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The trailers for this new Disney/Pixar movie never really got me. All I knew was in UP, there was an old guy, a house, a lot of balloons and some roly-poly asian kid in a Cub Scouts outfit. Compared with the other Pixar flicks with talking bugs, or old school toys, or cutesy little robots, I wasn’t too hyped up for UP. Didn’t seem high concept enough, or action packed enough, or something. I thought it was going to be boring in fact. But the guys at Pixar ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS deliver. And this film might go down as my FAVORITE flick of 2009. It’s what movie magic is all about. No wonder the hoity toity French cinephiles chose it to open Cannes (especially with Lars Von Triers ANTI-CHRIST as part of the line up), because this was old time movie making at its best. It’s easy to see Buster Keaton or Charlie Chaplin starring in this film. And despite the DISNEY 3-D business…the real special FX lied in the story… the relationships …the humanity. I haven’t cried this much in a movie since I was 4 and FROSTY THE SNOMAN melted. Thank god for the 3D glasses… they hide the tears. I watched the movie in a theatre filled with children and adults, and it hit all the right beats for everyone in there. Honestly… this is the bar for filmmakers. There is NO excuse for bad filmmaking (you listening there Wolverine?). People gotta UP their game. Pixar…I will never doubt you again.

Pop Killah - bigUPing Pop since 2004

So, 2008 was officially the year of the 80s comebacks… Robert Downey Jr, Mickey Rourke, Flannel… JCVD, an acronym for Jean Claude Van Damme became a cult hit and a film fest darling and is finally on DVD!!! What makes this movie so special is you don’t know where Jean Claude Van Damme’s real persona begins and ends as he plays himself, caught up in a Tarantino-esque bank heist situation, while dealing with a custody battle, while contending with his rival Stevan Segal who is after the same movie role he is. I lament the fact that there is no Jean Claude commentary on this badboy dvd, but that’s aiit. Can’t hate on him cuz this movie kills kills kills. Watch out for the insanely long existential monologue where he waxes poetic about life and celebrity. I like Jean Claude acting in french waaaay better than when he busts out his english steeze. This movie makes me want to put on bicycle shorts and do Tae Kwon Do kicks in the air. This movie is the muscles from Brussels comeback film, and now he’s working on BLOODSPORT 2.

Pop Killah - kumete-ing pop since 2004.