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‘LOST!’ – The Sitcom!

// June 22nd, 2009 // No Comments » // entertainment, random foolishness, video

What if ‘LOST’ was an early 90’s sitcom? This would be the season 1 intro… enjoy:

h/t: Ryan

where the wild things are

// March 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // entertainment, film, video

I’ve been looking forward to this movie for a long time, its seen quite a few snags along the way, but its finally coming to a theater near you and me.

‘Where the Wild Things Are‘ is probably my favorite childrens book of all time, and I’m so excited that Spike Jonze is the man bringing it to the big screen.

The first trailer has finally debuted and it looks amazing, I like what Cinematical said, “it intensifies the film’s fantastical elements and makes the thing look so wondrous. The Wild Things look great and real and not CGI — I have a feeling that this is the sort of film that will feel 20 years old, but look brand new.”

Here’s the trailer:

Here’s the Poster

life in technicolor II

// February 2nd, 2009 // No Comments » // creative, entertainment, video

One of the best Coldplay videos ever…

I love/hate Lost

// January 29th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // creative, entertainment

I Love LOST

I love the way its written. I love the twist and surprises, the mystique and the unknown. I love how the first season was slow to start and ever since its gotten bigger and crazier than I could’ve ever imagined, which is one reason I’m hooked on Fringe, I’m expecting great things in later seasons. I love characters. Deep, rich, well written characters, you don’t find that well done too often on TV. If you’ve never seen Lost, you should, you’ll get hooked, its actually quite mind-blowing.

I Hate LOST

Its simple. The acting is terrible. There I said it, you can all breathe a deep sigh of relief. There are a few shining stars in this massive cast, but very few. Apparently the original plan was for Jack to die, dang that would been nice. He not only leads the survivors but also in the bad acting. The rest of the Oceanic 6 fall in right behind him, good thing they weren’t in last nights episode. Like I said, I love characters, its just a shame crappy actors like Josh Holloway have to play them.

Ok, so I don’t really hate Lost, its just a big pet peeve I had to get out there.

So where do you fall. Love? Hate? or Both? Spill it peeps.

Also, if you’ve already watched last nights ep, you should read this.

doubt

// January 16th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // entertainment, film

I can cross one more off my ‘Need to See‘ Oscar list coz I finally got to see Doubt last night, and I’m so glad I did. 

It’s 1964, St. Nicholas in the Bronx. A vibrant, charismatic priest, Father Flynn (Philip Seymour Hoffman), is trying to upend the schools’ strict customs, which have long been fiercely guarded by Sister Aloysius Beauvier (Meryl Streep), the iron-gloved Principal who believes in the power of fear and discipline. The winds of political change are sweeping through the community, and indeed, the school has just accepted its first black student, Donald Miller. But when Sister James (Amy Adams), a hopeful innocent, shares with Sister Aloysius her guilt-inducing suspicion that Father Flynn is paying too much personal attention to Donald, Sister Aloysius sets off on a personal crusade to unearth the truth and to expunge Flynn from the school. Now, without a shard of proof besides her moral certainty, Sister Aloysius locks into a battle of wills with Father Flynn which threatens to tear apart the community with irrevocable consequence. (Miramax)

Doubt was incredible, an edge of your seat thriller with no guns, explosions or special effects (except maybe a wind machine or two). The power of this film rest on the stellar performances of its actors, and they are so good because of how they play off of each other. Especially Hoffman and Streep, when they go toe-to-toe you can feel the intensity and conviction that not many could bring to the roles. 

I think this film was near perfect in every way, the soundtrack was subtle and almost non-existent in parts and eerie and suspenseful in others. It compliments the way the story slowly simmers before the kettle explodes right off the stove. The characters conflict is one that you will leave the theater talking about, it leaves you doubting and rethinking the conclusions you’ve personally made to the last minute.

It reminded me just how powerful our words are, that they truly have the power of life and death. There is so much truth in this movie. It screams at how out dated and out-of-touch the old school thinking and religious people are. How they’ve lost touch with the world around them in order to keep their list and police those that don’t live by the same list. It makes evident the sad truth that religious people are further away from the heart of God because they’ve lost any sense of compassion for the people around them, as well as their sense of superiority and judgement over those who have a different approach to life and ministry.

In the end, you’ll have to make a decision about what you believe, and that’s why Doubt will stick with you long after you’ve walked out of the theater.

I give it 4.5 out of 5 stars.

here comes oscar

// January 14th, 2009 // No Comments » // entertainment, film

Oscar night is just around the corner (Feb. 22), this is EW’s list of movies you need to see before the big night:

• The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
• Slumdog Millionaire
• Milk
• Frost/Nixon
• The Dark Knight
• Doubt
• Revolutionary Road
• WALL•E
• The Wrestler
• Gran Torino
• The Reader
• Rachel Getting Married
• Changeling
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona 
• Tropic Thunder
• Happy-Go-Lucky
• The Visitor
• I’ve Loved You So Long
• Frozen River
• Nothing But the Truth
• Man on Wire
• Synecdoche, New York
• The Duchess
• Defiance
• Australia

I’ve only seen about half of them (oh the downside of living in a small town). I’m planning to catch a few more tho before the 22nd. How many have you seen? Which ones are you dying to see before the big night?