Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'Here and There' (2009)

Movie: Here and There (2009)

Director: Darko Lungulov
Rating: 6.9/10 Stars ******'
Quite an interesting film about a depressed, down and out, as well as broke American saxophonist from New York who goes to Belgrade, Serbia to marry his friend's girlfriend (for money of course) so that she can come to America to be with him. Gives one a fresh look at world travel and what post-war Serbia is like now. There is more to the movie than that I won't go into, but know I say its worth watching at least once. 

"Blood on the Tracks": Brian Willson’s Memoir of Transformation from Vietnam Vet to Radical Pacifist

Your Weekly Song Post: 'Girl Panic' by Duran Duran (2011)

Time for another song post folks, and this one from one of my all-time favorite bands Duran Duran and a more recent song by them called Girl Panic!. This song comes off of the English new-wave/synthpop band's 13th and latest studio album All You Need Is Now, which was released in December of 2010 (almost a year ago already!), and notably produced by English Grammy Award-winner Mark Ronson. The album has some other goodies on it too so be sure to check it out!

Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'Me and Orson Welles' (2008)

Movie: Me and Orson Welles (2008)

Director: Richard Linklater

Rating: 7.8/10 stars *******'

This one is a solid 4/5 stars for me because the acting is good, and the story is interesting, as well as true. Christian Mckay's role as Orson Welles is impeccable, and makes the movie worth watching alone, and award worthy in my opinion. Zac Efron and is okay, and its nice to see Claire Danes again, she is' all growed up' :) Check this one out if you haven't already.

Your Weekly Song Post: 'Animalia' by Voltaire Twins (2011)

This week's song post (yes it has changed from the daily to now weekly post..fyi) goes to Australian indie-dance group Voltaire Twins and their song Animalia. The Voltaire Twins are an indie-dance/new-wave group out of Perth, Australia who have been active on the music scene circa 2008 and consists of siblings/members Tegan and Jaymes, as well as a live 4-piece group with additional members Matt and Jacky. Animalia is a single off of the group's EP of the same title, which was released in the US on August 19th, 2011. If you like what you hear you can also head over to the group's website HERE, or their Unearthed page HERE. 

Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'The Adjustment Bureau' (2011)

Movie: The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

Director: George Nolfi

Rating: 6.9/10 Stars ******'
A decent conspiracy flick, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt work well together which makes it better. Damon's character is a NY politician running for senate, until he meets Emily Blunt's character and these strange men in dark suits and hats come along and shake up his reality. Definitely not an original plot-line, and hey, maybe Matt Damon should run for political office after all, he pulled it off well in this one. Check it out.

Your Weekly Song Post: 'Speak Of The Devil' by Hermitude (2011)

This week's song post goes to Australian hip-hop group Hermitude and their new single Speak of the Devil. Hermitude originate out of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia and consists of multi-instrumentalis duo Luke Dubber (aka Luke Dubs) and Angus Stuart (aka Elgusto). The duo have been active in music circa 1994 and started up this group around 2000. Speak of the Devil is the latest single released by the duo and comes from their forthcoming album set for release in February 2012...bloody strange to say 2012 but that is the year that is coming upon us and fast at that! If you like what you've heard here than be sure to check out the Hermitude website HERE. 

Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'Killer Klowns from Outer Space' (1988)

Movie: Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)

Director: Stephen Chiodo

Rating: 2.6/5 Stars **'

Wowsers! I forgot how awesome this movie was! And of course its on Netflix streaming, so of course I had to watch it. A true 80s horror-comedy classic, although its hardly a horror movie, and more of a campy-comedy that's just in time for Halloween, don't miss it! It even has its own killa-theme-song :-)

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Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot)' (2006)

Movie: Lights in the Dusk (Laitakaupungin valot) (2006)

Director: Aki Kaurismäki

Rating: 2.9/5 Stars **'

A bit of a strange movie, about a Finnish security guard who works primarily night shifts for the mall and metro in Helsinki. A mobster sets him up with a blonde who is to use him to get the security codes to rob a jewelry store, and then frames him for the theft. I found that this was a statement about the frustration of a powerless working class citizen versus the wealthy class of mobsters and corporates who use and abuse him for their own ends. Check this one out.

Your Oldies Rewind: 'Instant Karma!" by John Lennon (1970)

Your Oldies Rewind is back for this week's post. With the Occupy Wall Street, and various other Occupy movements going on around the globe, and with all of the collapse/pportunity for our western society and culture's to start thinking about trying something new and different I came across this John Lennon song in a movie I was watching and thought it was a good theme song for this whole social global movement thats happening right now....and so here's one for Mr. Lennon :) The song of course is Instant Karma! by legendary English singer/songwriter/cultural icon John Lennon. Like most all of Lennon's songs it extremely powerful in its message, tone, and lyrics, as it invites humanity to make a quantum leap by simple tolerance, open mindedness, and most importantly open-heartedness. Lennon was always considered himself to be a social activist for peace and justice, and so I find this song to be inspirational. Instant Karma! was released as a single by Lennon in 1970, the song hit #3 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and Cash Box Top 100 charts, while hitting #2 on Canada's Singles Chart and #5 on the UK Singles Chart. If you want to hear about John Lennon's bio then go to his Wikipedia page HERE. Now go out there and Get Your Shine On People! You can change the world!

Sneaks' Movie Reviews: 'Crazy, Stupid, Love' (2011)

Movie: Crazy, Stupid, Love (2011)
Director:Dan Fogelman
Rating: 3.1/5 Stars ***
Thaaaats right, I actually am reviewing a movie that's relatively new for once, go figure...This was actually a funny movie, and its got quite a cast with Steve Carell, Marisa Tomei, Julianne Moore, Ryan Gosling, and more. Cal (Carell) and his wife (Moore) are struggling with a recent decision to get divorced, and their kids as well. It seems that everyone is in love with someone else in this movie, but not with each other, kind of like real life aye? Well, just watch this, especially if you like Steve Carell, and if you don't you might want to try something else as the movie mostly focuses on his character. 

Your Weekly Song Post: 'I Feel Better' by Gotye (2011)

The daily song post has been turing into the weekly or bi-weekly post as of late due to my being busy, so this week's first feature song is I Feel Better by Australian musician Gotye. Gotye (Wouter De Backer) is multi-instrumental musician originally from Belgium but who now identifies himself as Australian and has been active in the music scene circa 2001. He is also one of the primary members of Melbourne-based pop-band The Basics. I Feel Better is a single off of his latest album Making Mirrors, which was released on August 19th, 2011. I really like the 50's-60's sound he has captured as well as the Catalan-sounding horns at the beginning of the song. If you like what you've heard, than be sure to head to Gotye's official website HERE for more music and artist info.