Rental Reviews: Ghost Town

Ryan — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:57:16 +0000

Rental Reviews: I’m a dad now, so I don’t get to see too many movies when they first come out. However, with the advent of Redbox and OnDemand, it’s getting easier for me to catch up on the ones I miss.

Here’s another one that I caught from HBO on Demand: Ghost Town. When I first saw the trailers for it, I thought it looked interesting, but not enough to go out and spend any money on. And the truth is, I was right. It may be worth a Redbox $1, but probably not much more.

That’s not to say it wasn’t any good. It was actually, quite entertaining. I’ve always enjoyed Téa Leoni and Greg Kinnear. I knew of Ricky Gervais, but I had never seen him in any sort of performance. The film also features SNL’s Kristen Wiig who is totally a one-note-joke, but she does it so well that you forgive her.

So here’s the deal. An uptight dentist (Gervais) has a surgical mishap and begins seeing ghosts. One of those ghosts (Kinnear) won’t leave him alone unless he helps out on a problem involving the dead guy’s wife. As you can imagine, the dentist falls for the wife and learns many a lesson about being uptight and self-involved. Along the way, a number of ghosts realize that they may have a new-found ally and hilarity ensues.

Rated PG-13 for some strong language, sexual humor and drug references. The language was the most noticeable and was typically unnecessary, but that’s what you get from Greg Kinnear.

By the way, Alan Ruck, though limited in his time on screen, does an amazing job – as noted in last week’s TV Throwdown!

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Another Must See Teaser Trailer: Ricky Gervais’ Cemetery Junction

Dan — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:45:55 +0000

I am a huge fan of the original British version of The Office and actually watched that one first before I ever saw Michael Scott make a fool of himself on the American remake. What, or I should say who, I fell in love with the most was Ricky Gervais. He, in my opinion, is the epitome of “awkward-make-you-want-to-hide-in-a-corner” humor. I don’t know whether or not he’s just doing his “bit” or he’s really like that in real life, but nevertheless, I think he’s genius.

Aside from being in The Office, Extras, and starring in a forgotten film, Ghost Town, he has co-written and co-directed another film coming out next year called Cemetery Junction and below you will find the hilarious teaser for it. Here’s the best part about it: it’s a teaser trailer for a movie that doesn’t show any footage of the movie.

What do you think? Are you a fan of Ricky Gervais?

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