Archive for the ‘Movies’ Category

Thumbs up: The Replacements

Things are progressing with an unheard of round of thumbs up, so I watched The Replacements, which I usually do when I want a pick-me-up, but now I just did it for the fun of it. While it is a flawed movie (the very fast-forwardable love subplot; 80% of the jokes don’t work), it does contain some Gene Hackman chestnuts.

Mr. Gene Hackman in The Replacements

Convincing Shane Falco to ’get back on that horse’.

Mr. Gene Hackman in The Replacements

"I look at you and I see two men: the man you are and the man you ought to be."

Mr. Gene Hackman in The Replacements

Once more, with pointing

Black Sheep: Violence of the Lambs

Alert reader Alexa informed me about a film that combines my love of sheep and New Zealand accents: Black Sheep. I mostly wanted to write about it so I could post a screenshot of their video player, which has a cute sheep shape as the “you are here” marker. I appreciate this innovation in video technology.

sheep video player marker