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Bill Hicks Live, a review by Antares

Bill Hicks Live





Year: 1991
Film Studio:
Genre: Comedy, Television
Length: 175 Min.


Stars
Bill Hicks
Brett Butler (1958)
Eddie Izzard
Richard Jeni
Jay Leno (1950)
David Letterman
Thea Vidale

Review
       To Bill Hicks, the bleating of the P.C. sheep in this country was as annoying and painful as someone running their fingernails across a chalkboard. To this end, he would rail and rant against the corrupt machinations of a free enterprise system which has, in the last two and a half decades, run amok over the landscape of our nation. Hicks was not the typical comedian which had sprung up during the comedy club craze of the eighties. Foregoing gags, one-liners and shtick, he blazed a path which had not been trodden down since Lenny Bruce shocked audiences in the sixties. A good example of the difference between Hicks and his contemporaries is in the following exchange between Hicks and his audience;

       Bill Hicks:
       Audience: A few drunken patrons scream out in acknowledgement
       Bill Hicks:

       The audience bursts into a spontaneous round of applause and laughter. Now most comedians would have segued-wayed into their next bit with that question, but not Hicks, he could see the hypocrisy and lack of ethical honesty in these professions and in a comical way would deal with them on his terms.

       Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand Up ComedianOne Night Stand, Relentless and RevelationsReview Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.


(From Bill Hicks Live: Satirist, Social Critic, Stand up Comedian on July 27th, 2010)

American Crude, a review by KinkyCyborg

American Crude



Title:American Crude
Year: 2007
Director: Craig Sheffer
Rating: R
Length: 98 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Portuguese: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Other: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Raymond J. Barry
Amanda Detmer
Michael Clarke Duncan
Jennifer Esposito
Ron Livingston

Plot:
Tonight seemed like a good idea at the time...

Michael Clarke Duncan (School For Scoundrels), Jennifer Esposito (Taxi), Ron Livingston (Office Space) and Rob Schneider (Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo) give hilarious performances in this offbeat comedy!

For years, Johnny (Livingston) has been successfully devising schemes that would help him achieve the American Dream. Until the night he throws a bachelor party for his best friend. Now, before the frantic evening is over, all his best-laid plans comes crashing down as the paths of several highly eccentric characters (including a transsexual prostitute, a runaway virgin, a gorgeous gun-wielding ex-con and a porn king) converge in this seriously twisted comedy where no deed - good or bad - goes unpunished.

Extras:
Scene Access
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Closed Captioned


Decent cast in a real shitball of a movie. I thought this was going to be a slapstick comedy about a bachelor party gone out of control and it does attempt this but also tries to be a half dozen other things as well. There were a couple of mildly humorous moments but for the most part this was a stupid dud. 

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2011 on September 7th, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Clerks: Uncensored (2000/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Miramax Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 130 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Based on Kevin Smith's cult comedy classic, this outrageous anthology brings together every hilarious episodes of Clerks: Uncensored - including 4 never before seen anywhere! It's the continuing adventures of clerks Dante and Randal, two guys just trying to make the best of menial labor! With constant interference from the outlandish Jay and Silent Bob - follow the clerks' wildly improbable antics from one riotous episode to the next! Filled with big laughs and hysterical jabs at popular culture - anyone who enjoys fun, irreverent comedy won't want to miss it!

Clerks
1.01 Episode 1
Writer: Kevin Smith (Original Characters By), David Mandel (Writer), Kevin Smith (Writer)
Director: Chris Bailey
Cast: Jeff Anderson (Randal (voice)), Jason Mewes (Jay (voice)), Brian O'Halloran (Dante (voice)), Kevin Smith (Silent Bob (voice)), Alec Baldwin (Leonardo Leonardo (voice)), Charles Barkley (Himself (voice)), Jeff Bennett (Various (voice)), Diane Devlin (Nicole Corwin (voice)), Dan Etheridge (Mr. Plug (voice)), Walt Flanagan (Walt the Fanboy (voice)), Sam Gifaldi (Various (voice)), Elon Gold (Various (voice)), Dana Gould (Various (voice)), Nakita Hopkins (Various (voice)), Bryan Johnson (Steve-Dave (voice)), Kerri Kinney (Various (voice)), Matt Maher (Various (voice)), Brian Posehn (Mooby-Shirted Fan (voice)), Kevin M. Richardson (Announcer/Desmond Pfeiffer (voice)), Lauren Tom (Various (voice)), April Winchell (Various (voice))

A fun short-lived series based on the movie Clerks. It was cancelled after two of the six produced episodes were aired. Probably because the network wanted a show for kids, but this one is more directed to adult Smith fans.
Even though this episode is one of the weaker ones, I still enjoyed it. Especially the beginning.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 31st, 2011)