This week, character actors come out to shine in a lively yarn about a mobile phone phenomenon and a fine drama about coming of age in tight religious community.
Me think seeing company rise and then come undone far more interesting, in dramatic terms, than "hooray for us" success story like We Bought A Shoe.
On related note, me have long wondered if future generations will listen to Jay-Z and have foggiest idea what "out the country but the blueberry still connect" refer to.
At the risk of sounding like a dorky TV dilettante, I’ve seen about 20 episodes of Always Sunny and, at the risk of sounding like a horrible human, I can’t get enough of Howerton. Obviously I need to see this movie ASAP.
Could not agree more, though one difference is that I've not seen 20 episodes but rather every episode 20 times as it is my favorite TV show by no small margin. I've been wondering why he hasn't been cast in parts like this for years now as he is the absolutely undisputed champion of that suppressed rage that people seem hell bent on casting Adam Sandler for (no disrespect to the Sandman, who I also like, but Howerton does it without the clownish persona underneath that makes it even more unnerving to watch). I'm a million percent in on this movie.
That’s a great observation about Sandler. Howerton could do the smart version of those roles. Malkovich in Burn After Reading comes to mind.
You know, in reading this review, it seems that Howerton has Demonstrated value, Engaged physically with the role, and is now Nurturing dependence in the audience. I hope we’re not about to be Neglected emotionally.
So do I, though it's important to note that he would eventually Inspire hope. And it would be the best role of all because it's very emotional for us. We'll think we've broken through his tough exterior.
First 'Owning Mahowny' gets the retrospective treatment and then four stars for 'BlackBerry', what a glorious day for our country and indeed the world. Lifelong overexposure to the RIM story has made me especially resent Cineplex running the trailer incessantly for the past month -- The University of Waterloo is my alma mater, I've walked past the Lazaridis School of Business (of neighbouring Wilfred Laurier University) hundreds of times, played basketball at RIM Park, lived the ups and downs of the Jim Balsillie NHL saga in my adolescence and was subjected to story after story about Barack Obama's BlackBerry by local and national media. That said, Scott's excellent review and an obviously stellar cast have got my hopes up. "I said they're the best engineers in Canada" is already getting a lot of run among my cadre of Canadian engineers...
Hmmm.... Successful newsletters are all about carving out a niche for yourself, so perhaps we've hit on something with all this Canadian cinema content. What could be next? A 31st anniversary piece on Léolo? A deep dive into the Video Age explorations of early Atom Egoyan? (I might do that one, actually.) Something about how hard The Silent Partner rules? Lots of possibilities here.
Me think seeing company rise and then come undone far more interesting, in dramatic terms, than "hooray for us" success story like We Bought A Shoe.
On related note, me have long wondered if future generations will listen to Jay-Z and have foggiest idea what "out the country but the blueberry still connect" refer to.
Well, R.E.M. has a song called "Star 69" and it's still great!
At the risk of sounding like a dorky TV dilettante, I’ve seen about 20 episodes of Always Sunny and, at the risk of sounding like a horrible human, I can’t get enough of Howerton. Obviously I need to see this movie ASAP.
He's awesome. I hope he sneaks his way into awards consideration for this.
Could not agree more, though one difference is that I've not seen 20 episodes but rather every episode 20 times as it is my favorite TV show by no small margin. I've been wondering why he hasn't been cast in parts like this for years now as he is the absolutely undisputed champion of that suppressed rage that people seem hell bent on casting Adam Sandler for (no disrespect to the Sandman, who I also like, but Howerton does it without the clownish persona underneath that makes it even more unnerving to watch). I'm a million percent in on this movie.
That’s a great observation about Sandler. Howerton could do the smart version of those roles. Malkovich in Burn After Reading comes to mind.
You know, in reading this review, it seems that Howerton has Demonstrated value, Engaged physically with the role, and is now Nurturing dependence in the audience. I hope we’re not about to be Neglected emotionally.
If you all haven’t seen it, Patton Oswalt’s Twitter thread on this today will get you super-psyched.
You called it. I'm fired up.
Wow. Matt Johnson as “our new Scorsese”.
I hope it’s true, the thread and this review definitely made me more excited to get to this film.
Ha. Well, I’d lower your expectations from Scorsese! This is just a very fun movie.
Agreed. I don’t even go into Scorsese movies with Scorsese expectations, would just be setting myself up for heartbreak.
So do I, though it's important to note that he would eventually Inspire hope. And it would be the best role of all because it's very emotional for us. We'll think we've broken through his tough exterior.
Mentioning Jay Baruchel and not talking about the glory that is Goon?! That's a paddling!
I was talking about his humble beginnings, not his apex as a Canadian legend.
First 'Owning Mahowny' gets the retrospective treatment and then four stars for 'BlackBerry', what a glorious day for our country and indeed the world. Lifelong overexposure to the RIM story has made me especially resent Cineplex running the trailer incessantly for the past month -- The University of Waterloo is my alma mater, I've walked past the Lazaridis School of Business (of neighbouring Wilfred Laurier University) hundreds of times, played basketball at RIM Park, lived the ups and downs of the Jim Balsillie NHL saga in my adolescence and was subjected to story after story about Barack Obama's BlackBerry by local and national media. That said, Scott's excellent review and an obviously stellar cast have got my hopes up. "I said they're the best engineers in Canada" is already getting a lot of run among my cadre of Canadian engineers...
Hmmm.... Successful newsletters are all about carving out a niche for yourself, so perhaps we've hit on something with all this Canadian cinema content. What could be next? A 31st anniversary piece on Léolo? A deep dive into the Video Age explorations of early Atom Egoyan? (I might do that one, actually.) Something about how hard The Silent Partner rules? Lots of possibilities here.
Is this the sound of the people crying out for a piece on SCREWBALLS and SCREWBALLS II: LOOSE SCREWS?
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