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‘Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ TV Spot, Courtesy of Strange TV-Recording Person

A new preview of David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ran during the Olympics last night. Fortunately for those who missed it, someone happened to be recording their television with a digital camera at the time (which people do, apparently), so here’s it is. As a warning, the footage is pretty bad, and whoever recorded it is either on life support or stuck in an episode of 24 and about to go to commercial.

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Zohan - Irreverent Yet Hilarious

You Don’t Mess With The Zohan was released in Ireland today, so I escaped the damp weather by seeking refuge this evening in my local cinema.

I wasn’t quite sure what to expect from Sandler. I knew it was a comedy about an Israeli commando who wants to be a hairdresser.

What I didn’t know, or expect, was that I would find myself literally laughing out loud. At some points I was almost crying!

Zohan is a farce. It pokes fun at Israelis, Palestinians, Americans and just about everyone else.

It takes political incorrectness to a whole new level. The stereotyping alone makes it worth going to see, as it is sheer genius.

The script, while a bit weak in parts, is hilarious. Some of the set pieces made me think of Monty Python in their heyday.

So what about the cast?

Sandler entertains and has great presence, while Emmanuelle Chriqui is simply stunning (she can act too!). Schneider does Schneider without really extending himself, but he doesn’t need to.
You may remember John Turturro from Mr Deeds, where he played the “super sneaky” butler, or as one of the agents in Transformers. This time round he plays Zohan’s nemesis, but of course there is a funny twist..

If you want literally a good laugh, then don’t miss it. I was having a pretty glum evening and it really cheered me up.

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Mike Myers Will Do Accent for ‘Bastards’

Look, I know you promised yourself you’d never again see another Mike Myers movie after he pretended to be Indian and sang a Steve Miller Band cover for no apparent reason, but I’m afraid you might have to if you want to see Tarantino’s latest. Yeah, the Love Guru is in that now:

Mike Myers has been recruited by Quentin Tarantino to join the ensemble cast of “Inglorious Bastards,” the Tarantino-scripted pic that the Weinstein Co. and Universal will put into production Oct. 13 in Germany.

Myers will play British Gen. Ed Fenech, a military mastermind who takes part in hatching a plot to wipe out Nazi leaders.

Mike Myers playing a British officer? It seems like that could be really distracting if he were already known and moderately despised for playing a character with a heavy English accent that inspired a generation of amateur impressionists. But since that isn’t the case, this seems fine. Actually, this answers a few questions I had when I was reading the script. All the scenes where Gen. Ed Fenech throws Mini-Gen. Ed Fenech make a lot more sense now.

Mike Myers enlists in ‘Bastards’ [Variety]
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A Thousand Years of Good Prayers - Trailer

A Thousand Years of Good Prayers - Trailer In A THOUSAND YEARS OF GOOD PRAYERS, elderly Mr. Shi (Henry O) arrives from China to spend time with his divorced daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu), hoping to help her sort out her life in this strange new country. That, after all, is his duty as a parent. Yilan, although polite, doesn’t feel like being the dutiful daughter. Unlike Geraldine in DIM SUM, Yilan can’t wait to be rid of her parent, whose need to pry into and control her like becomes a nuisance - even if he does lovingly cook up multi-course meals for her at the end of the workday. Where sharing meals served as familial and cultural bonding in DIM SUM, it is seen as an intrusion for Yilan, who longs to have her own private life back again. Despite going through Yilan’s things while she’s at work and trying to pry information from her, Mr. Shi cannot understand his daughter or the rift between them. The only person he shares some connection with in this cold new universe is Madam (Vida Ghahremani), an elderly but vivacious Iranian woman living with her son and his family. They begin to meet regularly on a local park bench. Without a common language, they resort to expressing themselves to one another in a mix of their respective languages and broken English. While they seem to communicate with each other easily, Mr. Shi and his daughter find themselves at an impasse. The problem is generational and geographical; it is also in the language, as one day Yilan reveals to her father that expressing herself in English is far easier than in Chinese. There is wry humor in Mr. Shi trying to understand his daughter, as well as this country she has adopted as her own. There is also a sense of seeking clues to a mystery. As Wang explains, “I wanted it to be a mystery that Shi comes to solve. Arriving in a strange land to visit a strange daughter he hasn’t seen in many years, Shi begins to peel back the layers of the life like he takes apart the Russian nesting dolls on her dressing table.” Directed by: Wayne Wang Starring: Faye Yu, Henry O, Vida Ghahremani, Pasha Lychnikoff

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Max Von Sydow To Star in The Tudors

While The Tudors, season two, is currently airing on Irish television, production is already underway for season three.

According to a news item on the Irish Film and Television Network, Max Von Sydow will be making an appearance in the new series:

Swedish born von Sydow will play Cardinal Von Waldburg, a German-born clergyman who tries to organize the defeat of Henry VIII, played by IFTA winning actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers.

Best known to audiences for his role as Father Merrin in the original horror film ‘The Exorcist’, von Sydow’s credits also include ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ (1965), ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’ (1986) and ‘Minority Report’ (2002).

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