Movie #396 - Layer Cake

Layer Cake2004 - Rated R - 1 hr 45 min
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Starring: Daniel Craig, Sienna Miller, Michael Gambon, Tom Hardy, Colm Meaney, Tamar Hassan, George Harris

Pre-Bond Daniel Craig is fun to watch in this movie about a drug-dealer trying to get out of the business.  Based on the book of the same name, the unique narration style and larger-than-life characters make a tired premise fresh.  Craig's character puts up with a lot, gets stuck in a lot, and manages it in a cool, collected way. He really just wants to sleep with Sienna Miller, guys. Really.

I won't give away the ending -- which is just awesome, if you like sick twists the way I do -- but it makes the whole movie that much better.   With a great cast, and enough twists to keep you on your toes, it's definitely worth a watch.

Movie #222 - Get Him to the Greek

Get Him to the Greek
2010 - Rated R - 1 hr 59 min
Director: Nicholas Stoller
Starring: Russell Brand, Jonah Hill, Rose Byrne, Colm Meaney, Elizabeth Moss, Sean Combs, Meredith Vieira, Carla Gallo

This movie was created just because Aldous Snow is the best rockstar that never was.  Thanks to Jason Segel, this "sequel" that's not really a sequel at all, goes more in depth with a character from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. More songs, more insanity, more weirdness.

Jonah Hill comes back as well, but as a different character.  Still a worshipper of Infant Sorrow, Hill's character Aaron Greene works for a music production company and needs to escort lead singer Aldous Snow from London to the Greek Theater in LA.  His boss (the hillarious Puff Daddy...yes, he's hillarious) gives him the once-in-a-lifetime chance and stays on him all 72 hours. Death threats and "smiley faces" ensue.  Good times.

Honestly, I love this movie more every time I watch it.  And it still makes me laugh out loud. I love it.

Movie #126 - Con Air

Con Air
Touchstone Pictures
1997 - Rated R - 1 hr 55 min
Director: Simon West
Starring: Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, John Malkovich, Ving Rhames, Steve Buschemi, Colm Meaney, Dave Chappelle, Danny Trejo

If only he'd put the bunny back in the box...  Can't anyone just follow Nicolas Cage's instructions? I mean, he's the good guy undercover as the bad guy, helping the good guys on the ground, and all so he can face his wife and daughter with a clean conscience.  Is this what happens when you accidentally kill a man? Or only if you're Nic Cage?

So once you learn to ignore his lame-o Southern accent, this movie's not horrible.  I like it because in the 90's I thought it was awesome. Now as an adult, I'm pretty 'meh' about it, but John Cusack is my boy...so I'll watch it.  After all, I gotta wait till R to watch The Rock and get some good Nic Cage up in here, so this has to do for now.

Also, John Malkovich is a creepy bad guy... but something about him doesn't work for me.  Not sure if 'one note performance' is the term I'm looking for, but you  get the idea.  He's all "I'm Cyrus the Virus and so I'll eat your children" but I'm kinda like, "Man, really? That's your tough prison nickname? And you were safe in the shower?" But whatever. I've never been to prison, what do I know?

Onward...