Friday, June 04, 2010

Middle Men



I absolutely love this still from the upcoming 'Middle Men'. Luke Wilson plays Jack Harris, a businessman who forms an internet company with Wayne Beering (Giovanni Ribisi) and Buck Dolby (Gabriel Macht). What does the website they create have? This from a Variety review:

Pic defines its area of interest early on with a sequence the likes of which has assuredly never been seen before in a Hollywood studio feature -- a masturbation montage. The point of this unique interlude is to illustrate a commercial niche unfilled as of 1997: "something to jerk off to over the Internet."

and

Initially grabbing porn straight from magazines and posting it on their site (they) see the subscriptions start rolling in, which means they can now afford more and better drugs.

Apparently the movie has been searching for a release date (no pun intended) for some time, and has settled on August 6. Don't see it making a huge dent at the box office but may become a major rental and a good fit for late night cable.

If the film has as much energy as this still it'll be worth watching.




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