“Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan” Run time: 1:22 There’s permonace art and then there’s the social experiment that is “Borat”. The creation of UK comedian (and observing Jew) Sasha Baron Cohen, Borat is a naive television reporter from Kazakhstan who says what most people only think, but it …
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The Space/Time Continuum
Sunday in L.A. I had a friend ask me with my travel and the time change over the weekend, could I be stuck somewhere in time. I laughed it off and wondered if he misplaced his helmet, but then I actually thought about it today. If I lose 2 hours going to L.A., then “fall …
Second verse, not as exciting as the first
I don’t have anything exciting to report for this week’s trip. I went to a Halloween party (sans costume) Saturday night at a friend’s house, class Sunday and I lucked out and got the 4:45 flight out. I began reading “Naked” by David Sedaris on the flight out, and it’s genius comic prose. I did …
Review: Running With Scissors
This was terrible. We walked out 40 minutes into it. I would have rather literally run with scissors. I’m not going to even waste time tracking down the poster and run time. Rating: Incomplete.
1 down, 23 to go*
Week 1 of the yet to be named journey is complete with little fanfare and nothing exciting to report. I did get to go to the World Premiere (red carpet and all) of my friend DDP’s movie, Driftwood, at Screamfest LA on Friday night at Mann’s Chinese Theater. DDP is a great heel in the …
I’ll take Potpurri for $200, Alex
A brief update covering the weekend’s activites: – Melinda and I went to the State Fair of Texas on Friday and enjoyed the sights and great weather. We did enjoy the required Fletcher’s corny dogs, but missed out on sampling any of this year’s fried delicacies. However, I was tempted to try the Fried PBJ …
Review: The Departed
“The Departed” Run time: 2:29 Simple math equation here: Jack Nicholson + Martin Scorsese + Leonardo DiCaprio + Matt Damon + Martin Sheen = movie gold, but add Alec Baldwin, a scene stealing Mark Wahlberg and deserving comparisons to “Goodfellas” and that equals Oscar nominations galore, or at least it should. A remake of a …
Review: Monster House (In 3-D)
“Monster House” Run time: 1:31 I can’t remember the last movie I saw in 3-D, and to be fair, this “3-D” version of Monster House was not full of the things you associate with 3-D movies like cheesy effects, things flying out at the audience, or people reaching towards the camera for stuff. The 3-D …
Review: School for Scoundrels
“School For Scoundrels” Run time: 1:40 Anyone heard of the theory that bad movies put all the funny parts into their trailers and hope it sells tickets? If you haven’t, then go watch the trailer for this turd and then go drop $8 to see it proven. I really wanted this to be funny because …
I sully the good name of Steve Carell by using my name in the same sentence as his – UPDATED
Melinda and I spent the weekend in LA for the premiere of a short film I did, and I got to audition for The Second City Conservatory program. The Second City is a world famous improvisation school that has spawned such comedy geniuses as Mike Myers, Steve Carell, Steven Colbert, Amy Sedaris, Dan Akroyd, John …
Review: The Black Dahlia
“The Black Dahlia” Run time: 2:01 This will be two reviews: one for the movie itself and one for the theater in LA where we saw it, The Arclight. The movie is very loosely based on the famous unsolved Black Dahlia case. It’s a movie with 4 leads and what seems multiple storylines, but none …
Review: Beerfest
“Beerfest” Run time: 1:50 I don’t drink, but I do enjoy Broken Lizard and “Beerfest” was funny. Not “Super Troopers” funny, but I wasn’t wishing I had passed up the opportunity to see it (see “Idiocracy”). The story is about two brothers that stumble upon the uber-secret (see what I did there) drinking contest called, …
Review: Idiocracy
“Idiocracy” Run time: 1:24 Ouch. The name fits. I love Mike Judge’s previous work and I can see the political satire he was going for here, but…wow. There were some laugh out loud funny parts, but not enough to sustain me through the whole movie. Luke Wilson must owe Mike Judge a favor. Fox dumped …
New Videos Added
Thanks to YouTube, I have added the short films “180” and “Lee” to the site, with links on the demo reel page. And through my new MySpace page I have a higher quality version of my demo reel on the site now, too. I hope you enjoy them. If not, Drew directed them. :)
Review: She’s The Man
“She’s The Man” Run time: 1:45 Based on William Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night”, this movie is a modern day take on “woman posing as man” and it is funny. Laugh out loud funny. Amanda Bynes is flat out genius in this. Her facial expressions were priceless throughout and she had me rolling with her performance as …