Officially a Slacker!

But it's a good thing my cousin isn't!

Check out his blog, and in the future when I post anything, I'll post it on his blog as well

http://samfisher2.blogspot.com/


ENJOY!!!!!

Guest Blogger!

My first guest Blogger!!!!

 The Stuph File Podcast:

For those of you like me looking for an interesting yet funny podcast, take a look at Peter Anthony Holder's Stuph File Program. Each week in his podcast, he includes a couple guests and tons of laughs from wacky stories he finds in the news. Some of his guests include Academy Award Nominee Juanita Wilson, actress of NBC's new comedy The Community Yvette Nicole Brown and lastly author of Roadside Baseball Chris Epting. Peter's podcast is out every monday and it's well worth the listen! (http://www.peteranthonyholder.com/ or itunes)

Sam

Thanks Sammy!!!

Something to look forward to

For anyone who was a fan of Amelie, the director (Jean-Pierre Jeunet) has created a new film that looks to be equally incredible

Micmacs should be coming out in limited release this summer, so keep an eye out, because truly original films don't often get made, let alone seen in a  movie theater

Slacking!

I'll cut right to it since it's been a while...

Saw Hot Tub Time Machine and it was great!

It's along the lines of The Hangover, though not that good, but definitely had it's moments of hilarity.  At one point I almost threw up I was laughing so hard... Now that's funny!

Go see it especially if you're a child of the '80's, if for no other reason than because the music rocks, and not in the duran duran way, but in the Motley Crew kinda way!!!!

Stuff other people say

From what I've read, CBS is trying to make a TV show based on a guys twitter feed called "Shit My Dad Says" (If they can figure out a network appropriate name)

A few Gems include:

- "Don't ask for my opinion then. I said congrats on the car, just saying nobody's panties are getting wet from a fucking Honda Accord."

- "STOP apologizing. You're sorry, he gets it, Jesus. You spilled a glass of wine, not fucked his wife."

- "I just want silence. Jesus, it doesn't mean I don't like you. It just means right now, I like silence more."

But before there was this guys Dad (at least documented for everyone to read), or even twitter for that matter, there was this guys kid which had me laughing out loud (as apposed to lol)

He has a point with some of them:

- "I don't understand why I have to go to school at all, the internet knows more than all the teachers there put together."

:)

due to work

I've been slacking. Hope this clip makes up for it!



enjoy
k

"Does this look like a team oriented bunch of individuals to you?"

I LOVE IT!!!!!!

I AM OFFICIALLY EXCITED FOR PREDATORS

Predators Movie Trailer - Trailer

And as a bonus friday funny, check out this site for a guy who pretended to be a 10 year old and wrote letters to famous people and groups to see what they would reply

-enjoy the weekend

Chatroulette

If you haven't seen chatroulette.com, then well...

This is how I feel about it





But there are a few moments worth sharing, like this classy guy

or these

Technology: The New and the Old

From the highest grossing film of all time, here's a video of James Cameron talking about his inspiration for making Avatar




If you've never checked out www.ted.com , you're missing out. If you enjoyed documentaries like An Inconvenient Truth, or ever considered going to see speakers like William Clinton or Warren Buffet speak, it is highly recommended!


And now for the old, I stumbled upon this site and had a laugh. I remember getting this excited to record on a disk as well!

OMG!!!!

Could a Predator sequel actually be good!!!!




Trailer is coming out later in the week, but so far so good!!!!!

Finally!

It feels like I haven't written about movies in ages, and for no better reason than pure laziness of writing more than a sentence and attaching a youtube clip!

So, finally, here's a few of the films I've seen lately:

Shutter Island
I was hesitant to go see this film after seeing the trailers and thinking it was going to be a horror movie and that's just not my thing.  Well, I'm glad I went because it was great.  I don't want to ruin anything for anyone, but know this: a) Despite it's trailer, it is NOT a horror movie.  Scorsese does a great job of creating suspense and tension with the music and editing, but there are no boogie men, and no one is jumping out of the closet and killing everyone, and b) It's Martin Scorsese. If there are any directors out there that deserve some credit and your confidence that he will make a great film, it's him

Although, he should fire whoever ran his marketing campaign




Alice in Wonderland
I generally love the work of Tim Burton, so it hurts me to say that I was underwhelmed by this movie.  While much of the special effects are amazing (the Queen of Hearts was priceless), much of the CGI was awkward, and took me out of the movie.  I kept wondering how hard it would have been to digitally remove a gap from Johnny Depps teeth instead of putting some black putty on them, or why Krispen Glover (as the Jack of Hearts) looked so fake while he was riding his horse when they could have simply shot really horse riders... I still could have overlooked it's visual flaws, as there were definitely more good than bad, but it was the forced used of Depp in too many parts (WHAT IS UP WITH THAT DANCE SCENE?!?!?!  When/ If you see the movie, you'll know what I'm talking about) and the typical Hollywood movie battle of the 3rd act that is unforgivable.  Anyway, I don't want to bash it too much, it was... good... but just not as great as it should have been.  And definitely not what I was hoping for




-k

I'll get back to movies tomorrow

I meant to write a review or 2 today, but I saw this video and thought you may enjoy it...




When I see that, I actually like all those products, and can appreciate what they're trying (and mostly successful) at doing.

They're much better than apple because at least everything they do is free, and they don't come out with crapy first (and usually 2nd) versions of everything to make you buy  more...

Who's really evil?



-k

An Oscar Winning short that's worth watching

here>

Check out Logorama, this years animated short Oscar winner



and part 2





And if you don't have the 15 minutes to spare on those, spend 2 watching the new trailer for TRON 2!!!!




-k

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz........

Wow, now that was BORING!!!

Not even a swan dress or a dress held on by stickers!

It's funny, when I watched The Hurt Locker ages ago, I didn't think it was a great movie. Although, any film that kills of Bill Paxton deserves some recognition (as apposed to Bill Pullman... Can you tell them apart?!)

The best part was when it ended (an hour too late), and Jimmy Kimmel came on

Friday Funny

They brought back all of the SNL presidents for a Funny or Die sketch... Amazing seeing all these comedians together. Enjoy

So wrong but so funny!

and a late addition cause it made me laugh...

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

5 Toe salute to Roger Eberts new/old voice

I stumbled upon these shoes recently and can't wait to get a pair!





And if you didn't know, Reger Ebert a few years back had several operations on his throat and has 'lost his voice' (althuogh, if you read his work, it is most definetly still there)

A company has been able to 'give him his voice back' by putting together clips of all the words he has said on his shows and recorded work... Amazing





-k

Hurricane Hazel

If you've never watched Rick Mercer, he's most famous for his 'Talking to Americans' program, but his show (The Rick Mercer Report) is just as funny.  Enjoy this clip from his show with one of the most amazing women you'll ever see




and here's a little Talking to American's for your eye rolling pleasure



-enjoy
k

Randomness

Just some random stuff I found funny lately

For the Ladies

For the Men

For the Results

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Too fat and white

I've been busy watching the Olympics, and apart from laughing at Kevin Smith being too fat for the sky, the only show that I'm watching with original episodes is Lost, so I apologize for not posting about anything else lately!

Here's a guy who thinks he knows what George Bush has been up to since he left office




Back to KS, maybe he should send Southwest one of these babies!!!!!!!

Live Together or united or whatever, just avoid each other on the ice

I think this little clip summarizes this weekend at the Olympics for Canada...

To feel better, lets get back to movies!  I found this trailer for what looks like a promising movie, Centurion... Is it me, or do they give a throw out to Lost with their line, "Live united, or die divided"

More Centurion Videos

"Live Together, Die Alone"




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Lost on the Brain

For those of you who are keeping up with Lost and not waiting for THE END to watch it all on DVD, I found this great 'previously on Lost' clip that will make Tuesdays amazing episode that much better...




I'm off to watch the rest of their clips!
-K

Wow

Not much more you can say to this!  







And some random Olympic outfits for you.  4 years to come up with these...

Czech Republic at the Opening Ceremonies

Ukraine Skating Pairs

Norway Curling Team

I promise to appreciate the Hudson Bay Co.'s designers more in the future... 

Randomness

The Internet has some weird shit...


I wonder how long they had to wait for the Google Car to come around in order to pull this off?

And in the Olympic spirit, here's a moment to remember...





And a random ad for Glee...

enjoy

-k

This Weekend

Valentines day on Friday, and I'm sure some of you are considering going out to see a movie.  In case you decide on Valentines Day, starring everyone, here is one of the greatest summaries about a movie ever, courtesy of Roger Ebert...

"Valentine's Day" is being marketed as a Date Movie. I think it's more of a First-Date Movie. If your date likes it, do not date that person again. And if you like it, there may not be a second date."

More importantly, the Olympics start!!!!

GO CANADA!!!!!!!!!!



Have a great weekend,
K

Sarah Silverman

If you have not seen Sarah Silverman, go watch some now. She is absolutely one of the funniest comedians out there

She was on Letterman the other night, and gave a taste of what you can expect from her standup





And for the guys out there that want to write their Valentines something special on Sunday, enjoy




-k

LOST clip of Superman & Spiderman?!

While Lost has thus far been a little underwhelming, it's too late to back out now!

And since the theme on the show seems to be alternate realities (Or is it?!?), I found this clip showing what the Lost opening credits would have been had it been released in the 1970's






And in other news, Superman and Spiderman  are coming out in a new film together!!!!

Check out the footage that was leaked on the web!





-enjoy

Facebook who?

Google is taking on Facebook and Twitter with their new Google Buzz, check it out




See an article in the National Post here


And here's a montage (I can't say that word without thinking of Team America!) of films from the last decade that I found, enjoy!


the films of the 2000s from Paul Proulx on Vimeo.




-k

And a quick congrats

Way to go on your victory in the playoff pool Melissa!

It's a good thing that the team with the nicer colors won!

Superbowl Hangover

A few follow ups to the Superbowl ads that didn't make my favs list yesterday...

This Google ad was a little underwhelming...



But since then has been greatly improved upon...




And there was this quick commercial for How I Met Your Mother

When I saw it, I wondered what happened if you called the number, and here it is




enjoy,
k

Super Ads

Well, the Superbowl seemed to fly by last night, and I think it was a bit unfair making the Indy receivers dip their hands in concrete before the game, but what can you do.  Peyton should have been able to throw the ball into their pockets

One interesting fact about the game: On their way to winning the Superbowl, the Saints beat The Cardinals who have 2 time MVP Kurt Warner, the Vikings who have 3 time MVP Brett Favre, and finally the Colts led by 4 time MVP Manning.... I don't think that will ever be done again


Now, on to the commercials:  My picks for the best of the  bunch...

"The water compliments the room"
Also watch the mini movie they made here




"That's not what your girlfriend says"




How'd you like me now?



Punxsutawney Polamalu



"I wonder what would happen..."





What were your favs? Let me know



updated:
How could I forget this one!



-k

Then and Now

I'm still deciding  how I feel about the Lost premiere...

I liked the idea that 'it worked', and they avoided all the usual time travel conundrums, but I thought they were going to just drop it after the first hour and get back to answering some questions and checking out 'Old' Jack and the gang

In any case, I saw this and found it worth the watch, enjoy




*spoiler*

BTW, what was up with bringing back Juliette only to have her die again without doing anything?!

I had to delay getting Lost until tomorrow

I'm a little embarrassed to say that I did not get to watch Lost last  night, and am therefor on an entertainment news boycott so as to not hear any spoilers

That also means I am not answering my phone in case you're trying to get a hold of me


I did however find this clip that made me laugh.  Keep an eye on the guy behind the newscaster sitting with his back to the camera...




-K

LOST Links

Here are all the links you should need to keep you busy until 9pm tonight!

108 questions that "Lost" should answer

New York Times' Timeline of the "Lost" universe

42 memorable quotes


And check out these lost Lost Dharma orientation films:

The Brown Pearl

new LOST: Dharma Orientation video. Station 11: Brown Pearl - watch more funny videos

The Hand

leaked LOST: Dharma Orientation video. Station 39: The Hand - watch more funny videos

And if you're not a lost fan, NBC has something else you can watch






-k

It's all LOST

Here's a few clips to carry you till tomorrow night!





#11. You post this clip on your blog


And a classic from Mad TV





enjoy
-k

Not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about...

WOW!

Here's a roundtable discussion with 5 of the best directors working today... I could watch this for hours!

Enjoy the clip (and there are others on this site) of Kathryn Bigalow (The Hurt Locker, American Psycho), Lee Daniels (Precious), Jason Reitman (Thank You For Smoking, Juno, Up In The Air), Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill, Inglorious Basterds) and James Cameron (Terminator, Aliens, Avatar) talking about the moment they became filmakers




And a little extra clip from one of my favourite movies which I think best outlines the importance of conversation!





-k

The answer my friend

I think this is actually  more about the question, but I got a laugh...






I can't wait to find out all the answers... Please don't disappoint me!!!


-k

A little mid-week music

I'm sure you have all heard of the band OK GO, and while their songs are catchy, I'd rather not have them stuck in my head when I go to sleep.

I do however have to give them props for making some of the best music video's out there.  There newest video was shot against greenscreen to allow fans to edit it with whatever background they chose in simple video editing software and post back on the web... Ahhhhh, the future...

Now if only Brittany Spears would leave the singing out of her video's!


Enjoy a few of OK GO's best...

Ok Go What To Do lyrics

Do What You Want - Ok Go Video - Ok Go What To Do Music Videos

Music Videos by VideoCure

And their newest which I can't embed: (update: read this interesting article from the band about why you can't embed their video's... and sites that get around this)

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass from OK Go on Vimeo.





-k

Lost on the brain

I can't fricken wait...




in the meantime, here's a cool little mash up of everything that went on leading up to the crash

See more funny videos and funny pictures at CollegeHumor.

enjoy,
-k

So what?!

I went and saw Youth In Revolt this weekend, and thought it was a fun movie and recommend it, but that's not the point of this entry...

It's about the complaint that everyone (myself included) seem to have about Michael Cera:

"He always plays the same roles"

We've all enjoyed him as a quiet, innocent, simple, buddy character in, well, ALL of his movies (and tv)... Superbad, Arrested Development, Juno, Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, Paper Heart, Year One (I can imagine but will never actually know!)... He not only plays the same character, he IS the same character...


But then I thought about it.  Who cares!

I like all of those movies!  If it wasn't Michael Cera, it would be someone else playing that same character, and would it be any better?  Probably not, because he plays that character well!

The worst thing an actor can do is make you think about the real person, not the character they are playing when they come on screen and take you 'out off the movie'.  MC doesn't do this because as far as I know, that is him on screen in real life!  He IS that guy on and off the screen

Anyway, I won't rant anymore about it, but I'm just saying; So what! Stop complaining about Michael Cera, and spend the energy wondering why their aren't more comedies about suicide bombers...





GO SEE YOUTH IN REVOLT (and read the book!)


btw, there is a character in this movie, Francois Dillinger, that is the complete opposite of a Michael Cera character... Maybe it's a sign of things to come...



-k

It happens only occasionally...

Every once in while, a movie comes around that will change the way scripts are written and movies are made.

A rare mixture of emotion, adventure, love, humor and it's all put together to make one glorious film...


I give you the trailer for Hot Tub Time Machine...






Enjoy!
-k

Glee-san

Japan has joined the bandwagon after Glee's win for best comedy or musical at the Golden Globes with a promo that reminded me of that dancing baby that was all over the net back in the day!




and as a little added Glee, here's a clip from Jane Lynch (aka Sue Sylvester), the best thing about the show..





-k

WHY?!!!!!! (and some funny)

I went and saw Daybreakers yesterday expecting to see something incredible.  As I've mentioned in previous posts, there's often nothing that can ruin a movie worse than high expectations, but I felt confident in this one. 

It was such a simple and great idea: In the 'not too distant future', Vampires have taken over and are harvesting the last remaining humans for blood.  The human race is becoming extinct and the Vampire scientists need to find an alternative... 

It starred Willem Defoe (who has experience in the genre with Shadow of the Vampire), and Ethan Hawke (who had put in his 'not too distant world' time in with Gattaca)

The trailer looked fuckin awesome:




And does this sound familiar?  It was written and directed by Brothers and the poster shows people hooked up to machines that using them to keep a society alive!

Come on!!! This was going to be the next Matrix (and I don't mean Matrix 2 or 3!!)... How could it not be awesome!!!!!!!


It wasn't. 

I don't want to ruin anything (more than the these Spierig Brothers already did!), but I will say, they did do a great job of creating this alternate world. There are tons of details that made me think this film was going to be great (and could have been).  Unfortunately, it ends up being like so many other bad movies do... Shoot 'em ups, explosions, "I'm sorry... just kidding... no really, I'm sorry...crap, too late", save the day (or should I say night!), "we should have made sure he was dead", lucky the bad guys forgot to account for the famous actor who's not in the last scene....  you get the idea!

So many plot holes, so much sillyness (mostly towards the end)... the only thing that could make me feel better is if there was another of those great animation news clips from China...


OHHHHH  YEAHHHHH!!!!!!





-k

Put 'em in your calendar

As it seems that television stations purposefully don't want to let you know when your favourite shows start until the last minute so that you will continue to tune in and watch whatever crappy show is currently in its place, I've done a little research and here's what I came up with:

~ LOST: Feb 2
~ Nurse Jackie: Mar 22
~ V: Mar 30
~ United States of Tara: Mar 22
~ Glee: April 13
~ The Office: Feb 4
~ Survivors (not to be confused with Survivor which starts Feb 11): LAST WEEK!
~ Spartacus: Jan 22 (If this is anything like the show Rome, it's a winner!)
~ Treme: April 11 (by the makers of The Wire)

No set date yet for the following shows, but they will be back:
~ East Bound and Down
~ Little Britian USA
~ HUNG
~ Boardwalk Empire: (Made by Martin Scorsese)


And don't forget about the Olympics on Feb 12!!!!!


While waiting for your favourite shows, you can check out what's on NBC...




-k

The only reason to watch the Golden Globes is....

....drumroll please...


Ricky Gervais making an inappropriate introduction!!!!!

(link updated as the original like was pulled from youtube)




-k

Little Jersey Shore

It could only be better with Midget Guido's!






As a bonus, here's Alyssa Milano getting her Jersey Shore makeover

Alyssa Milano's Evolution: Jersey Shore from Alyssa Milano

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Link me to FIGHTLINKER!

Friends of mine run the biggest funniest (see comments!) MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) site out there called Fightlinker, and I'm hoping they'll link me to their site (and maybe I'll add an 11th reader!)

A couple of things I'll have to do to accomplish such a feat:

1) Sign up for their site (and urge others to as well).  I told my friend that I hadn't already because I didn't want their spam, and he let me in on a little secret... Even if they wanted to, they don't have the capabilities.  I'll still use my 'junk mail address' just in case!

2) Write a review of something MMA related, and here it is:


Flash Point
I saw this film at the Toronto Film Festival a couple of years ago and will never forget it.  It is easily one of the best Martial Arts films out there, and I recommend it to anyone who is even remotely a fan of the Genre.

The Director (Wilson Yip) is one of the most renowned martial arts directors in the world. His previous movie, S.P.L., was loved by fans when it came to the festival 2 years earlier, and made this film highly anticipated. 

When the director came out to introduce the film, he told the audience that he took a year off to "analyze new methods of fighting and how real fighting would blend with film stylized martial arts."  He went on to talk about how he carefully studied MMA fighting and took the next 6 months to make his onscreen fights look this real.

The results are obvious.  This is not a sparring match with sound effects.  These fights look real (by that I mean, look like real fights which is rare)

I won't attempt to describe the action any further as I won't do it justice, so take my advice.  If you're a fan of Martial Arts or MMA, or other movies I recommend, watch this movie! (or buy it since you will want to watch it again!)





BTW, you have noticed that i didn't mention the plot. The reason is, I don't remember, and that fact shouldn't take away from this film!


Okay, so now I'm signed up with fightlinker and they better hook me up!

If you found this blog through their site, leave a message, and I'll pay for half of one of these sweet fightlinker T-Shirts for you....


-k