Film Freak 2014 - And So it Goes

Old people unite, it's time for an old person's love story! Hello Michael Douglas & Diane Keaton in "And So it Goes".



David & Margaret both hated this film on this week's instalment of the at the Movies on the ABC and I sort of saw why. Yes it was rather lame, but cute at the same time. It featured the second most uncomfortable Michael Douglas sex scene after that scene in Behind the Candelabra with Matt Damon.

Look old folk may love this but with a shockingly low score on Rotten Tomatoes something tells me this film will only be on for a short period of time. Rival film Hundred-Foot Journey is also doing advance screenings this week aimed square on at the pensioners so with two films to choose from I think the pension will just cover the latest Dame Helen Mirren The Hundred-foot Journey.

Look overall this was nice light fluff for a Friday evening. I really would feel mean scoring this less than 3 Stars as overall there are some nice messages, even the oldest cranky man can turn out OK (so here's looking at you Liberal Party - come on put on a happy face and have some god damn compassion) and old people can still find love and come out with some funny one liners.

And So it Goes, it's definitely not brilliant but it's easy on the eye, 3 Golden Oldie Stars.

Australia is now run by a complete pack of lunatics

Aside from Malcolm Turnbull of course, this is just the latest in a government who will soon be less popular than the final few horror years of John Howard in power.

Even Andrew Bolt seems to be getting irritated and that's saying something. However he does remain a vile human being when you wake up to this on a Friday morning. People I know who have immigrated here have some of the most motivated parents and these people too are also some of the most motivated folk I know. It upsets me the way this country is headed to small minded and uneducated Australia. I am a proud Australian, love Australian music, film, TV and culture but don't like the negative rubbish the media (mainstream) push.

I believe in we at the end of the day are all worm feed, whether we are black, Asian, white, male, female, gay, straight, a doctor, a homeless youth, there is one thing we all have in common we all pass away and everything is history.

But enough of this, it's Friday and it's the start of the weekend and I intend to get my Park Run on, have a look at this great idea. This is what I am talking about volunteering, getting out among people and staying active, nice.

Also something nice is a silly film, this hits the cinemas next month y'all:

Georgie Boy why oh why are you such a moron

True Blood Season 7, Truly disappointing

When a seven season drama decides to call it quits there are big expectations. Dexter was recently slammed for the season 8 finale. Yes it was rather lame but overall Dexter was an extremely consistent if not anything drama. Unfortunately True Blood has been on the downward spiral since Bill turned to blood and was reborn at the end of season 5.

Season 6 was a red hot mess seeing the show's ratings never getting back to where season 5 or previous seasons had risen to.

This season started promising but after watching the most recent episode the magic has definitely left the HBO produced sexy series.

Yes even Jason Stackhouse can no longer carry this Vampire/Werewolf/Fairy/Dwarf and fuck knows what else supernatural series which has only 3 episodes left to redeem itself.

Can the show turn things around in the last three episodes? Will everything else be wrapped up and all loose ends get resolved? I don't imagine they will unless it's a movie length fast forwarded episode where it stops the nonsense and gets straight to the point.

Unfortunately True Blood may have done an additional season or two and should have just gone out on a high note. But really how often does that happen these days? Maybe some would say Breaking Bad.

So if your still in for the fucking crazy ride that is True Blood here is what next week has in stall:

Sharknado 2: The Second One {My Reaction}

Around this time last year I had an epic weekend of US Telemovies and this weekend I gave one US telemovie sequel a crack, yes Sharknado 2: The Second One. And ready and willing 2015 we will see the third Sharknado television event.



This time around it's NYC pride as the franchise takes to the streets (and air for that matter - the start featuring Kelly Osbourne is a hoot) to New York City. It's again fun and Tara Reid and Ian Ziering are just having the time of their revised career lives.

Mark McGrath from Sugar Ray joins the fun as does Vivica A Fox.

Can I wait for the third Sharknado film to land? Well this was really easy going viewing on a Saturday morning whilst putting washing away, planning the weekend and thinking why and how did this concept ever come about? How did Steve from 90210 make it again? What the hell is Tara Reid doing back on TV/film?

Enough said this is just a bit of choice shark viewing. I have always been partial to a shark film and this one although silly makes for decent viewing. If you have a spare moment the latest and definitely not the last Sharknado film is good for these under 20 degree days.

Speaking of TV, Foxtel has done it again, I saw this when catching "Lucy" at the cinema:



I am extremely excited but this and after Foxtel have killed it this year with Wentworth it looks like other than Time of Our Lives, they have drama well covered in 2014.

Film Freak 2014 - Lucy

Day two of the weekend and movie two. This weekend has seen a lot of competition for the box office spend, existing high grossing flicks:

22 Jump Street
Dawn of the Planet of Apes
Hercules
Sex Tape
Transformers

And new comers:

These Final Hours - yesterday's review below, trailer further down
Guardians of the Galaxy - Advance Screenings

And finally Lucy. With the big five above you can definitely give Sex Tape, 22 Jump Street and Transformers a wide birth but the other two really are some of the finest and fun films I have seen in a while.

However Jersey Boys and Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie can definitely be missed also, Jersey Boys was overly long and had nothing on the live show and the TV show Mrs Brown's Boys looks so lame it's hard to believe their is a live show and now a god damn movie hells bells.

Anyway that's what's on at the movies but here is my review for the short and sharp 89 minute feature Lucy.

I had heard good things and also some online chatter that this sucked but I went in with a clear mind and no judgement. I do love Scarlett Johansson, but like her co star Morgan Freeman she is severely over exposed.

I can only go about two months between outings to the pictures without seeing Morgan Freeman in a film and with three more films featuring Freeman to be released by the time the year is out let's just say I am sure I will see him in another picture before too long.

Now finally to Lucy, clocking in under 1 and a half hours this movie gets to the point fast and by the time it gets there it moves swiftly to a super random ending. A good ending for a sci-fi film but slightly random.

I enjoyed the film, the action box ticker the car chase and the action scenes really were amazing. Johansson is beautiful and after her voice seduced us in Her she now seduces us as an action lead star.

Look Lucy is not the best film out at the moment, nor is it the best film of the year but overall I enjoyed it and can't wait to see Johansson in the second Avengers picture.

Lucy rates a 70% approval rating, that equals roughly 3.5 Stars.

Film Freak 2014 - These Final Hours

Screen Australia has had a massive amount of funds cut and this is highly evident with the few and far between Australian movies hitting the big screen. That and the fact the major players in the cinema game Hoyts & Event Cinemas opt to play Hollywood blockbusters wall to wall, it makes it very difficult for an Aussie film to get screen time in 2014.

That said These Final Hours has some decent session times this week and I took the time to take in the 10:40am session this AM. Not to my surprise I was joined by a mere 4 other folk who rose early on a chilly Saturday to take in an early film.

This does not help my above Australian film issue, Aussie films come out and then no one goes so major cinemas think (and sometimes rightly so) let's just put a few extra Transformers sessions on and leave Charlie's Country to the indie cinemas or their poor man cinema option in Hoyts case Cinema Paris.

So now to the film and I took in this morning and to be honest it's August so I can comfortably say this may be my favourite Australian feature of 2014. This film debuted at the Melbourne International Film Festival last year and was also a selection at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

Can I just say Nathan Phillips is a babe and he loves a sex scene (thank goodness) and he is currently appearing on the US version of the Bridge.



He is the main lead in this Aussie made disaster film about the end of days. He is well cast and as above is simply delicious and in the opening scene he does have an ass to die for.

He takes on the role as the hero in this highly disturbing look at Perth in the wake of the end of time. It looks at the bogans we host in this country and the desperate measures people go to in the final few hours this country has. Europe, South East Asia, America & Canada are all gone whilst Australia's are either partying, killing themselves (and their family) or just trying to survive.

It was an interesting look at what would potentially happen if the Earth was coming to an end (Global Warming Mr Abbott??) and how would you react?

Phillips assists a young girl to track her family down and has some vile encounters along the way. I posted the trailer below so have a peek there or just go out and enjoy a 90 (or just under) minute look at the end of time Perth style.

After only seeing two other Aussie films in 2014, The Rover (also rather apocalyptic - is there are a theme with Aussie creatives) & Wolf Creek 2 I really am going to say this is my favourite thus far. The partying scene with the bogans it hosted, kind of made me happy the world was ending for these folks, Aussie flags draped all over the shop & drunk youths drinking & over doing drugs (whilst forcing drugs onto young children) would we really miss these folk?

This film stayed with me whilst I had my $20 wash and cut at the local hairdresser, what would you do if you knew you had hours to live? Would you do a good deed like Phillips or become a complete creep? It's an interesting thought when you look at the society we currently live in.

These Final Hours, it's not amazing, but it is sure better than a kick in the nuts, 3.5 100% Australian made stars.