as if you cared: it's kim's review of "avatar"!

whoa... i'm really eating my words on this one!

top tenable.

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "sherlock holmes"!

fun & well-directed. and, to me, there is NOTHING that rdj can do wrong. nothing!!! he and law have fantastic chemistry. mcadams mostly just looks (really) good.

gives the young victoria a run for best costumes.

honorable mention.

See you next year!!!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Now, I know everyone's getting all excited about those top ten of the year and decade lists, and don't worry, gentle readers, ours are coming, but for some reason we don't get invited to the advance screenings of movies (at least until this baby really takes the blogging world by storm), so we need a little more time. We've got until the Sunday before the Oscars- check the bylaws.

Until then, we'll just keep doing what we do...

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "the young victoria"!

very enjoyable with a SOLID performance by emily blunt. and the costumes? LOVE!!

honorable mention.

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "invictus"!

there's no character to this film; what a bore. freeman is good, but his performance isn't nearly as strong as jeremy renner in the hurt locker or sharlto copley in district 9. (or, i assume, jeff bridges in crazy heart.)

if you want great eastwood/freeman, watch unforgiven and million dollar baby. (well, watch them anyway.)

three stars for a compelling story and damon, who's the best thing here. (and pretty, too!!)

honorable mention.

um, awkward!

for lovers of queen and battlestar galactica

that's totally our demographic, right?

Spoiler warning that if you have not seen and are planning on ever watching BSG, this gives a TON away, as it covers the whole series, so don't watch it.



Also enjoy references to Dr. Horrible and Lost, among others.

Does Elmo want a celebrity cup of warm milk?

just to recap, I heart Ricky Gervais

c'mon, 'bron, show some respect... he got hooves, not hands... what the heck you expect?!

merry holidays from 3pies4rolls!!

they used "empire state of mind"?!?!

i'm bored already.

I mean, are they not even trying anymore?

I don't even know where to begin with the bad ideas involved here.
1) Don't remake The Karate Kid
2) If you do, don't cast Will Smith's kid as the karate kid
3) Wait, you're not really still going forward with this, are you? Okay, if so, PLEASE don't cast Jackie Chan in the Mr. Miyagi role. Somewhere, Pat Morita is crying.
4) Seriously? Nobody's killed this project yet? All right, then at least don't set it in Bejing. I can just see the cultural stereotypes ready to abound.

ahhhh! you've replaced "wax on, wax off" with "take off you're jacket"??? My head is going to explode.

Colbert speaks to the suburban communities

man this is rad:

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Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down
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on whatever day of awards show season the SAGs gave to us...

...their nominations (which line up pretty neatly with the Globes).
(this joke's not old yet, right?)

Only a couple of notable differences here- Jeremy Renner getting a best actor nod instead of Tobey Maguire, Emily Blunt getting left out (and Meryl Streep making it in for Julie and Julia) in the Best Actress category, and Diane Kruger replacing Julianne Moore for supporting actress (but seriously, where the hell is Melanie Laurent? She and Christoph Waltz are the best part about Inglorious Basterds). I'm really liking the Cast nominations as well (although I haven't seen Nine, and the reviewers have not been kind). TV awards are separated somewhat differently, so you can analyze them for yourself (thank god we got Charlie Sheen in there, I was worried. Come on SAGs, seriously?). And, yes, we will be seeing Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore hold hands again. Oh, in case you're wondering, I did just make a gagging gesture of putting my finger down my throat. Good times.

Finally, the marvelous Betty White will be getting the Lifetime Achievement Award, so that makes it worth watching by itself.

release the kracken indeed, liam neeson

call me a sucker for an action film, but the new Clash of the Titans looks rad. Apparently Sam Worthington is the new go-to big budget action star, following up Terminator Salvation and Avatar with this. Plus, it's got Liam Neeson as Zeus. What more do you want, people???

Check out the new trailer here.

What's that you say? You want to remember the amazingness of the original? oh, okay:



They may have improved the special effects just a bit since then. Although I'm not sure how you improve upon that pegasus.

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "fantastic mr. fox"!

"you're going to die with love."
*carinna tarvin

i did.

i've already decided to name my next cat kristofferson fox.

i'm in LOVE with this film. and i'd like to thank both wes anderson and eric chase anderson for taking the time to create some of the coolest stuff in the biz.

and so it begins.

TOP TEN, INDEED!!!

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "up in the air"!

here is a short list of movies that are about 150x better than up in the air (in no particular order): the hurt locker, inglourious basterds, district 9, the cove and fantastic mr. fox. in other words, get a job, national board of review, hollywood foreign press association, american film institute and every other critic out there. (i mean, 90 goddamned percent???!!!)

the acting:
for great clooney, see fantastic mr. fox.
anna kendrick? please. not interested.
vera farmiga is the best thing about UITA; but save your money and instead watch her in the departed, one of the best films of the DECADE.

in summation: the only reason to see this film is to try and decipher what all the fuss is about. if you couldn't care less about the fuss, skip it. FOR SURE.

keep 'em coming!

82 days until the most wonderful day of the year: Oscar Day. Of course, second to Oscar Day in awards show season are the Golden Globes, which, have we mentioned are hosted this year by Ricky Gervais??? We had? just thought I'd check.

Anyhoo, the Golden Globe nominations were announced today! The Globes bring us the chance for TV and movie stars to hang out together. With booze!

Up in the Air leads in number of nominations, but there's our friend The Hurt Locker again. Unless Precious can regain its momentum from earlier in the season with a couple wins (and given that people apparently hate Nine [making it the 3rd best movie with the number 9 in it this year (see District 9 and 9)]), it looks like it's going to come down to those two movies at the Oscars. Although, who knows with this crazy new 10 nomination format.

Other thoughts:

• Tobey Maguire? Really?
• Carey Mulligan is sooooo good in An Education. I really hope she takes that one. The Best Actress categories are actually seeming a little thin to me, not that these aren't good performances (the ones I've seen), but there's just no clear frontrunner. Which, in my opinion, makes it Mulligan. Especially since Meryl Streep is competing against herself.
  
• I love that (500) Days of Summer got nominations for both Best Picture (Musical or Comedy) and for Joseph Gordon-Levitt (3pies4rolls dreamboat). Plus, no nomination for Zooey Deschanel, who is the weak link there.
  
• Awesome that The Hangover got nominated, but, really, if we're honoring that genre, where was I Love You, Man?
• Christoph Waltz, Woody Harrelson, and Stanley Tucci have all won so far this season for supporting actor. I've only seen Waltz at this point (he's the absolute best part of that movie), but the other two are supposed to be great as well.
• REALLY strong year for Animated Features.
  
• TrueBlood!
• We're totally going to have to watch Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore hold hands again.
• Probably no way that NPH takes the award, especially since they combine series, mini-series, and TV movie for the supporting awards (I know you're trying to save time, GGs, but WTF?), but I'm happy he'll be there.
• I heart Glee. Jane Lynch winning would be the best thing ever. And on that note, here's a little end of the year love on Glee:

Last year's Globes brought us the finest moment in red carpet history, what will this year's bring??

UPDATE: I can't believe I left this storyline off my list... this has gotta be the first time that ex-spouses have competed against each other, right??? Kathryn Bigelow used to be married to James Cameron!

and on the 150th day of awards season, the AFI gave to us...

oh, how i LOVE a top ten!!

whoa, this kind of blows my mind

Disney: resourceful? or lazy?

gaining momentum

The Hurt Locker was named the best film of the year by both the LA and New York film critics, giving it the early frontrunner status at The Awards Circuit. Considering how early in the year it came out and how much that normally hurts a movie, this has got to make the filmmakers very very happy.
plus, I'm totally okay with it, it's REALLY good.


and, the other bonus, it also boosts Kathryn Bigelow's shot at being the first woman to win Best Director (only 3 have ever been nominated), not to mention the fact that it could make the woman who gave us Point Break an Oscar winning director. Don't hate that one bit.

lady gaga? YES, PLEASE!!

this is, by far, the video of the year. period.

huffpo asks: "sex and the city 2" poster: love it or lame?

the answer: LAME.

I think the 90's head might have just exploded

Today in unlikely couples:

Jessica Simpson


and Billy Corgan

Merry Christmas to my sister

Cage eyes!!!

and check out the new Cage 'do!

well, somebody has a mortgage!

man, this has me crackin up. also, is it just me or does he look totally wasted?



for old times sake:

Biz Markie - Just A Friend
by rikma

on the second day of awards show season, the NBR gave to us...

A really, really awesome list of movies. The National Board of Review announced its awards yesterday. It's definitely early for predictions to mean much, but the last two NBR best film winners were Slumdog Millionaire and No Country For Old Men (read: the last two Best Picture winners at the Oscars). So pretty good news for Up in the Air.



Some things I love about this list:

• It just makes me want to see Up in the Air more
• I've already seen 7 of its 10 best movies (usually lists at this time of year just make me feel really behind in my movie watching [not that I'm not])
• The Cove winning best documentary (not sure if you guys know this, but we LOVE that movie. Might have mentioned it once or twice before)
• Carey Mulligan winning Best Actress for An Education (seriously, she's phenomenal)
• Harrelson!
• My already overwhelming desire to see Invictus (inspirational sports movie that's also supposed to be good??? be still my heart) is only increased with the award for Eastwood for direction and Freeman for acting.

Sure, there are some omissions (I haven't seen Precious, but from everything I hear it/Mo'Nique should be on here [also, here's an interesting article talking about that very issue]. Even stranger since Mo'Nique lost to dark horse Anna Kendrick for Up in the Air. Yup, that's the same Anna Kendrick known mostly only to 14 year old girls for her role as Jessica in the Twilight movies. Maybe we can't escape them). But I feel pretty great about this list.

NPH takes on childhood classics, makes everything better

So my favorite part about this is that apparently it is the handiwork of CBS, not some random blogger with extra time on their hands. this is the kind of christmas cross promotion i can get behind. get ready to hear Frosty talk about his porn collection...



Thanks to Claire for the link!

A reminder this holiday (I'm looking at you, President Obama)

if anyone other than Kim, Nancy, or I was reading the blog back then (pretty sure you weren't), you will remember this from back in March-ish. but it felt ripe for a re-post.

luke wilson, come back to us!!!

remember this?



so what the hell is going on here?



how hot is he in the royal tenenbaums, btdubbs???

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "precious: based on the novel "push" by sapphire"!

i've spent a week trying to craft this review. i got nothin'. so here's the deal: precious is an incredibly honorable, yet incredibly flawed film with a performance by mo'nique that will STOP YOUR HEART. she's a revelation and has all but locked down the oscar for best supporting actress. (sorry, julienne moore, it is, once again, not your year.)

yes, gabourey sidibe is good. really good. yes, mariah carey is good, too. and lenny kravitz: not bad. lee daniel's direction is sloppy and unfocused, but i can think of no one better to tackle sapphire's material. want to really blow your hair back? read the book.

top ten.

why hello there, awards show season

The nominations for the Independent Spirit Awards were announced today. No gigantic shockers with Precious, Amreeka, (500) Days of Summer, The Last Station, and Sin Nombre making up the best feature category (although somehow Anvil got nominated for best documentary and The Cove didn't). And I love Flight of the Conchords as much as the next girl, but really? Jemaine Clement for Best Supporting Actor in Gentlemen Broncos? Seriously?



I mean, I might think that was awesome, if not for this

remember...

...when peter jackson looked like this?



me too.
according to the lovely bones premiere, he now looks like this:


whoa.

gimme a break already!

ok. seriously. listen up twilight, you and i need to have a little chat. i know you're all busy breaking box office records and deadening the minds of our youth but holy CRAP can you just do a girl a favor and just GO THE HELL AWAY?

i mean first you (and your throngs of 40 something wearing tshirts with that one loser vampire and making plans about how they're going to burst into applause as soon as he comes on screen...i mean, APPLAUSE? for what? sucking?) rob me of delicious popcorn on saturday (like it's some kind of crime to expect to purchase my delicious buttery goodness in less than 30 minutes and see something other than a movie about underage vampires acting vacant while they dry hump). and now THIS?



i mean, yes, you've been attacking us with cover after cover of your idiot stars on my girl porn for weeks (weeks!) but now you're spreading your crapocity to rolling stone? who the hell is this guy? it's just too much. go away, please. for all of us.

UPDATE FROM JESSICA: Yes, I read all the Twilight books in a weekend (and loved them, in a bad writing, guilty pleasure way. but still). Yes, I'm charmed by Robert Pattinson (although only in real life, i can't stand him in the movies. that, yes, I've seen). And, yes, I'm sick as hell of all the insanity surrounding the movies and the stars. but I also am the one voice of 3pies4rolls dissention in not completely hating it all (and feeling kind of bad for the people involved). But mostly, I feel like this. Just thought i should put in my two cents :)

lady gaga: an art skool girl out for my heart.

i'm sorry, but i love this. like, love.

condolences, nancy & jess.

well, wonders never cease.

hey jess, remember when you were obsessed with old man kilmer? (yeah, i just outted you on the blog). i'm wondering...what do you think of his new sexy look and his new bestie?

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "an education"!

so... there's a rumor that i had zero desire to see an education after i saw the trailer for the first time. it just looked so, you know, yawnsville.

yawnsville? not so much.

the reason to see this movie is carey mulligan. she is EXTRAORDINARY! for my money, it's the best lead female performance so far this year. (she's sure to snag an oscar nomination for best actress.)

great acting, compelling story, AMAZING clothes!

honorable mention.

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "the men who stare at goats"!

entertainment weekly gave goats an F. well, it's not that bad, but it's not that good, either.

there are a few memorable quotes - the best of which involves anne frank - and jeff bridges delivers, but overall, goats disappoints.

skip it.

No special effects

Yes, Jason Segel, we are charmed by your onscreen persona



apparently he made a surprise appearance during the Swell Season's November 18th concert in Los Angeles. and, while I haven't tried it, I'm told that it's a real number. Call it if you need him.

Oscar news!

We are only 108 days away from my favorite holiday of the year, Oscar Day! And the news keeps coming. We just had our hosts announced, and yesterday we got the show's director, as well as the documentary short list. We do love us some documentaries around here, so this was a pretty big deal. Notably absent from the list were Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, and Anvil: The Story of Anvil. And I gotta say, pretty okay with both of them not being there.

3pies4rolls consensus: If The Cove doesn't walk away with this award then there is something not right in this world because HOLY CRAP is that an amazing movie.

As far as the director of the show goes, I gotta say I'm not all that impressed with the resume. MTV Video Music Awards and Victoria's Secret Fashion Show? We'll see how that goes.

but for realz, guys, if you haven't already, see this movie any way possible!

jason kirkham + broken kingdom = our ticket to the oscars

this is jason kirkham.


aside from being the love of my life and a good friend of 3pies4rolls, jay is the producer of the upcoming film, broken kingdom, currently filming in bogota, colombia. broken kingdom is directed by newcomer daniel gillies, executive produced by ryan gosling and has a magnolia-esque narrative that makes its way from bogota to the hollywood hills. personally, i can't wait to see this film!

so why am i telling you all of this? because i want you to DO SOMETHING, of course! and, let's face it, jay is clearly our only ticket to the oscars!!! ha!

anyways, please do the following:

a) go to facebook and become a fan!

b) check out the website

c) follow them on twitter: @brokethekingdom

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaw for friends who make movies!!

get a job, people magazine!

listen, i'm no plumber, but how difficult was this choice?



but at least this didn't happen again:


that was clearly the dumbest idea ever.

cracked.com + photoshop = love

For those who don't know, Cracked.com has a weekly photoshop contest, generally filled with a mix of very clever and very nerdy people with varying levels of photoshop skillz (it is cracked.com, so of course there's the usual boob/dick jokes as well).

This week's contest? If Blockbuster Films Had Been Made for $50

my personal favorite (the winner) is below, although #16 is pretty fantastic, too

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "2012"!

director of independence day + john cusack (hot!) + chiwetel ejiofor (HOT!!) + amanda peet (i really like her, you know?) + woody!! + absolutely ridiculous fucking over-the-top special effects + end of days = top ten!

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "the september issue"!

anna wintour is fascinating! FASCINATING!!!

honorable mention.

well, phew!

this just in: science says the world will NOT end in 2012. yay for living!

meanwhile roland emmerich continues to STRONGLY disagree. and who am i to argue with the man who brought us ID4?

well this seems like a crapshoot...

right? i mean, i soooo badly want it to be good but i just kinda feel like it may be one of those movies that seems to have everything crackin but when it all comes together it ends up just kinda being meh. agree? yes? no?

learning can be fun!

if you've got that charmer, felicia day, in your PSA.



If you don't know felicia day, you've clearly ignored all of our advice, but I'll try again... go watch dr. horrible's sing-a-long blog right now!

dude!

this is gonna be super awesome really rad, right?

nothing my sister loves more than a vin diagram!

hahaha (apologies to my friends who have a deep, abiding love for mr. diesel. you know who you are).

it's official, they've run out of ideas for movies

We've had movies based on theme park rides (the good and the bad), video games, children's cartoons, and popular social networking sites. So I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Sony's adapting Risk for the big screen. But really guys? Don't get me wrong, I'm a girl who loves Risk. This may or may not have been my halloween costume last year:

(sadly, in this picture you can't appreciate the world map shower curtain covered in Risk pieces I am wearing)

but where you gonna go with this one? what's your plot? world domination? Who am I supposed to root for???

Just make sure you remember that you can't hold Asia.

the comic douchebaggery that keeps on giving...

Thanks, Kanye.

MTV Shows

holy shit

They've announced the Oscar hosts. That's right, I said hosts. It's gonna be Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. Which is just in no way as awesome as Ricky Gervais.

I'm a big fan of both of them, but I just don't like this. Thoughts?

UPDATE:
Okay, so upon thinking about this more and consulting with my fellow 3pies4rolls associates, the idea is beginning to grow on me. It's certainly waaaay better than some of the ideas that had been thrown around. So I'm putting my faith in Baldwin, and choosing to think positively :)

awful or awesome, you be the judge!

Bruckheimer? Movie based on a video game? Sounds like a bad idea to me...

wait a second...
Gyllenhaal??? Kingsley??? Molina?? I'm so confused!
(not implying that those men can't make bad decisions, they have mortgages, too. But it makes me question things...)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time in HD

Trailer Park | MySpace Video

that lizard can talk!

montages rule. so does it's always sunny in philadelphia. if you agree, brighten up your day with this action:

Charlie Shows His Dance Moves - watch more funny videos

we never claimed to be a family blog ...

... so beware of the following:


is it (blow) just us, or (job) ...?

The only version of Lady Gaga's Poker Face that I like

My sister accurately expressed my feelings about Lady Gaga. But I do enjoy Christopher Walken's version.



UPDATE: I was wrong. There is another version that I enjoy.


thanks to Trina for all of the above links :)

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "goodbye solo"!

this is a fantastic little film with a crazy-good performance by souleymane sy savane (nominated for a gothic independent film award for breakthrough actor). a must-see.

top ten.

THE AWARDS SEASON IS HERE!!!

OSCAR DAY is 126 days away, but with last week's announcement of the 2009 gotham independent film awards, the awards season countdown starts ... NOW!!!

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!!!

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "where the wild things are"!

i didn't love WTWTA, but liked it ... a lot. the direction, voice work and puppetry are extraordinary; and there's an emotionality to jonze's adaptation that makes it one of the finest efforts in film so far this year.

honorable mention. (and definitely the co-winner of my best trailer award!)

Happy Halloween!

No surprise here

Looks like Hugh Jackman has officially turned down hosting the Oscars this year. That was pretty expected, but now all the guessing has to start over who it will be. As loyal readers know, we were surprisingly happy with Jackman's hosting, so this actually makes me a little sad. Especially given some of the names I'm seeing thrown around as ideas for potential hosts. Mariah Carey? I don't care if she is awesome in "Precious," I don't want her hosting my Oscars. Will Smith? I just threw up a little in my mouth.

Plus, the Oscars now have to contend with the (previously always host-less) Golden Globes and their genius hire of Ricky Gervais.

I will miss another year of this:


but let's hope the Oscars have their heads on straight and remember how awesome Jon Stewart was. Or, listen to that quiet chanting coming from my corner: "NPH, NPH, NPH!"

Inspirational Sports Movie Alert Part Deux

I've already covered my feelings towards inspirational sports movies. So all I can say about the awesomeness of this preview is I'm saving up the tears to be ready...



Although, just so we're clear, Morgan, it's going to take more than an inspirational sports movie to make me forget about this.

oh, franco

I really want this to be funnier. Starts well but I think they thought the joke could go on for way longer than it should have. Either way, it's a much better idea for Franco than guest starring on a soap opera.

James Franco: Gucci Commercial Outtakes from James Franco

for my sister!

and any other harry potter slash saved by the bell slash bowie slash labyrinth slash everything else 80s fans!

the horror

Last month I chronicled the top five (and a half) nightmare-inducing characters from my childhood. I heard from a number of people that lived blessed and sheltered childhoods and were never subjected to the parental torture device known as "Return to Oz." I tried to overcome the PTSD and explain it, but I'm fairly certain I never succeeded in conveying the horror. Thankfully, there are other brilliant websites to do it for me. From one of my favorites, Television Without Pity:

The movie that traumatized a million children, Return to Oz followed Dorothy Gale after she returned home to Kansas immediately following the events of the Wizard of Oz. Rife with post-traumatic stress and pesky fond memories of her friends from Oz, Auntie Em tried to cure Dorothy by subjecting her to fricking electro-shock therapy, but luckily Dorothy was busted out of the torture clinic by an adorable child (who of course was killed in the process, because literally every single second of this movie is horrifying), and woke up in Oz to find the Tin Man and the Cowardly Lion turned to stone and the Scarecrow MIA. Not that there's time to worry about them when she's being chased by homicidal maniac cops called Wheelers, who are like clown hobos with gargoyle masks and rusty wheels for hands and feet, imprisoned by a witch with 31 detachable heads, and her only friends are a talking chicken and something called a Jack Pumpkinhead, whom something else called a Nome King tries to eat. Suffice it to say the guys who made Shock Treatment wish they had the Return to Oz people's dealer.
(That's from their Worst Cult Sequels Ever photo gallery)

And, in case you haven't been traumatized by the video in a while, here's a clip of those Wheelers:

well, this looks RAD!

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "a serious man"!

"when the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies ..."
*rabbi marshak & jefferson airplane

see it. honorable mention.

is scarlett johansson on the terror watch list yet?

well, why the fuck not?????

oh, naaaaaaaaancy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cage eyes!!!

One more thing to look forward to this coming Awards Show Season

Ricky Gervais will be hosting the Golden Globes! The Golden Globes haven't had a host since 1995, which, let's face it, most of the time we really appreciate, but I'm looking forward to several hours of this:



and this:

as if you cared: it's kim's review of "capitalism: a love story"!

of course capitalism isn't michael moore's best film - for my money, it's roger & me - but it's chock full of great information and well-directed.

plus, do you wanna spend your whole life in a country ruled by these fuckos?



i didn't think so. see it. (please.)

honorable mention.

appealing to my multi-faceted nerd-dom

in case you're not nerd enough (come on, guys), you can go here

We can only hope that this will one day become the actual Arrested Development movie poster

you know you should be embarrassed when...

according to the bibes of internet movie reviewing:

THIS:



currently has a more positive reviews than THIS:



ouch!

honestly this cast just kinda leaves me speechless...

meet the new A-Team!



one of my favorites: liam neeson...
some of the new hotness: bradley cooper...
a dude who i only recognize cause sometimes i get trapped watching UFC: that rampage guy...
and one random...

it's not that it's bad, it's just that it doesn't make one damn lick of sense!

this is kind of too perfect to be true

Former 3pies4rolls favorite, Christian Bale (the rant did lead to many moments of comic genius, but ultimately just proved that Jack Kelly was a dick), apparently based his character from American Psycho on Tom Cruise.

it's the eyes:

Thank you, television gods

this might come as a shock to all of you, but I love Joss Whedon. I know, I know, I've been hiding it well for all of these years, but it's time for me to just come out and declare it.*

So what does he have to do with my (and, apparently, America's) new favorite show, Glee? He just signed on to direct an episode. The man does share with them a love of bursting into song.
seriously, watch this:

Buffy the vampire slayer - Walk through the fire
Vezi mai multe video din Muzica

or this:


I will enjoy this.

*if you haven't caught the sarcasm you've probably never met me or read this blog before. In which case, what are you doing here? Oops, I mean, welcome!

UPDATE: if you still don't understand my love of Joss Whedon, read this

the chicken is in the pot...

cook it.

So, Clear and Present Danger is one of my all-time favorite go-to action movies. It's just so good. And I love the rest of the Jack Ryan series (who doesn't love Sean Connery's accurate portrayal of a Russian defector with a Scottish accent?) (also, I don't count the Affleck one (seriously? you replace Harrison Ford with Ben Affleck?)).

Ladies and gentlemen, we have our new Jack Ryan.

Let's just hope that the Chris Pine that shows up is a little more this:


and a little less this:

well hello there, nathan fillion...

oh yeah, and you too, girl from MI:3.



Now can you just become a big enough star to help get the Serenity sequel made??

i mean i'm not a dude...

...so i probably won't be catching this one. even so, thought it was important to tell you that this exists:



couple o' thoughts:

1. holy testosterone fest batman.

2. apparently there are cameos from the Gov and bruce "you killed it with a car" willis. do these guys think they're the new oceans crew? good lord.

3. waterboarding, really sly? didn't think that was a little too soon?

anyway, view at your own risk and report back!

woah, so awesome.

an open letter to lady gaga,

yeah, i admit it, i don't get you. i think your music is ear-splittingly annoying, your performance art thing is super pretentious and you kinda talk like a robot. but, man do i appreciate how hard you rally for the LGBT community. so can we get a little more of this:



and WAY LESS of this:

Lady Gaga - New Music - More Music Videos

LYLAS!

p.s. even when you're preachin the good word you still sound like a damn robot. just for the record.

Because NBC apparently hates me...

they've kicked Glee out of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. I mean, come on, NBC, I hate Fox as much as the next good Liberal (and lover of sports, can we PLEASE get rid of the Fox Sports robot? And does he have to have a guitar???), but who doesn't want to start their Thanksgiving with this?


(skip to 2:03 if you just want the best part)

First official Toy Story 3 trailer!

Can be found here. And don't forget that right now you can also see the first two Toy Story movies in theaters in 3D (with this trailer in front of them).

a girl can dream...

Do we truly live in a world where a Showgirls sequel is possible? Were there people out there clamoring for more when the credits rolled? Is Elizabeth Berkeley just not Showgirl enough for you? The answer to these and all the other questions I am unable to form just yet coming soon...



P.S. this DOES NOT qualify as an inspirational sports movie

Inspirational Sports Movie Alert

I love inspirational sports movies. I do. I cry at every one. You give me people/teams overcoming long odds/injury/racism to succeed in sports and I am reduced to tears. Throw in a montage and I'm in heaven. So this makes me happy. although, Malkovich?

and, yes, horse racing movies are inspiration sports movies. and yes, I still cry at them.

How To Go To The Movies- Frozen Junior Mints

maybe you guys will be lucky and this will become a regular feature, because, let me tell you, Nancy, Kim, and I know how to go to the movies. If I could go pro in anything it would be Tetris, Flip Cup, and going to the movies. But I digress.

This particular post needed to be made in honor of a part of the movie-going experience that is very close to our hearts, namely frozen junior mints (or FJM as they will henceforth be known).

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a revolutionized movie going experience

trust me, if you've only ever had non-frozen junior mints, you may as well just start over and pretend you've never seen a movie before. because, let's face it, you haven't.

also, if you have an extremely tall but otherwise proportionally normal baby, you should probably consider getting them this:

halloween is just around the corner