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Aaron Sorkin is a genius. I have known that forever, as he wrote amazing things like A Few Good Men and The West Wing . This film was similar to that, especially with the fast talking awesomeness, but the problem was that the story itself was kind of a snooze, not to mention that Jesse Eisenberg is pretty obnoxious and not at all attractive. The story is pretty well-known already because Facebook is wicked popular, so there were no real surprises in the plotline. Overall, it was an okay movie. That's about all. What's interesting is my favorite part about the film was Justin Timberlake. I can't believe I'm saying it, but he's not a terrible actor, and he's really funny. Shocking, I know. The movie was good, but it wasn't as good as everyone said it was - and that's not to say my hopes were too high because they weren't. I like Aaron Sorkin but I thought the cast was dumb before I even saw the movie. It kept my attention, but just barely. The Social N...

This movie was hyped like crazy as one of the best movies this past year and how everyone in it was going to be nominated. I should have known that it would be pretty boring, but of course, I didn't. The story is about lesbian couple Nic (Annette Bening) and Jules (Julianne Moore) raising two kids, the girl from Alice in Wonderland and the boy from Journey to the Center of the Earth . They find their sperm donor, Mark Ruffalo, and chaos ensues. Nic is super threatened and Jules ends up sleeping with him. The movie ends when their daughter leaves for college. First of all, I thought Annette Bening was great, but then again, I always think she's great, so that's nothing new. The story definitely dragged a bit, but there were parts that were funny and interesting, like when Jules told her to watch her drinking because it's day time and Nic said same thing with the micromanaging. Funny. I didn't really like the whole "we live in California and are super hip and lo...

I love Tom Cruise. I can't help it. I realize he's probably legitimately crazy and is horrible or whatever, but I like him. That being said, this movie was kind of a bomb. It was funny - but it's hard to say if that's because the script was good or Tom Cruise has a ton of charisma. Probably the latter. Anyway, after about 30 minutes, I started fast-forwarding through the pointless chases (which I usually like) and then all of a sudden it was over. Because that's all the movie was - chases, you know? The opening scenes were good before you got the actual back story because you hoped a little bit that he was actually crazy or the movie was going to be like 24 , but nope. Whatever. They are both getting too old for this stuff, in my opinion. And why did he have to take his shirt off a ton of times? It's not like he looks sexy or something with his old man stomach like Stallone or something. Whatever. Go ahead and skip this one.

I just started watching this movie. "I just kept stacking up lies like it was Jenga." Hilarious. The writing so far has been really fantastic, especially for a high school movie like this. So far the cast has been good - Emma Stone plays the title role of a girl who lies about losing her virginity to a guy at community college and the lie spreads like crazy. The cast is genius. Malcolm McDowell as the high school principal, Stanley Tucci as her father, Lisa Kudrow as the guidance counselor, Thomas Haden Church as her teacher - genius. Even Amanda Bynes was great and she pretty much sucks. My favorite part though, of course, was the writing. It was like Mean Girls only more sarcastic because Lindsey Lohan isn't that funny. I am very happy so far. The scenes with her parents are absolutely hilarious - especially Stanley Tucci. I seriously think that he should be in every movie ever. I mean come on, this is genius writing: "Yeah, if I was a Gossip Girl in the Sweet Val...

When 24 was first on the air, I watched the first season and liked it. After that, my parents kept watching and I gave up on it. Keifer Sutherland largely makes me irritated and if you missed a single episode the whole show was basically ruined. Anyway, Netflix is awesome because they put entire series of shows on the instant queue, which means I can watch them on my computer whenever I want. Shows like Buffy and LOST have all the seasons on there, and it's great. I recently discovered that 24 is one of those shows, and since there is nothing good on TV lately (seriously, nothing), I gave it a shot. This show is like crack. Like, I don't want to do anything but watch this show all the time. I'm on season three right now, and I absolutely love it. I mean, okay, there are some parts that are stupid and I wish that sometimes it was just one storyline instead of four, especially because I usually hate at least one of the storylines (usually with his daughter Kim, lol). One pos...

The nominations for the Golden Globes have been released, and I am, of course, very excited about it. I have seen almost none of the movies, so I'm going to get started as soon as possible. I just made a list of all the movies that are nominated this year, and it's 28 films, not including the five foreign films. Yikes. And unfortunately, I've only seen Inception and I fell asleep so I need to rewatch it. Oh, and I saw Toy Story 3 - so that's 27 movies to go! Might as well add in the foreign ones, so it's 32 movies left to see! I will say that I'm excite this year because most of the films nominated are ones I've been excited about seeing! Woo! Here goes!

I went to see the new installment of the Harry Potter series. For the final book, they decided (rightfully so) to split the book in half and have two separate movies. Ultimately, I think it was a good decision, even if it made the first one insanely boring in parts. Overall, I really liked the movie, but it was definitely not for children. The violence was not for kids, and neither were the themes nor the general plotline. But I suppose if you were 12 or so when the first film came out, it would be appropriate for you because you would have grown up with the story and it wouldn’t be inappropriate. There were definitely some kids in the theatre that I thought shouldn’t be seeing the film, most definitely. I think that Emma Watson (Hermione) has grown up nicely and she is a fairly decent actress. That is really saying something because she was the worst actress in the first few films. Rupert Grint (Ron) was always good from the first film on, and now he has grown up kind of weird looking...

I love having a new computer. I just bought a brand new one with a 23″ monitor, which is awesome and I am totally loving it. The best part is that it has a built-in app for Netflix’s instant queue, and it’s amazing! It’s nice to be able to watch movies and tv and stuff on a giant screen, especially when I feel like watching some stuff that my boyfriend hates… for example, Rock of Love and stuff like that. Which, of course, is what I’m watching right now. Predictable, I know. It’s hilarious! And I also think Bret Michaels is hilarious – I’m not sure why, but I like him even though his music is pretty bad and he has fake hair and is obnoxious. Anyway, hooray for a new computer!

I love tween book series. Back in the day it was Babysitter’s Club (which was awesome) and Sweet Valley, and now it’s Twilight and Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. In case you’ve never heard of it, the trilogy is written by Suzanne Collins (extremely scary looking lady in her 40s) and it’s awesome. To be fair, I’ve only read the first in the series, so maybe it starts to suck, but they are wicked popular. The final book came out at the end of August and they’re already talking about making films! Yay! In the first book, the main character is Katniss (lots of dumb names in this book), who lives in post apocalyptic North America. All of North America was separated into thirteen districts with “The Capitol” which is like Big Brother, controlling everything. There was an uprising and The Capitol pwned everyone and even obliterated District 13. So now there are twelve districts, and as a constant reminder that The Capitol owns their asses, they established The Hunger Games. Each person fr...

J.K. Rowling sucks. I love Harry Potter and the whole series, but I have one (actually, several, but whatever) problem with the whole thing. The Lord of the Rings. I haven’t read the books – I tried once but it was like thirty pages about what a tree looks like – but I just saw the first movie, and J.K. Rowling sucks. She ripped off, like, the entire story. From Voldemort not being in full form yet to the horacrux that makes the three of them crazy, basically the entire story is a huge rip off and it makes me irritated. Are people upset about this? Because they should be. Almost everything was taken directly from this story and it’s obnoxious and makes her way less special. OOH and how about when Liv Tyler made the water horses attack those guys? Expecto Patronum much? I mean, for pete’s sake, they even call the big bad guy The Dark Lord!!! Like, you couldn’t come up with something on your own? Here are some more (that I found on the internet because I can’t think that fast): - Frodo l...

It has been almost an entire month since I’ve posted, and I blame my job because it’s easy to blame things on. I recently started a bookclub with my sister, and the first book we chose was The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo because I already read it and thought she would enjoy it. We will see. Nothing pop culture related has really been happening. New season of Survivor, etc but nothing outstanding. The Social Network comes out soon, which is a movie about Facebook written by Aaron Sorkin. If you live in a cave, Aaron Sorkin wrote The West Wing which is the greatest show ever, and also wrote A Few Good Men and Sports Night. He is amazing. The movie itself looks pretty bad because the people in it suck, like Justin Timberlake and that douche-y and annoying kid from Zombieland, but I love Aaron Sorkin and the script will be great no matter what. Also, Facebook is awesome so how can they really go wrong? TV has been lame lately, and I’m still watching the train wreck that is the Kardashians...

ROBBED. Terry O’Quinn or Michael Emerson should definitely have won for LOST. Nobody gives a crap about Breaking Bad and I bet that show sucks anyway. I don’t care how crappy the final season of the show was, it’s over! Give them a freaking award. Ugh. Modern Family and Mad Men are doing okay, but I am so upset about Supporting Actor category that I don’t even care. Congrats for Jeff Probst, though. Oh for crying out loud. The dad from Malcolm in the Middle just won for Best Supporting Actor, besting both Don Draper and Jack Shepard. Lame. Robbed. Stupid Emmys, it’s always disappointing, I think. Jane Lynch won for Glee, which was nice. But I guess Breaking Bad is good or something. Stupid stupid stupid. And sorry to my parents, but thank goodness The Amazing Race didn’t win again – hooray for Top Chef!!!

The Creative Arts Emmys were given out already, because that’s the way they do it. I’m not going to list all of them because you can just google it if you want to, but I will highlight some of the important ones: Mad Men won Best Casting for a Drama, which is exciting because I love that show and it should win everything. Even more awesome is Modern Family won for Best Casting for a Comedy!! More later… laptop is dying.

I know I’m a little behind with predictions this year, but if you’ve read some of my other posts, you know I’m on detail for work this month, and I’ve been working a LOT. This year I’ve decided not to worry about what WILL win, and instead concentrate on who I think should win. It makes it much more fun for me that way, and even though I’ll be disappointed, I no longer care. The same stuff wins every year, anyway. I am also posting comments on some of the awards that never get mentioned during the live show, just for kicks. So here goes: Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program - The nominated shows are Adventure Time, Chowder, Disney Kick Buttowski, The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack, Robot Chicken, and Uncle Grandpa. I have seen Chowder and Flapjack several times, and Ryan tells me Adventure Time is great and I should watch it. I seriously think that Flapjack is one of the best cartoony kind of shows I’ve seen in awhile, and it’s hilarious and the animation is funny too. It’s m...

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I remember at the Golden Globes a few years ago, this show called Mad Men won a ton of awards and nobody had ever heard of it. But, of course, because apparently I’m resistent to change, I refused to watch it only on that basis. But it always sounded like a really good show, and it’s set in the late 50s early 60s, and that’s cool. I used to love that show American Dreams (remember that show? It was awesome until it got to be the late 60s and bummed everyone out) and I figured Mad Men would be a lot like that. And it kind of is, two episodes in. The first episode was okay, but was mostly riddled with “hey! check out this doctor smoking!” and “hey! everyone drinks at work!” and “hey! photo copiers don’t exist yet!” moments, which was fine but got a bit tedious. Largely, the story (as of the end of the second episode, at least, which is how much I’ve watched so far) is about this guy who is an ad executive and is possibly one of the most perfect looking people alive. I’m not saying he’s n...

When 30 Rock first started, I watched the first episode, maybe the first two, and I thought it was stupid. This is the same reaction I had to The Office when it first started, and I have discovered the awesomeness of that show. Because I’m on detail in New York and have little else to do, I started watching 30 Rock because I was tired of watching episodes of Buffy on the Netflix instant queue. Seriously. Anyway, it’s hilARious! How did I miss out on this show? Alec Baldwin is a freaking genius and Tina Fey rocks. I don’t really care about Jane Kra-whatever from Ally McBeal, but I recognize that she’s a good sidekick character. I’m convinced I’m the only person left who doesn’t like this show, but if you’ve been boycotting it for no reason like I was, give it a second chance. You won’t be sorry. Also, Big Brother pretty much blows. It’s the only thing on in the summer, but unless you pay to get the live feeds and read bbdish.blogspot.com and are basically obsessed with the show, it’s no...

I’m in New York for the month of August on detail for work, which is fun kind of, but I miss my boyfriend and my dogs a lot. I am currently watching Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami and I think it’s the most addictively awesome show I have ever seen. I don’t even care about the stupid Kardashians, but this show is hilarious and full of drama, and I’m pretty sure that guy Scott is the guy Christian Bale played in American Psycho. Seriously, the psycho. If you have a free half hour sometime, they always play the episodes on E!, so watch one sometime. It’s hilarious. Anyway, other than that it’s work work and more work. We are working more overtime than normal because we’re on detail and they put us up in a sweet hotel. Speaking of working, I am super tired and am going to go to sleep pretty soon. Yawn.

Okay, so I’m a huge fan of the Twilight series – not so much the movies, but definitely the books. The third movie in the series just came out and I just returned home from seeing it. It was… okay. The acting was horrendous, and they put everyone in this super thick makeup that was insane. Bella looked way too made up, like it was an attempt to make her look more attractive, but succeeded only in making her look like a drag queen. Plus, her eyebrows weren’t the same, and that is distracting. The acting from her was, as always, crappy. Slightly better than the last movie, but marginally. Edward acted… weird the whole time. I don’t know if they made him act differently or something, but the connection between him and Bella just wasn’t there. This is something that kind of bugs me about the series when they adapted it to film. When you read the books, it’s Edward all the way. You kind of feel bad for Jacob but not really because it’s so obvious that Edward and Bella are supposed to be tog...

I love the World Cup. I have never really been a fan of soccer – probably because I’m an American. We, in general, hate soccer because we suck at it and the scores are always really low and it’s pretty boring. However, spend 20 or 30 minutes listening to guys talk about how the game is played and it suddenly becomes wicked interesting. Except off-sides. I still don’t get that. I highly encourage everyone to watch the World Cup – not so much this time because it’s almost over, but next time for sure. My favorite team is Argentina because they are awesome. Granted, they just got stomped by Germany REALLY bad and are out of the World Cup, but they still rock. America sucks at it, but who cares. It’s fun to watch and it’s like the Olympics, only the same game over and over. At first you get mad because nobody ever scores and sometimes the final score is 0-0. But you know what? When they DO score, it’s awesome and super exciting. You can’t say that about basketball because the score is like...

This is the greatest game in the whole world. I love it!!! They did a great job making the game exactly like the movie, and Lego games are just way more fun than everything else. I will be seeing the new Twilight movie Eclipse tomorrow and will post a review soon after. I expect awesomeness, so let’s hope I’m not disappointed. LOST puzzles rock. Google them. There are four, and it’s a mystery. I’m still on the first one, but I’m feeling confident.

Spoiler alert, first of all. For the whole post. So here’s the thing. It’s not like I expected all these answers or anything, but I did expect something… else. The way I figure it (and no, I haven’t read anything people have posted online yet), there are only a few possible scenarios: It’s all in Jack’s head. Jack gets flung into the jungle of the island when flight 815 crashes, and dies shortly after the crash. In his head, he concocts this whole storyline – or it’s a test. When you’re about to die, it’s like purgatory kind of, and you have to pass some test or something like that to decide whether or not you get into heaven or hell or whatever. Jack’s test is to redeem himself by choosing to sacrifice himself to save others and how he can put other people first and that he can’t always “fix” things. Anyway, in the few minutes that he’s alive after crashing, all of this stuff happens, he passes the test by choosing to become the protector of the island and sacrifice himself. And then ...

It’s not often that I’m surprised by stuff I see on TV anymore. But the season finale of Grey’s Anatomy was awesome. I actually jumped in shock. Awesome. I don’t want to give anything away, so watch it if you haven’t already cause it’s freaking sweet. They must really have low numbers if they’re willing to shoot so many characters lol. What is it, LOST? Lol. I also love that the crazy shooter is the guy who used to be the head of the secret service on The West Wing.

This book is fucked up. I only made it about halfway through and I stopped reading, and here’s why. First of all, this guy bitches for more of the book (that I read anyway) about clothes and what belt goes with what and all that – very OCD, very crazy. And he hangs out with his douchey friends and he idolizes Donald Trump because it’s set in the 1980s. So then, the author starts describing the gross and very detailed sex that he has with random people. Yuck. Watching a sex scene in a movie is one thing, reading one in a book is another and it’s disgusting and makes me want to vomit. I don’t know how people read romances novels and don’t barf all over the place. I like the word barf. Anyway, so once you get past the gross sex scenes (using the word dilated in a sex scene is not sexy it’s gross), then he starts killing people. Which I would think would be cool and fun to read because serial killers are awesome, but unfortunately, the first killing scene is him killing a bum. No biggie, b...

Okay, so have you ever played Grand Theft Auto? Of course you have, because you’re alive. Everyone has played that game or at least watched someone else play it for hours on end. Anyway, so if you know about the game you know that you can steal cars and stuff and beat up hookers and all that. It’s super addictive and awesome – especially because you can change the radio station when you’re driving. Fun! Anyway, there’s this new game out called Red Dead Redemption and it’s just like Grand Theft Auto only set in the in west in the 1880s or so. So like, you’re a cowboy, Tombstone-style and you ride a horse and have a duster coat and hang out in saloon and beat up whores in brothels in stuff. It’s awesome. I would highly recommend it. Not that I have played it really, but it’s a blast to watch, and is more asthetically pleasing to watch – especially for history nerds like us! And there are stage coaches! It’s seriously awesome. Ch-ch-check it out.

Things have been crazy for me for the past few weeks because I just started a new job, which is awesome, and is my first real ™ job and it’s very exciting. As a result, I haven’t really had time to do much of anything except be excited and work. Things are starting to calm down because I’m almost out of training, so I have things to talk about again. First off, Survivor is awesome this season. Amazing. I think they should put Russell on every season becasue he makes it fun and exciting to watch. Unfortunately, next season will be horrible and boring. It’s coming down to the end of the season and I know he probably won’t win (I can wish, though), so I’m hoping for Colby or Jerri or something. It’s awesome, though. It’s the show I get the most excited for. Including LOST. It’s a great show and it’s always been fun to watch, but with only a few episodes yet it’s starting to get both irritating and sad. Irritating because I know my questions won’t get answered and they are dragging out the...

Wow, this movie sucks. I really like Jennifer Lopez, especially in movies – okay, not in Gigli, but in The Wedding Planner and Monster-in-Law. But this one is the worst so far. There’s no real chemistry between the main characters, the plot is shotty at best and completely unrealistic and unbelievable, and the acting was even really horrible. Yikes. So go ahead and skip this one. Jennifer Lopez is good though, sometimes. She just needs to make sure the plot is funny enough and the supporting cast is actually decent and not just as bad as she is.

I was really sad because I don’t get either of the two channels that plays Golden Girls while I’m here in training, and then I discovered something awesome. letmewatchthis.com has links to youtube where people have posted tons of episodes!!! So now not only can I watch Golden Girls during my trip, but I can watch them in order and everything! Woo! It is a happy day. It’s a bit pathetic that I am so excited about this, but whatever. Something else that’s interesting: I think it might be impossible to find Sophia’s purse from the show online – is it possible that nobody has made a replica? If you happen upon a website that has any info about it, please let me know because I would love to have one!

Not that my blogs have been particularly regular or anything, but I wanted to say that I’m in Pennsylvania for the next two weeks training for my new job. I have wireless internet in the Best Western I’m staying at, but I will probably be busy doing training and stuff and may not blog. We will see. Currently, I am watching Gilmore Girls and kicking it in my hotel room. Fun! Staying in hotels is seriously the best. Huzzah! I will kick back, watch Family Guy and drink cream soda! Fun!

What is up with this kid? Does he think he’s Usher? Why does he wear 80s style moon boots? He is confusing. Discuss.

Watch this movie with Cameron Diaz and the guy who plays Cyclops. And then get back to me. I read the short story and it was nothing like the film at all, and it got a little Donnie Darko towards the end – in a good way, I think, but still. There’s no point of me discussing this film in any detail if you haven’t seen it because you will have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about. So watch it, and let me know.

People would not leave me alone about this movie, Law Abiding Citizen. Seriously. They would not leave me alone about how great an amazing the movie is, over and over again. But, you know, it has Jamie Foxx in it and I pretty much hate him a lot. [more in a bit, I am taking a break from blogging to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2] Okay, so anyway. I was not particularly interested, especially because the film also had Gerard Butler (known to me as the phantom in The Phantom of the Opera but known to everyone else on the planet as the guy from 300 who yells “For Sparta!”) in it, and I’m not a huge fan. I’m neutral. Anyway, so since everyone was bugging me about it, I put it in my instant queue for Netflix and forgot about it, but alas, it came in the mail and I felt obligated to watch it. And I did. And it was awesome. Seriously, it was great. Not too much exposition, but just enough to kind of know what was happening, and then the action started. Lots of cool explosions, lots of de...

Sorry it’s been forever since I’ve posted – I recently started a new job and it’s been monopolizing a lot of my time. Anyway, I have recently discovered possibly the greatest show in the history of everything: The Golden Girls. I mean, I knew about it and all, but I had never seen an episode until about a week ago. Not only is it probably the funniest show I have ever seen, it’s always fun to watch and it’s entertaining. I won’t bore you with the storyline – google it. But if you’ve never given it a try, do it. It’s worth it. The best part is that they show it ALL the time on tv, so I’ve already seen almost 30 episodes. Sophia is my favorite by far, and the best line I’ve heard so far was: “Look! There’s a black guy reading the news and it’s not even the weekend!” I laughed my ass off. Really. I’m not kidding. Watch a couple of episodes, no matter what you think about it. Hilarious. It’s like Sex and the City without the sex scenes and horse-face Sarah Jessica Parker. Woo! Plus, Bea A...

Today is April 1st. First of all, I can’t believe it’s already April – the new year just started, I swear. But I think April is going to be a good month. I start my new job (salaried and everything!) and the weather is nice again. But you know what is the best? That I am finally old enough that people don’t do April Fool’s Day stuff anymore. I used to really hate that when I was a kid. I mean, it’s hard enough to tell when someone is kidding or being serious, and then to have everyone around you doing it? Ugh. That’s definitely the worst. I guess that’s what you get when you get older. I hope by the time I turn 30 (I’ll be 26 this year) I will have gotten over the whole aging thing, because as of right now, I’m not really loving it. 26. That sounds old. But whatever. I’m just kicking it at the house today, hanging out with the animals and finally getting over this evil cold I spread around the house. Oops. Plus, yesterday I stepped on a tack. And not just ooh I pricked my foot stepped ...

So, go ahead and skip the new version of Fame that came out. If you saw the first one, then you know almost the exACT plot of the new one. There’s even a scene where one guy convinces a younger girl that he’ll get her an acting job if he can tape her audition and tries to sleep with her, etc etc. You know how that one ends. Some of the cool dance and music scenes were okay, but mostly it was lame. Same old. Why do they keep doing that anyway? Remaking movies that shouldn’t ever be remade like Fame and Starsky & Hutch and it’s stupid. Grumble. At least the professors were Kelsey Grammar, Bebe Neuwirth and Meagan Mullally.

I always watch the MTV award shows, including the movie one, because it’s usually fun and most of the celebrities show up to accept them. The categories this year are pretty funny, and I decided to cast my votes this morning. I haven’t seen a lot of the films that are nominated (like Jennifer’s Body and The Bounty Hunter), but it’s still fun to vote anyway. Here are the categories and who I voted for, regardless of who will win. Some awards shows are fun because you can predict the winners, like at the Oscars and the Golden Globes, but I like the MTV awards because it’s just for fun. So here goes… Best Kiss – I only saw a few of the nominees, and am voting for Valentine’s Day, whether it’s the Taylors or Jennifer Garner/Ashton Kutcher. That movie was adorable. I’m thinking it will go to one of them, or maybe to the lesbian kiss in The Runaways, because, you know. Best Fight – Any of the Star Trek ones would be great, as would the fight in Obsessed between Ali Larter and Beyonce. But I ...

Last night, Ryan and I watched Ninja Assassin and The Final Destination and here are my thoughts. Both of the films had pretty bad dialogue and were a bit overdramatic, but they were both enjoyable and fun to watch. Ninja Assassin was particularly awesome, especially because you could kind of tell their operating budget probably wasn’t very high. Matrix-like effects, sweet fight choreography, it was great. It was a bit gory for my taste – it would have been just as good without the random spurting blood and decapitations and grossness. But it didn’t really detract from it – after awhile you got used to it. But see the movie if you get the chance – of course, it was predictable, like any movie like this is, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t great. And seriously, who doesn’t love a good ninja movie? As for The Final Destination, which is the fourth and final one in the series, it was definitely better than I expected. The third one was pretty awful, but the second one has always been one o...

The problem with high expectations is that you’re almost always disappointed. Take Richard Alpert’s episode this past Tuesday on LOST. They acted like it was this huge reveal that he came over on the Black Rock. We knew that already, whether they had expressly said it or not. We also knew that he can’t die, blah blah blah. What was kind of cool was that it was the smoke monster who saved Richard, and maybe even brought him back to life. That was different. I think they’re trying to get me to question if the smoke monster is bad or good, if Jacob is good or evil. And I was over the moon when they suggested the island might be hell. As someone who is still clinging to purgatory, that was pretty neat. I’m sure it isn’t, and it will be something shitty. Mostly, the episode just made me sad. Sad for Richard and his crappy life. But I don’t really feel like I learned anything new that I hadn’t already figured out on my own, you know? It’s like they rotate between a terrible episode and an aw...

Another Chatroulette Musical!. Seriously, watch this video it is hilarious. I assume they edited out all of the penises because there are a lot on chatroulette. And if you don’t know what chatroulette is, man, get with the times. A super bonus is that it stars Ben Folds, who I love. LOOOVE. He is great and genius-like. Enjoy!! LOST post coming later, and also possibly something about Dancing With the Stars, which is obnoxious.

Lady Gaga’s new single “Telephone” has been out for awhile, and the video was just released a week or so ago. The best place to see it besides youtube is ladygaga.com. It really isn’t that great overall – it’s like 10 minutes, so that’s kind of cool. The funniest part is that Beyonce has a small part and she does Gaga choreography. Gaga’s stuff is kind of herky jerky and a little bizarre, and so it makes for good tv to see Beyonce trying to pull it off – which she does okay. I don’t know – I think the “Bad Romance” video is better, probably because of the song and the choreography. It’s great. There are two things I’m concerned about, though.Gaga’s weight and makeup. She has always been thin, but now she’s crazy super skinny and I don’t want her to look like Victoria Beckham, you know? And she is actually very pretty, but she wears this scary drag makeup lately that makes her look crazy. No wonder people think she’s a man, right? The super dark and thick eyebrows are strange and it’s j...

What is the greatest game ever, you ask? Just Dance for the Wii. Youtube some videos if you want to see people doing it, but it is hilarious and awesome, and actually a pretty good workout.

There is a show on NBC right now called “Who Do You Think You Are?” which is freaking awesome, especially if you like history. Celebrities, with the help of ancestry.com, try to track their family history until they find something cool. It shows these people going to historical societies and archives, searching census records and all the kinds of things that we historians study that nobody else really knows about or knows how to find. It’s worth watching. And as of now, there have only been two episodes, and they’re probably online somewhere. It’s awesome, I swear. Watch it! History!

I was nervous about the final season of LOST because I had a feeling that it was going to be a huge and massive disappointment. But actually, although there have been a few episodes that sucked it hard, but two in particular were great. Not surprisingly, they were the episodes about Locke and Ben, and they’re my favorite characters. But they were also the episodes where you find out [SPOILER ALERT] that the numbers are associated with the six candidates – you also find out what a candidate is. And in Ben’s episode you find out that everyone who has been touched by Jacob can’t die. BANANAS. I also love the new Richard Alpert, because he’s scared all the time and confused, and Jack is the crazy unpredictable one. I absolutely love it. So who can’t die? Kate (Jacob touched her on the nose when she was trying to steal that lunchbox), Sawyer (when he was writing the letter to Sawyer), Sayid (when Nadia died), Locke (when he was pushed out of the building), Sun & Jin (at their wedding), ...

Now that I have had a day to think about it, I think I’m actually more bitter than before that Avatar didn’t win Best Picture. And here is why. It’s the same concept I was talking about before about Best Costume Design. It doesn’t matter how good the costuming was in a contemporary movie, if your film was set in Victorian England or something, you’re going to win whether you actually deserve it or not. It’s just a fact. It is sort of the same thing with Best Picture and Best Director. Kathyn Bigelow was a woman, and no woman had ever won Best Director, so she got it. It’s all political and that is crazy. It’s movies for crying out loud. The best one wins. Not the one you think will make you seem more socially aware or whatever, but the best one. And the best one was Avatar – but it was more anti-government and pro-environment and The Hurt Locker was patriotism all the way. So of course it won. I could almost understand if Avatar was a misunderstood movie and the amazingness hadn’t yet...

I am currently at 12/13 and they are reading the nominees for Best Visual Effects, which also seems obvious to me because Avatar is so freaking ground breaking. I like that District 9 and Star Trek were also nominated, but come on. And the winner is… Avatar! This was really the award that honored the amazing and groundbreaking stuff they did. And for crying out loud, he thanked James Cameron too! It’s a conspiracy. 13/14. Best Documentary: The Cove which I saw part of and it was great. 14/15. Best Editing – this one could go either way… and the winner is… The Hurt Locker which is suprisingly what I picked. In my opinion, these awards aren’t that important. Not like, say, Visual Effects. 15/16. Best Foreign Language Film: The Secret in the Eyes, which is not what I picked. Damn. Although, I haven’t seen any of these either, but I’ll count this one I guess. 15/17. Okay, now here are the awards that actually matter. Best Actor. They are talking about each nominee before they announce who ...

I decided that picking shorts was stupid because I’d never seen any of them, so I’m currently at 4/4, which is pretty good so far. Best Make-up: Star Trek!!! 5/5 and I am very happy because they definitely deserved it. It’s not like Avatar could have been nominated anyway, because it was all CGI. I’m thinking about not including Best Documentary either, because I haven’t seen those yet either. We will see. While they show the nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay, I want to say that Rachel McAdams has a gorgeous dress on. Precious won, which is cool, but I chose Up in the Air, so I’m at 5/6. He seems happy about it, so that’s nice. Best Supporting Actress… this should be an easy one… and the winner is… Mo’Nique! Yay! I am super happy about this one because she was amazing. She got a standing ovation too, which is neat – I would cry if Meryl Streep stood up for me. 6/7. Best Art Direction goes to… Avatar!! Hooray! 7/8. I am excited that they got that – not that there was any real contest...

Here we go! We all know which awards actually matter, but I went ahead and made predictions for all of them – see the below posts for those. I honestly believe that Avatar deserves to win almost everything – it truly is an amazing film and anyone who says otherwise is a liar. The Hurt Locker was okay, but it was by no means as amazing as Avatar and everybody knows it. By the way, did you know that the lead in Avatar isn’t American? Son of a bitch. Zoe Saldena needs to work on her interview skills. She sucks and her dress is hideous. I’m just saying. Okay, so the awards don’t start until 8:30pm, so now I’m just watching bad dresses walk down the red carpet. No real standouts, except Sandra Bullock’s dress and makeup were kind of lame and boring. I’m waiting for some actual stars, but maybe they’re already there and E! sucks and missed them. And why isn’t Ernst & Young doing the tabulation this year? Weird. And seriously, there is NO WAY they’re going to let Kathy Ireland interview p...

So, apparently there have been some rumors about The Hurt Locker and some negative email campaigns against the other Best Picture nominees. There were two emails sent out by Nicolas Chartier, one of the producers of the film, basically bashing the other nominees. According to the rules and regulations of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, you can’t send mailings of any kind that “attempt to promote any film or achievement by casting a negative light on a competing film or achievement,” so he is an idiot. He has since apologized and claimed he didn’t know the rules (which is just plain stupid and impossible). Possible disciplinary measures include a public censure of Chartier being a douche, not letting him come to the ceremony, refusing to let him into the academy, and last but not least, removing The Hurt Locker from the Best Picture race. Okay, we all know they aren’t going to do the last one. When the emails were sent, the Academy said they had already received almost ...

The Academy Awards are given out on Sunday, and I’m starting to get pretty excited about it. As always, there are only six awards that really matter, but I’m going to give it a shot and predict all the categories, just to see how I do - but officially I only care about the top six. Here goes… Best Picture——————-Avatar Best Actor———————Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart Best Actress——————-Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side Best Supporting Actor——-Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds Best Supporting Actress—–Mo’Nique, Precious Best Director——————-Kathyn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker (i really want James Cameron) Best Screenplay—————-The Hurt Locker Best Adapted Screenplay—–Up in the Air Best Cinematography———-Avatar Best Editing———————-The Hurt Locker Best Art Direction————–Avatar Best Costume Design———–The Young Victoria (I wish it was Nine, though) Best Makeup———————Star Trek Best Original Score————–Michael Giacchino, Up (LOST!) Best Original Song—————”The Weary Kind,” Crazy Heart Best Sound Mixing————...

Here are my current predictions for the Oscars – I haven’t seen all the films yet, but this is what I think as of right now: - Best Picture – It has to be Avatar. Seriously. Nothing else comes close and if The Hurt Locker wins, that sucks. - Best Actor – Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart – see the post below. - Best Acress – The only one I haven’t seen is Helen Mirren in The Last Station, but I think Sandra Bullock has this locked up… although I would love to see Meryl Streep win. Hmm.. - Best Supporting Actor – Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds. Stanley Tucci rocked his performance, but Waltz was genius. - Best Supporting Actress – Mo’Nique, Precious. Nobody else is even on the radar. - Best Director – It should be James Cameron, I mean for real, but I bet Kathryn Bigelow gets it for The Hurt Locker. I bet whoever gets Best Picture doesn’t get Best Director.

As you all know, I have been trying insanely hard to find a copy of this movie to watch it before the Oscars next month, and had been completely unsuccessful. Thankfully, I live in Dayton, Ohio, where we have The Neon Movies that shows more independent films and stuff that doesn’t come to regular theatres. And they are currently showing Crazy Heart, so it was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up, and I’m glad I didn’t because I really enjoyed the film. Wait, strike that. I really loved Jeff Bridges. The movie, not so much. Maggie Gyllenhaal? Definitely not. I really hate her and her saggy boobs. I know that’s a horrible thing to say, but I swear, it’s not like she doesn’t know – so why not wear a bra every once in awhile, right? And her face is very droopy too – ugh. She is also a shitty actress, which is why I don’t understand why she was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar – there’s no way. She sucks. I don’t really want to give away the story, because you should see the movie...

Okay, so they’re making a huge deal at the Winter Olympics this year about how Apolo Ohno has now tied Bonnie Blair with six medals at the games. Except not really. Bonnie Blair won FIVE GOLD MEDALS. FIVE. Ohno only has two, and a crapload of bronzes. So while it technically is the same number as Blair has, and he will probably get more at the games this year, is it really equal? She won five for crying out loud. Even if she only had three, it would still kick his ass. If you think I’m wrong, just look at the faces of the teams and individuals who get silver and bronze – not always happy. It’s because it’s just not as good as gold, and everyone knows it. So I guess it’s a big deal that he will surpass the number of medals total, he will never be as cool as Bonnie Blair. He just won’t. Plus he has that really lame facial hair, so he’s got that working against him too. Ugh he’s obnoxious.

Okay, seriously. Women are terrible at moguls. TERRIBLE. And you wouldn’t know it at first, but then when you see the men go it’s bananas. They are 5-10 seconds faster, they hardly EVER crash, and the air they get is sick. So… yeah. Women, this is not your sport. It’s like women’s basketball, for real.

I took a class in grad school titled “Mental Health and Contemporary Fiction” and we read a book by Alice Sebold. That is how I came upon The Lovely Bones, the book and the film. The book was… well… to be honest I didn’t really enjoy it. At first it was interesting and good, but then it got weird and boring and kind of lame. There was a lot of skimming towards the end of the book, and I am not ashamed to tell you that. But, nonetheless, I wanted to see the film. Stanley Tucci, Mark Wahlburg, Susan Sarandon – I can’t pass something like that up even if I wanted to. But I’ll tell you what – they did a good job on making a kind of crappy book into a decent movie, and I believe that is all because of Stanley Tucci. I have always liked him, but he really is different and awesome in this film – totally creepy, but great. I think one of the best parts is that he doesn’t look or act like Stanley Tucci at all, except with his hands and little things like that. He is a great actor. Now, in the b...

First of all, let me be clear. I’m talking about Nine the musical, not 9 the weird animated movie. That movie was seriously weird and not that good. Rob Marshall, the same guy who did Chicago brilliantly, also directs Nine, which is a musical about a famous Italian director (Daniel Day-Lewis) who is trying to film a movie called Italia and at the start of the film there is no real script or creative vision. You realize the whole movie is going to be about him and his relationships between all these women – his wife, his mother, his mistress, his muse. The cast is a little weird, but there are some big names: Nicole Kidman, Penelope Cruz, Judi Dench, Fergie, Kate Hudson, Sophia Loren (who, by the way, needs to lay off the face lifts), Marion Cotillard. Somehow, Fergie comes across a little chubby, which is weird and doesn’t make much sense – maybe she put on some weight for the role or something. Anyway, so the movie starts with a song introducing all the major characters in wordless so...

I am currently rewatching the season premiere of LOST season 6, and I have noticed a few extra things that I missed the first time around. First off, apparently they aren’t still in 1977. I totally missed that scene the first time – they show up at the Swan wreckage after Desmond blew it up. So are they in 2005 or whenever that was? Or have they caught up to the same time period as John Locke and Sun and Richard? Second, I guess Jacob really is dead – but what was he? He could be just like Richard maybe and just never ages, but then how does he have magical special powers and can bring people to the island but can die that easily – because let’s face it, it was way too easy to kill him and Mr. X Smoke Monster Man should have been able to do that forever ago. Speaking of people who die really easily, let’s talk about Jacob’s people who find John Locke’s body. They died way too fast and way too easily, which leads me to believe that when Jacob dies and says “they’re coming,” he isn’t tal...

Well, last night was the season premiere of the final season of LOST. I don’t really have much to say about it, but I will say this. There is nothing I hate more than a TV show that makes it seem like some discovery is a huge deal even though the audience totally knew it already. For example, we already knew that John Locke was in the casket and his body was inhabited by the smoke monster aka Mr. X. This was not surprising. At all. For me, it was also not surprising that there are now alternate timelines, one of which is on the island after the explosion and the other that restarts as if the crash never happened. I figured this out forever ago, for real. I do like that it seems as though everyone’s life is shittier now that they didn’t crash on the island – except Charlie, because being in jail is better than being dead, at least in my opinion. But Rose will be dying soon probably, and Jin is going to prison or something, and John Locke is still very sad, which makes me very sad. But a...

Not only are the Academy Award nominations announced today, but the season premiere of LOST is tonight!!! I will be at work until around seven, but expect lots of posts after then about the premiere and the noms! Hooray!!!

Okay, first of all, the Grammys sucked this year. Hard. Harder than last year, which was pretty much impossible. The performances were lame overall and off-key, and they only presented a handful of awards. Lady Gaga and Elton John started the night off with a basically lame performance – they’re both great but it was dull. I also don’t understand why they give out so few awards – I had no idea Beyonce won six awards until I read the paper this morning, and that’s crazy. I looked forward to the Oscars in March, because it hardly ever disappoints – unlike the Grammys. Ugh.

Now, I am not as obsessed with the Grammys as I am with the Globes or the Oscars or even the Emmys. As a result, my predictions are usually WAY off because I pick the songs and albums and artists I like the best rather than which was the most successful or what the most people liked. But I don’t care. I am not concerned if my percentage of picking sucks. Whatever. So, here are my predictions based on my personal taste – maybe I’ll win one or two this year! Album of the Year: Nominees are Beyonce, The Black Eyed Peas, Dave Matthews, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift. First off, no way Dave Matthews wins because Dave Matthews blows and everybody knows it. Disturbingly, Entertainment Weekly seems to think he will win. Yuck. In my opinion, it HAS to be Lady Gaga. She is the most entertaining and I believe she’s had the most singles off the album, unless Taylor Swift has more. So maybe it goes to Taylor, but I pick Lady Gaga because I love her and she is amazing. Song of the Year: Nominees are “S...