The Words [REVIEW]

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kimmo On Kino, The Words, Brian Klugman, Lee Stemthal, Dennis Quaid, JOhn Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vito DeFilippo, Michael McKean, Lucinda Davis, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Wilde, James Babson, Ron Rifkin, Brian Klugman, Liz Stauber, Ben Barnes, Nora Amezeder, Gianpaolo Venuta, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Brent Skagford, Andrew MacKay, Zeilijko Ivanek, Weston Middleton, Lee Stemthal, Holden Wong, Anders Yates, Jean-Marie Montbarbut, Robert Paul Chauvelot, Leni Parker, David Gow, Kathleen Fee, Keeva Lynk, Jeanie Hackett, Gordon Masten, Jude Beny, Mark Camacho, Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes, Rose Ganguzza, Tatiana Kelly, James Leisek, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Francois Sylvestre, Jim Young, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Calvache, Leslie Jones, Eyde Belasco, Michele Laliberte, Simonetta Mariano, Michelle Cote, Daniel Voltz, Anabelle Berkani, Eric Gaudry, Erik Bright, Carl Crevier, Josee Francis, Jean Francois Hall, Diane Janna, Randy Manis, Holly O'Brien, Elizabeth Tremblay, Charles Barsamian, Petr Pycha

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kimmo On Kino, The Words, Brian Klugman, Lee Stemthal, Dennis Quaid, JOhn Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vito DeFilippo, Michael McKean, Lucinda Davis, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Wilde, James Babson, Ron Rifkin, Brian Klugman, Liz Stauber, Ben Barnes, Nora Amezeder, Gianpaolo Venuta, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Brent Skagford, Andrew MacKay, Zeilijko Ivanek, Weston Middleton, Lee Stemthal, Holden Wong, Anders Yates, Jean-Marie Montbarbut, Robert Paul Chauvelot, Leni Parker, David Gow, Kathleen Fee, Keeva Lynk, Jeanie Hackett, Gordon Masten, Jude Beny, Mark Camacho, Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes, Rose Ganguzza, Tatiana Kelly, James Leisek, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Francois Sylvestre, Jim Young, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Calvache, Leslie Jones, Eyde Belasco, Michele Laliberte, Simonetta Mariano, Michelle Cote, Daniel Voltz, Anabelle Berkani, Eric Gaudry, Erik Bright, Carl Crevier, Josee Francis, Jean Francois Hall, Diane Janna, Randy Manis, Holly O'Brien, Elizabeth Tremblay, Charles Barsamian, Petr PychaThe Words

With Wit, Reviewed By Kimmo Mustonenen

For the critic of the film there is always the hope, “please Odin, let this be the one.

The great film of the year!”

Then the thoughts crawl into the reality space and think “at least be the one that entertains my brain and makes me think of the movie and not running with the screams out of the theater.”

Then the thoughts go to “please don’t let this movie be a fart in my mouth hole – I hope I put another bottle of Kossu in the freezer, just in case.”

Finally the thoughts are “Odin, if you end my life now at least the pain won’t last like that of “Transformers 3” – do I need sweet smoke from the dispensary to dull the horror ache and so I can also soothe my hurt with Cheetos?”

Crappy honest truth:  1st thoughts happen 2% of time, 2nd thoughts 10%, 3rd thoughts 65%, and 4th thoughts 23% (Intern – add up the numbers.  I’m so high).  The ratio is never to be betted on, yet I still take this paycheck.

I am a reviewer.

Today’s film?  “The Words.”

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kimmo On Kino, The Words, Brian Klugman, Lee Stemthal, Dennis Quaid, JOhn Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vito DeFilippo, Michael McKean, Lucinda Davis, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Wilde, James Babson, Ron Rifkin, Brian Klugman, Liz Stauber, Ben Barnes, Nora Amezeder, Gianpaolo Venuta, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Brent Skagford, Andrew MacKay, Zeilijko Ivanek, Weston Middleton, Lee Stemthal, Holden Wong, Anders Yates, Jean-Marie Montbarbut, Robert Paul Chauvelot, Leni Parker, David Gow, Kathleen Fee, Keeva Lynk, Jeanie Hackett, Gordon Masten, Jude Beny, Mark Camacho, Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes, Rose Ganguzza, Tatiana Kelly, James Leisek, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Francois Sylvestre, Jim Young, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Calvache, Leslie Jones, Eyde Belasco, Michele Laliberte, Simonetta Mariano, Michelle Cote, Daniel Voltz, Anabelle Berkani, Eric Gaudry, Erik Bright, Carl Crevier, Josee Francis, Jean Francois Hall, Diane Janna, Randy Manis, Holly O'Brien, Elizabeth Tremblay, Charles Barsamian, Petr Pycha“The Word” would have been better because it is shorter.  But know, we are to suffer on “The Words.”

Plot?  Too much.  But like a Ukrainian nesting doll in the backwards.  And not interesting, but not so bad for a fart in the mouth hole (my new ratings system!).

Spoiler Alerts!

We make start with the inside doll. An American soldier (Ben Barnes) who falls in love with a French barmaid (Nora Arnezeder) after one of the World Wars.

But this story is contained in doll #2 (number two – this is related to the fart) which is about Rory Jansen (Bradley Cooper – douche, but not like Shia) who writes a book that an award is put on, “The Window Tears.”  Then another doll!  The outside-est of the dolls.

This story is in the story of Clay Hammond (Dennis Quaid) and his book “The Words” (so clever!).

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kimmo On Kino, The Words, Brian Klugman, Lee Stemthal, Dennis Quaid, JOhn Hannah, Jeremy Irons, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vito DeFilippo, Michael McKean, Lucinda Davis, J.K. Simmons, Olivia Wilde, James Babson, Ron Rifkin, Brian Klugman, Liz Stauber, Ben Barnes, Nora Amezeder, Gianpaolo Venuta, Raphael Grosz-Harvey, Brent Skagford, Andrew MacKay, Zeilijko Ivanek, Weston Middleton, Lee Stemthal, Holden Wong, Anders Yates, Jean-Marie Montbarbut, Robert Paul Chauvelot, Leni Parker, David Gow, Kathleen Fee, Keeva Lynk, Jeanie Hackett, Gordon Masten, Jude Beny, Mark Camacho, Michael Benaroya, Cassian Elwes, Rose Ganguzza, Tatiana Kelly, James Leisek, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Francois Sylvestre, Jim Young, Marcelo Zarvos, Antonio Calvache, Leslie Jones, Eyde Belasco, Michele Laliberte, Simonetta Mariano, Michelle Cote, Daniel Voltz, Anabelle Berkani, Eric Gaudry, Erik Bright, Carl Crevier, Josee Francis, Jean Francois Hall, Diane Janna, Randy Manis, Holly O'Brien, Elizabeth Tremblay, Charles Barsamian, Petr PychaOlivia Wilde is involved, and doesn’t get naked.  This made me sad.

BUT, in the #2 fart doll, Rory didn’t the writing of the book!  Holy shit!  Here comes Jeremy Irons!

Rory is in the big trouble.

End spoilers!

Go ahead and follow through on the spoiler reading. Then when the girlfriend makes you with eyes open watch this you can still sleep with your brain off.

Or think of the nakedness of Olivia Wilde that is not seen.

Whatever is for the floating of your boat.

For me, two thumbs just sitting like thumbs… thumbs staring at each other thinking “what the hell, thumb?”

Luckily for Kimmo, I found a Kossu flask in my jacket while this inside doll took up the screen.  It was mostly full for 45 seconds, then mostly empty.

“The Words” was better for about 20 minutes.

Better yet?  3 hits of the sweet, sweet “Blue Dream” smoke.

And popcorn.

With that, one more brain attack by “Transformers 3′ can be handled.

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Reese Witherspoon, Water For Elephants, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Holbrook, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Ken Foree, Scott MacDonald, James Frain, Sam Anderson, John Aylward, Brad Greenquist, Tim Guinee, Donna W. Scott, E.E. Bell, Kyle Jordan, Aleksandra Kaniak, Ilia Volok, Bruce Gray, Jim Jansen, James Keane, Ivo Nandi, Karynn Moore, Andrew Connolly, Doug McDougal, Tracy Phillips Rowan O'Hara, Water for Elephants, Tai, Uggie, Ice, Sita Acevedo, Danny Castle, Michael Coronas, Aloysia Gavre, Francis Lawrence, Andrew R. Tennenbaum, Erwin Stoff, Gil Netter, Kevin Halloran, Alan Edward Bell, Ana Maria Quintana, Chad Holmes, David Crank, Denise Chamian, Molly Allen, Sasha Veneziano, Kimmo MustonenenKimmo Mustonenen – (Kimmo On Kino) – Behind The Proscenium

P.S.  Finally, that little mariachi elf from “America’s Got Talent” is gone. My hatred for him burned like white hot steel inside the Finnish sun on fire. It defined my existence. Without the elf and the hate my life is nothing. Until “The Voice.” Christina has the big ones. Two of them.  Kimmo like.

Lawless [REVIEW]

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Lawless, John Hillcoat, Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch, Chance Bartels, Darryl Booker, Charles Casey Randall Franks, David Fritsch, Ronnie Kantorik, Larry Mainland, Joel Rogers, J.T. Seidler, Steve Warren, Jacqueline Marie Zwick, John Allen, Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Jason Blum, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Cassian Elwes, Lucy Fisher, Scott Hanson, John Brooks Klingenbeck, James Leisek, Randy Manis, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Ted Schipper, Rachel Shane, Douglas Wick, Dany Wolf, Clayton Young, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Benoit Delhomme, Dylan Tichenor, Francine Maisler, Chris Kennedy, Maria Nay, David LeRoy Anderson, Robert Hackl, Regina Robb, Dany Wolf, Justin Ritson, Jason Allard, Brent Bernhard, Dale Cannon, Lori Eastside, Peter Dudgeon, Banner Gwin, Rachel Aberly, Zoe Bower, Michael Buster, Biagio DeSimone, Elan Garfias, Taylor Gerrity, Drew Giles, Drew Grant, Andrew Kim, Robert Lane, Yun Li, Trevor McNure, Tillman Norsworthy, Drew Ritson, Rebecca Robertson, Brett Rowe, Tina Sauls, Jimmy Shaw, Dan Short, Stephen Stumberg, Kerri Smeltzer, Ricky Tollman, Greg Tresan, R. Dawn Vigil, Jennifer Wang, Hunter Wentworth

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Lawless, John Hillcoat, Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch, Chance Bartels, Darryl Booker, Charles Casey Randall Franks, David Fritsch, Ronnie Kantorik, Larry Mainland, Joel Rogers, J.T. Seidler, Steve Warren, Jacqueline Marie Zwick, John Allen, Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Jason Blum, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Cassian Elwes, Lucy Fisher, Scott Hanson, John Brooks Klingenbeck, James Leisek, Randy Manis, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Ted Schipper, Rachel Shane, Douglas Wick, Dany Wolf, Clayton Young, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Benoit Delhomme, Dylan Tichenor, Francine Maisler, Chris Kennedy, Maria Nay, David LeRoy Anderson, Robert Hackl, Regina Robb, Dany Wolf, Justin Ritson, Jason Allard, Brent Bernhard, Dale Cannon, Lori Eastside, Peter Dudgeon, Banner Gwin, Rachel Aberly, Zoe Bower, Michael Buster, Biagio DeSimone, Elan Garfias, Taylor Gerrity, Drew Giles, Drew Grant, Andrew Kim, Robert Lane, Yun Li, Trevor McNure, Tillman Norsworthy, Drew Ritson, Rebecca Robertson, Brett Rowe, Tina Sauls, Jimmy Shaw, Dan Short, Stephen Stumberg, Kerri Smeltzer, Ricky Tollman, Greg Tresan, R. Dawn Vigil, Jennifer Wang, Hunter WentworthLawless

With Wit, Reviewed By Kimmo Mustonenen

Warning:  This review was fueled by Kossu. 

The shots were flowing into my stomach place, the sweet burn up into my brain stem, and then my brain thoughts shot out of the finger ends on the keyboard.

As it should be.

I went to the cinema with a fellow reviewer, Yves.

He is as much a foreign as I, but since he is French he is funny in America.

He would tell me over and again that in France Shia LaBeouf is really Shia “The Beef.”

I would say no, it is really Shia “The Douche.”

Yves laughed, then I laughed like a horse and the lovely Kossu shot straight from my mouth to out of my nostril area.

Pain. Delicious pain.

And I would tongue bathe the now salty Kossu (not good, do not try to shoot it out of the nasal) off of my upper lip and drink again.

Then one more shot. And again. I was wasted!

Plot? Yeah. Attention, be forewarned, “Lawless” is based on real events!

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Lawless, John Hillcoat, Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch, Chance Bartels, Darryl Booker, Charles Casey Randall Franks, David Fritsch, Ronnie Kantorik, Larry Mainland, Joel Rogers, J.T. Seidler, Steve Warren, Jacqueline Marie Zwick, John Allen, Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Jason Blum, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Cassian Elwes, Lucy Fisher, Scott Hanson, John Brooks Klingenbeck, James Leisek, Randy Manis, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Ted Schipper, Rachel Shane, Douglas Wick, Dany Wolf, Clayton Young, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Benoit Delhomme, Dylan Tichenor, Francine Maisler, Chris Kennedy, Maria Nay, David LeRoy Anderson, Robert Hackl, Regina Robb, Dany Wolf, Justin Ritson, Jason Allard, Brent Bernhard, Dale Cannon, Lori Eastside, Peter Dudgeon, Banner Gwin, Rachel Aberly, Zoe Bower, Michael Buster, Biagio DeSimone, Elan Garfias, Taylor Gerrity, Drew Giles, Drew Grant, Andrew Kim, Robert Lane, Yun Li, Trevor McNure, Tillman Norsworthy, Drew Ritson, Rebecca Robertson, Brett Rowe, Tina Sauls, Jimmy Shaw, Dan Short, Stephen Stumberg, Kerri Smeltzer, Ricky Tollman, Greg Tresan, R. Dawn Vigil, Jennifer Wang, Hunter WentworthTo contextualize the plot, narrator, protagonist of the story, informs you of immediately the rules – or rather the lack of rules – that takes place in Franklin County, Virginia in the early 1930s (wow, in “Lawless” the 30s sucked a giant wiener!).

Bondurant brothers are notorious bootleggers. The stakes are simple in a world without rules where the police are corrupt and justice sold, the three brothers “hold sway.”

Characterized without subtlety – the youngest is puny (“The Beef” is type-cast here – damn, another shot out of my nose) – the players will evolve gradually, as develops an adventure without surprise, to tend to be completely expected (and unsurprising).

Shia LaBeouf is absolutely not convincing in the role of the coward who becomes manly.

Tom Hardy (Bane! With a face to be seen!) and Jason Clarke embody their characters beyond the artificiality induced staging to be almost human.

Then they presents the majestic Jessica Chastain but is allowed to play nothing but a bore.

Why do women in movies like this only appear so that we want them to be naked?  That would be great.

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kimmo Mustonenen, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Kimmo On Kino, Lawless, John Hillcoat, Nick Cave, Matt Bondurant, Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jason Clarke, Guy Pearce, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska, Dane DeHaan, Chris McGarry, Tim Tolin, Gary Oldman, Lew Temple, Marcus Hester, Bill Camp, Alex Van, Noah Taylor, Mark Ashworth, Tom Proctor, Bruce McKinnon, Eric Mendenhall, Toni Byrd, Robert T. Smith, Jake Nash, William J. Harrison, Joyce Baxter, Jeff Braun, Malinda Baker, Tom Turbiville, Chad Randall, Terry Keasler, Duncan Nicholson, Ron Clinton Smith, Anna House, Ricky Muse, Peter Krulewitch, Chance Bartels, Darryl Booker, Charles Casey Randall Franks, David Fritsch, Ronnie Kantorik, Larry Mainland, Joel Rogers, J.T. Seidler, Steve Warren, Jacqueline Marie Zwick, John Allen, Robert Ogden Barnum, Michael Benaroya, Jason Blum, Matthew Budman, Megan Ellison, Cassian Elwes, Lucy Fisher, Scott Hanson, John Brooks Klingenbeck, James Leisek, Randy Manis, Laura Rister, Ben Sachs, Ted Schipper, Rachel Shane, Douglas Wick, Dany Wolf, Clayton Young, Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Benoit Delhomme, Dylan Tichenor, Francine Maisler, Chris Kennedy, Maria Nay, David LeRoy Anderson, Robert Hackl, Regina Robb, Dany Wolf, Justin Ritson, Jason Allard, Brent Bernhard, Dale Cannon, Lori Eastside, Peter Dudgeon, Banner Gwin, Rachel Aberly, Zoe Bower, Michael Buster, Biagio DeSimone, Elan Garfias, Taylor Gerrity, Drew Giles, Drew Grant, Andrew Kim, Robert Lane, Yun Li, Trevor McNure, Tillman Norsworthy, Drew Ritson, Rebecca Robertson, Brett Rowe, Tina Sauls, Jimmy Shaw, Dan Short, Stephen Stumberg, Kerri Smeltzer, Ricky Tollman, Greg Tresan, R. Dawn Vigil, Jennifer Wang, Hunter WentworthNote – Mia Wasikowska is the hotness. There should be more of the naked with her, too. In every movie that I ever have to see again.

God, make it so.

Not surprisingly, the female characters are hopelessly secondary and generate a dynamic of self-pity.

Why, why, why?

In short, John Hillcoat (director of the laugh riot fun fest “The Road”) book a gangster film with a pathetically inadequate story to the point of becoming ridiculous and women are for decoration.

Except for Mia Wasikowska. Decoration maybe, but I love her.

Lots of bang! Blood! Death!

People die for no reason. Characters never change.

Jessica Chastain takes her clothes off.

More bang (not guns)!  More blood!  More death!

This I learned of American History – in U.S.A.depression everything was brownish and dirty.

Everybody was on his body with a gun.  And it was legal to shoot people.

Until Guy Pearce comes around and acts all weird.

Then there is MORE shooting. That is a lot of learning from one movie.

So, my smart thumb droops floor-ward.

My horny thumb thinks, “damn, this was good – put that Mia goddess in everything!”  So that thumb strains for the ceiling (hubba hubba).

Should this be allowed to be seen by your eyes?

Do you have $10 to waste?  Then go.

If there is anything else you can do with your limited time on Earth, do that instead.

Life is too fucking short.

Manka Bros., Khan Manka, Behind The Proscenium, Kyrle Lendhoffer, Reese Witherspoon, Water For Elephants, Robert Pattinson, Christoph Waltz, Paul Schneider, Jim Norton, Hal Holbrook, Mark Povinelli, Richard Brake, Stephen Monroe Taylor, Ken Foree, Scott MacDonald, James Frain, Sam Anderson, John Aylward, Brad Greenquist, Tim Guinee, Donna W. Scott, E.E. Bell, Kyle Jordan, Aleksandra Kaniak, Ilia Volok, Bruce Gray, Jim Jansen, James Keane, Ivo Nandi, Karynn Moore, Andrew Connolly, Doug McDougal, Tracy Phillips Rowan O'Hara, Water for Elephants, Tai, Uggie, Ice, Sita Acevedo, Danny Castle, Michael Coronas, Aloysia Gavre, Francis Lawrence, Andrew R. Tennenbaum, Erwin Stoff, Gil Netter, Kevin Halloran, Alan Edward Bell, Ana Maria Quintana, Chad Holmes, David Crank, Denise Chamian, Molly Allen, Sasha Veneziano, Kimmo MustonenenKimmo Mustonenen – (Kimmo On Kino) – Behind The Proscenium

P.S.  College football has returned. I now feel like an American from toe to top with my new love of the game! This “tailgating” is my new love thing. Fried meats, booze, dip, chips, booze, etc.  If this in Finland was to exist we would all have frozen happily to death outside in the first blizzards of September! Hooray for warm America! And hooray for college football! Except for Alabama – you can suck it.