A Week Behind!!

Well, looks like we are going to be delayed a week on filming the first show.  Set issues and a few other minor setbacks.  But don't worry, we'll film on the 28th and have the first episode ready to air on 5/2. 

Until then, watch for my review of Scream 4 and hopefully Rio this week.  And then Water for Elephants sometime over the weekend. 

If you have ideas for the show, keep 'em coming and be sure to post your comments!!

Later. 

Batch.

Review: Source Code

Source Code
Carmike Cinema 10
Plenty of AC
Large Mr. Pibb

4/12/11

Dictionary.com defines the word “original” as “new; fresh; inventive; novel.”  That’s how I’d describe Source Code. 

If you have a heartbeat and watched any NCAA basketball, you’ve probably seen the trailer and know the premise:  An army grunt is part of an experimental project that allows people to be sent back in time into someone else’s body to the last 8 minutes of their life.  In this particular case the grunt is Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal, looking his usual two-day scruffy), who’s last memory is flying a mission in Afghanistan until he awakens in the body of Sean Fentriss, a passenger on a Chicago commuter train who is seated across from a young woman named Christina (Michelle Monaghan, looking cute).  Confused and alarmed, and with barely enough time to get his bearings, a bomb explodes on the train and Stevens awakens in a pod, alone except for the image on a small screen of Colleen Goodwin (Vera Farmiga), a member of the group that is managing the experiment.  After a few Manchurian Candidate-like questions, Stevens regains his focus and gets his assignment:  find the bomber and prevent a future attack.

In a day and age of total junk (Red Riding Hood, Your Highness), blatant cash grabs (anything with a number following it i.e. Hangover 2, Pirates 4 or shilling to kids i.e. Hop, Mars Needs Moms) and CGI brain-screws (Sucker Punch, Battle:  Los Angeles), it’s refreshing to see a good story, helmed by a quality young director and starring talent that brings the story to life. 

Side note:  Source Code director Duncan Jones is David Bowie’s son and the movie has a little bit of that Bowie edge, even down to the ringtone on Christina’s phone, a Jones signature now and a throwback for some of us Doc Hollywood apologists.  One other side note:  the voice of Stevens’ father is played by Scott Bakula, a point not lost on any Quantum Leap fans that enjoy time travel stories.

Imagine a cocktail that is two parts The Matrix, one part Groundhog Day, sprinkled with a dash of Vantage Point and topped off with some Inception flavored Unstoppable and you’ve got an exciting, well-paced, really pretty dang good movie. 

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that Source Code will win Best Picture this year.  But every now and then we need a new, fresh, inventive and novel movie to remind us that Hollywood still has it hidden away somewhere. 

My Review: 

3/4, See it in the theater

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