One of the segments on my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM is a fortnightly look at what’s on at the movies.
Aaron Kamp has been reviewing movies for some time and he posts his reviews at Cinemaniac. Every couple of weeks we look at what’s in the cinemas and what’s new on DVD.
Today we talked about Owen Wilson’s latest movie, Drillbit Taylor.
It’s a movie for anyone who’s suffered at the hands of bullies. I haven’t seen it but it sounds like it’s one of those predictable stories where the good guys win in the end. Of course predictable doesn’t mean that it’s not enjoyable. Sometimes it’s nice to get lost in a movie that rambles along just as you imagine it will.
Drillbit Taylor is about three kids who hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them from the playground bully. The bodyguard is played by Owen Wilson.
Aaron warns that there is some of the crudity and occasional bad language we’ve come to expect from teen flicks, but thankfully this one’s aimed for a slightly younger teen audience so it’s not as bad as some. Overall Aaron says that the film presents some very positive messages.
You might want to check out a little more of what Aaron says before sending the kids off to the cinema. Listen to Aaron’s review by clicking play on the audio player at the bottom of this post.
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just read a thing about this movie too and it’s tie to John Hughes – 80’s film writer extraordinaire. for those of that grew up in the US in the 80’s, Hughes’ movies were a staple….
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-goldstein25mar25,0,7770284.story
hope you are doing well!
This is another installment of ‘gotta love computers’… The blitz feed e-mail was blocked by my work’s e-mail protection program. Evidently, “it may contain bad language or pornographic material.”
I think your post said, “‘bad’ and ‘teen’ in the same paragraph 🙂
Maybe because you said the film had “some bad language” the program said, the e-mail contained “bad language”… I just think it’s really funny.
Although now I’ll get called into the boss’ office and asked to explain why I’m accessing porn at work 🙂
Hello Tony. Thanks for dropping in.
Hughes certainly was a major player in teen movies back in the 80’s. I’m sure most of us have seen a few of his movies.
Peter, it’s always interesting what filters will pick up.
So you’ll be asked why you’re looking at porn at work and not waiting until you get home? 🙂