wow. i have got a huge film roundup for all of you -
singh is kinng: the ridiculous spelling of kinng isn’t the only thing ridiculous about this film, which follows the antics of a village idiot who is sent to australia (via one very energetic dance number in egypt) to bring home a local boy turned ganglord. (and yes, i feel just as silly typing that summary as you do reading it.) it’s still a lot of fun, and a huge summer hit, succeeding largely on the charm of the delightful akshay kumar. this plot may be completely unbelievable, but he makes it look like a lot of fun. in addition, the movie ends with a much-ballyhooed snoop dogg duet at the end, where the rapper talks about masala and mumbai. you can check it out here.
the house bunny: for some reason, i thought there was going to be a feminist bent to this film, but there really wasn’t. the lame “be who you really are” message was pretty much negated by the copious amounts of jiggling and false eyelashes (not that i’m against jiggling and false eyelashes when used properly, mind you.) there were two things that made this film worthwhile – the hugh hefner cameo, and the complete fearlessness of anna faris. i want to see her doing screwball comedy dames for a while, but the problem is that we don’t have any more good screwball comedies for dames.
the rocker: everything about this film pointed to it being a movie that i should like, but i just didn’t. maybe it’s because any movie that has fred armisen playing a rocker but not playing a drummer is wrong. indeed, this whole movie ended up getting amit and i worked up about the greatness and underutilization of fred armisen in general. or should i say, jens hannemann:
