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At around 9 a.m. local time, Albanian human traffickers, looking for new merchandise for their prostitution business, abduct two American girls traveling in France. One of those girls frightfully describes what is happening over the phone as her father listens in horror at home in the U.S.
The Killers lead singer Brandon Flowers' boast from 2006, which claimed Sam's Town was the best album in the last twenty years, was enough to turn many Hot Fuss fans into Sam's Town haters. This resulted in leaving anyone who would listen an earful about how overrated these pompous asses were, and how they were overplayed and should never be heard from again.
At last heeding the demands of impassioned fanboys, Seth Rogen and Kevin Smith made a movie together. And though it could never have lived up to the expectations of diehard Kevin Smith fans, audiences will still laugh their asses off, and possibly hurl when they see how constipation can impact anal sex scenes.
Madison Horror Film Festival, a daylong marathon of independent horror films from around the country, will inspire nightmares this Saturday at the Orpheum Theatre. The Daily Cardinal spoke to the local filmmakers featured in the festival to get some insight into what drives these Wisconsinites to horrify.
Bob Kearns drove his family back from church one day during a light rain, unable to see beyond streaking wipes. from his windshield wiper blades. He asked himself, Why couldn't they blink more like an eye, adjusting speed as necessary?"" After tinkering around with his wife's wiper-blade motor in his basement, Bob managed to work out an electronic circuit that could adjust the speed of the wipers at differing levels. The intermittent wiper blade was born.
School might be back in full swing, but why memorize theorems and formulas when you could memorize the lyrics of Survivor's Eye of the Tiger""? Why surrender to Helen C. White Library when stadiums of screaming fans are clamoring to hear you jam on your plastic Fender guitar? That's right folks, it's time for the return of another cherished institution: ""Rock Band.""
The risk of bringing Indiana Jones out of retirement for another adventure was monumental. Fortunately, Steven Spielberg and George Lucas demonstrated they are keenly aware of the impending doom of a quick cash-in, evading complete disaster in the series' fourth installment, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.""
Human has to come to terms with their own mortality, but for those diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), that existential dilemma becomes terrifyingly real. ALS is a degenerative neural disorder that attacks motor neurons and the ability to control muscles throughout the body. Few diagnosed with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, live five years past the onset of initial symptoms. With no definitive cure or even a good understanding of what causes the disease, the diagnosed and their loved ones endure dead-end doctor visits, hopes for remedies and the pain of uncertainty of their own lives.
Even audience members who hadn't enjoyed a few sandwiches"" before their viewing of ""Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle"" could have fun with the pot-fueled quest for midnight munchies. It was an underappreciated, vulgar comedy with genuine characters and a refreshingly progressive approach to race in lowbrow cinema. But cult favorites rarely survive the sequel treatment, as we discover in ""Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay."" Without the aid of a big fat ""sandwich,"" audience members will likely be bored to tears by its contrived plot filled with recycled gags.
Sometimes, you just have to wonder how the concept for a film like Zombie Strippers"" shambles into existence. Could it have come from the fevered dreams inspired by grindhouse films of old or simply escalating production values in the porn industry? At any rate, zombie fans will watch the undead undress onstage with glee in a film that's one hardcore sex scene away from being rented behind a beaded curtain.
Brains aren't everything. Smart People"" offers a father/daughter pair of misanthropic academics as they come to terms with their humanity. From the same people who brought ""Sideways"" to theaters, this highbrow comedy banks on superb character sketching and a solid cast to deliver a comedy that manages to make even the most self-involved characters likeable in the end.
The rom-com parody Run, Fatboy, Run"" may slip into the very clichés it should be mocking, but it manages to keep moving forward on the legs of the filthy script penned by Simon Pegg and Michael Ian Black.
Zombie movie fans need more than cosmic rays to revive their faith in horror legend George A. Romero after his last effort in the genre - a warmed-over corpse called Land of the Dead.""
Rather than waste space describing the tragedy that is Will Ferrell's newest sports comedy Semi-Pro,"" this review will be a plea to its star on behalf of the movie going public. Just because every film you make has been box office gold doesn't mean we will love you forever, and if this film is an indicator of where you are taking your career, you've already passed along the crown.
Vantage Point"" serves as a cautionary tale for anyone who thinks they have a fresh and brilliant take on film storytelling: If you're going to do something original, make sure it's watchable first.
Something about family vacations always seems artificial and false. A pessimistic view perhaps, but one likely shared by the central character of In Bruges,"" who opens his vacation in Bruges, Belgium by declaring it a shit hole.