This is the trailer for Death Defying Acts, a movie about Harry Houdini starring Guy Pearce, Catherine Zeta-Chones, and that annoying chick from Atonement. The plot concerns Houdini’s travels through the UK and an affair with a psychic who’s out to steal his money (Zeta-Jones). It was out March 13th in Australia, but doesn’t have a US release date set yet.
Between The Illusionist, The Prestige, and Napoleon Dynamite’s upcoming movie, it’s clear that Hollywood is obsessed with magicians. Little known fact: During the middle ages, magicians were often burned at the stake for the crime of "Gaye Wichecrafte".
I once knew an Armenian whose last name was Magician… (sad trombone sound)
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I gave my ex-girlfriend a Houdini. She had to wear sunglasses for a week.
I pull my Houdini all the time.
My houdini is bigger than yours.
Hey, I am 1.75 times Byron’s pre-conceived notion of "male average" (4 inches).
I’ll wait while you do the math.
Guy Pierce was a last minute replacement as Heath Ledger ‘pulled a Houdini’ right before filming…
I’d like to punch this movie in the stomach when it’s not expecting it.
Guy Pearce is one of the most under-rated actors of our time. Also, he’s real pretty so I might be willing to go gay for him. In Priscilla-esque drag. And kill him afterwards. So you see, it wouldn’t really be gay after all.
My magic trick is to make women in the nearby vicinity disappear. More like run away I suppose. Stuck up bitches.
Rot: Yeah, who the fuck dies from being punched in the gut? It was like in Thunderbolt and Lightfoot when the kid gets beaten to death by the red neck cop. Weak sauce.
Yeah, Guy has some good acting chops on him. Momento was the shizzle. Much better than Mentos…
I too am a psychic out to get your money. I shouldn’t have said that. Damn this delicious truth serum!!!
Bryce, I heard Paris Hilton got punched in the kitty when she wasn’t expecting it…and never noticed.
Guy was a brilliant Warhol too.
Speaking of magic, a recent trip to the bathroom at Aslan’s request yielded a specimen that was shaped exactly like the Michelin Man. I was so stunned that I had to say ‘Ta Da!’
I really kinda sorta want to see Leatherheads even though this looks like the stupidest marketing campaign in the history of
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Sorry if I bypassed you Lance, but it doesn’t really strike me as movie news.
That’s ok Michelle. I’m one of the gullible types that try to win the stuffed animals over and over at the state fair. I’d be happy to pay you to go psycho, err, psychic on me.
GRRR……3 baseballs for a dollar!!!
Hollywood really is starting to target the niche market of people who spend a lot of time alone and not playing video games. Magicians start out as the weird kids that got tired of using their hands for masturbation and decided to learn other tricks with them.
Rot: I wouldn’t cunt punch Paris. You might get not be able to escape and get sucked in like quicksand…
Safer to kill it with a taint stab.
I’m wiff Bryce on this one. Memento is one of my favorite films of all time. Ok, quick top five in no particular order:
1. Usual Suspects – I truly did not fuckin see this one coming.
2. Memento – Took me a while to get the vibe, but then I was hooked.
3. Pulp Fiction – Need I say more?
4. Empire Strikes Back – To date, best Star Wars ever (film, TV, cartoons, anything).
5. Breakfast Club – Fuck you.
‘Kriss Angel’ is Armenian for ‘cunt rake’.
I’d like to set ablaze a whole packet of flash paper in an attempt to make this movie disappear.
Oh JHC, I’m afraid my predictions for you are pretty grim. Does the name Pontius Pilot mean anything to you?
Sounds like a bad Jackass sketch.
Erswi, you are the only guy I know who has seen Priscilla, let alone admit that Guy Pearce is pretty in drag. Have I told you I love you?
Carrie Ann Moss was also awesome in Memento. I heart her. Even in Disturbia. Sigh.
Its hard to watch Catherine Zeta Jones-Douglas. Because she’s fucking a corpse
I’m with Erswi – he was awesome with Robert Carlyle in Ravenous.
ps – Happy Bday Stoney :)
Hey, I am 1.75 times Byron’s pre-conceived notion of "male average" (4 inches).
I’ll wait while you do the math.
I’ve figured it out. And I think we should do lunch. I’ll leave my houdini at home though. Wouldn’t want it to make yours cry. ;-)
That only took 19 minutes…COOL!
Yes Eib, yes you have told me. You have not yet proved it though. I’ll leave the manner of the proof up to you.
So I guess I’m the only person who saw The Time Machine.
erswi: Have you ever watched the version of Memento when they play the scenes in reverse (forward) order?
I haven’t yet but I’d like to…
I think you may be Burnsy. OH, and the casts parents, of course
I saw some of that POS yesterday Burnsy… WTF happened with that one? I think we should blame the director, not the actors.
Guy is also Fucking Great in LA Confidential (which would edge out Breakfast Club in my top 5 Erswi…
Houdini waters Chris Hanssen’s Lilies.
Burnsy wasn’t that the one where his girlfriend died no matter what he did to try to change it?
The Mighty Fek’lhr’s Top 5 movies
Let’s just blame Orlando Jones and call it a day.
I wish I had a name like Guy. My birth name is Lionel Q. Pussyfart.
Yeah, I saw Time Machine. Not a great movie. It sucks big donkey balls. But I had no argument with Guy’s performance in it. I’ll blame that flick on the director as well.
That’s the one, crotch. Then he gets stuck running from a bunch of Joan Rivers clones and hooking up with a chick who looks like an urban jungle cat.
KHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!
I saw Michael Clayton last night and you know what? It’s pretty dang good. Who knew?!?
Wasn’t there a show that aired on fox for like…3 weeks with the same concept? It was like, groundhog day meets 24…had to save his girlfriend, his brother, give money to the poor..learn the piano..
If He continued the list, you would just get the rest of the Star Trek movies (not 5), the rest of the cool Ahnold movies, the Star Wars, Alien, Planet of the Apes series of movies, Lord of the Rings, Blade trilogy, comic movies in general, Fight Club, and The Big Lebowski.
Burnsy: That would be Samantha Mumba. She is a one time singer (and full time cock smoker) from the UK.
And UHF.
OK, so the fucktards over at WithLazy rarely, if ever, give us anything worth looking at, right? Well here’s the one exception.
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At least we can all take solace in the fact that we’re not as fucking pathetic as this guy (Yes Fek, even you).
Aaaaaand . . . that’s lunch.
That only took 19 minutes…COOL!
About how long it took me to stop laughing.
Fek: have you tried out the other Cohen Bros movies? They are pretty much the best movie makers on Erff right now… O Brother is funny as hell and also beautifully made. Fargo is a masterclass in acting and direction. Miller’s Crossing slams the nuts of other movies in the drawer and then rapes them.
Oh, and the Monty Python movies.
Crotchs top 5 no order
erswi-Dude, I’m a Cubs fan :(
bryce-I don’t know if I can bring myself to being a "Coen Bros." guy…
Jaime-What were you laughing about? YOU’RE LAUGHING AT ME, AREN’T YOU???
*BANG!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Oh, and "The Last Dragon", and any Bruce Lee movie.
Berry Gordy’s right?
Michelle07- You didn’t think they could have cut an hour out of Michael Clayton? Liked the last hour though.
My top 5:
1) Leprechaun
2) Leprechaun 2
3) Leprechaun 3
4) Leprechaun 4: In Space
5) Leprechaun 5: In the Hood
Honorable Mention – Leprechaun 6: Back 2 tha Hood
^_^ I like you Fek. Thanks for giving me something to do for awhile.
Burnsy- Which one had Rachel from Friends in it? That’s my fav.
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i got pwned by the new post 8==D:(
Burnsy saysI gave my ex-girlfriend a Houdini. She had to wear sunglasses for a week.
I do the same thing before I kick chicks to the curb. I call it a ‘Nomento’