30 Minutes or Less(2011)“Zombieland” director Ruben Fleischer and star Jesse Eisenberg reunite to toss up their entry to the stoner caper genre pool in “30 Minutes or less.” Eisenberg plays Nick, a mid- twenties pizza delivery boy who slacks his way through life watching 80’s action flicks between Budweisers and smokes. After an argument with his best friend Chet (Aziz Ansari) over admitting sleeping with Chet’s beautiful twin sister and secret love Kate (Dilshad Vadsaria), Nick finds himself out of friends and out of luck.
When even bigger losers Dwayne (Danny McBride) and Travis (Nick Swardson) device a scheme to strap a bomb to a poor sucker in order swindle cash, they manager to fool Nick into becoming an unwilling foil. Nick, now strapped with a jacket full of explosives, resorts to Chet for help. Unable to deactivate the bomb, both friends resolve to follow Dwayne’s plan, robbing a local bank. While Nick and Chet try to turn the tables on Dwayne and Travis, the latter idiots turn everything for the worst when they involve legit criminal Chango(Michael Peña).
Read More
The Social Network(2010)When was the last time a film has left audiences feeling genuinely sorry for a scheming, condescending sociopath who winds up the youngest billionaire in the world? Leave it to David Fincher to make the case for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg in the frivolously detached yet passionately intense “The Social Network.” Set in the early 2000s, “The Social Network” is based on the novel “The Accidental Billionaires” by Ben Mezrich and captures Zuckerberg (Jesse Eisenberg) during his college years in Harvard. He’s a uber-geek with a robotic speaking pattern and a microprocessor-like mind.
The film follows Zuckerberg from the beginnings of the social website and his alleged larceny of the concept. Screenwriter Aaron Sorkin (“Charlie Wilson’s War”) finds a traditional coming-of-age tale in the seemingly advanced and artificial world of the Internet. He presents an incredibly witty story that begins in the Ivy League’s contentious hierarchical battles and ends in the excessiveness of the Los Angeles night scene.
Read More
 |
Zombieland Zombies have once again turned the world into a Grade-D meat factory in the horror-comedy "Zombieland.” The title comes from the planet's new name, where the undead virus has left the survivors to wander about searching for somewhere or something to pursue. Columbus (Jesse Eisenberg, who loves being in movies with the word "land" attached to the title) is the most unlikely to remain unbitten by zombies. Lanky and unimpressive, Columbus blasts away at the undead with a shotgun that’s as big as him. However, his insecure, cautious personality has made him more competent to deal with the walking dead than he ever was with the actual living. He avoids becoming Zombie Chow by following his own strict survival rules, whether it’s the prevalent "Good Cardio" to outrun the spry zombies or the cowardly, but rational "Don't be a hero” move. |
Read More
 |
Adventureland Greg Mottola's follow-up his mega hit Superbad takes his explorations of horny youths and recreational drug use to the amusement park. Adventureland is the story of James(Jesse Eisenberg), a recently graduated college student who is still plagued by the V word (virgin, in case you were wondering). His plans to go the Europe for the summer are put to a halt when his father gets demoted at work, forcing James to stay with his parents in Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh has had a nice run of films shot in their city lately). |
