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“The Last Exorcism Part II” Not Really
Mar 16th
“Or Is It?”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
The Last Exorcism Part II has a title that makes you think, whereas the movie itself just makes you cringe or laugh, sometimes simultaneously.
Maybe the filmmakers just wanted to cash in on the popularity of the trend in blockbuster series of movies having two parts to the final episode in the series, but the operative word here is “blockbuster,” which this movie isn’t, and neither was its predecessor.
Anyway, this movie is just as confusing as it is silly, and it continues where the first movie left off, which wasn’t called “Part I.”
Once again, we follow the story of Nell Sweetzer, who is 17 years old and living in Louisiana. Nell is trying to build a new life after escaping the events of the first movie.
Nell is living in New Orleans, and she can’t remember entire portions of the previous months except that she is the last surviving member of her family, and the evil force that once possessed her is back.
In other words, the last exorcism didn’t work, and now it is apparently time for another one.
Or, as a doctor tells Nell, “It’s your life. You get to decide who you are.”
Nell lives in a house with other troubled teenage girls, who are all under the supervision of the doctor.
Nell has a job as a maid at a motel, where a young man named Chris also works, and they act as if they like each other.
However, strange things start happening to Nell.
A radio talks to her, she answers the telephone, and a strange voice says disturbing things to her.
Nell and the other girls go to watch the Mardi Gras parade, and ominous people in unsettling costumes and masks stare at her, and she also thinks she sees her dead father across the street watching her, but of course he suddenly disappears.
Nell also has disturbing and erotic dreams, and so we never know if what we are watching is supposed to be real or just another one of her dreams.
Eventually Nell meets a woman with special powers who tells Nell that the demon that was in her before loves Nell and wants her.
So, naturally this woman arranges for an exorcism to get the demon out of Nell.
The Last Exorcism Part II … or is it?
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
“This Is 40” Can Just Be Skipped
Dec 30th
“Can Just Be Skipped”
“Hotshots” looks at a movie!
This Is 40 is written and directed by Judd Apatow, and some are calling it a sequel to his 2007 Knocked Up, but it is only an elaboration of two of the characters in that earlier movie.
Paul Rudd plays Pete, and Leslie Mann plays Debbie, and she also happens to be Apatow’s wife.
Pete and Debbie have two daughters, Sadie, who is 13, and Charlotte, who is 8, and they also happen to be the real daughters of Apatow and his wife.
But before you start thinking, “Oh, isn’t that nice,” be aware that the language used by the two girls is so profane that they wouldn’t even be allowed to see their own movie in the theater.
Not that they, or anyone else, for that matter, should want to see this movie.
Pete and Debbie are both turning 40 in the week of December 5, and the movie opens with a scene of both of them in the shower, but the conclusion is not expected, and we hear, “That is the worst birthday present you could ever give anyone.”
Yes, the beginning is gross, but supposed to be funny, which could also be said about the entire movie.
Then we get a cliche scene about Debbie’s birthday cake, which claims that Debbie is only 38, and Pete explains to the daughters that their mother doesn’t want to be 40, and so the cake indicates 38.
You couldn’t write this stuff, and if you read a recent story about Apatow, it might not have been written, because the story says that Apatow likes to shoot a lot of footage of the actors improvising the scene, and if Apatow thinks the improvisation is good, he will go back and keep shooting the scene with the new ideas until he has what he wants.
And even then, that scene might not make it into the final cut.
Meanwhile, back to the movie, we see Pete planning his own elaborate birthday party, Debbie having to figure out if one of her employees is stealing money from the store, the girls constantly fighting while being obsessed about watching episodes of the old “Lost” television series, many references to modern celebrities and excessive use of modern technology, and disjointed scenes that don’t really fit together.
This Is 40 can just be skipped.
I’m Dan Culberson and this is “Hotshots.”
Bruno Mars Hottest Artist in the World
Dec 9th
Check back for more updates in the coming weeks.
SATURDAY 12/8/12 (12:30 PM EST) – MTV 10 On TopSUNDAY 12/9/12 – CBS SUNDAY MORNING
MONDAY 12/10/12 (7:55 PM EST) – MTV FIRST
TUESDAY 12/11/12 – TODAY SHOW
TUESDAY 12/11/12 (12 PM EST) – The Big & Best Of 2012 Livestream
THURSDAY 12/13/12 (8 PM EST) – X-FACTOR
In celebration of the release of ‘Unorthodox Jukebox’ we’re excited to announce that we have a brand new site launching next Monday December 10th!
The site has a completely new design & function while staying true to the community of the current site that you all have become used to and love.
We don’t want to spoil the surprise so be sure to check back next week on Monday, December 10th. It’s an exciting time to be a hooligan and as always we appreciate your support.
Please leave a comment if you have any questions or if you’re simply excited!
Love,
Bruno Mars Webcrew
Tune in to MTV next week on 12/11/12 at 7:55 PM EST to watch a special performance of ‘Locked Out Of Heaven’ on ‘MTV First: Bruno Mars’
The following day (12/12/12) starting at 12 PM EST catch Bruno during ‘The Big And Best of 2012’ livestream for a performance of ‘Young Girls’ & interview w/ Sway Calloway.
Click HERE to watch behind the scenes footage for the making of ‘Unorthodox Jukebox‘ via Rolling Stone.
‘Unorthodox Jukebox‘ available everywhere December 11th http://smarturl.it/unorthodoxjukebox
Download exclusive singles from the album on iTunes.