it's time to talk movies

hey everyone!! sorry I've been MIA for the past few days, but lets be honest, who even reads this ? I'm sure a total of 0 people noticed i was missing ha!, and besides i had to do some research for my next entry which i decided would be about some fabulous movies I've seen lately! ! I'm going to TRY and keep it short, since Ive been informed that my entries tend to run a little long, i was like bitch please the title of my damn blog is mistertom's RANTS..i rant duh..

anywhoodles the first movie I'm going to talk about is a HILARIOUS dark comedy by John Waters(pink flamingo, the original hairspray ) it is called Serial Mom here's the poster for the movie :


if that doesn't give you an idea of what sort of ridiculous movie this is, then you are clueless. the movie focuses on Kathleen Turner's character Beverly Sutphin , who is clearly losing her mind!, i don't want to give away too much about this movie, because the less you know about it going in, the more you will love it, just trust me that its an outrageous, over the top, hilarious comedy and remember don't wear white after labor day

p.s check out this HILARIOUS picture i found that's a play on the poster... so damn funny
if that doesn't make you laugh you have no soul.


Up next I'm going to talk about two different independent films that i found to be quite amazing and brilliant

first up I'm going to talk about a movie starring one of my favorite actresses around Tilda Swinton.

the movie is called "Julia" check out the movie poster below :

the movie is about an Alcoholic fluzie played to the extreme by Tilda Swinton (who in my opinion NEEDS to get nominated for this movie, for many reasons which I'll talk about in a hot minute).

again , without giving away too much, I'll let you know that she goes to AA meetings, not by choice, and meets a rather interesting lady while shes there, who approaches her with the idea of kid napping her childing from her father ( the child's grandfather ) because of the abuse he endures under his hand, but its pretty clear from the beginning that this woman is deranged and really should not have her child back, we as the audience understand this, but Julia is clouded by her lust for money and power, and of course her judgment is shrouded in a haze of booze filled nights , nights she often forgets the next morning, as she lay next to a man she apparently had sex with as well ( probably just to get a ride home if for nothing else).

the movie leads us down some intense and often VERY real scenarios, the screenplay for this movie is phenomenal and made me believe almost everything i was watching.

now why should Tilda receive an award nomination(s) for this? because A) she is a fearless actress who seems to know no limits and B) because this movie is ALREADY out on DVD!, it played in only 4 theatres because of the money crunch the production faced, and received almost no word of mouth from the audiences, even though it has been praised at numerous award and film festivals over the past few months, so i feel a nomination for Tilda would really bring the sort of attention to this film that it deserves.

the last film I'm going to talk about has a title i cant even pronounce, but one of my favorite Actors around right now , Phillip Seymour Hoffman, good lord can this man act.

check out the poster :

i watched this movie last night, and i still cant really say i understand it completely, there are a lot and i mean A LOT of hidden meanings in this movie, it is full of symbolism , and it is full of some of the best acting work I've seen come out of the cinema for quite some time. i wasn't sure how i was going to feel about this movie ( i even had it for almost a month from netflix, just sitting at my house ) i eventually returned it without watching it, only to find it on Starz on Demand last night.

the movie is just over 2 hours long, running 2 hrs and 3 mins, and i was up till 3 am watching it...i was SO SO tired by the end , because of the late time, but that's how interesting this movie is, you just cant take your eyes off of it !! .

the basic plot for the movie follows a man over from what i gathered is a 40 year span, following him through a rough marriage at the beginning, all the way to a very emotional ending..

this is another one of those movies i cant give away too much, because the less you know before you go into seeing it, the richer the experience you'll enjoy.

its sort of like the movie "Doubt" in the sense that this is a movie that everyone will come out of thinking something totally different, but that's what i LOVE about this movie, it makes you think , and god forbid we THINK ! ha ha.

it is certainly not a movie for everyone, but i say give it a shot, take from it what your mind allows you too , its a beautiful , powerful film..


OK so i went on another RANT ha ha! go figure right??
well I'm off for the day to enjoy what nice weather we have left here in MN


MisterTom

p.s can I please give a shout out to spell check? love you boo