's a payday or else I can't afford to see it.
Well hello James Cameron. I want to thank you for joining us back here on the surface and no longer making documentaries about the Titanic. Can you believe that the last movie James Cameron directed was Titanic? That feels like it came out way back in 1997 because....well it came out way back in 1997. After 12 years Cameron is back with the long awaited ridiculously anticipated Avatar. Expectations are through the nerd-roof with this one partly because it's James Cameron and him not making a movie since the aforementioned (ooooh I used the word aforementioned today!) Titanic. Also much has been said, from Cameron himself at times, about the groundbreaking 3D technology we are going to be seeing in the movie. Well the trailer is out and what do I think? I can't comment on the 3D aspect because the trailer isn't in 3D, but the visuals in this movie? Worrrrd. They are ridiculous. The landscapes, the Na'vi creatures, (those are the Blue aliens we see for all you nerds who haven't been following the pre-production of this movie and yes I did adjust my glasses as I wrote that), the Mech suits (similar to those seen in the Matrix Revolutions and thank you will I adjust my glasses again), the battles in the sky between the Na'vi and those military future-copters (also similar to those seen in The Incredibles and for the final Tri-force of Power I will just lower my glasses slightly and peer at you). I am interested in seeing Cameron's vision of the military in the future. Movies are still ripping off today what he did with his vision of the military from Aliens. If we get anyone like Hudson or Hicks, (hell I'll even take Carter Burke!) here then Cameron could be crowned King yet again. Oh and did I mention Sigourney Weaver is in this? Lord. A. Mercy. You know what the more I'm writing this the more I'm believing that this movie is going to be great. Avatar arrives in theaters on December 18th. You can see the trailer at Apple by clicking here.
As if you needed another reason to want to see Where The Wild Things Are now comes this amazing news. Karen O. is doing the soundtrack to Where The Wild Things Are. Alright, all together now: SOLID! Pitchfork.com has the article on the soundtrack's release date (September 29). Rolling Stone has the article which you can check out here revealing who the rest of her bandmates are on the soundtrack. You can check out the first single Highway 61 right here. I did and I dig it. Big thumbs up. My girl grooves like a rock star. We'll all be listening as we watch Where The Wild Things Are when it's released on October 16th.
Hey Have You Seen That New Gentlemen Broncos Trailer?
Here's the trailer to the upcoming comedy Gentlemen Broncos. The two selling points at the top of the poster above are not what make me want to go see this movie. I've never seen Napolean Dynamite. When I've tried to I've gotten bored immediately. Nacho Libre is on my "I'll get to it" movie list. No beautiful peoples the two main selling points for me in this trailer are Jemaine Clement and Sam Rockwell. Clement is half of the very funny comedy duo Flight Of The Conchords. If you don't know who Sam Rockwell is (and you won't recognize him in the trailer if you're not) you better ask somebody. Currently he's starring in this summer's highly rated/highly under seen Moon. You know what? My apologies to you Mr. Sam Rockwell. I've done you a disservice myself by not seeing more of your movies. My favorite performances of yours are from Galaxy Quest and Charlie's Angels. That'd be like if someone asked me what my favorite Pacino performances and I said Revolution and Cruising.
I stand by Galaxy Quest being a great movie though. It's hilarious and Sam Rockwell's hilarious in it. Charlie's Angels? Well judge me if you must. Regardless I'm not being fair to you Mr. Rockwell. Your movies are currently in my Netflix queue so I hope all will be forgiven. Gentlemen Broncos is the story of "a loveable loner whose passion for writing leads him on an offbeat and hilarious journey as his story first gets ripped off by the legendary fantasy novelist, Ronald Chevalier (Jemaine Clement) and then is adapted into a disastrous movie by the small town’s most prolific homespun filmmaker." Thank you Trailer Addict for that lovely description. Thank you Jed Resnik for letting me know about this trailer. Who's Jed Resnik? He has a great site out of New York that you should check out as well. Gentlemen Broncos arrives in theaters on October 30, 2009.
Here's the trailer to the upcoming film The Box. It stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, and 1/3 of Frank Langella's face. The Box is a film about married couple Diaz and Marsden who are going through tough economic times in the '70's. Just when it seems like they are at the end of their rope Frank Lagella's tore up face shows up with a small box and quite the offer. If they push the button on the box they will recieve $1 million dollars. Brilliant! The catch? Someone will die when they push the button. Do they push the button knowing someone is going to have to die in order for them to get out of their own hardships? If I was in this movie it would go like this:
1/3 of Frank Langella's Face: If you push the button you will recieve a million dollars but someone will--
Cut to me shoving Cameron Diaz out of the way then slamming down on the button. End credits roll.
It'd be an easy decision for me is all I'm saying. Especially if it could be someone I don't know. The scene could also go like this:
1/3 of Frank Langella's Face: If you push the button you will recieve a million dollars but someone somewhere will die.
Me: Actually 1/3 of Frank Langella's face, here's a list of some people who really don't deserve to be here. Take one of them, throw in an extra million, and I'll help you out with your face situation.
Cut to me shoving Cameron Diaz out of the way then slamming down on the button. End credits roll.
I liked just about everything I saw in this trailer. It's what I don't see that does not have me sold on it completely. The Box is directed by Richard Kelly who's first film was Donnie Darko (good but overrated) and who's second film was Southland Tales (I've been told it's not good and it was terribly rated). I'm going to see it regardless partly because I'm just happy at the fact that their is a scary movie coming out in October that doesn't have the word Saw and a Roman numeral in the title. The Box opens in theaters on October 30th, 2009.
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Hey peoples! Here's the trailer to the upcoming film Legion starring Paul Bettany (the albino from The Da Vinci Code), Dennis Quaid (not the enemy from the classic Enemy Mine), Charles S. Dutton (Roc from ROC), plus the scariest Ice Cream Man ever, and a Crazy Ass Freaky Old Woman (Estelle Getty returning from the grave maybe?) who you shouldn't let anywhere near your unborn child. Trailer Addict describes the story as this, "When God loses faith in Mankind, he sends his legion of angels to bring on the Apocalypse. Humanity's only hope lies in a group of strangers trapped in a desert diner and the Archangel Michael.". My first reaction after watching the trailer was, "Is this The Prophecy with a bigger budget?". I liked what I saw here especially that Ice Cream Man. That's a pretty freaky intro. That creature looks like it could exist in the world of John Carpenter's The Thing with it's stretchy skin and twisted figure. I'm never going to look at an Ice Cream man the same way ever again. I do find it kind of strange that the trailer is over five minutes long. It doesn't need to be that long. It's like a trailer for a movie from the '70's where they practically showed you the whole movie. That's my main problem with this one. The pacing is all off. There's a lot of set up and then a lot of action shots. They could shave off a good two minutes from this trailer and have something that piques your interest, hits you with the action, then gives you a release date. Instead they try and make sure that you really understand what the plot of the movie is about and it does more harm than good. Good intention, bad execution. Watch and decide for yourself. Legion arrives in theaters January 22, 2010.
And here's an Ice Cream Man we all remember and love:
Hey Have You Seen The Newest Where The Wild Things Are Trailer?
Based on the first trailer for Where The Wild Things Are and now this new one it’s safe to say this film is going to win the “It’s Okay To Be A Grown Man and Cry While Watching This Movie” Award. I remember reading the behind the scenes stories about this movie and the studio not happy with the footage they were seeing. What the hell were they looking at? What were they being shown? I don’t need to describe this trailer. It’s awesome. Check it.
Apple's Exclusive Where The Wild Things Are Featurette
Hey Have You Seen That New The Lovely Bones Trailer?
The trailer for Peter Jackson's newest movie The Lovely Bones has arrived over at Apple and you can watch it right here. The movie is based on the book of the same name and tells the story of a young girl who is murdered and then watches the effects this has on her family and her killer from heaven. The cast includes Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Michael Imperioli, and Stanley Tucci. I'm making a prediction right now after seeing this trailer for the first time: Stanley Tucci will get an Oscar nomination for his role in this movie. Stanley Tucci has been my boy ever since his role as manipulative sum-ma-mabitch Richard Cross on the cancelled too soon ABC show Murder One and his role as the ambitious restaurant owner Secondo in the highly underwatched film Big Night. The moment that sold me on Stanley Tucci in this trailer is when pictures are being shown of him as a possible suspect (I assume that's why they are being shown) to Wahlberg and Weisz, who play the parents of the murdered child, and the pictures show them everything but Stanley Tucci's face. It's pretty creepy. I see quite a few Academy Award nominations headed towards The Lovely Bones after watching this trailer. Take a look for yourself. The Lovely Bones arrives in theaters on December 11, 2009.
How we doing Beautiful Peoples! If you're already sick of Monday and you are looking for something to do this Tuesday night. Come on out to Chicago Underground Comedy at the Beat Kitchen for some jokes n' jokes n' jokes! I'll be performing alongside these SuperFantastic Folks:
