By JAMES MELVILLE Something relevant! Ha. Classic misdirection. Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call–New Orleans (2009): Plot: After injuring his back when rescuing a convict (Nick Gomez) caught in a flood after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans detective Terence McDonagh (Nicolas Cage) gets promoted to Lieutenant. Six months later, he’s addicted to any kind of drug that [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE This is the first year I haven’t made up a movie to review for April Fool’s Day. I decided to write about The Hunger Games instead, because it’s more culturally relevant. The Hunger Games (2012): Plot: In the future, some kind of global conflict has collapsed America and replaced it with the [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE I’m really hoping that by the time you guys read this, it’ll be less than 80 f*cking degrees outside. Yeah, I’m that guy. 21 Jump Street (2012): Plot: Two ridiculously immature cops, Jenko (Channing Tatum) and Schmidt (Jonah Hill) are given an undercover assignment in a high school. Their mission is to [...]
By JAMES MELVILLE Although I didn’t actually watch the Oscars, I did refresh the IMDB homepage for a few hours while I did homework. Because I’m a professional. The Artist (2011): The Plot: In 1927 Hollywood, silent film star George Valentin (Jean Dujardin) struggles to find a purpose when the advent of sound makes him [...]
