RSS feed for elaineisthebest

Recent activity

All films

Recent reviews

More
  • Prometheus 2012

    Added 1

    First off, I've only watched the trailer (like, 50 times today) so I will amend this review when I actually watch the film (which will be EPIC.)

    Secondly, to describe this film as "not a prequel to ALIEN" as the filmmakers have done is misleading (potential spoiler: EXHIBIT A: twitpic.com/7wv9c1 ). Point aside, I'm totally nerding-out hardcore right now, and CANNOT WAIT to see this.

  • Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater 2011

    ★★★★ Watched 12 Dec, 2011

    Give this man his $5 already. Even the login and purchasing dialogue on his website was hilarious. (User option: "I choose not to be on the mailing list, so please leave me alone you fat idiot.")

    Granted, not as epic and sublimely perfect as 2008's "Chewed Up", but still WELL worth the price of admission: buy.louisck.net/

    EDITED TO ADD: Just received a mailing list email from Louis, thanking those to purchased his film. I totally read it in his voice.…

Popular reviews

More
  • Louis C.K.: Chewed Up 2008

    ★★★★★ Added

    Never has a man made the topics of desperate Cinnabon-eating and killing baby dears with STDs so damned funny. An hour of fearless and original comedy.

  • Mother 2009

    ★★★★½ Added

    Don't mistake this with the 1996 Albert Brooks film of the same title. A cutesy Debbie Reynolds flick this is not.

    From the director of the cult horror film "The Host", Bong Joon-Ho presents an unsettling and twisted murder mystery, successfully mixing elements of film noir and black comedy. An obvious fan of western cinema, Bong infuses the film with an off-kilter David Lynch/Coen Brothers feel, with quirky characters, random/comical violence, and deliberate pacing.

    The actress playing "mother" (Kim Hye-Ja)…