I'm beginning to suck at this blog stuff!!! Mucho apologies.
I thought my tivo caught Paranormal Activity ... that's what it said on the "now playing list". As I was watching and reading plots online, I figured out that it was Paranormal Actvity, but Paranormal Entity. Apparently, this was a rush to video ripoff. It was still kinda scary, but now I still need to see Paranormal Activity.
Watched a 5 1/2 hour movie called Carlos and it was AMAZING!!! It was about Ilych Ramirez, a Venezuelan who was one of the most wanted me in the world. He was a terrorist, well, he was an inept terrorist. It's a fascinating story because he's still alive and in prison in France for killing 2 French agents in the 70's. They finally caught up to him in the 90's. He fancied himself another Che Guevara, but he wasn't. He was a wannabe Guevara. I think Che would have shot Ramirez in the head for being a douchebag. Great film.
Keith Olbermann up and quit, got fired, whatever, from MSNBC. He'll be back on Current. I'll check it out. I wish he would have gone to Showtime to give Bill Maher a run for his smug money. I would love to hear Keith uncensored.
Tried watching a movie called (Untitled). Couldn't make it through 20 minutes, it was so awful. Adam Goldberg has to be the most annoying working actor in Hollywood. I don't see how he gets roles ... they are always the same ... a loser schlub and not a funny loser schlub like Seth Rogen .. I can deal with him. But Adam Goldberg was funny in Dazed and Confused only because he was new and his schtick was funny. Not so much now. Marley Shelton looked like she was trying so darn hard to act well ... but Goldberg ruined it. Ugh ... yucky yucky yucky.
Watching the PBS series, Pioneers of Television. Tonight is Late Night talk shows. Saw programs on Westerns ... meh .. not too interested. The one about Children's shows was awesome. Bozo, Ray Rayner, Romper Room ... took me back. Next week is sitcoms.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Total and Utter Guilt ...
Ok ... here goes:
I'm a fan of Pauly Shore. There I said it. I love Encino Man .. I'll watch it everytime I see it's on TV. Love it love it love it. And know what else? I love his movie, Pauly Shore is Dead. I laugh at it ... I laugh at HIM. I think he's funny ok? PSID is the best cameo laden film I've ever watched. But it's Pauly that makes it funny for me.
There, mea culpa. Happy 2011 folks!
I'm a fan of Pauly Shore. There I said it. I love Encino Man .. I'll watch it everytime I see it's on TV. Love it love it love it. And know what else? I love his movie, Pauly Shore is Dead. I laugh at it ... I laugh at HIM. I think he's funny ok? PSID is the best cameo laden film I've ever watched. But it's Pauly that makes it funny for me.
There, mea culpa. Happy 2011 folks!
Friday, December 31, 2010
End of the Year Folks!
Well, I may as well close the year with a post.
The Road. Yea, it was a heavy film. The 2 lead characters were amazing. Viggo Mortenson is probably second to Brad Pitt as the most underrated actor working. One day, he'll get that Oscar he so dearly deserves. The film itself was incredible. I guess it's pretty real to the book too, which probably makes it even better and why it didn't do so well because it went over everyone's heads. I thought the ending was very optimistic. Most probably see it as a film about a boy who's dad dies ... too bad because it was much more than that.
Saw Hurt Locker and wow ... amazing. I'm now starting a Jeremy Renner festival. Dahmer is supposed to tivo tonight. I'm happy that he was able to overcome playing Jeffrey Dahmer ...the guy who played Henry in Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer still gets creepy parts as a result. too bad because he's a good actor too. He's Michael .... ugh, can't remember .. Rooker! Yea. He's in The Waking Dead, which was just ok, not great. 28 Days Later and .. well, The Road .. seemed to be much more realistic in terms of apocalypic pictures. I like that Hurt Locker didn't get into the politics of that stupid war. Just men doing jobs. Loved Ralph Fiennes cameo. I looked and looked, is it??? Yea!!!!
Saw a great Elia Kazan film called A Face in the Crowd. Olbermann has been calling Glenn Beck, Lonesome Rhodes Beck for a long time, so when my tivo picked up Kazan movies, I saw that this is the movie he's referring to and wow, spot on Keith! Andy Griffith plays this complete scumbag who spouts off all kinds of crap and gets drunk on the power that his words bring. But unlike Beck, Lonesome Rhodes's career comes crashing down quickly. Patricia Neal was stunning as the woman who made him a star. Glad I watched it.
And on my Glenn Gould fix. American Masters went North American again with their 2 hour show about Glenn Gould. It was awesome. And since 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould is one of my favorite films, it was a great way to fill in what was confusing to me in the film.
Happy New Year all!
The Road. Yea, it was a heavy film. The 2 lead characters were amazing. Viggo Mortenson is probably second to Brad Pitt as the most underrated actor working. One day, he'll get that Oscar he so dearly deserves. The film itself was incredible. I guess it's pretty real to the book too, which probably makes it even better and why it didn't do so well because it went over everyone's heads. I thought the ending was very optimistic. Most probably see it as a film about a boy who's dad dies ... too bad because it was much more than that.
Saw Hurt Locker and wow ... amazing. I'm now starting a Jeremy Renner festival. Dahmer is supposed to tivo tonight. I'm happy that he was able to overcome playing Jeffrey Dahmer ...the guy who played Henry in Henry, Portrait of a Serial Killer still gets creepy parts as a result. too bad because he's a good actor too. He's Michael .... ugh, can't remember .. Rooker! Yea. He's in The Waking Dead, which was just ok, not great. 28 Days Later and .. well, The Road .. seemed to be much more realistic in terms of apocalypic pictures. I like that Hurt Locker didn't get into the politics of that stupid war. Just men doing jobs. Loved Ralph Fiennes cameo. I looked and looked, is it??? Yea!!!!
Saw a great Elia Kazan film called A Face in the Crowd. Olbermann has been calling Glenn Beck, Lonesome Rhodes Beck for a long time, so when my tivo picked up Kazan movies, I saw that this is the movie he's referring to and wow, spot on Keith! Andy Griffith plays this complete scumbag who spouts off all kinds of crap and gets drunk on the power that his words bring. But unlike Beck, Lonesome Rhodes's career comes crashing down quickly. Patricia Neal was stunning as the woman who made him a star. Glad I watched it.
And on my Glenn Gould fix. American Masters went North American again with their 2 hour show about Glenn Gould. It was awesome. And since 32 Short Films about Glenn Gould is one of my favorite films, it was a great way to fill in what was confusing to me in the film.
Happy New Year all!
Sunday, December 5, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
The Lovely Bones and The Killer Inside Me
Caught up on a lot of tivo viewing over the turkey day break. I've been watching Real Housewives of BEVER-freaking-LY HILLS ... wow, what a trainwreck that show is and it's because of one person ... Camille soon to be ex wife of Kelsey Grammer ... that woman, seriously, is the most unintelligent person on the entire series. She makes KellyHIEEEE on NYC look like a rocket scientist. Methinks she wanted to do the show to puff herself up and then garner sympathy in the wake of Kelsey dumping her stupid keester and it's backfiring! She gets no sympathy from anyone ... she's an insult to the female species.
Celebrity Ghost Stories ... watched it on a fluke and it's awesome! Who knew I'd get caught up in these celebrities talking about their experience with the other side? Who knows if it's even real, they are actors afterall, but it's still so stinking interesting! My favorites so far are Diane Ladd, Daryl Hannah and Connie Stevens. Marilyn Manson and Michael Rappaport's are also very cool. Great show.
And on my Michael Winterbottom fix .. sigh ... blech ... The Killer Inside Me. Can't decide if it's the subject matter or the inherent creepiness of Casey Affleck. Thought he was great in Jesse James, stole the show in fact, but in this one, yuck ... just too creepy. Wish they could have cast someone else in his role. I guess the one thing I couldn't get was the dialogue ... oh the mumbling! God, it's annoying! I couldn't keep anyone straight because whenever someone was explaining why someone was doing what to whom,I missed it. In any event ... Winterbottom, this movie SUCKED. You're lucky I saw The Shock Doctrine a week earlier because I still have faith in you.
The Lovely Bones. Still marinating ... it was good, great? I'm glad that Peter Jackson lightened up on how Susie died and didn't really show it. The scenery was magnificent. Stanley Tucci really took a risk with his character and he really pulled it off. It made me hopeful that there's more to life after we leave earth. It liked it a lot better than that Robin Williams movie about death and dying ... What Dreams May Come? Yea, that one ... definitely better than that. The girl who played Susie was magnificent. Hope to see her more! She has the most piercing blue eyes I've ever seen.
Celebrity Ghost Stories ... watched it on a fluke and it's awesome! Who knew I'd get caught up in these celebrities talking about their experience with the other side? Who knows if it's even real, they are actors afterall, but it's still so stinking interesting! My favorites so far are Diane Ladd, Daryl Hannah and Connie Stevens. Marilyn Manson and Michael Rappaport's are also very cool. Great show.
And on my Michael Winterbottom fix .. sigh ... blech ... The Killer Inside Me. Can't decide if it's the subject matter or the inherent creepiness of Casey Affleck. Thought he was great in Jesse James, stole the show in fact, but in this one, yuck ... just too creepy. Wish they could have cast someone else in his role. I guess the one thing I couldn't get was the dialogue ... oh the mumbling! God, it's annoying! I couldn't keep anyone straight because whenever someone was explaining why someone was doing what to whom,I missed it. In any event ... Winterbottom, this movie SUCKED. You're lucky I saw The Shock Doctrine a week earlier because I still have faith in you.
The Lovely Bones. Still marinating ... it was good, great? I'm glad that Peter Jackson lightened up on how Susie died and didn't really show it. The scenery was magnificent. Stanley Tucci really took a risk with his character and he really pulled it off. It made me hopeful that there's more to life after we leave earth. It liked it a lot better than that Robin Williams movie about death and dying ... What Dreams May Come? Yea, that one ... definitely better than that. The girl who played Susie was magnificent. Hope to see her more! She has the most piercing blue eyes I've ever seen.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Undeclared
Since I've now watched the entirety of Freaks and Geeks, I'm now watching Undeclared ... the next Apatow television effort. It's nowhere near as good as freaks and geeks. The casting sucks!!!!! Ugh, the main guy is awful, the main girl is equally awful ... the only decent casting call was Seth Rogen's character and this show is beneath him. Glad it only lasted 17 episodes.
Raising Hope is still the best comedy on tv this year. I'm growing bored with Modern Family and I can't place my finger on why I feel that way. It's still funny ... but it's so contrived I guess. The newness is gone and it's just a routine show now. Snoozer.
Watched a Michael Winterbottom documentary called The Shock Doctrine. For the first time in my life, I'm not very happy with the University of Chicago ... wow ... Milton Friedman is evil incarnate. And he's so damn smug about it. Oh well, I guess I'd be smug too if I could go around screwing up latin america and then deny deny deny and get the freaking Nobel Prize for the screwy ideas that are in your head. Now I understand why Henry Kissinger can't travel to many countries in Latin America ... with good reason!!!! Thank you Michael Winterbottom!
In Treatment ... The Walking Dead ... Boardwalk Empire ... all plugging along. I wish that Boardwalk Empire would just end already! The Walking Dead is decent ... getting boring .. can only watch so much of the same old same old .. oh yea, more close up shots of zombies eating guts ... uh oh .. there's another one getting it's head blown off ... sad when we get desensitized. In Treatment is kind of boring this year. I'm on week 4 and I'm still waiting for something meaty. This may be it for this series.
The Big C was fabulous! The season finale was surprising and I'm glad they have re-uped for another season!
Bored To Death ended and the finale seemed to be a series ender, which made me sad because this season was hilarious. It really found it's groove. I read that there will be a third season .. yea!
Eastbound and Down wasn't long enough. The story concluded and I got a really cool song to download to my ipod called "He's Alright" by Kurt Vile.
Raising Hope is still the best comedy on tv this year. I'm growing bored with Modern Family and I can't place my finger on why I feel that way. It's still funny ... but it's so contrived I guess. The newness is gone and it's just a routine show now. Snoozer.
Watched a Michael Winterbottom documentary called The Shock Doctrine. For the first time in my life, I'm not very happy with the University of Chicago ... wow ... Milton Friedman is evil incarnate. And he's so damn smug about it. Oh well, I guess I'd be smug too if I could go around screwing up latin america and then deny deny deny and get the freaking Nobel Prize for the screwy ideas that are in your head. Now I understand why Henry Kissinger can't travel to many countries in Latin America ... with good reason!!!! Thank you Michael Winterbottom!
In Treatment ... The Walking Dead ... Boardwalk Empire ... all plugging along. I wish that Boardwalk Empire would just end already! The Walking Dead is decent ... getting boring .. can only watch so much of the same old same old .. oh yea, more close up shots of zombies eating guts ... uh oh .. there's another one getting it's head blown off ... sad when we get desensitized. In Treatment is kind of boring this year. I'm on week 4 and I'm still waiting for something meaty. This may be it for this series.
The Big C was fabulous! The season finale was surprising and I'm glad they have re-uped for another season!
Bored To Death ended and the finale seemed to be a series ender, which made me sad because this season was hilarious. It really found it's groove. I read that there will be a third season .. yea!
Eastbound and Down wasn't long enough. The story concluded and I got a really cool song to download to my ipod called "He's Alright" by Kurt Vile.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Cadillac Records
Watched this film and 2 days later decided it sucked. Well it didn't totally suck. Any scene with Adrien Brody sucked because his character, Leonard Chess, founder of the great Chess Records in Chicago, was totally fabricated.
I will say, Jeffrey Wright is one of the most underappreciated actors in our time. The guy played Muddy Waters so amazingly well. Heck even Beyonce was passable as Etta James. Take Brody's character out, and you have one of the finest movies about the foundation of the Chicago Blues scene ever made.
Been watched Celebrity Ghost Stories and I'm hooked. The whole concept is corny .... celebrities from A-listers (Chazz Palminterri) to no-listers (Don Most)talk about their paranormal experiences and they are fascinating. Vince Neil's visitation by his 4 year old daughter was particularly heartbreaking, yet heartwarming.
Oh ... my ... gosh ... Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Doh! Camille Donatacci ... soon to be Kelsey Grammer's ex wife is one of the dumbest people breathing air right now. Seriously ... wow ... can't even begin to express what a vapid famewhore she is. And I come to find out that Kelsey didn't have a prenup with her ... dude! The other wives are cake compared that this pelletheaded simpleton. It's not even worth going into the rest of them ... well, there's a Maloof woman ... owns crap all over the place. Then there's this carp mouthed wannabe... Taylor ... yuck ... and then former child stars, Kim and Kyle Richards who are the Hilton sister's aunts ... woooooooo!!!! Kyle's pretty cool, she's probably the best looking of every housewife in the entire franchise. But this is DingDongatacci's show .. wow ..
I will say, Jeffrey Wright is one of the most underappreciated actors in our time. The guy played Muddy Waters so amazingly well. Heck even Beyonce was passable as Etta James. Take Brody's character out, and you have one of the finest movies about the foundation of the Chicago Blues scene ever made.
Been watched Celebrity Ghost Stories and I'm hooked. The whole concept is corny .... celebrities from A-listers (Chazz Palminterri) to no-listers (Don Most)talk about their paranormal experiences and they are fascinating. Vince Neil's visitation by his 4 year old daughter was particularly heartbreaking, yet heartwarming.
Oh ... my ... gosh ... Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Doh! Camille Donatacci ... soon to be Kelsey Grammer's ex wife is one of the dumbest people breathing air right now. Seriously ... wow ... can't even begin to express what a vapid famewhore she is. And I come to find out that Kelsey didn't have a prenup with her ... dude! The other wives are cake compared that this pelletheaded simpleton. It's not even worth going into the rest of them ... well, there's a Maloof woman ... owns crap all over the place. Then there's this carp mouthed wannabe... Taylor ... yuck ... and then former child stars, Kim and Kyle Richards who are the Hilton sister's aunts ... woooooooo!!!! Kyle's pretty cool, she's probably the best looking of every housewife in the entire franchise. But this is DingDongatacci's show .. wow ..
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