de Niro, Brando, Pacino... Ribisi?

Yeah. Hell yeah. This is what I've been waiting for my whole life. Giovanni Ribisi playing a pumped mafiosa psycho-bitch! That's all I ever dreamt of, that's all I ever asked for. The man can master anything. He can make movies like the Flight of the Phoenix remake watchable. He can turn a cameo into the highlight of a film. He can be a raving Scientologist and still seem credible and awesome. He can do ANYTHING.
Now he's a riled up member of the family, and he's so so so pissed off that it makes me shiver with anticipation!

Ok ok, so I realise 10th and Wolf was released like a month ago, but I'm in Australia, and most people don't realise how LONG a majority of movies take to reach our screens. The longest ever was the wait for Bad Santa. 13 month difference between the US and Australian release. Yeah. And when we do get a release that is earlier than the US, it's Dead or Alive! Dead or motherfucking Alive! So, if I seem like I'm behind, I'm not. I simply live in two different worlds. One where I watch the good movies get released months in advance, and one where I witness them trickle in ever so slowly in this land of constant movie release drought.

As probably gathered from the intro, I'm a massive Ribisi fan. So I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to blather on about him (instead of the actual movie, the trailer, or the large, prolific cast). As far as I can gather, Ribisi isn't even the main character, which is so strange because any movie with him in it is instantly overshadowed. Hands down. James Marsden has nothing on Ribisi. In fact, let's give Giovanni his own title card:


Ah, now Gio's face is a permanent part of my blog, I suppose I can expect hundreds of thousands of hits daily, all logging in to worship at the shrine I constructed. For the people.

Meanwhile, the 10th and Wolf trailer proves the movie has a strong mafia theme and an equally strong cast to convey that theme, and even if Ribisi were to be somehow subtracted from the film, it'd still appear to be decidedly decent. It's not like we haven't been in this territory before, it's tried and true. But with an interesting writer and a few nice details here and there, I think we could be looking at a winner.
But then again, I am biased towards the fact I'm a fan of the genre and have some awkward same-sex crush on Giovanni Ribisi. I have a thing for short, shrimpy, fugly, little guys. Guilty.

Note: You know how you enter some family's homes, and they have a distinct smell. But they can't smell it because it's too familial to them. Believe me, I know all to well. I had a friend whose family smelt so badly of catfood that I had to renounce my friendship with him.
So what distinct family smell do you think 'THE family' would have? My vote would be for cigar smoke and salami breath. But maybe that's just the stereotypist in me talking.

10th and Wolf - ThinkFilm
Anticipation Level: Medium.
Look out for: RIBISIIIIII!!!!
US Release date: It was in theatres a month ago. Might have to wait for the DVD.
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