Ok loyal Legion of Fan, I know I watch a lot of dumb movies, but I had no idea what I was getting into when I decided to go see “Legion” the other day.
Brace yourselves, I’m about to show you everything you need to know about “Legion”:
There. You have now seen everything cool that “Legion” has to offer.
Seriously, there is absolutely no substance to this movie. I wasn’t expecting a deep plot or serious acting, but I certainly wasn’t expecting the stupidity of Bob (Dennis Quaid, GI Joe, Pandorum) and his half retard son named Jeep (Lucas Black, Fast and the Furious Tokyo Drift) taking care of some bitch named Charlie (Adrianne Palicki) who is the most unlikeable heroine I’ve ever seen in a movie to date.
Here’s the gist, God is angry at humanity and orders Michael and Gabriel to carry out an extermination. Michael rebels and finds “the only hope” humanity has, the unborn child being carried by Charlie. Why is this child so important? Because the script says so. That’s really all there is to this movie. A series of cliched lines set around a typical apocalypse plot, and stereotyped cast. When I say everything you need to know is in the trailer, it’s completely true, and I don’t feel that I’m spoiling anything by telling you that the child is important only because the script says it is. There’s no prophecy about her child being important, it’s not the unborn Christ or even an Anti-Christ type twist. It’s just important, and poorly explained.
The only saving grace of this movie is Paul Bettany and Kevin Durand, the only two actors who seemed to take this movie anywhere close to serious. I rarely do this but in a Dave like action I’m thinking of banning any movie with Dennis Quaid in it from reviews from now on.
This movie fails on so many levels it’s not even funny. It even fails at being funny when it tries to be.
If you still want to see the movie after reading this review, then be prepared for a poorly written, poorly directed, disjointed stereotypical story with predictable ending after predictable twist. Too long, and too boring. I know it’s still pretty early in the year but I’m going to stand by and say that Legion is the dumbest movie of 2010.
Hey guys, the gang is back this time with a review of Invictus the film directed by Clint Eastwood, staring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon. The story of Nelson Mandela attempting to reunite the nation of South Africa through ruby after their struggle with apartheid.
The DvD Review is of the 2000 Cohen Brothers’ Film Oh Brother Where Art Thou, loosely based on Homer’s “The Odyssey” set in depression era Mississippi. Staring: George Clooney, John Turturro, and Tim Blake Nelson.
Also new this week we’re introducing musical interludes, as well as listener feedback, and also a contest. Listen in, enjoy, and as always thanks for listening.
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I saw Anvil!: The Story of Anvil the other day on DVD. This movie has been getting a lot of good critical buzz this year but it was their appearance on Conan O’Brian that motivated me to check out the movie. A:tSoA is a documentary abou the band Anvil – a heavy metal hair band from the early 1980s who helped invent the heavy metal sound and toured with all sorts of bands that all made it big. Despite those credentials, Anvil never took off. They never achieved more than very limited commercial success but they also never broke up and have been performing and recording continuously for almost 30 years, still looking for their big break.
The documentary follows the band as they experience a disastrous tour of Europe and attempt to record and sell their 13th album. In many ways the film is a straight forward rockumentary and features a lot of what you’d expect. Don’t let that immediate appearance fool you A:tSoA is not a typical rockumentary. The two primary members of the band Steve “Lips” Kudlow – the lead singer and Robb Reiner -the drummer are utterly personable and relatable. The interviews are genuine and intimate. These men share their dreams and talk about the stumbling blocks they have encountered through the years. What really sets them apart is the unabashedly hopeful they remain, almost to the point complete self-delusion. These men continue to take on great cost to themselves financially and personally to keep this band alive in constant hope for their next big break.
I highly recommend this movie to anyone interested in an emotional narrative about failure and perseverance. The movie will especially resonate with rock enthusiasts and with anyone who has ever pursued a dream that everyone thought was nuts.
Anvil!: The Story of Anvil (2009) : directed by Sacha Gervasi, starring: The band Anvil, their families and features members of other heavy metal bands.
Welcome to the end of the decade all you loyal legion of fan!
We’re wrapping up the decade and submitting our opinions of what was the best and worst of the last 10 years (2000-2009) and putting it out there for all of you to listen and enjoy. Joined back by two of our past guests, Suze and Seed, we pick out from the following categories:
Most Unintentionally Gay Scene
Best/Worst Trend
Biggest Surprise
Biggest Let Down
Best Hero
Best Villain
Funniest Death Scene
Best/Worst Actor/Actress
Best/Worst Comedy
Best/Worst Drama
Ok everyone, this is a LONG episode. So sit back relax and join in the fun.
Go ahead and comment with your picks for the categories!
As always, thanks for sticking with us, and for listening in!
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Just in time for Christmas, the Coin Flip Cinema boys are back and ready to review!
This episode we review the new James Cameron Sci-Fi winter smash, “Avatar”, Starring Zoe Saldana, Sam Worthington, and Sigourney Weaver. Buckle in and get ready for an amazing 3D ride, and listen to our review.
Following that our DvD pick this episode is a Dave pick, the 1977 Woody Allen film “Annie Hall”. Proclaimed a classic by most, will Mikey and Dave agree? Check it out.
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Hey guys, we’re still here! We’re just seriously running into scheduling conflicts left and right!
The movie reviews will continue, and the podcast isn’t dead. At the very least you will start seeing written reviews by either Mikey or Dave cropping up in the near future.
So take heart all you loyal members of the Legion of Fan! Coin Flip Cinema will be back!
The poll regarding additional content is still open, and stuck at a 4:4 tie on whether or not we should cover more than just movies.
Anything is possible, movies, music, video games, comic books, board games. We can do them in written articles, or even special edition recorded podcasts. So go a head, pass us on to your friends, and vote!
Hey everybody, Coin Flip Cinema back again, with the longest title for an episode yet!
This week we talk about the new movie Men Who Stare at Goats, and take another swing at the Watchmen, this time the Director’s Cut DvD along with the Black Freighter animated feature.
Hopefully there’s still some of you out there listening, and for those who have stuck around, thanks.
Poll regarding additional content is still open, so let us know you’re out there and vote!
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We haven’t forgotten about you guys at all!
Once again the daily grind has kept us locked up and away from the theaters. New episode should be coming soon though!
In other news:
Check out our friends new to the PodCast scene: Dirty Boys Radio (pops).
Les B and Seed talk about some crazy stuff. You might remember Seed as a former guest on our podcast for Inglorious Basterds, well he’s taking it to a whole new level with his own podcast now.
Check him out, who knows we might have some cross over episodes or something at some point!
Also, new poll:
Would you like to see random blog postings, relating to movie news, written reviews on TV, and Video Games and the like?
We want to expand the Coin Flip Cinema to encompass more than just movies (despite our name!) and we’re thinking about having more news posts etc.
Let us know what you’d like to hear from us, and what you’d like to see CFC become!
This week we decided to review Astro Boy and Dirty Work instead of Where The Wild Things are.
I know, we keep on not reviewing the movie picks we say we are, but our schedules keeps on getting messed up, and in an attempt to keep the movies reviewed down to at least the weekend they’re out, we’re going to change things up a bit. So for now, we’re only going to flip over the DvD pick, and the theater pick will be one of the new releases that weekend that we were able to make it to.
So this time we saw the new Astro Boy movie, and we have some corrections to make. Dave and Mikey stated that they thought that the original Astro Boy started some time in the 70s, however it turns out that his original appearance was in 1951, and his show first aired in 1963.
Here’s a link to the Wikipedia article on Astro Boy, and his creator Dr. Osamu Tezuka.
We’re going to try in the future to do more research on our movies to prevent further mistakes like this from happening. This podcast is an ever growing process, and we’re happy that you are all here to be a part of it.
As always, thanks for tuning in, and thanks for remaining in the Legion.
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Rapid fire!
We’ve got episode 19 out right away as we said we would… BRAAAAAINS!
It’s an all zombie week as we tackle two movies in the new category of “Zomedies” (Zombie Comedies) and also try to get back into the groove of things. Mikey and Dave are back… hopefully on a semi-regular basis.
Anyway, enjoy the review of Zombieland and Shaun of the Dead
Also, there is an art competition that Mikey entered, and did not make the final cut. However, he still wants you to vote! His preferred vote for you to make is for one Daniel Araya, but vote for whomever you think really did the best job.
Click the link below to go vote!(no log-in required, just click like it’s a poll!)
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