Teenage Mutant Reservoir Dogs

New Old Spice Commercial

The last line is so good.

They Reminisce Over Ye

They Reminisce Over Ye from jeff on Vimeo.

THEY'RE BAAAAAAAACK

oscar nominations

Best picture

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
"Up in the Air"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Up"
"The Blind Side"
"District 9"
"An Education"
"A Serious Man"

So 10 nominations just seems to weaken the category. While D9 was great, it probably shouldn't have been nominated. At least over STAR TREK which was still my favorite movie of the year. THE BLIND SIDE really weakens this list because it sucked. I saw about 30 min, then read ESPN and didn't have to finish watching Sandra Bullock over act for another hour. I would say that the bottom of this list should probably just be cut off. I think AVATAR will win in a year where HURT LOCKER, UP IN THE AIR and INGLORIOUS should've had a better chance because all three of those movies were great. A really good year for movies in retrospect, but I wonder what the Academy's top 5 would've done to screw this up.

Actor

George Clooney, "Up in the Air"
Jeff Bridges, "Crazy Heart"
Colin Firth, "A Single Man"
Morgan Freeman, "Invictus"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"

Jeremy Renner is incredible in the film and deserved the nomination, but I hear that Bridges is fantastic in a film I haven't seen yet. And isn't it time that Flynn gets a win? He's my pick. Sorry Clooney, firth and Freeman, but this just wasn't your year despite all being fantastic. Except Freeman...I think I'm catching onto his act.

Actress

Meryl Streep, "Julie & Julia"
Sandra Bullock, "The Blind Side"
Gabourey Sidibe, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Helen Mirren, "The Last Station"
Carey Mulligan, "An Education"

Sandra Bullock needs to go choke on a big feather boa from MISS CONGENIALITY 2 She used to be a favorite of mine but her charm has worn impossibly thin. Streep was great, but wasn't in the film enough. I hear Mirren was nominated to fill a spot. as good as AN EDUCATION was, I just don't think there's enough of a machine behind Mulligan for the win. And I don't wanna talk about PRECIOUS. Streep for the win, assuming the Academy isn't fatigued on her.

Supporting actor

Matt Damon, "Invictus"
Woody Harrelson, "The Messenger"
Christopher Plummer, "The Last Station"
Stanley Tucci, "The Lovely Bones"
Christoph Waltz, "Inglourious Basterds"

Waltz. If there's any question, you need to go see INGLORIOUS BASTERDS again.

Supporting actress

Vera Farmiga, "Up in the Air"
MO'NIQUE, "PRECIOUS"
Anna Kendrick, "Up in the Air"
Penelope Cruz, "Nine"
Maggie Gyllenhaal, "Crazy Heart"

So...9 won't win and CRAZY HEART is Bridges show, so those 2 are out. UP IN THE AIR girls were great, but could cancel each other out. I actually think that I'll pick Mo'Nique because she didn't play herself for once.

Director

Quentin Tarantino, "Inglourious Basterds"
Kathryn Bigelow, "The Hurt Locker"
JAMES CAMERON, "AVATAR"
Lee Daniels, "Precious: Based on the novel 'Push' by Sapphire"
Jason Reitman, "Up in the Air"

Oh shit, this category is a death group. I pick Cameron because I think AVATAR will clean up, but Tarantino and Bigelow both did amazing things, Reitman as well but on a smaller scale, and I think PRECIOUS blew it's PR buzz too early.

Animated feature

"UP"
"Coraline"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Princess and the Frog"
"The Secret of Kells"

UP will win.

Original screenplay

"The Hurt Locker"
"INGLORIOUS BASTERDS"
"The Messenger"
"A Serious Man"
"Up"

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS was probably the best script I've seen on film for a long, long time. While the other films in the category were great films, the INGLORIOUS script was such a brilliant mindfuck by Tarantino, that I just can't fathom how any script for the last 10 years could even come close to it. It's the most vividly imagined and frighteningly hilarious script of the year by a million miles and nothing even comes close to touching it.

Adapted screenplay

"District 9"
"An Education"
"In the Loop"
"Precious"
"UP IN THE AIR"

UP IN THE AIR, but I might even say that IN THE LOOP is a better script, not that that means anything in the Oscars.

I'll post the rest of the nominations, but I really can't make picks on them this early for anything other than the big ones.

Best foreign-language film

"Ajami"
"El Secreto de Sus Ojos"
"The Milk of Sorrow"
"Un Prophète"
"The White Ribbon"

Best film editing

"Avatar"
"District 9"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Precious"

Art direction

"Avatar"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"The Young Victoria"

Cinematography

"Avatar"
"Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"The White Ribbon"

Costume design

"Bright Star"
"Coco Before Chanel"
"The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus"
"Nine"
"The Young Victoria"

Best documentary feature

"Burma VJ"
"The Cove"
"Food, Inc."
"The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers"
"Which Way Home"

Documentary short

"China's Unnatural Disaster: The Tears of Sichuan Province"
"The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner"
"The Last Truck: Closing of a GM Plant"
"Music by Prudence"
"Rabbit à la Berlin"

Makeup

"Il Divio"
"Star Trek"
"The Young Victoria"

Music (original score)

"Avatar"
"Fantastic Mr. Fox"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Sherlock Holmes"
"Up"

Music (original song)

"Almost There" from "The Princess and the Frog"
"Down in New Orleans" from "The Princess and the Frog"
"Loin de Paname" from "Paris 36"
"Take it All" from "Nine"
"The Weary Kind (Theme from "Crazy Heart") from "Crazy Heart"

Short film, animated

"French Toast"
"Granny O'Grimm's Sleeping Beauty"
"The Lady and the Reaper"
"Logorama"
"A Matter of Loaf and Death"

Short film, live action

"The Door"
"Instead of Abracadabra"
"Kavi"
"Miracle Fish"
"The New Tenants"

Sound editing

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Up"

Sound mixing

"Avatar"
"The Hurt Locker"
"Inglourious Basterds"
"Star Trek"
"Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen"

Visual effects

"Avatar"
"District 9"
"Star Trek"

The Losers and The A-Team

I really can’t tell you in written words how big my smile is as I am writing now. I almost started this piece by saying that I had a dilemma on my hands choosing which movie I was more excited for: THE LOSERS or THE A-TEAM. One of them is directed by the guy who did STOMP THE YARD, a movie that I will never see, but stars Stringer Bell, The Comedian, Zoe Saldana and the always really, really good Chris Evans and is based on a comic book series that I have read numerous times because it is brief, tightly wound and so damn fun. THE LOSERS trailer that came out today looks exactly like a movie based on the book should. It looks fast paced and fun. No one is going to try to win any awards from it, but I can already predict that the movie will get about an 8 or a 9 out of 10 from me when it is released on April 9^th. It is a movie that we see often in Hollywood, but rarely seen done with the right mix of humor, sexy time and explosions. Michael Bay puts too much of those things in his movies, deletes most of the humor and takes away the fun, light heartedness of the movie. Films like TANGO AND CASH and STAR TREK get the balance, and while some of you might hate on TANGO, I personally adore that movie because it never hesitates in its relentless drive to be as unserious as possible. TREK also, despite having moments of seriousness, was pretty much the most fun I’ve had at a theater in a long time. And that’s why THE LOSERS gives me hope that maybe more of these 90 minute funfests will actually be good. John Cena has tried a couple of times to make these kind of movies and failed miserably. THE A-TEAM looks like it could do this right. It’s directed by Joe Carnahan, who hasn’t made a bad movie yet, but that’s because he has really only made 2 movies because of the incredible amount of bad luck he has had with his productions. NARC was a brilliant little crime film that made Ray Liotta really scary, and SMOKIN’ ACES had some issues, but also  had enough brilliant moments due to its nonstop pace to be a movie I can firmly say I enjoy. THE A-TEAM also has a bang up cast and is based on a tv show that lends its concept well to big budget action. I think the trailer for that has me hesitating a little bit however, and I can’t definitively say why, but it was the same sort of hesitation I had the first time I saw the trailer for WOLVERINE last year. Great looking action scenes, good one liners, good looking story, but something just isn’t right. I will hold final trailer judgment for a more complete look at the plot (assuming there is one). So right now I have to say that I am little more excited for THE LOSERS but really, both films look like really badass action movies that I will probably go see at midnight. Dudes blowing shit up on film is gonna come back big, Fuck avatar, the god damned fern gully knock off.

Adidas Original Star Wars Commercial

Nike SB 2010 lineup

Kicks on Fire'has a complete listing of whats coming out. I'm looking at you boat shoes.
Other than that, not really a good looking year for the SB line. But for some reason, those boat shoes got me really looking hard. The green Hi's are ok also, but I wouldn't pay money for them. The black P-Rod III's are really damn ugly in my book and the Zoom Bruin's are pretty 'meh'. Boat Shoes!

 

 

 

Type - Man Crush(No Homo)

This video is amazing. Just amazing.

Tiger Sets the Record Straight

I am Tiger Woods from TWoods

Donald Glover and his masterful interpretation of the words and life of Tiger Woods.

Mike Posner - Drug Dealer Girl

The video of Mike Posner's goofy ode to his distribution lady. Starring Rosa Acosta stretching and walking around being Mr. Posner's girl.

Run tiger run!

Kid Cudi - "Pursuit of Happiness feat. MGMT & Ratatat" Visual Aid

Sick video. Drake gets a co-star credit. And Josh Hartnett directed it, which is dope.

Michael Bay's Victoria's Secret Ad

I dare anyone to try and think of another director who could make this ad fit his personal style more than Mr. Bay. I mean, there were explosions behind those girls. Big ones. Just sayin...

Young Money - Bedrock

I really don't know what's gotten into me, but for some reason, I am really digging this and the 'Everygirl' tracks that Lil' Wayne's Young Money collective have been putting out. Dare I say it, but I think I might be getting excited for their album!

Shoe Stuff

Spent way too much time looking around for nice shoes even though I definitely don't have enough money to buy any of them. Shouts to Kicks on Fire and Pick Your Shoes.

Fluff x Nike SB Bruin (Grey and White)

Air Jordan 12 XII Retro (black / grand purple / aquamarine)

Lacoste Stealth Storm (Grey)

T-Pain's 'Take Your Shirt Off'

This video is dope and I don't give a fuck if you disagree. Not my favorite song, but it gets the job done for sure. Petey Pablo!

Major Lazer: Keep it getting Louder

Major Lazer "Keep it Going Louder" from Eric Wareheim on Vimeo.

Part 2 where I get personal about Kid Cudi

This started as me doing a slow lead into my appreciation of Kid Cudi, but turned into me breaking down a more general love/hate thing that goes with a previously unheard of artist blowing up and their fame getting all over your face and in your ears. Cudi’s rise to fame was weird because the Kanye West co-sign had people jumping on his bandwagon fast because many of them thought that he was Kanye’s protégé, but Kanye was just a fan who signed the Kid to his label and made him famous without really changing anything about him. But by being in the spotlight, Cudi’s introspective sing/rap style got harshly criticized by some, criticism I guarantee wouldn’t have been put to him if he had remained an underground figure either because no one would’ve heard the album or because the less mainstream critics are much more open to experiments and new things. But even then, once he got big, the stench of mainstream got on him and the underground critics rejected him (Pitchfork claims to be Indie, but their review gave the album a 4.1 even though the actual review didn’t seem to dislike the album…) as much as the stuffier, higher profile majors like Rollingstone and Spin.
Wow, I now realized just how petty this follow-up piece is, especially since it’s going up right after the first article where I basically call out myself for acting like a fucking baby, especially for an rapper. But I really can’t help it and wanted to put something out on the topic because it’s pretty personal to me that I went to go see Pete Rock during my freshman year and wound up seeing a goofy kid with a ‘delicious vinyl’ shirt did like 5 songs, ‘day n nite’ being one of them, and liked him so much I bought the iTunes mp3 when I got home, and then about a year later, the radio has that track being one of the 5 or 6 they actually play. It was great to be so early on him, my roommates were pissed actually cause by the time everyone else seemed to catch on, they were already sick of the song. And for anyone who doesn’t know already, ‘embrace the martian’ is his best song by a long shot in terms of his verses, a Crookers beat and just it being a catchy dance song that has dope verses. I kind of chuckle every time I hear him talk about being Mr. Solo Dolo because he is far from that now. I wonder what it was like to have heard him before I did, such as his work that got him that spot opening, because not just anyone can open up for Pete Rock in New York City. Wale, Torae, and Skyzoo were also on the bill, and those guys are also pretty legit. OH well, I’m probably gonna regret posting such an unfocused and rambling personal piece right after the focused one I just put up but fuck it, I wrote it and its my blog so what says goes I guess. Anyone even read these by the way?

Losing your Fandom

Finding an undiscovered artist accidentally that you love is great. But there is always that jealous feeling that happens when the person gets another fan. Its great to mention someone that no one has heard of and then to play the song and turn them on completely on to the artist, and forever their fandom is something that you birthed, you are the parent of that persons appreciation for something beautiful. But then when you mention that artist to someone who has heard of them, you go “Oh, but have you heard THIS song?” and they say yeah, and you dig a little deeper until you can top them in terms of knowledge of an artist, thus reestablishing your superiority as a fan. But then there’s the moment when they get big, and get a music video or become the indie song that everyone loves, and just that one song, and you’re standing in the middle of a crowd yelling that they have another song that’s even better but no one can hear you because they are just enjoying the song of the moment. And you want to let go, you want to just enjoy the moment when something that was so close to you suddenly got so close to everyone else, but you can’t because while you truly love that artist, they are just going along with the crowd, and that’s not you. You aren’t just a part of the crowd, you are a big fan and an avid supporter of this person. You hunt them down and seek out them to see them for cheap in the basement of a church in Brooklyn. But that one song that catches on, it propels them too high for you to do that anymore. You have to pay big bucks to see them and there is someone who has their new stuff before you and its gone. That single moment where its you and 19 other people who love this beautiful thing is never coming back. You want to be so happy for the artist, and you are because they have fame and fortune while just being themselves, playing those songs you loved in the beginning for everyone else. But its so hard to go from being one of the 19 to being one of 5,000. It’s overwhelming to be banging along one day solo and then to suddenly open your eyes and be surrounded by people. And yes, it is extremely selfish and pretentious to say that you found them first and that you are the one true fan, but its not true, and you know it deep down, but you say it anyway because you want it to be true SO bad…but then everyone thinks your that one weird asshole and they back away and leave you alone. And once again, you are that one person, all alone, sitting at home listening while the others go and pay the $50 to see the artist that you loved so much once, and still do, but you cant…not in the same way. It’s a pure moment that has passed you by and either you join the mindless mob or you be the weird intellectual who drinks scotch alone on a Saturday night intentionally.

Jimmy Fallon doing "Fresh Prince of Bel-Aire" as performed by Neil Young

Captain America Reborn

To start, I just want to say that I read a good amount of comics if no one knew that. And I really do like Captain America the character and the book that bears his name. When he was killed a couple of years ago, I was sad, but dealt with it. Now, as he is coming back into the Marvel universe via “Captain America: Reborn” I am sadder than I was before, and not because of his death, but because instead of dying he was shot with a magical time bullet and got lost in time. I wish that there was a better rational for this, and *spoiler* Cap just got rescued from time and brought back to life, except with his arch nemesis, Red Skull, inhabiting his body. But a fucking time bullet? That is such unimaginable bullshit…of all the rationales they could have gone with to bring Steve Rogers back to life, they went with the “it wasn’t a real bullet, it was a time bullet” rationale? I am so infuriated by Ed Brubaker, an excellent writer, for going with this explanation without an ounce of irony about how ridiculous it is. And I fully grasp comic books and their ridiculousness: they’re comic books for god sake and shouldn’t be taken serious, but to go back and say that a character who was assassinated was actually shot with a bullet that got him lost in time is pushing the limits of what I will accept from a book. I will continue to read Captain’s stories because up until Reborn, they were brilliant tales of action and espionage, which is probably what made Marvel believe that they could get away with something that was so far “out there,” and that’s part of what is so infuriating. I know its bad and I should stop, but there is still that glimmer of hope that they title will get better eventually, and as long as the same creative team remains on it, I will be forced to keep reading, but really, fuck you Brubaker for doing this to the readers who don’t have a thumb stuck up their ass as they read the book. Side note, just to assure those of you out there who think he might’ve lost his mind, “Incognito” is still fucking fantastic whenever it comes out, which is rarely. So here’s to you Captain America for being so much. right up until you were shot with a time bullet. Gonna say it again: a time bullet that gets a person stuck in time. Time bullet.

Blade Opening Scene

The opening scene of BLADE isn’t perfect. There are shots that aren’t really good and some moments where the lighting continuity is just off, but the atmosphere set by the opening blood rave is amazing. I’m sorry, but the combination of blood coming down from the ceiling, the strobe light and the thumping techno just combine for this ridiculously cohesive moment of pure adrenaline that sets up this dark, sadomasochistic world where a wisecracking Wesley Snipes kicks vampire ass.

Mal arrives on Castle

Raphael Saadiq's "Staying in Love"

I once read a review that said that Saadiq's rhythm was off on this song. I would want to ask that critic if anyone cares?

James Franco gueststars on General hospital

So...This is the promo for James Franco on an upcoming arc of 'General Hospital.' Anyone tivo this?

Weezer Critics

Wow, so...I regress alot here apparently but I have just read multiple reviews for Weezer's new album "Raditude" and the reviews at their best say that the album is mediocre and at their worst they complain that it isn’t “Pinkerton.” Really? The reason you don’t like the album is because it isn’t “Pinkerton?” Dear god man, get out of your tight red jeans and take off your fake glasses, which I don’t care if they are just an accessory, make you look like a douche bag, and realize that Weezer as a band has become a pop music band that is still a whole lot better than most of the pop charts. The fact that they still play their own instruments and write their own songs is almost enough for me to just like them for doing that, regardless of the quality of their music. The fact that most of the songs on the album are fairly comprehensible and tolerable is an added bonus. So yes, Rivers Cuomo isn’t as witty and subversive as he used to be when you were in high school in the mid 90s, but I cant help but laugh openly at the ridiculousness of the Jermaine Dupri and Lil’ Wayne collaboration ‘Can’t Stop Partying’ which is like Rivers playing a joke on the two hip-hop acts, pointing out just how ludicrous their genre’s mainstream has become. I like that song for that reason, not because it’s actually a good song mind you. And for the most part, fuck, I like it. It’s better than “Make Believe” and it’s going to be something that I won’t delete and lose the disk on purpose like I did with “The Red Album.” And as funny as ‘Pork and Beans’ is, it’s still not elitist rock like the first two disks were. And I love those two albums, don’t get me wrong, but it’s true that they are smart rock n roll, while “Raditude” is less smart pop rock. There’s no edge or anything challenging about them, but I don’t hate something for being overeasily accessible. I like the new album. There, ‘nuff said. Haha, I can’t believe I said ‘nuff said and actually meant it to some degree. Seriously though, I like it for the right reason and it seems many people don’t like it for the wrong reason of comparing it to their other works. Doing that loses the fact that artists change, and we as listeners, should try it sometimes to. If it wasn’t for that, my dad wouldn’t like anything made after Jackson Brown in the 70s.

Staples Center Collapses and Kills the Clippers

Fatal Staples Center Collapse Brings Merciful Early End To Clippers Game


This shit had me cracking up...those poor fans

Tucker and Dale vs. Evil Trailer

An extended trailer of a horror comedy with the guy from Reaper and the always fantastic Alan Tudyk. The film is about two hillbillies in the woods who get mistaken for psycho killers by college students on vacation. Looks pretty god damned hysterical.

Christopher Walker reads 'Poker Face' by Lady Gaga

Bobby Brown and MIke Tyson sing "monster mash"