The website for Son of Rambow, the perfect movie to wipe away those first half of the year sucks at theaters blues, is up and running. It features the trailer and a freeform filmmaking contest where you submit a short film – about anything – and the filmmakers will judge a winner.
Son of Rambow opens in May, and I’ll be holding my review until closer to release, but know that this is probably the next great CHUD pimped movie. And with good reason – it’s a wonderful paean to the magic of childhood and the thrills of imagination and creativity. Perhaps best of all, filmmaking duo Hammer & Tongs don’t sugarcoat what being a kid is all about; for the first time in years and years I saw movie kids in a kid-friendly movie acting like my friends and I acted when we were that age, with all the good and bad things that implies.
There’s so much that’s wonderful about this movie that I want to just keep writing about it, but I’ll save more for later. Know this, though: Son of Rambow might be the first compulsory CHUD movie. This is a film that every reader of this site must see.
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Any director that has done video's for Blur, Supergrass, and R.E.M(although it was during the kinda shitty period, which supposedly they are coming out of with their new album), I'll check out. His video for the Blur song "Coffee and TV" is just a great video. One of those videos where when you see it after hearing the song a lot you are like "What the fuck is this shit?!!", but by the end it makes sense, and is actually pretty cool.
Sounds like Jennings has atoned for Hitchhiker's.
"No! I don't want to see it! Roar! I'm a needless contrarianist! I don't want to see a movie if I must see it and it's being pimped by a website I spend most of my time at! Stop cramming it down our throats! Roar!
Sorry, just anticipating the commentary BS. The movie looks good, I will probably enjoy. Thanks.
I cannot wait to see this movie
Big fan of Hammer and Tongs. Bring it on! Never saw Hitchhiker's but I hate the idea they should have to "atone" for it. Sometimes things just don't work out and it isn't a crime, you know.
Seeing this movie will increase your sexual power TENFOLD!
'Contrarianist'? Jesus Christ.
I enjoyed Hitchhiker's, so balls to the naysayers. Yeah, it wasn't perfect, but it had some great moments. I'm looking forward to this.
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