“The Break Up” Run time: 1:46 I can appreciate the attempt to bring a new twist to the romantic comedy genre. I can appreciate Vince Vaughn’s sense of humor. I can look at Jennifer Aniston for extended periods of time with no problem, either. However, I’m married so if I wanted to see a movie …
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Congrats Tom and Kelly
Melinda and I were in Austin the end of last week for her brother Tom’s wedding. Here’s a pic of Melinda and Tom from the end of the evening just before Tom and his bride, Kelly, took off for their honeymoon in Bora Bora. The ceremony was beautiful and the reception was top notch. It …
Review: Over the Hedge
“X-Men:The Last Stand” Run time: 1:27 I love movies like this – meant for kids, but with plenty of references adults will get a chuckle out of. “Over the Hedge” is funny. Really funny. The characters are loveable, the story moves quickly and the all-star cast of voices is the icing on the cake. Bruce …
Review: X-Men:The Last Stand
“X-Men:The Last Stand” Run time: 1:44 Yes, one man can ruin a movie — or the absense thereof. Brian Singer’s direction on the first two X-Men movies was great, but I have to admit he had excellent scripts to work with. In this one, not so much. Brett Ratner gets a script that takes one …
Review: The Da Vinci Code
“The DaVinci Code” Run time: 2:29 I’m going to avoid all the hubbub about the content of this movie and it’s “assualt” on religion and talk about the film itself. I had not read the book (see a theme with these adaptations?), but I found the hype of this movie being a cross between “Raiders …
The 24 Hour Video Race
I’m beyond tired so here’s the Reader’s Digest version for now: Every year a thing called “The 24 Hour Video Race” comes along and the idea is that in 24 hours (midnight to midnight), you must complete a 5 minute short film using a specific theme, prop, line of dialogue and a location. This year, …
Review: Mission: Impossible III
“Mission: Impossible III” Run time: 2:06 As Larry King would say “Summer blockbuster season, hello.” The maiden MI was good. MI:2 was ok. MI:3 is the best, and just plain kicks you in the pants. Tom Cruise saves the world (I’m not even going to make the obligatory joke). For all the negative press he …
Review: American Dreamz
“American Dreamz” Run time: 1:47 I can only imagine the pitch from Paul Weitz, whose credits include “About A Boy”, “American Pie”, “In Good Company” and “The Klumps”. I’m purely speculating but I would imagine it went something like this: “Ok, everybody loves American Idol, right? What if Simon Cowell was the only judge and …
Who is this?
Here’s the deal, we were at Petsmart in Frisco three weekends ago to check out the available dogs from the Frisco Humane Society to see if we could possibly find a friend for Lola. We ended up fostering a puppy for 4 days, and now we’re about to become a 2 dog household. His name …
Review: Thank You For Smoking
“Thank You For Smoking” Run time: 1:32 Memorable quote: The message Hollywood needs to send out is ‘Smoking Is Cool!’ One of the most un-PC movies dealing with a PC subject in a longtime. “Thank You For Smoking” is Jason Reitman’s (son of famed director Ivan Reitman) adaptation and directorial debut of the Christopher Buckley …
Ooh-LA-LA
Melinda and I were in L.A. this past weekend for a friend’s 50th birthday party in Santa Monica on Saturday. I can now say I’ve been to a “L.A. Party” as there were celebs present. It was good to see Page, since he had no idea we were coming, and was genuinely shocked and happy …
Mavs Crown Kings
I had a chance to see the Mavs blowout the Kings, 127-101 tonight with my friend Cratin. The game was close in the opening minutes, but the Mavs got rolling and were up 22 at the half, leading by as much as 30 in the 4th. Thanks to Bryan Stout for the great seats (I …
Play Ball!
Thanks again to Roxy, I spent Friday night in the pressbox of Dr. Pepper Ballpark in Frisco catching the Texas Rangers spring training exhibition win over the Florida Marlins 4-1. Here’s a picture from the cramped play-by-play booth of Roxy and his broadcast partner, Dave Van Horne. In what was a very uneventful game, the …
Go Bears
I had the good fortune of attending the NCAA Men’s Tournament Regionals here in Dallas Friday night thanks to my good friend Roxy Bernstein who is the radio play-by-play voice for the #7 seeded University of California men’s basketball team (that’s him at his courtside broadcast position under the big red arrow). After leading 29-25 …
The new one…
So we’re out to lunch with my sister today and Melinda decides to run down the way to pick some stuff up for the Oscar party tomorrow night and I get a text message that says “don’t come down here if you don’t want to see dogs.” Apparently the Frisco Humane Society was at PetSmart …