Fright Night Review

This past summer I watched the original Fright Night for the first time and I have to say it was extremely dated and laughable. From jump cuts not matching up to horrible "B movie" style acting to "Evil Ed" changing into a Werewolf after being bitten by a vampire, it was in desperate need of a remake. From the first blood sucking scene to the last, the new Fright Night drives a stake through the heart of a successful action/horror/comedy film.

The cast of the film is absolutely perfect! Colin Farrell is great as the new neighbor (and vampire) Jerry Dandrige (portrayed by Chris Sarandon in the original). Farrell brings the perfect balance of charm, scary, and funny capturing the tone of the movie perfectly. Anton Yelchin and Christopher Mintz-Plasse play Charlie Brewster and "Evil Ed" Lee respectively, both of whom are amazing. But the real show stopper is David Tennant as Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall in the original). In this film, Peter Vincent is a Criss Angel type character, rather than a "local yokel" public access film host. Tennant brings a Jack Sparrow type energy and wit to the role. Toni Collette and Imogen Poots round out the cast as Charlie's mom and girlfriend.

Written by vampire veteran Marti Noxon of Buffy fame and directed by Craig Gillespie (Lars and the Real Girl) this movie is full of non-stop action and a lot of really funny humor.

Fright Night is the best example of the reason a movie should be remade and also how great one can be if it is well executed! Movie theaters are plagued with remakes and reboots, all of which are notoriously terrible and mostly in the horror genre. Hopefully, Fright Night won't get lost in the "remake shuffle."

I give Fright Night a frightening 8 out of 10 stakes!

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DVD Review: Role Models

Role Models
Written by: Paul Rudd, David Wain, Ken Marino, and Timothy Dowling
Directed by: David Wain
Starring: Seann William Scott, Paul Rudd, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Bobb'e J. Thompson, Elizabeth Banks, and Jane Lynch

Arriving on DVD today is the comedy hit Role Models starring Sean William Scott and Paul Rudd as two energy drink salesmen who are court ordered to join Sturdy Wings and mentor two kids. Hilarity ensues.

Well, maybe not hilarity.

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Role Models is not without laughs. It does have a lot of funny parts to it. It's just not as funny as I had hoped it would be. The real laughs come from the kids, played by Christopher Mintz-Plasse and Bobb'e J. Thompson. That's not to say no one else is funny. Rudd and Scott have plenty of laughs themselves. It just seems that the kids have the most.

It does have it's heart felt moments at the end but nothing to heavy handed to detract from the fact that it is at its heart a comedy. I won't give away any of the ending except to say that it is satisfying.

While it's not as funny as I was expected, it's definitely worth a watch. When it's funny it's really funny. The cast has great chemistry and they play off each other great. Especially the mentors and mentees (is that right?) You'll be smiling for the majority of the film when you aren't laughing. Which I found myself doing most during the "Larping" scenes.

The DVD features both the R rated and Unrated versions of the film. I was watching it with someone who's seen the movie before and they kept pointing out scenes that weren't in the theatrical version and there were a few so this isn't an unrated version with 10 seconds of footage added.

The DVD also includes a lot of special features including deleted scenes and alternate takes which are pretty funny themselves. We also get bloopers and the featurettes "In Character and Off Script" which is some improve from the cast, "On The Set of Role Models," feature commentary with the director, and much more.

It all adds up to a rather robust DVD for a pretty decent film. It's certainly not the funniest movie of the year but it is an entertaining watch well worth the price of admission.

Role Models is available on DVD and BluRay today.

If the movie isn't enough play the Role Models Babe Watcher Game! You can check that out here.

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The Cast of KickAss!

One of the best new comics of the year has been fast tracked into a movie adaptation directed by Matthew Vaughn. Mark Millar's Kick-Ass looks to have it's cast in place. Check them out below!



British actor Aaron Johnson will be playing the title character Dave Lizewski, a 15-year-old boy named Dave Lizewski who makes himself a superhero, albeit without any powers or abilities.


Lyndsy Fonseca will play Dave’s crush Katie Deauxma, who thinks he is gay.

Chloe Moretz will play Hitgirl. Four feet of bad ass sword carrying awesomeness.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse (AKA McLovin') is in talks to play the Red Mist who is out to uncover Kick-Ass’ true identity. As far as I know he has yet to appear in the comics. So Spoiler alert?

Nicolas Cage has signed on to play a former cop named Big Daddy who is also trying to bring down a druglord.

I can't wait for this movie.

Info courtest of Slashfilm.

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