Zombieland - A Deadly Fun Time! Too Cheesy? Oh, Well...

So this movie kicks some serious ass in more ways than one. First, it stars Woody Harrelson as a zombie-killer virtuoso who lives life every second as if it were his last. Oh, and he gets high. Obviously.  Second, it stars that kind of lame kid from Adventureland who's always good for a laugh-at rather than a laugh-due-to-a-joke.  Sort of a poor man's Michael Cera.  Third, the aforementioned Emma Stone and the talented, but kind of frumpy Abigail Breslin play a sister duo who also kill zombies.  And they're pretty smart.  Add all this up with one of the funnest and most original screenplays I've encountered, a director who clearly doesn't care how seriously he's taken, and a Bill Murray scene which might have stolen the show had it not been for the fact that the whole rest of the flick was fantastic, and you get grisly, hilarious cinematic fare.  See Zombieland because it's harmless and it's a good time. Nothing too profound, here, folks. Just pure fun.

Rating: TIGHT JOINT

Chick of the Flick

Remember that girl from Superbad (tight joint) who the fat one really wants and you weren't too sure whether she was hot or not? Well, since then, Emma Stone (her name) has been dolled up a little bit more, feeding off the Hollywood fuel that forces her to look better every single day. And she looks pretty damn good. A little Christina Hendricks in there, perhaps? Check it.

Song of the Flick

It's been a while, and I'm confident that my millions upon millions of readers are near the point of killing themselves due to lack of Joints and Flicks. Well, don't you worry, devoted followers, I've returned from twiddling my thumbs and watching re-runs of Seinfeld on TBS.com. Seriously, they have them there.

Anyway, here's a song that literally just graced my aural senses and I've been loving it's cheesiness, star-power, and overall obnoxiousness. This is Winner by Jamie Foxx with Justin Timberlake and T.I.

The Informant! My, Oh My, How Enticing That Exclamation Point Is.

Steven Soderbergh, one of my favorites, adapts the nonfiction novel written by Kurt Eichenwald entitled "The Informant." Clearly, Scott Z. Burns, writer of the screenplay, went deep, down into the caverns of his creative soul to come up with a catchy title. "The Informant!", a dark comedy directed by Soderbergh and starring Matt Damon with a few burgers in the ole gut, is a fascinating and awkwardly hilarious recount of this big Mark Whitacre illegality fiasco that happened throughout the mid-90's. Damon plays Whitacre who is the "Informant!", the enthusiastic, incredibly smart, and eerily fantastic-at-lying whistle blower for the company AMD, which does something with corn or whatever. The investigation and Whitacre's role in it is the catalyst for the storyline, but the movie, like its title states with zeal, is all about Whitacre. Whitacre narrates, and the camera never gets off his pudgy, mustachio'd face. And what a character to watch. Damon is fantastic, and so is everyone else. The film's a little slow-paced as it depends on actual, fact-based material, so bare with it. It's a good time watching Damon put on a clinic and Soderbergh having as much fun as he can when it comes to presenting an FBI informant about a biochemistry company. See it if you think you're intellectual enough. Was that pompous? It might've been. But, seriously.


Rating: TIGHT JOINT

Chick of the Flick.

So I was watching ESPN today, and who else comes on the screen that instantly catches my attention but Erin Andrews? I mean, she's so God damn knowledgable about sports and all that I just can't take my eyes off her when she comes on. Really, what she knows is hypnotizing. So smart. Lotta smarts, that one. Here she is.

Song of the Flick

So, what's the latest jam? What's the new noise all of the kids are bouncin' around too in their SUV's and Miatas? I'll tell you what, it's Big Sean and his song Way Out featuring Mr. Hudson! All right! Let 'er rip.