You know the scene in Romeo Must Die where Jet Li’s character is losing in a fight to a girl because he “can’t hit a girl,” so instead, he maneuver’s Aaliyah’s character’s body to fight the girl?
If you think about it, he’s really hitting two girls…
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I can’t hit girl!
Posted in Al Observes Things, Movies on February 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Keenan Thompson and the Texas cheerleader scandal
Posted in Cut to the Chase on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Keenan Thompson continues to get laughs with his “confused bystander” character on SNL. What’s his secret? Is it that his viewers find themselves easily able to identify with his character as many have at some time in their lives been confused bystanders? Is it his trademark “surprised” facial expression?
No. The answer is much more devious. [...]
Gad Elmaleh can do NO wrong!
Posted in Movies on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I watched La Doublure (English Title: The Valet) yesterday, and it’s wonderfully written French comedy starring Gad Elmaleh. Once again, Elmaleh plays a poor man with a crappy job (as he did in Hors de prix). Typecast alert?
Maybe. But it’s hard to say. Looking at IMDB, he’s in 31 films, and I’ve only see [...]
Cut to the Chase – True Beauty, 24, and The City (Reconsidered)
Posted in Cut to the Chase on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is the exciting beginning of a new season of television shows. Three that I have been following are “True Beauty,” “24,” and “The City.”
Let’s start with “True Beauty.” This show is a reality TV competition in which 3 judges deceive a group of people into believing they are in a beauty competition even though [...]
Pan’s Labyrinth 2: The Streets
Posted in Movies on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Due to the feedback given by Mike Lynch, who hates Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo del Toro will be releasing a sequel to the modernized fairy tale set in war torn Spain. Tentatively titled Pan’s Labyrinth 2: The Streets will differ from Pan’s Labyrinth in that:
It will be less visually stunning. If viewers do admire this film, [...]
Cut to the Chase – Girls that can play soccer just as well as the boys can
Posted in Cut to the Chase, Movies on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gracie and Viola are two girls with similar problems. They want to beat their school’s rival boys’ soccer team, and they both have vaginas. To overcome this obstacle, the two have very different strategies.
Gracie’s strategy starts with asking her father to train her. Then, she and her father petition the school board to allow girls [...]
CTTC THREEFER TWO – You Got Served, Step Up 2, and Never Back Down
Posted in Cut to the Chase, Movies on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember back in the day when “tough” generally described the people that could physically hurt you? Generally, this would be the bully that was bigger or the big group of kids that you feared because they had less to lose than you. The movie You Got Served doesn’t follow this pattern.
You Got Served [...]
Cidade de Deus, but in New York, and the exact opposite
Posted in Cut to the Chase on December 30, 2008 | 1 Comment »
MTV made my day today with the series premiere of The City, a reality-TV-documentary style spin-off of a spin-off (The Hills) of Laguna Beach.
Now, I’ve never really followed Laguna Beach or The Hills, but after watching the first two episodes of The City, I’ve decided that I’m really glad that there are people out there [...]
Cut to the Chase – Priceless, Happenstance, and Garden Party THREE-FER!
Posted in Cut to the Chase, Movies on December 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sally, clear my calendar for tomorrow (Sally’s my secretary). I’m going to go to the crafts store so I can buy 7 white t-shirts (one for each day of the week) and a silk screening kit. I’m going to make 7 t-shirts that say, “I <3 Audrey Tautou” (it’ll be a variation on the “I [...]
Cut to the Chase – The Terrorist of the Opera
Posted in Cut to the Chase, Movies on December 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Phantom of the Opera is a gothic novel from 1910. In 1986, Andrew Lloyd Webber decided, “Broadway doesn’t have enough flashing lights and loud bangs, so I’m going to make this into a musical.” In 2004, Joel Schumacher (Batman & Robin, Ice to meet you), directs the film adaptation of the musical adaptation of [...]
