What I Think Of: From Paris with Love (2010)

A couple weeks ago, I went to see From Paris with Love, a love story starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers and John Travolta. Wait scratch that. It's not a love story but an action packed adventure. Close enough. I had high hopes since director, Pierre Morel directed the kick-ass movie of 2009, Taken. And for the most part it did meet my expectations in delivering no-nonsense violence, though the story was just mediocre.

John Travolta plays Charlie Wax, James Reece's (Meyers) first/new partner on his first big CIA job. Reece takes his job seriously and excited for the opportunity to do something beyond the menial jobs he's been tasked in the past. Wax, on the other hand, is a wild card and unorthodox but nonetheless, he does get the job done. The story turns and shifts. We think the job is about drug trafficking, but then it turns into terrorism. Yahdah yahdah. Lots of gun fights and ass kicking.

What I really want to talk about is Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Forget the movie, he's great eye candy. And that's enough to keep my attention. He heats up the screen and I'd give anything to be that white v-neck T-shirt. With that said, I'd say this isn't a movie you need to run and go see but a great DVD rental (or purchase for multiple viewings ;)). Here's a trailer for your enjoyment.


-Penny

Leftovers - John Travolta Still Sings!! Covers "Every Little Step"

Remember when John Travolta used to sing, crooning into Olivia Newton-John's eyes? Just good old-fashioned family fun. Well, looks like Travolta is no longer content with having duets with women his own age. First there was the weirdly creepy (I don't know, maybe it's his goatee) almost love song between Travolta and Miley Cyrus for the Bolt soundtrack called,"I Thought I Lost You." Now comes a new duet with his 9-year old daughter Ella Bleu as they cover Bobby Brown's 1988 hit "Every Little Step" making a music video for his newest movie Old Dogs.

I have to admit, the man still has his moves, and his cover isn't terrible, it's just a tad creepy as Travolta dances around with this Chris Hanson type smile with his daughter... I guess the best word to describe the music video is awkward. Still I don't know what's worst about the video, the fact that Travolta dances around his daughter as the camera gets crotch shots of him and his daughter looks longingly into his eyes asking him to come away to her world, or the fact that the video contains clips of the movie Old Dogs. You be the judge.