@ameliamerritt I believe your …
Friday, February 20th, 2009@ameliamerritt I believe your ex had super powers of evil, though. Ordinary mortals shouldn’t run into that kind of problem.
Archive for February 20th, 2009
@RandyTayler You know you don’…
Friday, February 20th, 2009@RandyTayler You know you don’t have to pay BYU parking tickets, right? If you’re not a student, they have no power over you. Trust me.
Though I know, rationally, tha…
Friday, February 20th, 2009Though I know, rationally, that I’m leaving in a few minutes to see “Madea Goes to Jail,” I’m having trouble convincing myself of it.
James Rocchi’s always-delightf…
Friday, February 20th, 2009James Rocchi’s always-delightful Oscar predictions, via the Ernest Borgnine simulator: http://tinyurl.com/bs4yo8
Friday movie roundup – Feb. 20
Friday, February 20th, 2009The films opening today are ones that nobody wants to see, which I think is part of Hollywood’s master plan to make everyone stay home and watch the Oscars. Which makes sense, really. Why cannibalize your audience?
Tyler Perry’s new “Madea Goes to Jail,” evidently a remake of a Jim Varney film (I suppose next she’ll be going to camp and/or saving Christmas?), opens as one of Hollywood’s Shameful Secrets®, though I guess it’s really one of Atlanta’s Shameful Secrets, since Perry famously works outside the usual studio system. Anyhoo, it wasn’t pre-screened, but I’m reviewing it later today because I’m curious about Mr. Perry’s work. Jay-kay, I’m getting paid $$$.
The other new wide release is “Fired Up!,” a horndog comedy about boys infiltrating cheerleader camp. It’s quite a bit funnier than I expected, with some genuinely sharp dialogue sprinkled throughout — but it’s still no better than a C+ movie. And you probably weren’t going to see it anyway.
Oh, and I gots me a review of “The Class,” a French schoolteacher film that’s been making the rounds, just in time to probably win the foreign-language Oscar on Sunday. It’s pretty good. An associate of mine who saw it with me didn’t care for it, though, and he said as we left, “I knew it covered an entire school year, but I didn’t know it happened in real time.” OH SNAP! You can see why I’d associate with someone like that.
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@slashfilm Online reviewers wi…
Friday, February 20th, 2009@slashfilm Online reviewers will never be equal??! Well, not with that attitude! 
@ElisabethRappe I know what yo…
Friday, February 20th, 2009@ElisabethRappe I know what you mean.. I have some of those too. But if you let them bother you, THEY WIN! And it’s wrong for losers to win.
