Sale Of The Century

“Noooooooo!”

Idiocracy Mash-Up

“Shut up.”

“Toilet.”

“Money.”

Fnah!

One of my favorite clips from one of my favorite movies, Odd Couple 2.

Bratman

A scene from Bratz The Movie overdubed to sound like Batman. I didn’t think I would like this at first but it’s actually really good.

Wal-Mart: High Cost Of Low Price

Wal-Mart: High Cost Of Low Price is a comprehensive look at all of the wrong doings of corporate giant Wal-Mart. Through a series of interviews with people of all walks of life from former Mom & Pop competitors to Chinese factory workers, Robert Greenwald, the director, systematically removes the veil behind almost every area of a Wal-Mart representives’s speeches to shareholders and the press. In contrast to other doom and gloom documentaries of late such as the Zeitgeist series, this film manages to present often jaw-dropping facts and personal accounts without leaving the viewer felling overwhelmed and helpless. By the time the film concluded, I was left seriously regretting my days as a Wal-Mart customer when I lived in Tennessee which is something that I certainly didn’t expect to happen.

My Kid Could Paint That

My Kid Could Paint That is a multi-layered documentary centering around Marla Olmstead, a four year old painter who is hailed as a child prodigy by abstract art lovers the whole world over. The film also details her rise and fall from fame and deals with the mainstream public’s apparent disdain for abstract art. Amir Bar-Lev, the director, also skillfully sets the film’s pacing to ensure that Marla’s story is told as naturally as possible. By withholding most of the footage of the media’s scathing criticisms of Marla’s art until roughly halfway through the film, he sends the viewer to ride the rollercoaster of fame right along with the family. However, the main question of the film is implied fairly early: Did Marla actually paint the paintings?

The Freshest Kids

The Freshest Kids is a documentary about the origins and future of B-boys and break dancing directed by Israel. Although it features various stories and several cameos, most notably by Mos Def and KRS-One, the film centers around the story of two break dancing crews, The Rock Steady Crew and The New York City Breakers. While the film is certainly not without it’s faults, overall it’s an interesting look into one of the less discussed aspects of Hip-Hop culture and is definitely worth watching.

The X Files – I Want To Belive

The X Files: I Want To Believe finds Mulder and Scully a full 10 years since their last appearance in what could be one of the most ridiculous plots of all time. Instead of hunting aliens or solving government conspiracies as one might expect, they buddy up with a psychic child molester Catholic priest who wants to help bring a modern day Russian Dr. Frankenstein to justice while Scully tries to perform experimental brain surgery on a dying boy in her spare time. You may want to take a second and read that last sentence again and see if you’re as confused as I am.

The King Of Kong

The King of Kong is a semi-tongue in cheek documentary about Steve Wiebe and Billy Mitchell who are both vying for the highest world score on Donkey Kong. While obviously not filled with edge-of-your-seat action, The King of Kong is highly entertaining the whole way through and provides an interesting glimpse into the unique lives of both contenders. Between Mitchell, the scheming pony-tailed hot sauce tycoon, and Wiebe, a family man and teacher simply searching for his place in the sun, there’s no question about who to root for.

Step Brothers

Step Brothers finds Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly as lovable losers in their late 30s still living with their parents who become brothers after their parents marry. Aside from their parents, Adam Scott who plays Ferrell’s Tom Cruise-esque over achieving biological brother also delivers a solid performance. Although not hilariously funny, there were plenty of well written jokes the whole way through backed up by entertaining performances by both Ferrell and Reilly making it worth recommending but not quite a must-see.