DVD Review: The Game Plan

The Game Plan
Directed by Andy Fickman
Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Madison Pettis, Roselyn Sanchez, Kyra Sedgwick
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
Available Jan. 22, 2008

Joe Kingman (Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson) is a great quarterback, he has an awesome apartment complete with mood lighting and the manly barrage of electronics, the model girlfriend who is as self-absorbed as he is, and the friendship (albeit a bit fickle because no one can truly be friends with a megalomaniac) of his starting team. So when the young Peyton Kelly (Madison Pettis) moves in with him when her mother voyages to Africa for a medical mission, Joe's home and work are dramatically changed in this humorous and often touching family comedy...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Movie Review: Southland Tales

Southland Tales
Directed by Richard Kelly
Starring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Seann William Scott
Rated R

Listen to me, as if I were Cerberus barking with all his heads at the gates of hell. I will tell you where to take it, but don't... don't open the box. -- Dr. G.E. Soberin from Kiss Me Deadly

“A lot o' people don't realize what's really going on. They view life as a bunch o' unconnected incidents 'n things. They don't realize that there's this, like, lattice o' coincidence that lays on top o' everything. -- Miller from Repo Man

I’m here to save you. The world is coming to an end, Donnie. -- Frank from Donnie Darko

Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales wants to be the ultimate Ragnarok And Roll film. Southland Tales wants to be the It’s a Mad Mad Mad Mad World of Apocalyptic cinema.

The film’s huge ensemble cast and the maddening climax scream out Charles K. Feldman’s 1967 Casino Royale at times. Richard Kelly’s ambition and enthusiasm cannot be denied. Southland Tales was initially going to be a nine-part interactive experience -- it was narrowed down to six parts. There is so much going on that there is the Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga graphic novel that has the first three chapters. The decision to use a graphic novel as a primer for his film was very Lucasian of Kelly. The last three parts make up the feature film, Temptation Waits, Memory Gospel, and Wave of Mutilation...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

'Get Smart' Poster

Cinematical nabbed the exclusive on the poster for the big-screen adaptation of Get Smart, the spy comedy starring Steve Carell as Agent Maxwell Smart and Anne Hathaway as Agent 99.

Check out the poster at right and click for large view; also, watch the trailer...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!

'Southland Tales' Trailer + Images

Samuel Goldwyn Films has sent us the trailer as well as official synopsis and production photos for Richard Kelly’s Southland Tales.

The film, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar, Dwayne Johnson, and Seann William Scott, tells an epic story set over the course of three days that culminates in a massive 4th of July celebration...continue reading this article at Geeks of Doom!