Woody Harrelson Film Festival

Is there really a money train? Is it really shiny silver? If the money train is real, why haven't I ever heard of it before? When did Woody Harrelson shave his head for good? Money Train  doesn't answer any of these questions, but it's still a lot of fun. I mean, just look at this shot of Woody jumping on Wesley Snipes' bed! Does it get much more fun than that?? Apparently critics of its time didn't really like this movie; they thought it was too action-y without having any real content. Usually, I'd agree with them—I'm not really one for endless vehicle chases and whatever else is in action movies. BUT, this was different! I actually really did enjoy it. After all, the main vehicle in question was a train (undeniably the best vehicle), and a shiny silver one at that!  She's so pretty! Furthermore, even though this movie is about cops (another category of which I am not typically a fan), it does make a point of saying police brutality is bad (an extremel...

I believe this movie has what the folks in Hollywood like to call an "all-star cast." It also has an angel wearing a white trench coat (just so we know for sure that she's an angel). Things I liked about this movie include: the fun and folky music! Woody's long cowboy coat (where can I find one of these????) This one specific moment, which is extremely important to me (and reminiscent of this equally important moment in film history ): Otherwise, though, this movie felt like a Hallmark movie gone wrong. I think, if the white trench coat angel had stayed in heaven (or maybe hell? her intentions are very unclear) where she belonged, this movie could have been a lot of fun! But more than anything else, that might be a testament to the fact that I'd be a big fan radio folk variety shows if ever given the opportunity to enjoy one (though that's really no surprise). PS. I'm sorry for the truly terrible video quality, but I didn't know how else to do it and I...

In my opinion, two stars is the worst rating a movie can get on a five star scale. At least if a movie has one star, it means you felt strongly about it! But when a movie is only worth two stars, well, that just means it was kind of bad. Not awful. Not hateful. Not disgusting. Just kind of dumb. And that's no fun! I was expecting for this movie to at least make me cry. Despite my general feeling that the army is bad and no one should join it, I have been known on many occasions to stop scrolling on Facebook if I see a video called, for example, "Soldier Surprises His Family By Coming Home For Christmas." And if I do stop to watch a video like that, I WILL cry about it. But this movie couldn't even manage that (and trust me, it's not really a high bar)! It made me feel bad for the main character, and I did feel extremely sad and uncomfortable when I had to watch my hero, Woody Harrelson, cry. But it didn't make ME cry, and as much as this blog is about Woody, I...

When I looked up who invented movies, my computer told me it was Thomas Edison. I'm choosing to simply not believe that "fact" because I think it sounds silly and unbelievable. We all know Thomas Edison invented the gravity. Isn't that enough for him? Anyway, whoever it was who REALLY invented movies, I hope they're still alive today (or, at least were alive in 2009) because  2012  is quite simply a perfect movie, and was probably exactly what the creator of movies had in mind when they invented them. I'm not going to bother to elaborate on this point, because if you don't agree with me, you'll simply never understand. On top of this being the perfect movie, I kind of liked it. I mean, sure, it seems like whoever made it forgot about the entire continent of Africa (and possibly the people on it? Very unclear on this) until the end of the movie and then decided that it would be the perfect place to send all the terrible rich people who bought 100 b...