Monday, July 18, 2016

EPISODE 111: EAMONN STILL REVIEWS A FILM NO ONE HAS NEVER HEARD OF!

(PREVIOUSLY ON BOGGER BOX OFFICE...
We started reviewing Guns, Girls, Gambling, a Christian Slater/Gary Oldman vehicle, about a Putz named John Smith (Slater) who entered An Elvis Contest, and woke up implicated in a robbery of a War Mask! After crawling out the boot of his own car with Dead Indians in the front, he walks 8 miles to the home of the Elvis who did Steal the mask! And  if that not bad enough, the whole world and it's Mammy thinks John Stole it, and will Kill 1st and ask questions later, cos this film is that stupid!


We Start at the Train station as Gay Elvis is tracked by the Blonde Assassin called "The Blonde". Gay Elvis tells the Whore with No Name he's innocent, but she Kills Gay Elvis On the Toilet (How dignified!) she then plants John's credits card on his body. How she got cards of a man she hasn't meet yet is explained in due coarse

Exhausted, John chases on Elvis couch, When the Girl Next door (and yes, the film even Captions her name as Girl-Next-Door!) who gets kidnapped by cowboys, who works the Chiefs rival, the Rancher, John saves the girl and they are now on the run, making the John Smith Analogy that runs through the film for the first time, meaning if you are smart enough, you make already know how it all ends! She tells John that the sheriffs here in Dryrock are corrupt, one paid by the Chief, the other by the Rancher. Oh and turns out she has a name, Cindy!


The aforementioned sheriffs find the bodies of the Indians in John's car and reveals themselves as bungling Halfwits, Seriously None of their Dialogue matter and you could easily play this piece of music every time they are on screen!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukJ8mBnWxnY 

Also despite John saying he had no ID, THE CAR HE OWNS HAS A LICENSE! ALL THIS COULD BE AVOIDED!
BUT NO, REMEMBER THE SYNOPSIS ON TOP? PRINT IT OUT AND USING AS TOILET PAPER, BECAUSE WHEN THE FINAL SCENE HAPPENS....OH BABY!


John, remembering Elvis had a clipboard of the other Elvis headshots to implicate in the robbery, remembers Asian Elvis' real name and finds his address, only for Midget Elvis to point his guns at their genitals, but a cop breaks it up!


John and Cindy arrives at Toshido's who attacks John with Karate and Asian Self-Loathing! Toshido tells John his credit cards were found on Alan's (Gay Elvis) body! Toshido is killed by another player in the hunt for the mask, a Self Loathing tomahawk wielder called "The Indian", But Cindy smashes a pot on his head and they escape,


After John gets into a fight with a guy he thought was following him, this leads the idiots to get distracted and captured by the Cowboy, who reveals he shot the Indians in John's car! John and Cindy have an audience with the Rancher in his limo.

The Rancher reveals the Apache Mask is in fact a Hopi Mask, a trophy from the Tribal Wars, when the Apache's lost it 4 decades ago (as evident by a flash back filmed with a sepia photoshop filter!) the Apaches found it again in the 70's, and killed the family in the house that it just happened to be buried under-The Rancher's family, in an attack that was put in motion by the Native HouseKeeper. So forget money, he's made enough legitimate money, No, he wants to spook the Prosperity out of the superstitious Apaches
OR SOME SHIT!-I Think they have made so much legit money too, that they don't care if the mask belonged to their tribe or not!
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"FEH! WE'LL JUST GET ANOTHER MASK AND ACT LIKE IT'S SACRED! WITH THIS MUCH MONEY, WHO'S GONNA CALL US OUT? NO ONE THAT'S WHO!
Anyway the Rancher hired Elvis but Betrayed them and now he is at the state line with his Caddy broken down,

John and Cindy search the apartment again, only to walk in on a fire fight between Midget Elvis and The Rebel Without A Bra, Midget Elvis is Dead, and no-one is close to the mask!

Running and getting separated, John gets arrested by Sherrif Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum. In Jail John meets the Lady-At-The-Bar Again, who reveals that the chief is pulling a long con along side the theft of the mask robbery, blaming a patsy (John) for the robbery so people will come to his casino, when she learned about the robbery as a prostitute hired by the cowboy! But never explain how the blonde got the credit cards, maybe an odious echoed exclamation of "I LIKE GIRLS!" Is foreshadowing!

So we now caught up with the events of the 1st scene...which is repeated for everyone as brain-dead as the characters in this film! Cindy paid the bail, once again the College boy turns up, and turns out he is Cindy's ex, perhaps telling John that vital info would have prevented being captured by Sheriff Shithead and Deputy Dumb-As-Dirt!

So the Patrol Car Drives to the Shot-out Bus, the Blonde has killed Elvis and the Driver, they would have being on time if Garda Gobshite and PC Pion had a sense of Direction!

Oh I'm surprised you didn't play the bungling cop tropes straighter and say they stopped for Doughnuts! AND MAYBE IF THEY WERE ON TIME. MAYBE THE COWBOY WOULDN'T JUST DROPPED THEM LIKE SANDBAGS WITH HIS PISTOLS! But the cowboys are killed by the Indian!

Cindy enters the bus and sees the message STATION 12-BRING THE MONEY-BRING JOHN SMITH on the 2 bodies! the Chief and casino manager have arrived and agree one to spare John once more!

FINAL SCENE!
I HOPE YOU CAN KEEP UP!

The chief Yuks it up about seeing up this poor Bastard as a patsy in his long con, and so the final battle between the Chief and the Rancher is set...only for Cindy to Reveal she is the Rancher's Daughter, the Blonde arrives demanding a million dollars from each Faction, the Indian Attacks but is killed, the blonde wants John, an outsider with no loyalty to either man to deliver the money....ONLY TO REVEAL THAT THE BLONDE AND JOHN ARE A HUSBAND/WIFE BANDIT TEAM THE WHOLE ENTIRE TIME! But it was personal, that family that was killed 40 years ago for the mask, NOT THE RANCHER'S, BUT JOHN'S! HOW DARE THE RANCHER USE HIS TRAGEDY FOR GAIN! ONLY HE CAN DO THAT! Oh and remember i said that Lady-At-The-Bars omitting the phrase "I LIKE GIRLS!" Had a echo around like it was important to know, well, it was foreshadowing after all, The Blonde and Her are lovers and they just played John, but they let him keep the mask, since his family found it! He also reveals that he Sabotaged Elvis's car to set up the ambush, and he planned to sell the mask back to the Hopi Tribe, but turns out the only Hopi in Nevada was the Housekeeper who betrayed his family, ALSO HIS NAME IT'S NOT EVEN JOHN SMITH, BUT A RANDOM GUY SLATER WALKED INTO TO STEAL HIS WALLET IN HIS 1ST SCENE! and So the film ends with "John Smith", Betrayer of 2 races, manipulator of teenage girls, and artifact thief, riding into the sunset with a mask costing more than it's ransom, who just played everyone else!

NO WONDER I NEVER HEARD OF IT, THIS FILM SUCKS!

If you wanted a poor man's Tarintinto Film, Mission Accomplished! Slater is a racist bastard, Oldman is here because of Classy Brit Fallacy, and everyone else is either one dimensional stereotypes or read off Fucking Idiot Cards! The John Smith/Pocahontas analogy made the betrayal by Cindy too predictable! and the editing, especially the sepia toned Microsoft filter for flashbacks was laughable! the final scene was an absolute mess, made worse by the shallow well of talent!

CREDITS
Guns, Girls, Gambling was reviewed, compiled and edited by Eamonn Bermingham (@RealEnli)
with clips and music from
in Part 2
Futurama
Bulk and Skull theme by Ron Waserman
Guns Girls and Gambling was produced by Signature Films, All rights reserved. All media used belongs to their respective owners!

NEXT MONTH: THE PENGUIN FAD OF THE LAST FEW YEARS HATCHED AT LEAST ON OVERLOOKED FILM, NEXT MONTH I REVIEW SURF'S UP!

(Because of the length of this review i had no time to write a Storyline element a Supplemental Piece of the latest Chapter of THE THIEF OF BOREDOM Will be up on my Tumblr on Monday!

Monday, July 11, 2016

EPISODE 110: EAMONN REVIEWS SOME FILM NO-ONE HAS HEARD OF!

Since I was 6, in some form or another, i watch film review programs.

And not to brag, but i remember nearly every film tile that was ever discussed and advertised since then,

So when scouring for films to review in my Local Dealz! this appeared and it completely dumbfounded me, I never heard of this film "Guns, Girls, Gambling" and if i did a quick survey, neither has anyone else!

This could either be so bland no-one noticed! or a very hidden gem, BUT LETS WALK INTO THE LIGHT TOGETHER!

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Well, despite the top billing, Slater and Oldman are overshadowed by a nameless model in the foreground and while the boys seem to be moving, as evidenced by the leg placements, this women is either standing with her hips unswing and gun akimbo at such a ridiculous angle, or she is working an invisible hula hoop! also what is wrong with Christian Slaters' face? It looks Photoshopped!

After pressing play and the logo for Signature Films (Answers on a Postcard, Please!) the no frills title screen comes up!

The film starts with Gary Oldman dressed as Elvis sitting on a bus-stop bench in the desert. he has a fabric bag with him as the driver goes to the toilet, Elvis is approached by the Nameless Model (Referred to in this film as "The Blonde")

Oh great! not only does this film not care to tell us who she is, but her character doesn't even have a name!

So the Blonde recites (or more accurately, reads off an Idiot Card!) A piece of Prose, some kind of Password maybe, When Elvis answers "WHAT?" She shoots up the Bus!

After title Drop and a Poundland James Bond Intro, We get Narration by Christian Slater, who gives an abridged version of the American Settlement, BLAH BLAHBLAH, Whites are Bastards, we put the Injuns on barren land that had oil, and generations later the Indians are making us pay, with Interest, in Casinos, and that's where we Start, With John Smith (Slater) slapped around by Casino security, until we get a flashback to the day before, John Smith is your average guy who becomes a mark to trim, but because of his very little knowledge of gambling, enters An Elvis impersonator contest instead,Dressed in the same costume Oldman was wearing. he's terrible, but he does meet a lady at the Bar (A Caption for every character springs up and the woman is referred to as Lady-At-The-Bar), steals John's wallet but all she got was his id!

PLOT POINT!
He proceeds to get along with other Elvis' An Asian, a 2 Dimensional Gay and as always with these low budget Career killers, a Midget! all the contestants loose their money to Oldman (who is referred to as Elvis!) Elvis explains that the Chief loves Elvis Presley so much he lets anyone who enters the competition have All Access, even to the room where the chief Sacred Mask is stored.

The Next Morning a Hungover John Smith, wakes up to alarms, and the Elvis are missing, and we are Caught up with the interrogation, the Mask has being stolen, and the only other white, straight, and normal sized Elvis dressed in his costume is missing, he must get the Mask back to the Casino or he will be killed!

John is Bundled into his own car boot and left in the desert. Tearing through the backseat with a crowbar, he finds the Casino security guys shot dead in the front seats, hoping Elvis did write his real address on the entry form, John Makes the 8 mile walk through the desert to the town of Drystone.

WE WILL BE BACK IN AUGUST FOR THE CONCLUSION-PREPARE FOR RACIAL INSENSITIVITY, AND THE MOST OVERCOOKED ENDING TO A FILM EVER FILMED! NEXT MONTH ON BOGGER BOX OFFICE!

Friday, July 1, 2016

EPISODE 109-The League of Gentlemen: Apocalypse

(EAMONN'S LINES AND REVIEW IN BLACK
ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM'S LINE IN GREEN
????? LINES IN SKY BLUE

PREVIOUSLY ON BOGGER BOX OFFICE...
(FOR MONTHS, WE HAVE SEEN GLIMPSES INTO THE HEROICS OF THE THIEF OF BOREDOM, A MAN CALLED THE PIMPERNEL FROM A WORLD STUCK IN VICTORIAN TIMES! RECENTLY, HE AND A LIVING COMPUTER CALLED ORACLE ENTERED OUR WORLD WITH A SHOCKING TWIST, EAMONN IN HIS WORLD IS A CRUEL DICTATOR WHO USES THE RECENTLY INVENTED POWER GLOVE, GAEDEARG TO RULE! NOW IN HIDING EAMONN CONTINUES TO WRITE REVIEWS, NOT KNOWING HE MUST FACE THE MASKED HERO SOON.... )

The League of Gentlemen
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"THAT IS A NAME I HAVEN'T HEARD IN A LONG, LONG TIME!



Not to confused with the film, The League of EXTRAORDINARY Gentlemen, Alan Moore's film equivalent of tearing up the Literary classics to line the bottom of birdcages, This is a film outing of A British Sitcom.
BACKSTORY!
The League of Gentlemen are the trio of British Comedians, Steve Pemberton, Reece Shearsmith and Doctor Who Staffer Mark Gattiss, the series follows the misadventures of village of Royston Vasey, a misanthropic hellhole twinned with Silent Hill, from it's Strange customs to it's xenophobic shopkeepers, from a cannibal butcher who's unshamelessly called "Mr Briss," to Papa Lazaru, a voodoo shaman who is as obsessed with polygamy as he is with calling everyone "Dave!"

Following killing off the central Denton Family at the end of series 2, the 3rd and final series had no plot and was just a sketch show before being cancelled, And that's where we take off from!

The Cover is actually one of the better ones I've dealt with.
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As the boys New Project about Devil worshipers usurping London sets it on fire, and it spreads to Royson Vasey, Edward (Shearsmith) and Tubbs (Pembleton) hold each other as their precious shop burns in the background as they look out into our world and the unknown.  the "heroes" Geoff (also Shearsmith) and Briss (Gatiss) look serious as it up to them to save their World. the caption of the film is matter-of fact and to the point!

The film begins With Michael Sheen, playing a fictionalized version of The League's screenwriter, Jeremy Dyson, in a lighthouse in Land's End as he searches for something frantically as dramatic music plays, turns out he's just searching for his phone and the music was just a ringtone! he has a new idea for Steve as he called Jeremy Back! Jeremy's idea is to put tails onto the characters, because he doesn't want the characters to die yet, he turns to see Tubbs on the toilet and Edward at the door. Chasing Jeremy to a cliff, he intones that they are not real, only for for Papa Lazaru (Shearsmith) to sneak behind "Dave" and push him off a cliff! but into a Hellmouth and the title sequence!

We Cut to Roysten Vasey as an unnatural storm hits the village, at the same time Cannibal Butcher Hillary Bris (Gatiss) kidnaps Gay German Bit Character Herr Lipp (Pembleton) and Geoff (Shearsmith). The Reverend (Shearsmith) shows Pauline (pembleton) and Michael that the events of the storm are part of a prophecy of the end of the world. In the Vestry is a secret room that connects their world with ours and the 3 Dregs have just entered our world, the Reverend says that team one of Edward, Tubbs and Papa has failed, and now a killer and 2 idiots have entered our world, or rather the village of Hatfield, where the show is filmed on location, Geoff is confused why "his" flat is filled with it's real residents, and many people wanting photos and autographs, until Papa Finds them and explains that they need to find the League Of Gentlemen and convince them to make more episodes before Royston Vasey is forgotten about and therefore ceases to exist, However the dregs being sent here may be a blessing in disguise as they can fit in better than the eccentric team one!

We cut to London where Geoff, Bris and Lipp are Staking out Channel 4 headquarters to kidnap the League. the plan is for Lipp and Geoff to start a fire alarm, But in the midst of finding a hammer, some executives (somehow!) mistake their colleagues character of an applicant

Proving that Executives don't watch their own shows!

They cause a commotion so well, they didn't factor that in the real world people have contingency plans and don't run into each other like the sitcom world they come from! so they make do with steal their computer. however Steve returns and comes face to face with his Herr Lipp character stunning him enough for Hillary to smash his head with a poster of Mr Bean the movie!

Disguising himself as his Creator, Herr Lipp has taken his place as Geoff and Bris Kidnap the Comedian, who is not convinced until Jeff shows his actual Gut!, Back with the German, Reece convince he is with Steve bring him back to "his" house where the children run ragged on him! At the Hotel, the stolen computer is rebooted and the characters learn that their existence is threatened by a period Drama called "The King's Evil" Hilary orders Geoff to erase it as he looks for Steve, who just escaped! but Intrigued, the lowly loser reads the script thus bringing it to life for the viewers

Here the Mad King William buries his pet pig in a lavish state funeral (And even though she only has 3 lines, it would be remiss for me to not mention, the queen is played by comedienne Victoria Wood, who passed just months ago!) Here this world's counterparts of Steve, Reece and Matt are Catholic Conspirators who enlist the help of a mutual f(r)iend, a Satanist named Dr. Pea, who with his powers, Matt's toenails, Steve's Drool and Reece's eyes create a poisonous homunculus, however since the eyes were plucked from a shortsighted man, his eyes have the same infliction!

It's the day of the King's Evil, an event where the monarchy believe to have curative powers after coitus! The 4 Conspirators lead a disguised homunculus to be have it's poisonous skin touch by the Mad King William, only for Geoff to shout at the screen , and being fictional, is surprised to find himself wrote into the story and into this world! For saving his life, William makes Geoff a knight, Herr Lipp gets caught up with being a father, Geoff gets kidnapped by Dr Pea on the toilet, Lipp finds scrapbooks of interviews claiming that the League was going to kill off each of the characters, since the 2nd series ended with the deaths of the centric Denton Family, that was a possiblity! as well as Lipp being furious as his existence is nothing more than a bit joke and a bad pun!

Back in King's Evil, Dr. Pea tortures Jeff for Information, when he explains that he and everyone here are characters, the chance to have the divine power to create, well how can a Satanist turn up his chance at that? with the plan comprised Bris takes action Forcing Matt and Reece to Bring Herr Lipp back to Hatfield going through the magic door to a deteriorating Royston Vasey, as well as  Dr Pea and the Conspirators. who blows Steve's head off with a musket! Mister Pea angry that it happened kills the 3 conspirators and uses their bodies to build a new homunculous! Reece Dies trying to clomb the church steeple to safety! Matt is Captured by Herr Lipp and Bris chops of one of the creatures poisonous talons, only for Pea to stab the butcher in the back and kill him, with final words he leaves Geoff with the talons!

Time to finish this
Geoff tricks Mr Pea into holding the talons, But Herr Lipp refuses to let Matt Gattiss go since he won't have any free will, but Geoff disagrees, this morning he was a car salesman, who could have being a pop star, but today he fought against monsters and Satanists. And won! If he can change by himself, so can a pun and a bit joke! Lipp hands over the gun to Geoff who accidentally takes the safety off and shoots Matt a new Belly button! Somehow Royston Vasey remains and is restored-Only to cut a comotosed Jeremy Dyson dreaming of Royston Vasey in hospital, and affecting Reality by giving everyone in the world tails!

THIS FILM IS AWESOME!
The humour is crisp and witty, and whilst known for it's toilet humour, it remains but never devolves into it! some of the jokes are funny (hiding in the OVERLOOKED Hotel, the Devil being a 6 inch Reece making Donald Duck Noises!) The Existential Sub-plot was excellent, here are 2 losers in Geoff and Lipp, One tries to change his life by being a part of a different world where the most pathetic modern man is a wonder in a Middle Ages world! and another who now sees his life as a cosmic joke, wanted revenge on the "God" who made him this way! consider that it's a man who didn't realize his limited English made him SEEM he was Homosexual and that is to why he can never have a family, you can feel nothing but sorry for Herr Lipp! this also had some amazing stop motion in the way of the 2 homuncili, it just added the childhood fear that anyone in it's target demographic had when they were kids!

In short, THE LEAGUE OF GENTLEMEN: APOCALYPSE: BUY IT NOW FROM YOUR LOCAL SHOP FOR LOCAL PEOPLE!

(Eamonn comes out of hiding and Faces the Pimpernel.)

I Grant you one mercy, Bermingham! that Mercy is to pray for forgiveness!
If you know who i am, then you know of my lifestyle!
I KNOW YOU ARE DEAD!

(The masked man lunged with a shock stick. Eamonn dodged the weighty cudgel, the energy and heat gave off was unbearable.

they stood facing each other. Their fists each with a fragment of the Devil's DVD in or near them glowed in response, like 2 dogs howling in the night. Waiting. ALONE. WANTING TO DESTROY EACH OTHER!

Eamonn switched the Power glove on, since it was build out of a iron man toy the arc reactors made of plastic and diodes glowed.
" Good, fight with your weapon, don't forget the other one!"
""other" one? Eighties only made one!"
" Neither of you will live to remake that mistake!"

Each attacked with a Hadou-Kara Punch! despite the Pimpernel being a southpaw, they were eveningly match. Eamonn placed his hand over his copy of Black Knight. he used his other power to extract items from dvd worlds. He swung a Broad Axe at the Thief Of Boredom, but he moved his flaming hand in front of his body and a wall of translucent light appeared.

You are magic user? DAHM!
This is Chi, YOU INSOLENT CUR!
AREN'T THEY THE SAME BULLSHIT?
THEY ARE AS DIFFERENT THE LIVING AND YOU, THE DEAD!

THE WALL BROKE LIKE GLASS! Eamonn was now stuck in a glowing light that rooted his feet to the floor. Eamonn's foe walked over.
"WHAT A SHAME!"
" IF YOU ONLY YOU ONLY TOOK MY MERCY, I WOULD JUST PUT YOU ON TRIAL FOR YOUR CRIMES!"

FOR THE LAST TIME I AM NOT YOUR WORLD'S EAMONN!

NO, BUT YOU WILL DO, YOU HAVE THE SAME ARROGANCE, THE SAME DESIRE TO PUSH ON AND NOW EVEN IN IT'S INFANCY, YOU NOW POSSESS THE TECHNOLOGY!


YOUR Eamonn...he sounds like a real bastard!

.....
Only one Difference between me and him though!
I EMBRACE WHAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND!
EDWIN! JOE-JACK! NOW!
(Eighties lad rushed in with 3 Magic Negators he bought at Dr Insano's Garage Sale. Normally the butt of jokes, Eamonn had noticed the Masked Man carried no gun or projectiles. Joe- jack threw Eamonn the length of Silent Hill Dead-Seal Chain, and marked the Pimpernel with his Pump Action!

"No Capture! He threatened your lives! I CAN'T! WONT! STAND FOR THAT!

Eamonn's entire right arm combusted with a silver flame! Eighties Lad heard of this but never saw it 1st hand, the Move he usedto  kill Master Control, the move he used to seal the devil back in hell to restore balance in the universe~! A PUNCH SO POWERFUL, YOU DIDN'T JUST DIE, YOU WERE WRITTEN OUT OF EXISTENCE ENTIRELY!

DIMENSION! SHATTERING! PUNNNNNNCCCCCCHHHHH!


He punched the fabric of time and space! A void opened behind the Pimpernel, at the same time! Joejack was punched by a unseen force into the land of fire! Eamonn saw this and called off the attack! as gravity restored, Eamonn could see a the grey presence at the corner of his eye

"so know you know why he knew your name!"
Dammit! Eamonn thought. I now know that Elephant In the Room Didn't come here for the finger food and company!"

Eamonn approached the injured masked fighter!
"Take off your Mask!"
....
-DO IT! I COULD HAVE KILLED YOU BUT I WOULD HAVE ALSO KILLED MY FRIEND!
....You, are not like him!
-TAKE OFF YOUR MASK! I'M OFFERING YOU MY ONE MERCY!
-VERY WELL!
(He took off his mask, and even though his beard was not as unkempt as Joe-Jack. he was shocked to see his face staring back at him!)

FORGIVE THE LATE INTRODUCTION! My name Is Yusef Jacob Commenman! I am the Thief of Boredom! And I have come to stop The Terror that will overshadow the world!

CREDITS
League of Gentlemen; Apocalypse was reviewed, edited and compiled by Eamonn Bermingham
With Photos from
League of Gentlemen
Star wars episode 4 a new hope

NEXT MONTH: I GOT NOTHING! I NEVER HEARD OF GUNS, GIRLS, GAMBLING! BUT NEITHER HAVE YOU!