Check Em’ Out / Throw Em’ Out
Posted by timfalletti on October 3rd, 2008
For those new here, you might be asking yourselves exactly what is Check Em’ Out / Throw Em’ Out. It’s simple. Every Friday I choose two movies for you to either go see, or save your movie on. I pick two so you have a decent choice in your cinematic adventures. So without further ado:
CHECK EM OUT:
What is it? Blindness: When a city is ravaged by an epidemic of blindness, those who are afflicted are quarantined in an abandoned mental institution where a “society of the blind” quickly breaks down. Criminals and the physically powerful prey upon the weak, hording the meager food rations and committing horrific acts. One woman however, follows her husband into quarantine even though she has her sight. Shennanigans ensue.
What’s it rated? R for violence and sexual assaults, nudity and language.
Why should you see it? The book of the same name was a modern masterpiece. If the movie follows even half the steps the book took, should be a pretty good thought provoking flick.
What is it? Appaloosa: When two gunmen arrive in the town of Appaloosa, they find it in the hands of a renegade rancher who takes supplies, horses, and women for his own. Not to mention a couple of dead lawmen. It’s up to the two cowboys to kick some ass and restore some order.
What’s it rated? R for violence and language.
Why should you see it? Vigoo Mortensen and Ed Harris. Nuff said. No? How about Jeremy Irons playing the villian? Still not enough? It’s a freaking cowboy movie! We get very few of them each year, and this one has the actors to make it a classic.
THROW EM OUT
What is it? Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist. The awkward kid from Superbad and Arrested Delvelopment is in a band and just got dumped by his girlfriend. The daughter from the 40 Year Old Virgin is a weird girl who asks Nick to be her boyfriend for the night. The two go off on a magical quest to find some secret show a band is playing. I’m sure something happens and the two fall in love.
What’s it rated? PG-13 for some language and stupid pop culture references.
Why should you stay away? Because your not 15 and haven’t been in high school in 10 years.
What is it? Beverly Hills Chihuahua. A pampered rat dog from 90210 gets lost in Mexico. Hilarity ensues.
What’s it rated? PG for fart jokes.
Why should you stay away? Because you don’t have kids and even if you did, you wouldn’t torture them. Unless your name is Paris Hilton, then it is not OK to see this movie.
