Results tagged “BEN STILLER” from Birmingham Mail - Mega Movies

I had to wait for a public performance in order to review Tom Hanks' Angels & Demons for today's Birmingham Mail.
Good job it opened yesterday!
There were no regional preview screenings 'on security grounds' yet I've already had one chance to see Night At The Museum 2 and there are two more to come before the Ben Stiller comedy opens on Wednesday.
The industry seems to have varying ideas of what 'security' means.
I cannot condone piracy and have never even touched a pirate copy of a film, never mind played one.
To coin a phrase it would be 'more than my job's worth'.
But, not only that, I'm also of the opinion that piracy is illegal and immoral.
If you want something, pay for it properly. If not, like an honest MP faced with a blank expenses form, don't take advantage.
For all that anybody knows when they buy a pirate film, you could possibly be funding something you wouldn't want to fund (e.g. serious crime).
If you were given the option to donate a few bob to an obviously-dodgy cause every time you type in your pin number inside a proper shop you would surely say 'No'.
Just imagine going into WH Smith to buy a DVD and then being asked this question at the till: 'Excuse me sir, would you like to donate £1 in Gift Aid to funding armed robberies in rural communities?'
On the other hand, I really do think the cinema industry should think seriously about trying to release some films on DVD at the same time as they go into theatres.
I still believe most people who want to see films where they belong in cinemas would do so and, if they like what they've seen, might well even want to buy a DVD copy to keep on their way out again.
Meanwhile, all those who just want to see a new film by any means available as long as it's as quick as possible, would also probably pay a lot more for a proper copy than some cheapo version with low quality.

BACK on track after my second major home computer catastrophe in three months to report that you might want to hold on to your ears when Ben Stiller's Tropic Thunder opens on Friday.

The movie is stuffed full of fart gags.

Does anyone find them funny. And, if so, why?

For the record, I reckon these fart gags are actually funnier than most.

Perhaps it's because this movie has been dressed up as a Vietnam war epic - giving the fart 'genre' a second wind.

Or because School of Rock's Jack Black couldn't make anything worse than Nacho Libre, Be Kind Rewind and Margot at the Wedding.