Posts tagged Rob Corddry
Sex Tape “As Promised”
Jul 29th
SEX TAPE is a movie that resembles its title: lots of skin and boring story.
Now, be honest: Have you ever watched a “porno” that had a good story? The answer has got to be “no,” because the whole point of a porno is to see the naked bodies and the acts of copulation themselves.
In other words, if you want a story, read a good book.
If you want to see the naked bodies of Cameron Diaz and Jason Segel pretending to have sex, recording it for their own amusement, and then spending the rest of the movie trying to recover all the copies that accidentally got released up into the “Cloud,” then go ahead and see this movie, but prepare to be as bored as anyone is who actually watches a porno film.
Incidentally, the truest line in the movie and perhaps even the funniest is when Jay says to Annie, “Nobody understands the Cloud!” in his frustration when he can’t easily retrieve the copies that have been sent there.
However, most of the movie consists of their attempts to obtain the tablets that they gave to people, not realizing that a copy of their video is on each tablet.
One of those tablets was given to Hank, played by Rob Lowe, who might become Annie’s new boss, and they show up late at night at Hank’s front door, pretending to be collecting money for a charity, and the plan is for Annie to distract Hank while Jay goes searching through Hank’s house looking for the tablet.
Remember that tired old line, “That was so funny, I forgot to laugh,” which is said after a joke or a situation that wasn’t funny? That applies to this subplot, too.
There is another subplot involving somebody texting Jay who claims to have a copy of the video and threatens to blackmail Jay for $25,000 or else the video will go public.
Now, I can’t prove the reason for this, but are you as surprised as I am whenever a relatively known actor in a relatively important part in a movie doesn’t get listed in the credits?
Such is the case here with the actor sho plays the owner of a porn site who tells Jay and Annie, “There’s no shortage of sex tapes.”
SEX TAPE proves that.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Sex Tape – Movie Trailer
Jul 21st
Jay (Jason Segel) and Annie (Cameron Diaz) are a married couple still very much in love, but ten years and two kids have cooled the passion. To get it back, they decide – why not? – to make a video of themselves trying out every position in THE JOY OF SEX in one marathon three-hour session. It seems like a great idea, until they discover that their most private video has gone public. In a panic, they begin a wild night of adventure – tracking down leads, roping in friends, duping Annie’s boss – all to reclaim their video, their reputation, their sanity, and, most importantly, their marriage.
“Muppets Most Wanted” Most Enjoyable
Mar 26th
“Most Enjoyable”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
MUPPETS MOST WANTED reminded me of that old vaudeville saying, “a little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants,” as the Muppets once again do what they do best: act silly and be entertaining during the course of a story that brings them all together.
All your favorite Muppets are back, and many of your favorite human entertainers appear in surprising cameos or as major characters advancing the story.
The cameos include such entertainers as Tony Bennett, Hugh Bonneville, Sean Combs, Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Salma Hayek, Frank Langella, Ray Liotta, Usher, Stanley Tucci, and Christoph Waltz, who in fine Muppet tradition dances the waltz onstage during a performance in Berlin.
The story has the Muppets reuniting and being convinced to go on a world tour by Dominic Badguy, played by Ricky Gervais, who promises them houses that will be sold out and worldwide adoration if they will hire him to be their manager.
Dominic says, “Kermit, how about the Muppets go on a world tour?” and says that his last name is pronounced “Badgee” even though it looks like “Badguy,” because it is French and actually means “Good guy.”
Meanwhile, Constantine, the World’s Most Dangerous Frog, breaks out of a gulag prison in Russia and becomes an integral part of the story, because he looks just like Kermit, except that he has a dark mole above his lip.
Well, Dominic has a dastardly plan for the cities he picks for the world tour, and, sure enough, Constantine replaces Kermit on the tour, and Kermit is arrested as Constantine and sent back to the Russian gulag, whose commandant is Nadya, played by Tina Fey.
After a museum robbery in Berlin engineered by Dominic and Constantine, Interpol sends Jean Pierre Napoleon, played by Ty Burrell, and Sam Eagle from the CIA shows up to solve the case, but after interviewing all the Muppets, they conclude that the Muppets are too stupid to be behind the robberies, which now include another museum robbery in Madrid.
Meanwhile, back at the gulag, Nadya has ordered Kermit to be in charge of the annual musical review, and she has started to have fond feelings for Kermit.
Incidentally, stay for the end and Nadya’s solo, which is priceless.
MUPPETS MOST WANTED of course contains a major marriage subplot with Miss Piggy.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
