Stories of lost souls - Hollywood in 7 episodes

7 different short stories out of people's lifes, people who are lost in their own feelings, stuck in situations. A nice idea for a DVD, also a great cast. We got James Gandolfini in the episode "A whole new day", we got Josh Harnett in "The same", we got Jeff Goldblum, Cate Blanchett, Keira Knightley, Daryl Hannah, Hugh Jackman and a few more, actually more Top Hollywood cast than you could usually get into a movie.

The story endings are surprising and sometimes even the story ideas are. A midget who's in love and stalking his tall, great looking neighbour; a man who gambles about his car if the stranger finds out how he lost all his money this very evening; Illeana Douglas working in a supermarket and starting a theatre show there spontaniously with a collegue; a man waking up in his flat in the morning when it seems like his wife has left him with the kids and all his furniture.

I highly recommend you this DVD if you don't wait for action, romances, much drama and deeply philosophical thoughts. If you just wanna watch a nice collection of Hollywood shortfilms this is totally for you!

Beyond suspicion - How to steal an identity

When John Nolan walks into the liquor store to buy a bottle of wine he becomes the victim of a store robbery but lucky him he doesnt get hurt. Instead of him one of the salesguys gets shot and John tries to help him because he assumes it was his fault. He doesnt know that Auggie Rose came outta jail lately, basically he doesnt know anything than that he feels guilty for the man because he sent him to get a new bottle just because he didnt like the scratch on it. Well, Auggie dies and John gets possesed by the idea of finding family or friends of him to organize a funeral he wouldnt get otherwise.

Once he searches he soon finds himself wanting to find out more about the dead man and he reads letters, becomes friends with his neighbours and moves into his old flat, he even cares about his parrot. Sounds strange? The story is not just a bit absurd but also catchy, you will love it for sure.

I'd also consider this not so well known movie one of Jeff Goldblum's (John Nolan) best roles ever, right next to "The fly" and also it is a remarkeable piece of movie history in my oppinion! You may think that's a bit too much honour for this movie but believe me, it is one of the really great ones!

Jeff Goldblum - A man of style and taste

Jeff Goldblum.

Generally I would tell you I don't need to comment anything, the name itself says it all but this time am gonna make a difference and tell you a few words about him.

Do you know someone who has never seen a movie with Jeff Goldblum in it? I don't know a person like that and guess why: Jeff seems to be in every good movie you've seen over the years! And he gives movies this image that after the movie, even if it was only a small role, you got the feeling you just watched 90 minutes just him. How he does that? I would say it's based on his charisma, others say it's his style generally.

You could know him from Blockbusters such as "Independence day" or "Jurassic Park" (1&2) "The fly" or "The tall guy". Or maybe it was "The adventures of Buckaroo Banzai at the 8th dimension", the tv series "Raines" or one of the other hundered movies that burned him into your mind.

Jeff Goldblum is also a always welcome and entertaining guest on late night shows, does a few commercials and gives a few interviews.
And believe me, who ever read an interview with Goldblum knows they are just as entertaining as if you would read a good novel about a very strange guy, who says and does very strange things.

But that's just the way he is, because he's Jeff Goldblum!

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JebbyMovies' little tribute to Jeff's role as he was starring in "Raines"

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Have you ever wondered why our site is called "JebbyMovies"?

That has alot to do with Jeff Goldblum himself. As we considered he is the ultimate stylish actor, we made up the word "jebby" as definition of "cool" "stylish" or "classy". So everything that has style is jebby. Got it so far?

What is a jebby movie then?

A jebby movie has style, it has a "soul", it's something you might wanna have a closer look on. Not all the movie we review are really jebby but a few.

The tall guy - Just Jeff

A strange movie with 90s humor and Jeff Goldblum, this time having sex on a piano

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Would you believe someone who tells you he has seen Jeff Goldblum wearing a tutu? Well you better do because just maybe that someone has just seen "The tall guy" - or he's halluscinating.

In 1989 this piece of british humor was released to the wild with Emma Thompson, Rowan Atkinson and Jeff Goldblum as the main cast. Let me put it like this. The movie was not really necessary but Jeff made it work!

Dexter King (Jeff Goldblum) tries to make his life in the London entertainment scene and somehow he ended up years ago doing his part in a show of Ron Anderson (Rowan Atkinson) who is the star of the city when it comes to comedy but actually an arrogant ass when it comes to real life. Dexter realizes that he is about 40 now and his job is to stand in the background on stage, not noticed by anyone and he also realizes that he wants more in life. His last relationships didn't really work so he is Single and totally unknown as an actor. Suddenly he meets the nurse Kate and life seems to change when he falls in love.


Maybe the best part of the movie is the musical parody when Dexter later starres in "The elephant" - maybe you should just see it by urself, I just give you a line of one of the songs: "Somewhere up in heaven there's an angel with big ears!"

Jeff Goldblum's performance is outstanding as always, who would have known that he could play comedy just as well as serious movies!

Even if you are not so much in 90s humor, this movie is worth watching!

Mini's First Time - or: How to kill your Mum

One of the best dark comedy movies I've seen in a long time and Jeff Goldblum playing piano - again!

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Mini lives in a fucked up environment. Her mother is rich and mostly drunk but doesn't really care about her and now she brings this new boyfriend to the house. When Mini starts to job at an escort service besides school she meets her new stepfather as costumer - and falls in love with him. So while her mother is busy taking drugs, drink till she passes out and organize parties for other rich people who aren't better depending on that, Mini builds up her first relationship ever, with her stepfather.

But soon them two make up a plan to get rid of Mini's mother. What's the easiest way to get rid of someone? Right, you just kill him and u got many choices how to do so!

This movie brings great actors and a funny but crazy story up. Niki Reed as Mini, Alec Baldwin as her new "Dad" and Jeff Goldblum as their neighbour.

Now some people may say "How can it be okay to kill your mum and what is funny in it?" which is a good question actually. Maybe you really gotta be a fan of movies like "American Psycho 2" (Part 1 is unbeatable and has nothing much to do with this one) to love the story.

So for everyone who likes this kind of dark humor it's the movie of the last years!

"Raines" - A forgotten masterpiece

In 2007 NBC brought us one of the best TV series for many many years - and took it away again. That's the story of "Raines".

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Jeff Goldblum as a cop? Well now that's surprising.
Spit out your sarcasm, in "Raines" he wasn't just a cop, more the ultimate mad cop with a bunch of intelligent halluscinations. And as the title told us from the beginning "there's a method to his madness".

The LAPD detective Michael Raines (Jeff Goldblum) has always been a great cop, solving every possible case - till his partner died in one special case he can't get from his mind. Since then he's started to "see things". They are not really ghosts, more like the picture his imagination draws him of the murdered victim who's case he has to solve. And what he doesn't know, he doesn't see, it's simple as that. But the more he sees the more he also cares.

"Raines" was set up as a great idea with great cast and a certain touching story. Matt Craven as the captain, Malik Yoba starring as Raines' dead buddy Charlie, a bunch of good actors, mostly topped by Jeff Goldblum, of course.

And then after just 8 episodes NBC said bye bye Raines, hello again to boring, common crime series that just don't surprise you anymore.

Now let us recover. A fresh idea, great and well known actors, (according to the board of imdb.com) everybody loved it.
There comes a question crawling to my mind - why did they take it off the screen? Some say it was too much like "Monk", I personally don't think that, maybe that should have chosen other costumes, okay that's probably a point. Some say they claim most of the people didn't understand the fact that Raines didn't see ghosts.

However, we miss the series and we also still miss the DVD because no company did bother yet to release one - is there still hope for a new season? Who knows ...