Character of the Week: Otto from A Fish Called Wanda

This week's character of the week is from one of the funniest movies ever. All of the actors in this films are hilarious, but the one that sticks out the most is probably Kevin Kline as Otto. He is a stupid, philosophy reading weapons expert who helps assist in a robbery. This, in my opinion is Kline's greatest film role, and he is brilliant in this film. Just the look on his face when he first hears Ken's stutter is priceless. No matter how many times I see this movie, that part always makes me laugh. Basically any scene with him and Ken is funny as hell. Also, I think it takes a great actor just to make a single word hilarious, and when he says "asshoooooole" or "apologiiiiiiiize" it is just classic.

Movie I Want To See: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

No movie coming out this year looks as cool and amazing as David Fincher's The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. I read this book last summer and loved it to death, so I am just super excited for this film. I have to wait 6 months, but I have a feeling that it will be worth it. Fincher was a great choice for director, it has an amazing cast, and one of the coolest movie trailers I have ever seen (that has a kick ass song.) I thought that the Swedish version was good, and Noomi Rapace was great as Lisbeth Salander, but those films just werent as great as they could have been. I think that Fincher's film version are going to be mindblowing.

Song of the Week: Bad Reputation

My Review: Bridesmaids

This movie was funny as hell!!! I saw this last night with my mom, and we were both pretty much pissing ourselves over this movie. It has absolutely hilarious performances from Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, and Maya Rudolph as the bride to be. Rose Byrne is great as the antagonist to Wiig's protagonist, and is spending the whole movie trying to steal her best friend. There wasn't a single scene in this movie that didn't have me laughing my ass off or screaming out in disgust (while also laughing). I just love Kristen Wiig! I've always loved her on SNL, and she was hilarious in films like Knocked Up and Paul. It is awesome to see her get her own movie, and especially one as great as this. I also have to give props to Melissa McCarthy, who I have always loved as cheery Sookie St. James on Gilmore Girls, who gives an absolutely fearless performance here. Who knew the chef of the Dragonfly Inn was so hilarious? I also loved the scenes with Wiig and Chris O'Dowd who plays her love interest. I thought the two of them were just cute together. Jon Hamm was also great as her douchebag fuckbuddy. My one complaint is that I wish Ellie Kemper and Wendi McLendon-Covey had more scenes because they were both hilarious too in what scenes they had. Anyways, this is definitely a movie to see with all of your girlfriends, or just anybody and everybody. Kristen Wiig's penis impression alone is worth the press of admission. My rating: 10/10

Spotlight On: Michael Fassbender

This week's spotlight is on one of my new favorite actors, Michael Fassbender. I have only seen a handful of his films, so I was going to wait to do this until I saw more, but I really didn't want to wait. I just love the variety of roles that he has played, and how he is such a versatile actor. He is also incredibly handsome, and has one of the best smiles. Here are some of the films that I have adored him in.

300

In 300, Fassbender plays Stelios, who is one of the best looking Spartans and also has some of the coolest lines in the whole movie. Him and Astinos provide some of the film's comic relief because they are always competing with eachother. I couldn't find a good video to embed, but you can watch one of his more memorable scenes HERE 

Angel

In Angel, Fassbender plays Esme, a womanizing artist who marries the title character, who is portrayed by the lovely Romola Garai. He is incredibly sexy in this film, but also quite sad. Unfortunately, there is no happy ending for poor Esme. My favorite scene is when Angel proposes to him, but I couldn't find a video. However, here is another really good scene.



Fish Tank

In Fish Tank, he plays Connor, a guy who moves in with the main character because he starts dating her mom. He starts out seeming like a really nice guy, but by the end of the movie you see that he is a real shit.


Inglourious Basterds

Here he plays Archie Hicox, a film critic turned Lieutenant, who poses as a German soldier in Operation Kino. He is in one of the best scenes in the whole movie, when they are down in the bar and the plan goes wrong. The look on his face when he realizes that hes been found out is one of my all-time favorite reaction shots. Here is another good scene.



Jane Eyre

Michael Fassbender has probably ruined all other Mr. Rochesters for me. I few days ago and older version of Jane Eyre was on TV, and although I liked who played Jane, I hated the Mr. Rochester!!! In actuality, the man on TV was much more suited to the role because Rochester isn't supposed to be handsome, but it just really made me want to watch this version again. Unfortunately, it doesn't come out on DVD until August!



X-Men: First Class

Loved this movie!!!! They couldn't have cast a better Magneto. I really just want the people at Marvel to start working on the follow-up. Right now.



Upcoming Projects:
He has some really cool-looking movies coming out in the next couple of years. The ones that I am really excited for are Shame with Carey Mulligan, A Dangerous Method with Keira Knightley, and Prometheus with Noomi Rapace and Charlize Theron.

And just because I like listening to him speak...

Character of the Week: Blair Waldorf

This week's character of the week is from a show I haven't watched in forever. I used to watch this show religiously, but I stopped in the middle of the third season for some reason or another. Anyways, my favorite character was always Blair Waldorf. She always had the most amazing clothes, and I just loved how she was such a bitch. She definitely had the best lines in the whole show. I don't really miss the show all that much because it was slowly getting worse and worse, but I do miss Blair and Chuck. I never really like Serena and Jenny, and Nate was pretty much just there. Yep, Blair was definitely the best character in the whole show, especially during the first season, which is the only season that I own.

Song of the Week: Hot Kiss