Saturday 29 September 2018

Cheapo DVD Review: The Long Weekend (2005)

Assorted Thoughts From An Unsorted Mind

 Starring:
Him from "American Pie" The one that was knocking off Mena Suvari
That bloke...he was in that thing...You know the one I mean?
Her from How I Met Your Mother. The Canadian one. 
Holy crap is that the bloke from London's Burning?

 Advertising man Ed Waxman (Fehr) is not only recovering from a horrific breakup but his creative spark has vanished and his job on the line.  Naturally his lothario brother  
Cooper (Klein) decides that the cure is to get him laid. 
Hilarity ensues, he says sarcastically.  

I picked this one up as part of an "8 for £5" deal. I'd never heard of it but I thought it might be funny enough to watch while I was eating my tea. 
Bad idea. 
 I began to regret my choice when we got to the scene where Ed finds his missus with a mouthful of his best mate's spunk.  Which she swallows.  Tone well and truly established.

  The idea was to mine the same seam of  near-the-knuckle, gross-out humour that made the "American Pie" and "Harold & Kumar" movies such a hit.  Problem is, none of it is actually funny so we get the gross without the good bits.   Then after an hour or so of Ed getting repeatedly humiliated there's a feel good ending nailed on to wrap things up.

 There's nothing particularly wrong with the performances; Chris Klein does a good job as a shallow, sleazy pickup artist and Brendan Fehr does his best to make us root for poor Ed but it's hard to feel anything much for either character since the writing isn't on their side.  Meanwhile Cobie Smulders is there to look good and be Ed's reward for all his bad times. It feels a bit contrived frankly.
  And I'm fairly certain she gets more dialogue than all the other female characters put together. 

How much did I pay for this?  62.5 pence. 
Was it worth it?  Not really. This film isn't the worst would-be comedy I've ever seen - check my review archive for more details - but I struggled to watch this all the way through. And it put me off my tea so...nope. 

Sunday 16 September 2018

The Metal Project: Happy Independence Day, Mexico.

metal songs about metal.

Mexican Metal bands

Today Is Mexico's Independence Day so I thought I'd celebrate by posting some (head)bangin' choons from Mexico.  Enjoy. 

Stahl Metal - Metal De Acero (2007)


Honour to: manolin flores


Voltax - Metal Master (2011)


Honour to: Nor kastorena


Beast Light - Metal Dog (2012)


 Honour to: Beast666Light


Aserrador - Hermanos Metal (2010)


Honour to: manolin flores

If you want to check out some of the other Mexicin bands I've posted then have a look here:



That's All Folks. 


Monday 10 September 2018

Music from the weird part of Youtube: The Most German Song Ever.

       I spend a lot of time on Youtube. 

No. really. 

If I'm not looking for tracks for The Metal Project, watching Cube compilations or
trying to find some genuinely entertaining reaction videos then I'm surfing for new music. 

Sometimes the current washes me up in some very strange places. 

Like this track I'm about to share with you. 
Since I don't understand German I have no idea what he's singing about
 (although bratwurst seem to quite central to the narrative.) and the music video doesn't help.  

But I defy you to listen to this and not get the tune stuck in your head for days afterwards.


If anybody knows what the hell is going on here, or even what genre this is, drop me a line.  

I fancy a Bratwurst in a bread roll now. 

Tuesday 4 September 2018

The Metal Project: Heavy Metal Invasion:

Most metal playlist ever.

Evening all. 

Ready for some more obscure songs from the 1980s?
Good. Me too. 
Let's get stuck in. 


Severed Head - Heavy Metal (UK 1983)

 Honour to: TCorporation66


S.M.F - Heavy Metal (France 1986)


Honour to: heavymetaller1978


Fantom - Black Metal (Hungary 1988)


Honour to: thrashtilldeath90

Allied Forces - Heavy Metal Invasion (NLD 1987)


Honour to: MSPainkiller13


Sweet Poison - Metal Rocks (USA 1984)


Honour to: metalscavenger78

And that's it for another trip into the vaults.
I hope you enjoyed yourself and I'll see you again soon.

Please remember to visit and support the channels linked above.

That's all folks. 

Monday 3 September 2018

The Metal Project:Keep It Metal



 Evening all. 

Sorry about the extended break. I've been off doing stuff. 
If it makes you feel any better I didn't enjoy most of it. 

So for those of you who just came in, the point of this project is to find Metal songs on Youtube that have Metal in the title. 
If you want to see the ones I have so far then pop over to this page: Metal Project Songlist
I guarantee you'll find some cool stuff that you didn't know about.

Anyway, back to tonight's post and I'm continuing where the lat post left off with a fistful of obscure songs from the 80s.   Enjoy. 


Spellbound - Heavy Metal (Sweden Demo 1983)




Millennium - Keep It Metal (UK 1986)


Honour to: MetalScavenger78


Metal Axxe - Heavy Metal Thunder (USA 1986)


Honour to: Deadhorse99


Deuce- Metal Paranoia (USA 1984)


Honour to: G.Heathen's Rage

I started with a song called "Heavy Metal" so I think it's pleasingly symmetrical to end with one.

Advice - Heavy Metal (Germany Demo 1985)


Honour to: heavymetaller1978 

That's All Folks. 


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