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Review: Restrepo
![Restrepo [Photo - National Geographic/Outpost Films]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/restrepo.jpg "Restrepo [Photo - National Geographic/Outpost Films]")
There’s no explicit agenda in this documentary, no side rooted for. There are no experts from one side of the ideological fence lobbing grenades at the other, no professors or economists or politicians. There’s only the soldiers. Frightened, angry, depressed, they form the core of Restrepo, a war documentary unlike any other. READ MORE!
Trailer Park: Rango
How great is that new Rango trailer? The Gore Verbinski-directed and Johnny Cage-starring furry friends CG animated flick seems fairly run-of-the-mill story-wise, but looks absolutely gorgeous.
![Rango [Paramount]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/rango1-1024x425.jpg "Rango [Paramount]")
After the horrible batch of 3D and animated trailers attached to Toy Story 3, seeing something as beautifully composed as this was definitely refreshing. The design is great and I love Depp’s lizard’s gangly features – he feels like he’s straight out of a Ralph Steadman painting and I swear he’s wearing a Hunter S. Thompson-esque shirt. I’d wager on at least one Fear and Loathing-referencing scene with the lizard wearing aviators and munching on a cigarette holder.
There are some extraordinarily trippy shots in this trailer, best seen on a humongous screen. Seeing this was the best part of going to see The Last Airbender on Friday.
Head below the jump to see more screencaps. READ MORE!
Review: Jonah Hex
![Jonah Hex [Photo - Warner Bros.]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/jonah_hex.jpg "Jonah Hex [Photo - Warner Bros.]")
Just about the only thing Jonah Hex has going for it is its running time: discounting the credits sequence, the movie’s really only about 75 minutes long. Please don’t take this as a recommendation. Standing outside in the sun’s harsh ultraviolet rays for the same amount of time is much more entertaining, and you save a few bucks to boot. Nothing in Jonah Hex works, from the characters to the action to the writing and the special effects: it’s all a boring, stilted mess. READ MORE!
Playing the Numbers Game
![M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender [Photo - Paramount]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/airbender2.jpg "M. Night Shyamalan's The Last Airbender [Photo - Paramount]")
Everyone seems to be buzzing about The Last Airbender’s Rotten Tomatoes score of 7%, asking things like “is it really that bad,” “is it actually worse than Marmaduke or Twilight: Eclipse,” or “is it really that bad?” It really is interesting to see how much discussion there is out there about scores and numbers and percentages alone on this movie compared to what discussion there is out there on what exactly made the movie so shitty. The Happening is quite possibly one of the worst acts of cinema ever perpetrated on the world, but knowing its Tomatometer score is 18% does nothing to clarify that. READ MORE!
Triweekly Podcast: Of Biker Boyz and Men
What’s this, again? Has it been three weeks already? IT HAS BEEN LIKE FIVE WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU
![Not pictured - DEADLY BARBS [Photo - Bjork.com]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/bjorkcom-desktop05-1024.jpg "Not pictured - DEADLY BARBS [Photo - Bjork.com]")
Woogmoog Triweekly Podcast 06-17-2010
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YOU AIN’T GOT NO PANCAKE MIX:
- The A-Team
- Torque
- Timothy Olyphant, the star of Torque
- Biker Boyz
- Piranha 3D, savior of Summer 2010
- Example #514 of someone from The Wire whose name isn’t Idris Elba and is stuck in a horrible movie (not counting Prom Night because that movie is suck, redefined)
- More people should like Neil Marshall and Doomsday
- Punisher: War Zone is Season 6 of The Wire
- Josh Brolin is apparently in Men in Black 3
- Have you ever seen Sphere? Explain.
- Splice and Björk
- WHAT IF you could somehow make Mortal Kombat dumber?
- E3!
MUSIC
Intro: Pat and Mike
Outro: Pat
Hate mail? RIGHT THIS WAY, BUCKO
We’ve pared down the length because apparently folks who have lives can’t stand to listen to us prattle on and on for hours and hours. We live to serve, condensed or no. Enjoy!
Review: Splice
![Vincenzo Natali's Splice [Photo - Warner Bros.]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Splice_wall04_1024x768.jpg "Vincenzo Natali's Splice [Photo - Warner Bros.]")
What we pass on to the next generation is not only what we find encoded in our genes. We pass on our memories, legends and aspirations. But we cannot forget that we also pass on our failures, our fears, and the darker sides of humanity. At least, this is what I gathered from the ending of Metal Gear Solid 2, the only Metal Gear game I’ve played. I stopped paying close attention to the plot after I got in a swordfight with the President of the United States who is dressed in a biomechanical tentacle suit in front of a statue of George Washington.
Vincenzo Natali, the mind behind the brilliant and underappreciated Cube, plays with the same themes in Splice. It dabbles in ideas like nature versus nurture and the question of what we do as parents to our offspring and our families. Splice takes these ideas, tosses them into a centrifuge, and fucks the result on the cold barn floor.
Oh by the way, there will be spoilers in this review. Sexy spoilers. READ MORE!
Review: The A-Team
![The A-Team [Photo - 20th Century Fox]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ateam_wallpaper3_1024X7681.jpg "The A-Team [Photo - 20th Century Fox]")
The A-Team looked like crap. It looked like the worst kind of excessive, remake-happy Hollywood tripe. The trailer, in all of its CG-idiocy, coasted on nostalgia-bombing the audience with Mr. T references and playing the original theme song.
So it came as an enormous surprise when I walked out of the theater completely stoked. The movie is an incredibly satisfying blast. The trailers made this seem much more serious than any summer movie ought to be, which is a shame because the movie’s playful tone is pretty great. Much of this is due to director/writer Joe Carnahan’s electrifying script and sharp pacing; just as much praise needs to be heaped upon the delightful work done by the entire cast. There’s not a flat note in the entire enterprise. READ MORE!
Four Sweet New Inception Banners
IGN has got their mitts on a handful of new banner ads for Christopher Nolan’s upcoming Inception, AKA the only summer movie anyone really cares about at this point.
![New Inception Banners [Photo - IGN and WB]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/inception-300x137.jpg "New Inception Banners [Photo - IGN and WB]")
The posters, while still retaining a touch of that ugly “let’s photoshop together the cast from production stills” look, are pretty damned striking.
Head over to IGN for the rest of the images, in big.
Triweekly Podcast: Summer Movies, Double Downs and Centipedes
Triweekly (or so), I gather with friends associates Mike Konieczny and Patrick Stone. We sit at a round table as if to summon eldritch spirits, consume a mighty, greasy dinner, and record.
Feel like something’s missing in your life? Clearly, the answer is meandering, blabbering and unfocused discussion on all things video games, movies, TV, etc. (and etc.)
Woogmoog Triweekly Podcast 05/20/2010
It’s moresome!
Start listening RIGHT THIS SECOND to get uninformed opinions on the following topics:
- Clash of the Titans – supplanted by an in-depth discussion of The Scorpion King
- Kick-Ass
- The Losers
- Iron Man 2
- The Human Centipede
- KFC Double Down “Sandwich”
- Planet of the Apes prequel, James Franco (of Flyboys fame)
- M. Night Shyamalan, action movie director
- Megan Fox’s departure and its impact on Bayformers canon
- MW2 Stimulus DLC, Activision Likes Your Money
- Harrumphing and groaning over 3D idiocy
- 20 minutes of Mike crinkling a gum wrapper!
MUSIC
Intro: Pat and Mike
Outro: Pat
Disagree with us? (how dare you) Think we’re idiots? (yes) Leave a comment down below or email us!
Review: Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
![Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [Photo: Disney]](http://www.woogmoog.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/PrinceOfPersia_Poster1-692x1024.jpg "Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time [Photo: Disney]")
Here’s the main problem with Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time – it’s already been done about as impeccably as can be done in its 2003 video game incarnation. The movie never comes close to achieving the greatness that that game achieved; then again, Sands of Time is quite literally one of the ten greatest gaming experiences ever, so failing to reach so high a bar isn’t so bad for this movie.
What Sands of Time the film is, however, is a serviceable action-adventure that lasts too long and relies too heavily on very ugly CG and up-close camera angles. READ MORE!