Chained

D'onofrio's Men in Black character drives a cab as cover for his secret life.








So, he and the director wanted to call this movie "Rabbit"  which would have been a much better title.  It built up and up and up and then it just stops.  They ran out of money.  So I was all into it being an 8 out of 10, but then it was a 6.  Bummer.  It coulda been a contender.

Sinister

Ethan Hawke playing himself letting his demons ruin another marriage.


or


Idea from a dinner napkin, never fleshed out...

John Voight

Last night, Phil and I are under the weather, I make chicken cutlets and penne in vodka sauce and we settle under blankets with dinner and a movie. Dinner is getting cold as he flips through the Comcast on demand list and I say "Pick anything!"
So we end up paying $4.99 to watch Pride and Glory.
When it's over, I look at him and say "That's it. From this moment forward, no more movies that have John Voight with billing higher than cameo."
Phil asks why.
"Because anything with him in it is usually bad or mediocre, and if it's a free movie, mediocre is fine, but I'm not paying for his performances anymore."
"That seems a little extreme."
"Name three good movies he's been in since 1990."

He couldn't.

(this is from 2009)

The Last Gladiators

Sad documentary about pro hockey players without translatable job skills.

Goon

Reverse "The Last Gladiators".   Bouncer plays hockey.

Killer Joe

So, Matthew McConaughey?  You're gonna hate him.
And you're gonna hate fried chicken.

True Bloodsuckers

Typical syfy fare. Bonus fake Brits and Aussies tossed it to make the vampires seem "older".

Black Swan

Single White Female still living with her mom.

or

Making Ballet relavent again.

We need to talk about Kevin

The perils of post-partum depression, 15 years later...

Hanna

If Kick-Ass had been reality based.

Drive

How the transporter was born

Kill List

Children of the Corn meets the KKK in Britian

The Innkeepers

The Innkeepers

Kids can't leave well enough alone.

Cold Weather

Anything that is written, directed, and edited by the same person needs to be avoided.  Seriously.

This is a new rule.

The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

"Double Jeopardy" meets "My Cousin Vinnie"

A Serious Man

A Serious Man

Wife and kids bully husband, regrets ensue

Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go

Isolation, innocence, Intense longing, and being there for those you love

Lonesome Jim

Lonesome Jim

Quirky depressing romantic dramedy about your reality being what you make it.

The Perfect Host

Perfect Host

Niles' OCD entertains the Usual Suspects.

Winter's Bone

Winter's Bone: A Novel


Winter's Bone
Clarice before Silence of the Lambs.