Archive for January, 2008

JibJab “In 2007?

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

JibJab’s pop-culture pugilism needs no introduction. They were one of the early pioneers of internet virals, and after years in the game they’ve remained true to their roots.

“In 2007,” a look back on a fun year for everyone involved, recently aired on The Tonight Show and on The Today Show. If you look closely, you’ll find some pretty sophisticated animation going on here. In addition to some nice secondary movement, the overall design is fun without upstaging the caricatured celebrities. (My favorite moment is when a meditative Steve Jobs blisses out in front of an iPhone.)

Brian Evans to Sing National Anthem for Clippers On Saturday

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 9, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Brian Evans will perform his 32nd national anthem rendition for a major league sports game on Saturday, January 12th, 2007 at Staples Center in Los Angeles.

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

no country for old menThe Coen brothers are back with their first full length feature since The Ladykillers (2004). As a long time admirer of their collaborative works, I was looking forward to seeing No Country for Old Men (2007) which is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy. As I sat in the theater, watching it fill up on a Saturday afternoon, it was hard to keep my expectations in check. A new movie, by two of my favorite directors, with two well liked actors in lead roles, based on the novel by one of my favorite writers that has been getting great reviews all over town; of course I was expecting something to blow me away.
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DVD Review: The Tudors – The Complete First Season

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Doesn?t offer much more than what was available during the show?s original broadcast.
Written by Caballero OscuroIt turns out your high school teacher was right: history can be fun! Showtime’s take on The Tudors ratchets up the sex and violence of jolly old England and features a preening pretty boy king seemingly more at home on the catwalk than the throne. As played by Jonathan Rhys Mayers, young King Henry VIII pouts and…

DVD Review: Eagle Vs Shark

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Misfits in love tale never gets off the ground.
I was sure I was going to like this movie. How can you go wrong with a quirky tale of outcasts finding love in each other? It seems to be the perfect subject for a cult-style film. However, the creative team behind Eagle Vs Shark found a way to sink the premise and offer up a film that is funny in spurts, boring in spurts, and ultimately…

DVD Review: Che Guevara – Where You’d Never Imagine Him

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Someday somebody will make a great film about Che Guevara, but this isn’t it.
Written by El ConquistadorkoChe Guevara: Where You'd Never Imagine Him, a 108-minute documentary by Cuban director Manuel Perez purports to be a surprise-filled expose of the famous Argentinean revolutionary, but it's little more than a propaganda piece that shamelessly aims to use Guevara's legacy to bolster Castro regime's…

Movie Review: Superbad

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

The Apatow comedy crew descends further into sophomoric vulgarity and squanders whatever drama they attempt to explore.
It was bound to happen at some point. The younger the characters in Judd Apatow’s comedy universe, the greater the temptation would become for the guys to use it as an excuse to deliver every single dirty, filthy phrase they can think of. Now that the main characters are teenagers in Superbad, they have free rein to go for the cheapest…

Safer Sex Airlines

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Make your frequent flier miles work harder for you.

Runtime: 39 sec

Decoy!

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

Decoy!

Amy Winehouse goes blonde

Wednesday, January 9th, 2008

A shockingly blonde Amy Winehouse was spotted in London today. Apparently she woke up this morning and decided to demonstrate what Britney Spears would look like with a real drug problem: “I’ll show them Yanks a thing or two,” she said. “Alright then, time for me breakfast: cocaine on toast. Hold the toast. Scrumdiddlyumptious! Now off to change me knickers in the car then to the market. I want to rest my peepers on them magazines before lunch at Mr. Doherty’s. He’s serving crack on a spoon; my bloody favorite!”
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