Forgot to set the DVR for the MTV Movie Awards. Wayne and Garth reunite for the first time since 1994. I actually grew up in Aurora, IL!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Wayne's World - 2008 MTV Movie Awards
Monday, June 2, 2008
Something different - Xhosa
Khayav is one of the things I love about YouTube, and I've been subscribed to him for a long time. He lives in South Africa and I think works in advertising there. He came from a small village and grew up very traditionally but now lives an urban life not very different from here. (There was a whole video about the circumcision ceremony he went through as a teenager!) I love being able to see and hear an ordinary person from across the world, and I just love Khaya's laugh. This is a very cool video where he speaks his native Xhosa.
Also check out this older video where he speaks a Xhosa tongue twister!
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels - mini-review
The film starts out with an amazing parade of characters. It feels confusing at first and you fear that you'll never figure out who goes with who. Roger Ebert joked in his review that he wished the gangsters were wearing nametags! And the Cockney language takes some getting used to. Ritchie had some authentic East Enders in the film and they use the rhyming slang of the streets-- "Chevy Chase" for face, for example.
This is a madcap plot, as we follow the adventures of Eddie and his pals as they get in over their heads with some local gangsters. Sting makes an appearance as Eddie's father and his bar is in danger as the big cheese gangster may demand it as payment for Eddie's debt.
This movie owes an homage to Quentin Tarrantino, but then what modern gangster film doesn't. It has lots of comedy mixed with the violence. You can certainly tell that Ritchie was a director of music videos and commercials. There are many stylistic flourishes -- lots of slo-mo and freezes, but I really enjoyed all that. It certainly was visually interesting! But the best thing is the characters and their names! I especially like Barry the Baptist -- evidently played by a former pro-wrestler in England. Jason Statham started his film career with Lock, Stock as one of Eddie's buddies named Bacon because he's spent so much time under arrest he's almost become a pig himself!
I give this excellent film 4 stars. It's really fun and has a satisfying finish after a wild ride. If you're looking forward to RocknRolla, you should really give this one a rental. Don't be put off by the confusing beginning -- it all makes sense by the end. I don't know if Guy Ritchie reached as great success again, but the man has talent, that's for sure. Have to check out Snatch next and let you know about that one, but I'll skip Swept Away (his film with Madonna). This film makes me even more anxious to see what he does with some bigger stars like Tom Wilkinson in RocknRolla. Can't wait! Guy Ritchie certainly is much more than just Mr. Madonna!
Christian Bale hates Rom Coms
I guess we're stuck with Matthew McConaughey. Frankly, it IS hard for me to picture Christian in a Rom Com! A wee bit on the intense side.
WENN reports:
Hollywood heartthrob Christian Bale has ruled out ever starring in a romantic comedy - because he doesn't find them funny.
The Batman star is famed for his serious movie roles and insists its because he wouldn't be a great comedic actor.
He tells Details magazine, "I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.
"The only think I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy - I just couldn't do it. I think I'd be terrible. And I think it's an oxymoron anyway. I've never found any of them funny."
Meryl Streep reaches new heights
Perez posted this picture of Meryl Streep in costume as Julia Child. Look at those platform shoes! Julia was 6' 2" so Meryl has big shoes to fill - literally!
Taylor the Latte Boy
Kaione asks the question: Is your love caffeinated? I adore this song that she has introduced me to with this PS I Love You video. It's even more fun since it's sung by Kristen Chenowith who plays Olive on Pushing Daisies. Thanks for the extra foam to my day, Kai!
Sex and the City beats Indy in Box Office race
The NY Times reports on Sarah Jessica Parker's reaction:
“It is kind of mind-boggling,” Sarah Jessica Parker, the “Sex and the City” star, said in a telephone interview from her Manhattan home on Saturday. “We are thrilled and humbled that the audience came out.”
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Burn After Reading Trailer from Coen Brothers
Just Jared: Check out the new trailer for Burn After Reading, featuring Brad Pitt and the newly single George Clooney.
Plot summer via Wiki: John Malkovich plays Ozzie Cox, a CIA vet who is fired because he is an alcoholic. He takes his revenge by writing some inflammatory memoirs. Cox’s soon-to-be ex-wife Katie (Tilda Swinton) steals the disc containing his memoirs and accidentally leaves it at the gym where it is found by a trainer, Chad Feldheimer (Pitt) and the gym’s owner, Linda Litzke (Frances McDormand). They believe they can use the info to blackmail Cox. Harry Pfarrer (Clooney) is an oversexed, fanatically fit, lactose-intolerant federal marshal who is sleeping with Cox’s wife. He meets Linda via an online dating service and gets entangled in the blackmail scheme, when he stumbles across Chad breaking into his and Katie’s house.
Burn After Reading is due to premiere on August 27 and will open the 2008 Venice Film Festival. The film is the Coen brothers’ first since the Academy Award-winning No Country For Old Men. Watch the trailer below!
Hugh Jackman's Wintry Swim
It's winter in Australia, but that doesn't stop Hugh Jackman from taking a morning dip in Sydney. Thank you, God (and Just Jared). More pics at Just Jared!
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