Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sci-fi. Show all posts

Monday, August 8, 2011

Paul (2011)


"Are you gonna probe us?"
 "Why does everyone always assume that? What am I doing? Am I harvesting farts? How much can I learn from an ass?"

The Story:

Graeme Willy (Simon Pegg) and Clive Gollings (Nick Frost) are a couple of British geeks who are making the nerdiest pilgrimage of them all: the annual San Diego Comic-Con. This just serves as a mere undercard to their main event, however, as they engage on a barnstorming tour of the southwest, hitting notorious hotspots for UFO sightings and alleged alien activity. They end up having a very close encounter of the raucous kind when they stumble upon Paul (voiced by Seth Rogen), an alien life form who is on the lamb, having escaped from the government agents that have kept him captive for over 30 years. Along the way, they pick up a sheltered religious zealot, Ruth, (Kristen Wiig) as they attempt to elude various authorities.

Monday, July 4, 2011

Zapped! (1982)


“First comes the women…then the whiskey!”

The Story:

Barney Springboro (Scott Baio) is a geeky high school kid who holes himself up in the science lab on a daily basis. A freak accident results in him gaining telekinetic powers, which he begins to use for his own personal gain. Along with his buddy Peyton (Willie Aames), he combats bullies and tries to score with girls, all while learning to harness his strange gift.

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Hot Tub Time Machine (2010)


“If I wanted to kill myself, I'd fucking kill myself. I'd be awesome at it. A shotgun to the dick.”

The Story:

After crashing into his garage in a drunken stupor, Lou (Rob Cordry), AKA "the violator" attempts to commit suicide by mashing his gas pedal to the bass drum beat of Motley Crue's hair classic, Home Sweet Home and inhaling the fumes between slugs of vodka. He awakens in the hospital where all his buddies have gathered to inform him they're taking him on a trip to Kodiak Valley, their old ski spot where they got mucho ass back in the eighties. Ready to rock, Lou pulls out his catheter and checks himself out. His boys, Adam (John Cusack) and Nick (Craig Robinson) are also struggling in their personal lives. Along with nerdy Jacob (Clarke Duke), Adam's nephew, they arrive at a now-dumpy K-Vals to awkwardly rekindle their dying friendships and get loaded. While drinking in the hot tub, an illegal can of Russian energy drink is spilled in the circuits and sends them back in time (with a little help from a mythical Chevy Chase!) to 1986... and Poison live in the snow!