Angry Loner's Movie Madness

Lately, I've been frustrated with the lack of quality cinema emerging from Hollywood. So, I spent an evening or two perusing upcoming movie trailers across the internet. What I saw was actually enough to get excited about. There is hope on the horizon, my fellow moviegoers!

In my opinion, the five most promising films coming out in the next few months are:


5. Hot Tub Time Machine (March 26)




4. Green Zone (March 12)




3. Date Night (April 9)




2. Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (April 23)




1. Iron Man 2 (May 7)

Pretty Much The Best Thing Ever...

I stumbled onto this gem via Benjamin Sarlin's column @ The Daily Beast. If you haven't seen it yet, you're in for a real treat:



Apparently, it's the brainchild of a Milwaukee-based filmmaker named Mike Stoklasa. Keep in mind, this is only the first installment of a seven-part, seventy-minute series and focuses solely on how pathetically weak the characters are. I have actually seen the entire thing and, believe me, it's well worth watching (assuming you like Star Wars).

In a way, the frustration and disappointment expressed in Stoklasa's film reflects the collective frustration and disappointment many of us feel towards the last ten years in general; an over-hyped decade that most would agree sucked even worse than The Phantom Menace. And I don't say that lightly.