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National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002)
Parker Lewis is alive
After the "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" sitcom I had been waiting for a comedy with Ryan Reynolds in the lead. Van Wilder is a movie length episode of "Parker Lewis Can't Lose" mixed with inspiration from movies such as American Pie and Revenge of the Nerds.
Van (Ryan Reynolds) is still in college after 7 years but now his rich father has had enough so Van has to find other ways of paying for college. Van's sidekicks; a black dude with blond hair and a stuttering exchange student from India with the life long dream to get some real american 'punani' does an okay job compared to other teen comedy sidekicks seen on the big screen. Gwen (Tara Reid) plays the girl Van wants but can't have and does a good job and as in American Pie she's really cute - even though Van doesn't have a 'special book'.
Van Wilder is a funny movie with minor flaws, but who cares when you have a movie where the hero is as cool as Berg in "Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place" and Parker Lewis from "Parker Lewis Can't Lose".
I rate this as 7 of 10.
Edderkoppen (2000)
The Danish Al Capone
This mini-series blew me away, it's been ages since anything this good has been produced in Denmark (and yes, this includes Nattevagten and Pusher).
The casting is simply put it GREAT. The acting follows suit and the story line is a master piece, and best of all .. it's true.
'The Spider' plays in the after-war Denmark, filled with corrupt police. Our hero in this picture is the young and energetic journalist, Bjarne Madsen, who seem to be the only one willing to investegate strange murders and suicides. Of course the police doesn't like to be overlooked by a journalist and this is where the story takes form ... the rest is for you to find out.
I surely hope this will appear on DVD soon after it's done on television, so everyone have a chance to see this.