The Aristocrats (2005)

This 90 minute documentary on the telling of one single joke really caught me off guard. The same joke, that dates back to at least the 1920s, told over and over again by dozens of comedians had me cracking up. What is this joke and how can this film be funny you are thinking? They key is the joke, same beginning and punch line but the middle is open to interpretation. Let's just say doing the middle tastefully will get you no where. There is a good reason this movie is UR, I think the censors would have a heart attack in just the first 10 minutes. If you like gross, vile and extremely offensive humor check it out.

"The Aristocrats!" - everyone in the film

4 stars out of 5

Primer (2004)

My brother tipped me off to this 2004 Sundance Grand Jury winner. Due to the nature of this film I couldn't even start a review until I watched it twice. This is going to be tricky because I don't want to give a single thing about the plot for fear of ruining it. Let's just say the movie starts off with some nerdy engineers working on inventions in their spare time in their garage. Serendipitdy strikes (not the crappy chick flick) and they are faced with some tough decisions.

This movie really appealed to the nerd in me and had me trying to work out the details for weeks. I found it to be an amazing example of what can be done with a small budget. How small you might ask? I read online somewhere that it was done for $7,000 which wouldn't even have covered Bruce Willis's bar tab for "Armageddon".

"What's worse, thinking you're being paranoid or knowing you should be? " - Aaron

4 stars out of 5