Did man evolve from apes? Nick Flanagan reviews the trailer for Creation, starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly, and he gets straight to the point with his critique: "If we didn't evolve from apes, how can that explain why I'm so hairy, so limber and so banana craving?"
This week was rife with tales of unmarried pair Brad "Basterd" Pitt and "She's no" Angelina Jolie breaking up -- for real this time. Or maybe not -- they apparently just met with lawyers in regards to assets -- most likely inspired by Tim Robbins’s recent abandonment of Susan Sarandon. Apparently, Branji wants to talk to Vanity Fair in an exclusive interview in order to "set the record straight."
Nick Flanagan loves Harrison Ford, and that's why he chose to review the trailer for Extraordinary Measures, a movie about some guys who do some things. "Is anyone better at being ornery while having a beer in front of them than Harrison Ford?" says Nick. We'll drink to that -- it really doesn't matter what this movie is about.
Has James Cameron's flick Avatar changed your life? For some, it's opened a Pandora's box of depression. In other Pop Culture news, Conan's out and Leno's back in on NBC's late-night slate and speaking of out, Simon Cowell is exiting Idol, which Nick Flanagan predicts will make the show as unpopular as the sitcom version of Uncle Buck.
In the latest Jackie Chan movie, the veteran stuntman plays a neighbour who turns out to be a spy. But TORO's Nick Flanagen isn't buying it. "This movie is basically Kindergarten Cop without the badge," he says. Or was Nick's put-down premature? Watch this Trailer Review to find out.
Alec Baldwin and Meryl Streep star in It's Complicated, a movie about a divorced couple and their tangled love lives. Steve Martin takes third billing, playing Streep's secondary love interest. After watching the trailer, comedian Nick Flanagan reaches his verdict: "Why did this film get made?"
We live in a world where sad things happen, bad things happen and glad things happen. The same can be said for the world of pop culture, but it would be less true. Nonetheless and as always, things happened in that world this week, and allow me to be your pop culture geographer as we talk about the Golden Globe nominations, Courtney Love and "Beatles 3000."
Avatar, the sci-fi blockbuster from James Cameron, gets the Nick Flanagan treatment in this edition of Trailer Reviews. Nick shares some shrewd insights into the plot and special effects, and the film gets two thumbs up from the bizarro pop culture columnist.