Cast: Russell Brand, Helen Mirren, Jennifer Garner

Summary: A rich playboy puts his inheritance at risk by refusing to marry the woman chosen for him.

Verdict: Looks really funny, of course. I mean, Russell Brand is starring and his cadence alone sends me into hysterics. Plus, everyone says he was born to play this part. And Jennifer Garner is ( Read more... )

Natasha and I saw Justin Bieber: Never Say Never tonight. It was awesome! Really. I like Bieber sort of ironically, but mostly because I think it's so dumb how many adults hate him. He's just a little boy who likes to sing and dance! And he's a teen idol. People act like his popularity means the end of civilization when the teen idol type has ( Read more... )

My paid account expires soon and I don't think I'm going to renew it since no one seems to use LiveJournal anymore anyway. For example, here is a poll no one will vote in:

Poll

I'm sure there are some bad parents on shows I do not watch. And even some on shows I do watch that I just forgot. These are just the ones that leaped to mind.

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Cast: Michael Angarano, Uma Thurman, Lee Pace

Summary: Sam Davis (Michael Angarano) convinces his former best friend to spend a weekend with him to rekindle their friendship at an elegant beachside estate owned by a famous documentary filmmaker (Lee Pace). But it soon becomes clear that Sam is secretly infatuated with the filmmaker's fiancee, ( Read more... )

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Cast: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader, Jane Lynch

Summary: Two British comic-book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

Verdict: Laughed out loud at least twice when I saw this trailer in the movie theatre. Something about the premise seems charmingly '80s to me, but the ( Read more... )

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Cast: Michael C. Hall, Rainn Wilson, Ron Rifkin, Sarah Silverman, Judy Greer, Taraji P. Henson, Kate Ward, Lesley Ann Warren

Summary: On the day of their Father's 70th birthday party, four siblings come to terms with the publication of a novel written by the youngest sibling, that exposes the family's most intimate secrets.

Verdict: Looks a ( Read more... )

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I watched the Joan Rivers documentary this morning. It was surprisingly depressing. I have thought about becoming a stand-up comedian before. Never seriously, of course, because I am far too thin-skinned. I'm not even sure I'm strong enough to make it in the behind-the-scenes capacity in which I'd like to work in show business. But it seems like a ( Read more... )

FILM

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Natalie Portman, Black Swan
[I really wanted to predict Annette Bening for this. I think it's the only award she has a shot of winning because I think the SAG is probably way sentimental and more ( Read more... )

After I watched the trailer for that movie about the Lincoln assassination trial, I did a little research into John Wilkes Booth and his brother, the legendary actor Edwin Booth. For those of you who don't know, the Booth Theatre (most recently home to the just-shuttered Next to Normal) is named after Edwin Booth. What I didn't know was that this ( Read more... )