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In Bruges
Directed by: Martin McDonagh
Cast: Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Ralph Fiennes
Time: 1 hr 47 mins
Rating: R

Plot: When a targeted kill goes wrong and leads to an accidental death, a hitman (Farrell) and his partner (Gleeson) have to lie low in Bruges, Belgium.

Who’s It For? There’s definitely some violence, but it is mainly the matter-of-fact conversations from Farrell that will have people talking.

Expectations: There was a strong buzz for this film, yet this was McDonagh’s first feature film, so you never know. Plus, Farrell is either on or off, there’s no in between.

SCORECARD (1-10)

Actors:
Colin Farrell as Ray: Farrell is “on” with this role. He’s able to be carry around some terrible stereotypes and be likeable. Farrell can act, as Tigerland, Cassandra’s Dream, Minority Report and now In Bruges have proved, it’s ... Continue Reading

Because of Morgan Spurlock’s film “Super Size Me” (and my wife), I’m off fast food almost entirely. Now comes his new film “Where in the World is Osama bin Laden?” It’s the story of a documentarian attempting to find the most notorious terrorist in the eyes of the U.S. government.

Considering you haven’t read any headlines about bin Laden being interviewed, or Spurlock collecting the $25 million reward, you can guess what happened. But Spurlock does give insight into how people from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Eygpt and Israel view Americans and what binds us all together.

I sat down with Spurlock and asked him if he was the skinny Michael Moore… ... Continue Reading

Doug Benson had an idea. For a man who smokes pot, that’s nothing new. But he did something unique for a marijuana smoker… he followed through on that idea.

“Super High Me” is a documentary/comedy inspired by Morgan Spurlock’s “Super Size Me” with one very big twist.

Benson smokes pot for 30 days straight to see what will happen. Morning, noon and night, Benson smokes. But first he goes completely sober (alcohol and pot) for a month and takes lung capacity tests, a physical and the SATs, which he then repeats during his pot month.

I first interviewed Benson at SXSW where his film made its premiere. But then everything was stolen (notes, recorder, computer). Benson was cool enough to do the whole thing all over again… ... Continue Reading