This week sees the release of "Paul," Simon Pegg & Nick Frost's outrageous comic road movie where they play two British sci-fi nerds in America who help a rowdy alien (Seth Rogen) get back to his home planet. Over the course of their journey they inevitably get their minds blown in many ways, although Paul's love of super-strong Mary Jane is definitely involved at one point.
Since Jack Kerouac first put pedal to the literary metal, the horizon-expanding aspect of a road trip seems intrinsically linked with a factor of trippiness, and thus we chose the nine greatest movies that indulge in a bizarre, crazy, and surreal atmosphere. Dig it, man!
9. 'The Hangover' (2009)
The equation is simple: 4 dudes + a night of extreme Vegas boozing = 3 dudes. When the self-proclaimed Wolf Pack of four guys celebrating their friend's bachelor party cannot recall the debauchery of the night before, and wake...
Since Jack Kerouac first put pedal to the literary metal, the horizon-expanding aspect of a road trip seems intrinsically linked with a factor of trippiness, and thus we chose the nine greatest movies that indulge in a bizarre, crazy, and surreal atmosphere. Dig it, man!
9. 'The Hangover' (2009)
The equation is simple: 4 dudes + a night of extreme Vegas boozing = 3 dudes. When the self-proclaimed Wolf Pack of four guys celebrating their friend's bachelor party cannot recall the debauchery of the night before, and wake...
- 3/18/2011
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
Paris - When you want to escape to the Riviera without spending the vacation time, you can always catch a foreign film that captures the sea, sun and fun. The Girl From Monaco transports us to the principality nestled along the French coastline.
Fabrice Luchini plays a Parisian lawyer who heads to the coast to defend a client accused of killing a Russian mobster. He gets distracted from the courthouse drama by a local weather girl (Louise Bourgoin). Can he get his mind back on the homicide? Or has he gone on vacation?
The film is now out on DVD from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Director Anne Fontaine was willing to answer a few questions via email. Fontaine had been an actress in French cinema during the ’80s before stepping behind the camera as a writer-director. She also recently wrote and directed critically praised Coco Before Chanel.
Party Favors: What was...
Fabrice Luchini plays a Parisian lawyer who heads to the coast to defend a client accused of killing a Russian mobster. He gets distracted from the courthouse drama by a local weather girl (Louise Bourgoin). Can he get his mind back on the homicide? Or has he gone on vacation?
The film is now out on DVD from Magnolia Home Entertainment. Director Anne Fontaine was willing to answer a few questions via email. Fontaine had been an actress in French cinema during the ’80s before stepping behind the camera as a writer-director. She also recently wrote and directed critically praised Coco Before Chanel.
Party Favors: What was...
- 12/28/2009
- by UncaScroogeMcD
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