Johnny Depp ain't no Pirate

"Bedtime stories from Jack Sparrow?? Amazing"

From Perez Hilton today:

"Johnny Depp has donated $2 million to the British hospital that treated his daughter when she was sick last year with kidney failure.

Last week, Depp invited doctors and nurses from the hospital to the London premiere of Sweeney Todd.

And, back in November, Johnny spent four hours at the hospital telling bedtime stories to patients dressed as Captain Jack Sparrow after having his Pirates Of The Caribbean costume flown over from Los Angeles.

Depp's daughter mysteriously got E.coli poisoning last year. She's doing well now."

Golden Globe Winners

I know... golden what? Given only 7 million people watched the broadcast, a lot of folks may not know the winner list:

From Rottentomatoes:

MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Atonement

MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Julie Christie, Away From Her

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - DRAMA
Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Marion Cotillard, La Vie en rose

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE - COMEDY OR MUSICAL
Johnny Depp, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Ratatouille

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There

PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A MOTION PICTURE
Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

DIRECTOR - MOTION PICTURE
Julian Schnabel, The Diving Bell And The Butterfly

SCREENPLAY - MOTION PICTURE
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, No Country For Old Men

ORIGINAL SCORE - MOTION PICTURE
Dario Marianelli, Atonement

ORIGINAL SONG - MOTION PICTURE
"Guaranteed" from Into the Wild

I heart Imagechef

Imagechef lets you write whatever you want on a ton of different templates (sidewalk, sand, tramp stamp, etc) and easily post it to your blog or social network profile. Neato!

Stephen Colbert vs. Barak Obama

"Stephen puts Obama on notice"

From IMDB news today:
"At the end of the show, Stewart segued to Stephen Colbert, who seemed to be caught feeding his script into a shredder, destroying any evidence that he might be breaking strike rules against writing his monologue. Later, Colbert remarked that Barack Obama had said he would not appear on his program during the strike but that he has said that he wanted to talk to the leaders of Iran, North Korea and Syria. "He'll talk to them," Colbert scolded, "but he won't talk to me?"

Must See Movies of 2008

"Doogie Howser Was Never This Magnificent"

/Film has just released their list of 55 Must See Movies of 2008 and I'm pumped to see a whole lot of them. I'm gonna take a quick stab at categorizing some of them into what I think are really "must see" and what's actually just overrated and I'll look forward to seeing how on/off target I am later on.

Must See:
The Other Boelyn Girl, Wanted, Harold & Kumar 2, Speed Racer, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Indiana Jones & The Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Get Smart, Wall-E, Hancock, Hellboy 2: The Golden Army, The Dark Knight, Where the Wild Things Are, The Time Traveler's Wife, James Bond 22, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Bruno, Shantaram

Overrated:
Cloverfield, Be Kind Rewind, Jumper, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Horton Hears A Who!, 21, Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Valkyrie, The Day the Earth Stood Still, Angles & Demons, Star Trek

I, Roomba

Roomba Violates All Three Laws Of Roombotics

CHARLOTTE, NC—While the Roomba is only programmed to vacuum, its owner, 35-year-old claims adjuster Ken Graney now fears it may have taught itself to tidy up.

Pleo The Destroyer

Jenn: ... do you know what the pleo is?
Me: nope
Jenn: I don't know if I want to have one, or destroy all the ones that exist
Jenn: well, go to amazon and search "pleo" and then watch the video
Me: the dinosaur?
Jenn: yeah
Me: I'm so fascinated
Jenn: it's totally the end of us
Jenn: I want one
Jenn: but if I get it, one day it's descendants will destroy me
Jenn: in the inevitable war against mainkind
Jenn: what side will YOU be on
Me: I'm on team pelo
Me: All hail the omnipotent pleo
Jenn: nooo!
Jenn: PLEO YOU BASTARD!
Jenn: GIVE MY SISTER BACK TO HUMANITY
Me: but master pleo is so kind
Jenn: AHHGGG!
Jenn: I'm serious. First Roomba... now Pleo
Jenn: Please dear god...
Jenn: don't let them mate

Top 5 Most Undeserving Movies of 2007

"Not hot"

Here's a list of 5 awful movies from 2007 that made way too much money at the US box office. I'll keep saying it: if you keep watching them they'll keep making them. United front people!

Spider-Man 3 ($336 mil)- Sam Raimi turned Spiderman into a singing, dancing, crying emo whiner in this disjointed threequel.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer ($131 mil) - Another unnecessary sequel; they also somehow managed to turn the usually epic Silver Surfer into a bland popcorn flick character.

I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry ($119 mil) - A homophobic, condescending pile of inconsequential slapstick and yet another reminder that Adam Sandler should have stopped making movies after Billy Madison.

National Treasure: Book of Secrets ($100 mil so far) - Nicholas Cage phones it in again in this wannabe Indiana Jones, quasi-patriotic family film that's inevitably going to turn into a full fledged franchise.

Saw IV ($63 mil)- Movie producers, please make a new year's resolution to stop making torture porn. Pretty please?

Holidy Movie Breakdown 2007

A dog is post-apocalypse man's best friend

Excited about:
I Am Legend - Will Smith wins again and there ain't nothing wrong with that
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story - the cameos alone make this Judd Apatow film worth it
Atonement - Keira Knightley and James McAvoy in a sweeping war drama
Juno - A witty teen pregnancy comedy from the people behind Thank You for Smoking

I'll need convincing to see:
Charlie Wilson's War - Something about the Tom Hanks and Julia Roberts pairing is just too much. Smug A-listers making another Oscar movie
National Treasure: Book of Secrets - If you keep watching them they'll keep making them
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - ANOTHER Johnny Depp/Helena Bonham-Carter/Tim Burton eccentric/gothic movie??
The Bucket List - Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman being old
The Kite Runner - Just read the book

Guiltily paying money to see:
Alvin and the Chipmunks - My nostalgia is getting the best of me on this one - praying that it's at least better than Garfield: A Tale of Two Kittens

Won't Bother with:
P.S. I Love You, Water Horse: Legend of the Deep, Alien vs. Predator: Requiem, The Perfect Holiday

Chow Yun-Fat is still a credible actor (?)

"Someone needs a new agent"

From RottenTomatoes today:

"Chow Yun-Fat has joined the cast of James Wong's live-action Dragonball adaptation. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Chow will play Master Roshi, mentor to Goku (played by Justin Chatwin), "a warrior alien who protects the Earth from an endless stream of rogues bent on dominating the universe and controlling mystical objects known as Dragon Balls."

best Will Ferrell SNL skit ever

Peace in Middle Earth

"Bilbo's finally getting a makeover"

From IMDB news:

Filmmaker Peter Jackson has signed on to produce two movies based on author J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, after resolving his legal feud with studio bosses over unpaid royalties. Jackson has been involved in a long and bitter despite with bosses at New Line Cinema after claiming he had not been properly paid following the success of the Lord Of The Rings trilogy, which he directed. But Jackson has now settled the disagreement and has confirmed he will be on board for the two new films, both of which are prequels to the Lord Of The Rings. He says, "I'm very pleased that we've been able to put our differences behind us. We are delighted to continue our journey through Middle Earth." A director for the two new Tolkien movies has yet to be announced.

first look: Where the Wild Things Are

Remember these?

The pajamas!

Here are 2 pics from the movie adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are (2009). Can't wait!

The Golden Compass angers me

polar bears should always be wearing badass armor

So I watched The Golden Compass last week and was disappointed to find out how dumbed down it was compared to its source. Just about all of the cool philosophical/theological themes are gone, leaving you with a basic "good vs. evil" story in a waay too complicated universe.

What's dust? Why are the Gobblers kidnapping kids? What side are the witches/polar bears/Russian guys/Mongolians fighting on and why? Keep asking yourself those questions, 'cause the movie sure as hell won't be answering any of them for you.

On the plus side, the casting and cgi was spot on. I enjoyed Nicole Kidman and Ian McKellen's voice performance very much and any scene with a polar bear in it was pretty damn exciting.

w00t is now legit

From Perezhilton.com:

Merriam-Webster has officially added "w00t" to the dictionary.

Based on votes from visitors to their Web site, the expression is the #1 Word of the Year for 2007.

w00t (interjection):
expressing joy (it could be after a triumph, or for no reason at all); similar in use to the word “yay”

w00t! I won the contest!

This year’s winning word first became popular in competitive online gaming forums as part of what is known as l33t (”leet,” or “elite”) speak—an esoteric computer hacker language in which numbers and symbols are put together to look like letters. Although the double “o” in the word is usually represented by double zeroes, the exclamation is also known to be an acronym for “we owned the other team”—again stemming from the gaming community.

Christian Bale is: Bat Terminator

"Is this the face of a nightmarish science fiction demi-god?"

From IMDB news today:

"Batman Begins actor Christian Bale has reportedly signed up to star in the fourth Terminator film. The actor will play John Connor in Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins, which is to be directed by Charlie's Angels filmmaker McG. The character of John Connor has previously been played by Edward Furlong in 1991's Terminator II: Judgement Day and Nick Stahl in 2003's Terminator 3: Rise Of The Machines. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who starred in the first three Terminator films, is not expected to be a part of the fourth installment."

Energy menergy

Enchanted with Amy Adams

"A dress made out of a curtain does not a Scarlett O'Hara make"

Just watched Enchanted and was VERY impressed with Amy Adams and James Marsden, who both played convincing and extremely lovable Disney stereotypes come to life. Add some music by the composer behind classics like Little Mermaid and Aladdin and you've got a surefire holiday hit (and the source material to "Enchanted On Ice").

This.. is.. Beowulf!

"the legend of beowulf crossed with a fanboy's wet dream"

I just watched Beowulf (in 3D) and was VERY impressed by the visuals, the acting, and Angelina Jolie's awesome demon body. More importantly, I was really digging the creativity of this modern re-envisioning of a legendary hero; trust me, this isn't the Beowulf you read in high school.


Hollywood, keep em coming! There's hope for the movie industry yet.

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