Day 27: "Half Nelson"

Oh, Ryan Gossling. Ok, maybe I have a man crush on him. I'm not gay, but if we were prison cell mates, I wouldn't complain. I'm just saying. So maybe i'm a little one sided with his movies.

I think he is an amazing actor. I want to see every movie he was in. So I picked "Half Nelson". A movie about a drug addicted inner city school teacher played by Ryan.

So another drug addiction movie. Not "Sid & Nancy" or "The Fighter" but you really feel the frustration of trying to clean your life up, but one struggle and you fall on that crutch that will make it all better.

Now my wife is an inner city teacher and I know the struggles and hurdles that she has to deal with each day. In inner city schools, alot of people dont realize that for some kids, school is their only regular thing in their life. The only thing they can count on. And when they can have a solid role model like a teacher, they really put all their emotional eggs in one basket. Teachers know that (well the good ones) and when they see their kids loose faith in them, it is devistating. Try and handle that on the down slide of a haroine binge.

Not one of Gossling's finest, but worth your time. 3 Stars.

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Day 26: "Dylan Dog"

This is Brandon Roth's 3rd comic book series movie. 1st was "Superman Returns", then it was "Scott Pilgrim", and now "Dylan Dog"

The tagline of the movie is "No pulse. No Problem". Dylan is a privet investigator for the paranormal. Crazy murder? He'll find the vampire or warewolf responsible.

Now, the suck heads and flea bags live amung us, without us knowing. But Dylan knows this a little too well. No he isn't one himself, but he knows that underworld damn well. Oh and his partner is a zombie. A very comical zombie.

I dont know if it is because I saw "Breaking Dawn" this weekend with my wife (i was dragged to that but we snuck into Muppets after. Totally worth it then.) but tgis movie was super fun. I really have no clue if my reader will like this movie, or not, but I did.

I give this movie a solid 2 stars with the potential for 3 stars.

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Day 25: "See No Evil, Hear No Evil"

And I shal speak no evil in this review. This is a classic comedy film from 1989. The era of no shame comedies like "Plains, trains, and automobiles", "Tootsie", and "Airplain 2".

I can hear the board room pitch meeting. "Ok, a blind guy and a deaf guy are framed in a murder, and they have to clear their name." "Will there be jokes about being blind and deaf?" "Most definately. Infact we can make the blind one black, so he doesnt know he's black." "Make the movie!"

This is a solid 3 star movie. I liked it and I reccomend it to you. And if you havent seen it, WATCH IT!

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Day 24: "Red State"

Weed, dick jokes, star wars refrences. Three staples of a Kevin Smith film, suprisingly, not found in "Red State".

Horney teenage boys find a sex site for horney housewives and go out to get laid. Once they get to the lonely housewife she ends up druging them.

They wake up in a church, facing exicution, for their "wicked ways".

The church is a strong hold like Wakeo texas. And just like the wacko in Wakeo, the ATF shows up and shit hits the fan.

John Goodman is simply amazing and highly reccomend this film. 4 Stars.

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Day 23: "Midnight Cowboy" Another Dusty

Before HBO's "Hung" the original hustler was Joe Buck. A blond hair cowboy from Texas. He moves to New York city to sleep with wich women for money.

If it was as easy as he thaught it was to become a male whore, all men would try this line of work. But his clientel is not who he wants.

As he tried to be a ladies man he meets Rico Salvatore Rizzo played by Dustin Hoffman.

This movie is made 10 years after "Madagan's Millions" and he needed those 10 years to hone his craft. From crap to oscar worthy proformance.

I really liked this and I do recomend this. 3 stars.

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