Movie Maven

Sam Rockwell: Dancing Machine

2011-03-02T16:35:00.000-06:00

Loved Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, and I need to see Moon!

Oscar Best Picture Rap-Up w/Shane Dawson

2011-02-20T12:10:00.000-06:00

Lady Gaga. Bad Romance. Four-handed guitar version

2011-02-18T13:06:00.000-06:00

Love it!

Bitter Heart - Seona Dancing Music Video

2011-02-09T18:33:00.000-06:00

Ricky Gervais in 1984 as the lead singer of the British hit band Seona Dancing!!! OMG!

Wayne's World on the Oscars

2011-02-07T14:44:00.001-06:00

Vivaldi Four Seasons Summer Theme Cover GH1

2011-01-21T10:47:00.000-06:00

The Chase Film

2011-01-21T09:44:00.000-06:00

Cool Ad!

A Brief History of Conspicuous Product Placement in Movies

2011-01-12T08:46:00.000-06:00

DJ Earworm - United State of Pop 2010 (Don't Stop the Pop) - Mashup of T...

2011-01-02T09:38:00.001-06:00

Best one yet!

Home Alone With Zombies

2010-12-24T15:29:00.001-06:00

Werner Herzog Reads Twas The Night Before Christmas

2010-12-24T15:11:00.001-06:00

LOL!

Coke Christmas 2010 - Mind Heist.

2010-12-23T07:37:00.000-06:00

This is awesome how it mirrors the Inception music!!

Bing Crosby & David Bowie - The Little Drummer Boy / Peace On Earth

2010-12-20T21:06:00.001-06:00

A Holiday Classic!

Water for Elephants (2011) - Trailer (HD)

2010-12-16T14:43:00.001-06:00

Filmography 2010

2010-12-14T21:29:00.000-06:00

Wow. That is damn fine editing.

WGN Morning News team does Teenage Dream with Keenan Cahill

2010-12-14T07:39:00.000-06:00

My local WGN Chicago Morning team in a hilarious collaboration with local Youtube star Keenan Cahill!

Meryl Streep on Ice

2010-12-13T11:47:00.001-06:00

LOL!!

Rudolph (You Don't Have To Put On The Red Light)

2010-12-10T19:24:00.000-06:00

250 Introductions of 185 People, Groups, & Things

2010-12-10T18:18:00.000-06:00

Jack Black & Jason Segal Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy

2010-12-08T14:18:00.000-06:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Shades of Bowie and Bing!

Honika Electronica

2010-12-08T07:35:00.001-06:00

Last night of Hanukkah tonight!

Can I interest you in Hanukkah?

2010-12-02T07:49:00.001-06:00

For you, eight nights!

Candlelight - The Maccabeats

2010-12-01T19:52:00.000-06:00

Happy First Night of Chanukkah!

Every Anime Opening Ever Made

2010-11-30T15:30:00.000-06:00

Tron: Legacy - Trailer 3 Official HD

2010-11-29T19:43:00.001-06:00

Awesome new trailer!

Tangled: Count Up to 50th Animated Motion Picture

2010-11-28T16:32:00.000-06:00

Period Drama Montage "It's Raining Men" (REDO)

2010-11-28T16:09:00.000-06:00

Love it!

Thanksgiving Blessing from The Ice Storm

2010-11-25T08:03:00.000-06:00

Dear Lord, thank you for this Thanksgiving holiday. And for all the material possessions we have and enjoy. And for letting us white people kill all the Indians and steal their tribal lands. And stuff ourselves like pigs, even though children in Asia are being napalmed.

No one does snarky like Christine Ricci. Happy Thanksgiving!

My Favorite Thanksgiving Day Movies

2010-11-24T09:05:00.002-06:00

To celebrate Thanksgiving, here are a few of my favorite Thanksgiving films.

Home for the Holidays, Jodie Foster's directorial debut, is underrated. It has Holly Hunter, Anne Bancroft, and Robert Downey Jr. as the hilarious gay brother. It's one of my favorite roles for Robert. Just watch "The Turkey Scene" and try not to die laughing.

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles. The classic! "Those aren't pillows!" LOL

Pieces of April - a Katie Holmes film I actually like. This movie is very funny, and extremely touching. Katie Holmes plays a girl trying to host her family for Thanksgiving for the first time. Her apartment oven stops working, so she has to involve all her neighbors to help make the meal. I think this is the first film where I saw Patricia Clarkson who plays the mother. She is amazing in this film. Oliver Platt is also excellent as the father.

Someone has also posted the whole film here on Youtube.

Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters and The Ice Storm also revolve around Thanksgiving, but the above three are my favorites.

Darren Criss performs "Part Of Your World" at The Grove LA

2010-11-23T14:05:00.001-06:00

Impromptu concert at the mall in LA by that new Teenage Dream, Darren Criss of Glee.

Harry Potter and the X-Rated Trailer

2010-11-23T08:28:00.000-06:00

Harry Potter and the X-Rated Trailer - watch more funny videos

HA!

Jim Carrey on Letterman promoting I Love You Phillip Morris

2010-11-22T13:59:00.002-06:00

Wow, kudos to Jim for schooling Dave Letterman. Dave asked him about playing a gay man in I Love You Phillip Morris.

Asked Dave: "And, in terms of a leading man, a heterosexual playing a homosexual, do homosexuals say 'well, that shouldn't have been a homosexual' or do you worry about your image as a heterosexual leading man playing a homosexual?"

Replied Carrey: "Boy, we haven't grown at all, have we? We haven't grown at all.... We're still children in the schoolyard. Honestly. No offense Dave, for god's sakes, have you ever seen a gay man? Are there gay people in Indiana? Is it ok to be gay there, is what I'm asking. There's not a policy against gay people there or here?"

I saw the premiere of Philip Morris at Sundance, and it was hilariously funny, and I agree with Dave - this is the best that Jim Carrey has ever been. It comes out December 3rd.

Every Arnold Scream From Every Arnold Movie

2010-11-20T16:15:00.001-06:00

Argggghhhhhhhh! lol

Arcade Fire - The Suburbs (Official Video w/ Subtitles)

2010-11-20T10:15:00.000-06:00

Directed by Spike Jonze

The Cast of Harry Potter learns to speak "American"

2010-11-18T14:31:00.000-06:00

Movie Trailers - Movies Blog

lol! The Olive Garden!

Every Pee Wee Herman Word of the Day

2010-11-18T11:06:00.002-06:00

Ha Ha!

If Other Directors Made The Social Network...

2010-11-17T18:27:00.000-06:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

Your Highness

2010-11-17T14:01:00.000-06:00

Green Lantern Trailer

2010-11-17T13:51:00.002-06:00

Love it!!

WONKA : LEGACY (Tron Legacy Trailer #3 Mash Up)

2010-11-16T17:46:00.001-06:00

Bring Back the 80s Music Video

2010-11-16T12:09:00.000-06:00

Ladies in Lavender Mini-Film Review

2010-11-15T09:19:00.002-06:00

On a whim, I watched Ladies in Lavender on my Netlix Watch Instantly queue this weekend. I adore Judi Dench and Maggie Smith in almost anything, and they were both wonderful playing off each other as spinster sisters living in a cottage in Cornwall right before WWII.

They find a young Polish man washed up on the beach, and take him in to recover from his broken ankle. The pleasant surprise is that the young man is played by Daniel Brühl who was Frederick Zoller in Inglourious Basterds.

There's not a ton of drama, but both women's hearts are set aflutter by the young man and his musical talents. Then again, I could probably watch Judi Dench recite the phone book, and be entertained. It's a sweet little English period piece. Two and a half stars. Watch the trailer here.

Ondine Film Review

2010-11-15T09:00:00.002-06:00

I was really looking forward to seeing Ondine. Finally a romantic film with Colin Farrell! It played only in very limited release for about a minute, so I missed it on the big screen. I discovered this weekend that's it's now available on Netflix Watch Instantly.

The film is written and directed by Neil Jordan (The Crying Game), which should have told me from the start that this would be no typical romantic film. The tone is more wistful and dark, for an
"adult" fairy tale. Fisherman Syracuse (Colin Farrell) discovers the lovely Polish Alicja Bachleda in his net. She refuses to go to a doctor or the hospital and is fearful of being seen by anyone. He lets her stay at his late mother's cottage.

Syracuse has a precocious daughter in a wheelchair, and while she's getting kidney dialysis, he tells her the story of a fisherman who finds what may be a selkie in his net. The real romance to be honest is between Alicja's "selkie" and Syracuse's daughter, Annie. I also love the relationship between Syracuse and the village priest played by Stephen Rea. (Who would have thought early in Stephen Rea's career that he would end up playing so many priests?)

The cinematography is gorgeous as is the Irish coastal setting, which adds to the fairytale feel of most of the film. The last part of the film suddenly lurches into harsh thriller realism. It's jarring for the audience, and the characters in the film.

I have very mixed feelings about this film, partially because I had such high hopes for what it might be. What it is, is a quiet sweet little indie film, but it's not quite the magical Colin Farrell romance film that I'd imagined it would be. If I'd gone into it knowing nothing, and expecting nothing, maybe I would have a different take.

Definitely worth a view for Farrell fans, but I'm glad I didn't pay full freight to see it in the theater. Two and a half stars. I also wish I could have watched it with closed captioning as the Irish accents were very thick!

Jane Eyre Trailer!

2010-11-11T08:25:00.000-06:00

Oooh, I've been waiting for this one. Fassie as Rochester! This looks wonderfully gothic and creepy. Mia Wasikowska from Alice in Wonderland I've been watching since her excellent turn on the first season of In Treatment. She's a wonderful actress and this will give her a chance to show more of that potential on screen than she did in Alice.

Bless My New Plaid Pants for posting some screen caps of the trailer:

See more screen caps here.

Frank's Marriage Proposal in Central Park

2010-11-10T08:27:00.000-06:00

Coolio!

Sucker Punch - Trailer

2010-11-05T08:19:00.001-05:00

Oh, man is this going to be awesome!

Remember, remember the Fifth of November

2010-11-05T08:13:00.000-05:00

Remember, remember the Fifth of November,
The Gunpowder Treason and Plot, The Gunpowder Treason and Plot,
I know of no reason I know of no reason
Why the Gunpowder Treason Why the Gunpowder Treason
Should ever be forgot. Should ever be forgot.

Sesame Street: We're The A Team -A Song

2010-11-04T11:06:00.001-05:00

Seksi A, Ryan!

(They couldn't get Bradley Cooper? lol)

First Look at Spielberg's Tintin

2010-11-01T17:22:00.000-05:00

Empire Magazine has the first look at the photo-realistic animation in Spielberg's upcoming film, Tintin. Jamie Bell will play Tintin, and Andy Serkis is Captain Haddock (below).

Burke & Hare Trailer - High Quality

2010-10-31T21:17:00.001-05:00

Serkis and Pegg!

Pumpkinception

2010-10-31T14:45:00.000-05:00

THE ORIGINAL Scary 'Mary Poppins' Recut Trailer

2010-10-31T14:36:00.001-05:00

Any movie can be scary with the right music and sound!

Happy Halloween!

Alien in Squash

2010-10-30T22:04:00.000-05:00

The winner of this year's contest at ExtremePumpkins.com

Halloween Light Show 2010 HD - Thriller ( Michael Jackson )

2010-10-30T16:05:00.001-05:00

This is the bomb!

The United States of Movies

2010-10-29T08:07:00.000-05:00

Fargo being placed in Minnesota is not a mistake, as much of the film takes place there.

Muppet Labs Experiment 2Q975: Carve-O-Matic

2010-10-29T07:54:00.001-05:00

LOL! I miss the Muppet Show!

The Birds - The Prequel!

2010-10-27T14:15:00.000-05:00

The Birds (The Prequel) from NYSUfilms on Vimeo.

Very funny spoof trailer from NYSUFilms.

Hat tip: My New Plaid Pants

TRON Legacy - Derezzed Video (Feat. Daft Punk)

2010-10-26T22:29:00.001-05:00

Daft Punk has a cameo in Tron!

And we get to see Michael Sheen in character asking them to play something to “electrify the boys and girls, if you’d be so kind.”

I am going to LOVE this soundtrack!!

Dracula in Under 2 Minutes

2010-10-20T13:45:00.000-05:00

Stayin' Alive In The Wall (Pink Floyd vs Bee Gees Mashup) by Wax Audio

2010-10-19T17:58:00.001-05:00

A surprisingly awesome mashup!

Zuckerberg On The Social Network

2010-10-19T14:55:00.001-05:00

They got his clothes right!

The Open Doors

2010-10-14T20:32:00.001-05:00

A nice spookly little short film from 2005 for October.

This has Michael Sheen as the nervous young gentleman from London named Framton Nuttel who goes to the countryside for a rest cure, and where he arrives at a country house clutching a letter of introduction...

See Eric Stoltz as the first Marty McFly in Back to the Future!

2010-10-12T16:10:00.000-05:00

I'd heard about this for years, but never seen any scenes with Eric Stoltz!

HOLLERADO - AMERICANARAMA (NEW)

2010-10-08T07:32:00.000-05:00

All in one take!!

G.A,.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving)

2010-10-08T07:18:00.000-05:00

G.A.Y.S. (Guys Against You Serving) from Thomas Lennon

The Social Trailer spoof

2010-10-04T15:52:00.000-05:00

"The Social Network" Trailer - watch more funny videos

Norwegian Recycling - Miracles

2010-10-04T15:40:00.000-05:00

Interesting mashup of 16 songs!

Dancing at the Movies - Music Video

2010-10-01T08:08:00.000-05:00

This just made me smile!

RIP Tony Curtis

2010-09-30T15:59:00.000-05:00

Goodbye to one of the greats...

Sesame Street: True Mud

2010-09-29T12:13:00.000-05:00

OMG this is so funny!!

RIP Gloria Stuart

2010-09-27T20:50:00.000-05:00

She died at age 100!

The King's Speech Trailer!

2010-09-24T12:37:00.001-05:00

It won at Toronto. I cannot WAIT for this one! I hope this is the one that finally gets Colin Firth his Oscar.

Mr. Colbert Goes to Washington...

2010-09-24T12:28:00.001-05:00

Julianne Moore Loves to Cry

2010-09-24T12:21:00.001-05:00

Don't miss the last line.

Katy Perry banned Sesame Street video

2010-09-24T08:17:00.000-05:00

I personally think this is an adorable parody, but when Sesame Street previewed Katy Perry's appearance on the show by posting this on Youtube, parents complained that she showed too much cleavage, and that Elmo was seen running around her skirt hem. Oy.

The Michael Cera School of Acting

2010-09-21T12:06:00.001-05:00

I laughed so hard I was crying.

OK Go - White Knuckles - Official Video

2010-09-20T22:31:00.001-05:00

As my son said, "They never cease to amaze."

Advice From A Cartoon Princess: Belle

2010-09-20T11:16:00.000-05:00

Hawaii Five-0 Premiere tonight!

2010-09-20T08:10:00.000-05:00

I've been on an Alex O'Loughlin kick lately. I've been renting the old Moonlight DVD's from Netflix, a show I missed when it was first out. Alex's first film, The Oyster Farmer, is also available on Netflix Streaming (hurrah Roku!) You can hear Alex's native Aussie accent in that sweet little film.

Tonight is the premiere episode of Hawaii Five-0, and I hope the picture to the left is just a taste of what we have in store!

It's also fun that Scott Caan (son of actor James Caan) plays Danno.

Vodafone Network TV ad - couples

2010-09-19T17:16:00.000-05:00

Cute ad!

The Tourist Trailer

2010-09-15T13:32:00.001-05:00

Holy Crap I can't wait for this movie. December, baby!

New ad for Conan

2010-09-14T14:58:00.000-05:00

Inception Trailer A Capella Re-Dub

2010-09-11T16:09:00.000-05:00

I don't know exactly why, but I found this laugh out loud hilarious.

No One Likes M. Night Shyamalan

2010-09-11T13:53:00.000-05:00

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

LOL. So funny, so true.

Dior Homme - Un Rendez Vous (by Guy Ritchie starring Jude Law)

2010-09-09T15:10:00.000-05:00

Guy Ritchie -- you're so opaque!

Shana Tovah!

2010-09-08T13:04:00.000-05:00

Mr. Plinkett reviews Star Trek

2010-09-03T20:12:00.000-05:00

The man that brought us the epic 70 minute review of Phantom Menace actually likes Star Trek:

Russell Crowe's Controversial Australian Tourism Commercial

2010-09-03T18:05:00.000-05:00

You have to watch till the end to see the really bizarre part!!

Get out the Kleenex

2010-09-02T19:57:00.000-05:00

Just saw this at Cinematical:

In October of 2009, Kristian Anderson was diagnosed with bowel cancer -- and the news got worse: it had spread to his liver. The 35-year-old husband and father didn't let the diagnosis get him down, though -- and has since spent his time between chemotherapy treatments urging men to get tested early and often, saying "If I had got tests done when I first suspected something, I might have only had bowel cancer and they could have just gone straight in and cut it out ... It doesn't matter if it's nothing but the best thing you can do is find out it's nothing."

With his wife Rachel's birthday approaching, Anderson wanted to do something special for her. He got in touch with a local radio show who helped him reach out to actor Hugh Jackman and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key. With those two on board (Rachel's from New Zealand, hence the Prime Minister's appearance), Anderson made her a special birthday video that's sure to have you reaching for the Kleenex.

Rachel's Birthday Video from Kristian Anderson on Vimeo.

Good on Hugh Jackman for participating in this special video! I was in tears...

Sean Penn on Between Two Ferns

2010-09-02T15:55:00.000-05:00

Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Sean Penn from Between Two Ferns

That's Sean, and not his twin brother Ballpoint....

Conan Announces Name Of New TBS Show!

2010-09-01T11:41:00.000-05:00

Conan - simple, pure, like the man himself!

Joseph Gordon-Levitt singing "La Valse à Mille Temps" (SitC)

2010-08-31T21:28:00.000-05:00

Can this man be more dreamy? He sings, too, AND in FRENCH for all that is holy!

Terminator 2: The Opera

2010-08-31T17:30:00.000-05:00

First Conan, and now Terminator!

RoboCop: The Musical - "Murphy, It's You"

2010-08-31T17:27:00.000-05:00

Love it!

Full Metal Disney

2010-08-31T16:43:00.000-05:00

OMG!!!!

Brandon Flowers - Bette Davis Eyes (Kim Carnes) - live Troubadour, Augus...

2010-08-28T11:11:00.001-05:00

I love Brandon Flowers' voice (and his taste in covers)!

Happy Birthday Chris Pine

2010-08-26T21:37:00.000-05:00

Kodak 1922 Kodachrome Film Test

2010-08-26T21:29:00.000-05:00

This test footage was recently found of some of the very earliest color film. They used several of the famous silent film actresses of the day:

"In these newly preserved tests, made in 1922 at the Paragon Studios in Fort Lee, New Jersey, actress Mae Murray appears almost translucent, her flesh a pale white that is reminiscent of perfectly sculpted marble, enhanced with touches of color to her lips, eyes, and hair. She is joined by actress Hope Hampton modeling costumes from The Light in the Dark (1922), which contained the first commercial use of Two-Color Kodachrome in a feature film. Ziegfeld Follies actress Mary Eaton and an unidentified woman and child also appear.

The first full length color feature film didn't come out until 13 years later, in 1935.

"SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE MATRIX"

2010-08-25T20:03:00.000-05:00

Masterful editing. LOL! Whoa!

Pee-Wee at Sturgis

2010-08-24T17:13:00.002-05:00

Pee-wee Goes to Sturgis from Pee-wee Herman

Tequila!!