Register Now!

Media

  • scanner scanner
  • scanner screengrab
  • modern materialist the modern
    materialist
  • video 61 frames
    per second
  • video the remote
    island

Photo

  • slice slice with
    giovanni
    cervantes
  • paper airplane crush paper
    airplane crush
  • autumn blog autumn
  • chase chase
  • rose &amp olive rose & olive
Scanner
Your daily cup of WTF?
ScreenGrab
The Hooksexup Film Blog
Slice
Each month a new artist; each image a new angle. This month: Giovanni Cervantes.
ScreenGrab
The Hooksexup Film Blog
Autumn
A fashionable L.A. photo editor exploring all manner of hyper-sexual girls down south.
The Modern Materialist
Almost everything you want.
Paper Airplane Crush
A San Francisco photographer on the eternal search for the girls of summer.
Rose & Olive
Houston neighbors pull back the curtains and expose each other's lives.
chase
The creator of Supercult.com poses his pretty posse.
The Remote Island
Hooksexup's TV blog.
61 Frames Per Second
Smarter gaming.

The Screengrab

Trailer Review: My Life in Ruins

Posted by Paul Clark


Hey, did you all know that Nia Vardalos is Greek? Now, don’t get me wrong- I’m all for being true to one’s roots. But for the star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Greekness has become less an ethnicity than a shtick, an excuse to add some cultural spice to what are otherwise fairly formulaic storylines. Of course, the fact that this is only Vardalos’ second movie since that surprise blockbuster hasn’t helped her diversify her career. As for the trailer itself, I can’t say it holds too many surprises- a buttoned-up tour guide (Vardalos) gets frustrated by a busload of vulgar American tourists (including Richard Dreyfuss and Rachel Dratch), but the affections of the hunky bus driver cause her to loosen up. Naturally, there’s slapstick a-plenty, largely of the stuff-breaking variety, as one would expect from the director of How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days. Personally, I have no desire to see this movie, mostly because I didn’t care for Greek Wedding or Vardalos’ performance in it, and I’m not exactly eager to see what she’s been up to since then. But if this is your thing, don’t let me stop you.


+ DIGG + DEL.ICIO.US + REDDIT

Comments

No Comments

in
Send rants/raves to

Archives

Bloggers

  • Paul Clark
  • John Constantine
  • Vadim Rizov
  • Phil Nugent
  • Leonard Pierce
  • Scott Von Doviak
  • Andrew Osborne
  • Hayden Childs
  • Sarah Sundberg
  • Nick Schager
  • Lauren Wissot

Contributors

  • Kent M. Beeson
  • Pazit Cahlon
  • Bilge Ebiri
  • D.K. Holm
  • Faisal A. Qureshi
  • Vern
  • Bryan Whitefield
  • Scott Renshaw
  • Gwynne Watkins

Tags

Places to Go

People To Read

Film Festivals

Directors

Partners