Not Cool Cool Cool

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I don’t know which is worse: NBC moving Community to Fridays or that Whitney is going to be the show’s new lead-in. Trying to make a positive out of it is pretty hard.  Friday night is the death slot in television terms (I guess Saturday evening would be worse but no one schedules anything on Saturdays anymore).  Plus, NBC only gave Community a 13 episode order which isn’t cancellation but an easy out if the show’s ratings get any worse (which under other circumstances wouldn’t seem possible).

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Movie of the Week: Marvel’s The Avengers

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Marvel’s The Avengers was so fun and satisfying that I’m not sure if we ever need another comic book movie again.

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Movies I’m Interested In Seeing: Summer 2012

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Despite having movies I have been anticipating for years, this looks like a pretty lame year for summer tentpole films.  This year, “summer” starts on March 4th.  I don’t imagine that I’ll be seeing a lot of movies this summer but I am definitely going to try and see these five.

5. The Amazing Spider-Man (July 3)

Even though Spider-Man 3 was pretty bad, I still hate how quickly they rebooted it (I know there are legal reasons they needed to do it but still).  I think Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone (as Peter Parker and Gwen Stacy respectively) are well cast and appreciate that they are going back to the mechanical web shooters (which highlights Parker’s intelligence) but tying Parker’s parents into the origin and that horrible suit have me shaking my head. All I know if J. Jonah Jameson appears in the sequels, they better get J.K. Simmons back.

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Movie of the Week: The Cabin in the Woods

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The Cabin in the Woods is a hard movie to review.  It’s hard to praise this film without giving away it’s concept. It’s better not knowing anything about the twist.  Don’t worry, this isn’t an M. Night Shyamalan twist.  From the opening moments of the movie, you know you are in for something different.

On the surface, this is a basic “kids go into the woods” horror flick. One thing I do think it’s okay to know is that it isn’t.  If you are going into this film hoping for a horror movie and just a horror movie, you might be disappointed.  But if you are open to a humorous and slightly witty subversion of the genre, you are in for a treat.

The performances are okay (although Fran Kranz as the stoner Marty got annoying really quick) but the standouts were Richard Jenkins and Bradley Whitford (I can’t say anything about their roles).  Their chemistry is the best thing about this movie.  You’ll be rooting for them despite what that actually means in the context of what’s happening in this film.

Wikipedia: Francis Elliott “Fran” Kranz is an American actor. →

Trailer of the Week: Looper

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I’ve been a fan of director Rian Johnson since his debut film, Brick.  Although I didn’t love his follow-up, The Brothers Bloom, as much, I still thought it was a pretty good film.

In his latest flick, Looper, Johnson reunites with his Brick star Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Gordon-Levitt plays Joe, a hitman for a mob in the future.  The mob sends people back to the past for Joe to kill until the person sent back is his future self (Bruce WIllis). Hijinks ensue.