Here are Bobgar's 2015 releases, in order watched with a simple 5 possible stars rating.
5* = Loved It
4* = Really Liked It
3* = 'salright
2* = Didn't Like it
1* = I need a Memory Enema
2015 in Theatres
It
Follows (2015) 5*
Ex
Machina (2015) 4*
Mad
Max: Fury Road (2015) 2*
Assassination
(2015) 5* (South Korea)
The
Martian (2015) 4*
Crimson
Peak (2015) 4*
Black
Mass (2015) 4*
Home Movies
Parallels
(2015) 2*
Going
Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (2015) 4*
Dawg
Fight (2015) 3*
Out of
the Dark (2015) 1*
Road
Hard (2015) 3*
Area
51 (2015) 1*
Public
Enemy Live From Metropolis Studios (2015) 4*
Justice
League: Gods and Monsters (2015) 4*
The
Lazarus Effect (2015) 2*
Dark
Places (2015) 2*
Winning:
The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015) 5*
Terminator
Genisys (2015) 3*
Bound
to Vengeance (2015) 1*
The
Culling (2015) 1*
Child
44 (2015) 3*
So top five movies watched by Bobgar this past year and Boobies 2015 Nominees are as follows...
Assassination (2015) 5* (South Korea)
It Follows (2015) 5*
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman (2015) 5*
Ex Machina (2015) 4*
Black Mass (2015) 4*
It's a solid list that I think speaks for itself. Something tells me that Ex Machina would be a 5* movie if I watched it again. It's certainly deserving of the rating. I rate the movies immediately so outside factors cannot color my perception of the movies.
I know Assassination wasn't watched by many but HOT DAMN, it is everything that you want in a movie, so long as you do not want English dialogue. Highest possible recommendation.
Black Mass, has a couple of cumbersome issues in the storytelling same as The Martian. Still great movies but really only in my top five because the small amount of movies that I saw this year and the lack of quality of some of those movies. Once again, not bad, just not The Boob Toob Academy Award (commonly referred to as the Boobies) winning fare, but I guess it defaults into having a nomination..
Now let see if we can get Dan and the other hosts to post their Boobies Nominations.
Cheers,
Bobgar "no, I haven't watched Star Wars VII yet" Ornelas
The first few are from Bossman Bobgar. I say Bossman because he could've just posted these himself but he told me to do it. Rant over, on with the show! Disney's Feast Pretty sweet short animated movie from Disney. A feast is a feast!
Looking back on Lost: 14 Things You Probably Didn't Know Not a video but an interesting article nonetheless if you're a Lost fan like Bobgar and I. KEATON!
Pikachu on Acid Funny. Ass. S&*#. Needs more Charmander though.
2000AD Documentary Teaser Trailer Thanks to our buddy Damjan for pointing this out to us. Wipe the drool off your face Bobgar.
Okay, Bobgar's taken his best shot. Now it's my turn! Captain America: Winter Soldier - out now on... VHS?!?! I wish I could be half as awesome as the guy who put this together. I really do.
Live Action Adventure Time Trailer Damn, this is pretty depressing. LSP noooooo!
I Like Green Tea Favourite band ever.
All Futurama Episodes In case you wanted to watch every Futurama episode ALL AT THE SAME TIME! I think my eyes are bleeding...
All Simpsons Couch Gags In case your eyeballs are still intact after that last video...
It's been a long time, I shouldn't have you... without a dope beat to step to... step to step to step to... Remember that song? No? Ahh it doesn't matter. What I wanted to say is I'm back so strap yourselves in cos you're going for a ride! JohnnyExpress Here's a good animated short film by South Korean studio Alfred Imageworks (check out their Vimeo page for some other videos). And by good, I mean Pixar level in terms of animation and also the humour and quirkiness although I admit there's a point in the animated short where things diverge from the usual Pixar fare. It's about a space delivery man and one of the things that happens when he's out delivering a package. Sooooo funny and I kinda wish they'd do more of it, just him going to different planets and delivering stuff. Oh wait, they already made Futurama. Anyway, this short film is 5 mins long so please do me a favour and watch it. Especially you, Bobgar!
Project 2501 - Homage to Ghost in the Shell These guys are taking fan tributes to the next level! As the title suggests, this is a homage to Mamoru Oshii's film, Ghost in the Shell, based on Masamune Shirow's manga of the same name. What they've done is they've recreated the film's opening sequence using a series of still images they've created with a mix of live action and computer generate imagery. Be warned: there is nudity. Check out Hollywood graphic designer Ash Thorp's website to see the awesome still images they've created plus a list of the people involved. Seriously, go there and check it out cos they're amazing. Well done to Ash Thorp and his team.
Underground Hero Love To Hate Me Here's a short documentary by director/cinematographer Luke Huxham on a Yakuza member talking about his love of Lamborghinis. If nothing else, check out the fancy Pimp My Ride style Lambos. More info and a "making of" video at The Verge.
X-Men: Days of Future Past interview on The Feed Mark Fennel interviews Hugh Jackman and Peter Dinklage on The Feed. Funny guys and lots of good stuff in there, such as Patrick Stewart being HUGE in Woolloomooloo. Who knew? Also a detailed description of how Wolverine was able to look all big and veiny. He should change his name to HUGE Jackman.
Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead trailer Thanks a bunch to Mr Rob Vernson for bringing this to my attention.
Gojira party! This one is courtesy of Youtube master LA Rabbit.
Bill Murray 4 life
No embeds because I have no idea what kinda Voodoo magic they’re using on the site but check out this article on Deadspin (with video) of Bill Murray crashing a bachelor party and giving some good advice. I hope they invent the Infinity Formula soon and give it to Mr Murray because I want him to be around forever.
What’s happening
Boobers and Toobers? It’s Dan, comin’ at’cha with an all-Asian edition of Boob
Toob Supplemental! Apologies to our readers (all two of you) for not having
done one of these for a while but the first entry below should explain things.
Let’s get to it!
Psy, HyunA & 4Minute
or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love K-Pop
It started
off with this awesome little music video that some of you may have seen...
After doing those kickass dance move a couple dozen times (this is a lie, I don’t dance... ever),
there was some talk regarding who the girl in the video was. After
extensive research i.e. a quick Google search, we found out that the girl in
question is none other than South Korean idol, singer, dancer, rapper, model, designer
(you had me at hello) Kim
Hyun-a (also known as HyunA). She actually has her own version of Gangnam Style
and a bunch of other music videos such as the newly released Ice Cream (sort of
like the Korean version of Milkshake by Kelis). Check out who makes a cameo...
Don’t let
that fool you though, she’s not just a pretty face with one or two sexy dance
moves. Case in point...
It didn’t
take long before finding out that she’s part of South Korean girl group 4Minute which is made up of
some very talented ladies. Apparently they're big around Asia. The video below gives a very brief intro on 4Minute.
More than a
week of being mesmerised by them and hypnotically consuming HyunA/4Minute related media
and I’m now slowly starting to get back to normal life. I am watching their very funny travel show though (Travel Maker) so that might make it into the show/blog at
some point.
A grown man
listening to some K-Pop... who’d have thought?
Dragon (Wu Xia) trailer
Apparently
it came out in China (and possibly some other Asian countries) last year but it’s
just now getting a US release.
Check out
the blurb below.
Liu Jin-xi (Yen) is a village
craftsman whose quiet life is irrevocably shattered by the arrival of two
notorious gangsters in the local general store. When Liu single-handedly saves
the shopkeeper’s life, he comes under investigation by detective Xu Bai-jiu
(Kaneshiro). Convinced that Liu’s martial arts mastery belies a hidden history
of training by one of the region’s vicious clans, Xu doggedly pursues the shy
hero—and draws the attention of China’s criminal underworld in the process.
Martial arts
noir starring Donnie Yen. AW YEAH! Takeshi Kaneshiro ain’t half bad neither.
Tangent: Anyone remember Takeshi from that Onimusha
game which also had Jean Reno?
I just
realised that it’s October 31 so I should’ve done an all-Halloween episode.
Screw it! I’m too far into this already!
The Bladed Hand trailer
Looks like a neat documentary on Filipino martial arts. It says it came out in 2010 so I’ll have to track it down. I knew Matt Damon used it for the Bourne films but I don’t really know a lot of the history.
The Man with the Iron Fists
Here’s
another movie that I’m dying to see. It is RZA’s directorial debut and it stars
him along with Byron Mann, Cung Le, David Bautista, Jamie Chung, Lucy Liu, Rick
Yune, Russell Crowe and a bunch of other people who will most likely get killed
at some point in the movie. Check out the blurb:
Making his debut as a big-screen
director and leading man, RZA—alongside a stellar international cast led by
Russell Crowe and Lucy Liu—tells the epic story of warriors, assassins and a
lone outsider hero in nineteenth-century China who must unite to destroy the
clan traitor who would destroy them all.
Since his arrival in China’s
Jungle Village, the town’s blacksmith (RZA) has been forced by radical tribal
factions to create elaborate tools of destruction. When the clans’ brewing war
boils over, the stranger channels an ancient energy to transform himself into a
human weapon. As he fights alongside iconic heroes and against soulless
villains, one man must harness this power to become savior of his adopted
people.
Here’s the red
band trailer (red band = unrated).
Here’s some fun
time TV spots.
And check
out this kickass music video for The Baddest Man Alive by The Black Keys &
RZA.
I can’t
wait! Until next time, keep kicking ass and taking names!
