Paul isn't Ice Cream

As a screenwriter, I am often asked the impossible question “What’s your favorite movie?”

When asking other film buffs, I tend to revise the question to “What are SOME OF your favourite movies?”

I think there are just too many flawless gems out there to narrow down your choice to just one.

There are, however, a handful of films that I think deserve a top ten spot (in some cases a top 5 spot), that I would go as far as to say “It’s in my top ten list of favourite movies, of the last decade”. Because even top ten movies of the last decade are incomparable to say, North by Northwest or Citizen Kane.

Alas, I digress. Getting straight to the point, Edgar Wright’s Shaun of the Dead, is one of the best movies (top five) of the last ten years, if not twenty.

But I’m not here to talk about SOTD, so if you haven’t seen it, stop reading and go watch it.

The truth is, if you are in any way, shape or form, a nerd or a film buff, you will undoubtedly know of/worship the Wright/Pegg/Frost films known as either The Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy, or Cornetto Trilogy. Named after the Cornetto Ice Creams that are eaten in every movie. (A Play on Krzysztof Kieslowski's Three Colours Trilogy).

This trip from England made a huge impact initially with the TV Series Spaced, a comedy knows for a barrage of homages to other films, a geek-like affinity to classic action, adventure and comedy films loaded with references to popular culture. Seen here:

Go on Youtube and watch more clips, Channel 4 won't let me embed more clips.

From there came the aforementioned Shaun of the Dead. And the slightly less palatable, yet still wonderful Hot Fuzz.

Now, if you’re a fan of the Blood and Ice Cream trilogy, then of course you know and are patiently waiting The World’s End, the third film in the line which seems to be a homage to Sci Fi Genre, (apparently they’re favourite genre).

Yesterday when I went on IMDB, I nearly lost my shit, when I saw this.

But get it right, PAUL is NOT the next in line of the Cornetto trilogy. Although it has that subtle look and feel, it’s in fact not an Edgar Wright film, and thus, doesn’t count. The film's director is actually Greg Mottola, (Superbad, Undeclared, Arrested Development)

But the trailor actually looks pretty damn good.

The alien looks cartoon enough to seem to fit the tone of the film, without seeming overly cheesy.

There’s also a stellar cast that looks like it will be a great accompaniment to Pegg and Frost (I would watch Jason Bateman in gay porn). ( Also, They just put Sigourney Weaver in EVERY movie that has to do with aliens now, I can think of about seven off the top of my head)

It is almost universally agreed upon by most of the world that Seth Rogen is past his prime in the ripened fruit world of comedy, but I’m willing to accept him as voice over work for the time being, so it’s not bad at all.

So Paul, there you have it...what are your thoughts?

Lastly, the alien looks a LOT like Roger from American Dad, no?

Scream 4 Teaser

In my younger and more vulnerable years, I remember trying to attend a screening of Scream 2 with my cousin. Underage, we tried to sneak in, but the plan backfired, and were forced to see the all too forgettable Mr Magoo... (with Leslie Nielsen).

Anyways, times have changed, sorta, and Scream has sort of taken a back seat to horror films, recently, but not for long. Almost a decade later, Scream has released it's next film in it's sequence, choosing to adopt, the all too tiring, number embedded title, of SCRE4M. Which is a huge jump since SCR3AM, or SC2AM. (The worst being 5nal Destination)

So what does this movie have in store? Well, the "teaser" trailer was releases this week.
Have a look:

This time, and I quote "the kill has got to be, like, way more extreme"....uh huh....okay.

Also we are told that "the unexpected is the new cliche", well so is the decade long revival of a dead franchise for profit...Wes.

The trailer gives me the hint, that we're beating the same horse, except the horse died over ten years ago, and we grew tired of beating it, so we left and went home and cooked dinner, banged the wife, raised a family, then almost randomly, decided to run back up to that horse and kick it one more time in the stomach, before heading home.

There is a moment where we see a woman take off her shirt to reveal a bra...suggesting that at some point a woman will take off her shirt to reveal a bra.

The guys who made this trailer want you to want to go see the movie because you like boobs, not because you like movies...and it will work.

You also see a shot of an iphone, to let you know that the makers are "hip" and "with it" and up to date on all the latest technologies these kids are fiddling around with these days.

The core three are back...Cambell, Arquette and Cox-Arquette.

With a few new, familiar faces.
Hayden Panettiere is there, which is good because then we can watch teenagers acting sexual without the guilt of actually watching a teenager get sexual. Kristen Bell is there playing older Hayden Panettiere,

I think it's about time Wes Craven stops mentioning that he's the Master of Suspense in all his movies. They use this mantra now in movies that he has almost nothing to do with. I swear, the guy SNEEZES on a film, and they say "from the Master of Suspense".

Fine, he directed this movie, so he can say whatever he wants, and YES, the guy created Kruger, fine, but to say that you're the mater of suspense in 2010 is like the old man down the block that reminds you of the time the he was second string quarter back for the Chicago Bears back in 1950...it still won't stop a flaming bag of shit from appearing on a doorstep or two.

Anyways, so it's 2010, new decade, new era, new scream...great...expect a lot of Ipod and YouTube jokes.

Did I mention that you will probably see a bra...because you like boobs?