Clearly made by someone who had to prove you could make Blazing Saddles today... you just have to cut out everything that made the original great.
So yeah, as a remake, this is terrible. heck, even as a kid's film it's pretty bad. Most of the cast is bland, the jokes can be horrendous, the story is terrible, and its a slog to sit through. Also, choosing Micheal Cera for the lead role was a terrible choice. Samuel Jackson might…
A really interesting Doc about an odd person. I remember seeing the Miss Cleo ads all the time as a kid, and then she just disappeared. I'd heard she'd gotten arrested for fraud, but that clearly wasn't the case. Its a really interesting look into this odd woman, who may or may not have been using a fake accent, and how a group of white scam artists used her name to make them millions. Its sad she got dragged through…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Nicolas Winding Refn says in this film, "America was scared of the film. they were afraid of his mind, his imagination, and what it would do to them." He is a quarter right, America was scared to make the film but not because of the genius but because of the inflexible insanity. I have never been more on the side of the studios than after this documentary. He was asking for Millions of dollars, which in current money would be…
