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Wednesday, August 25, 2010
The 100 Greatest Movies of the 00's
1. The Dark Knight
2. Memento
3. The Lord of the Rings
4. Tropic Thunder
5. Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story
6. Forgetting Sarah Marshall
7. Zombieland
8. Spider-Man
9. Black Hawk Down
10. High Fidelity
11. The Departed
12. (500) Days of Summer
13. Wedding Crashers
14. Inside Man
15. Love Actually
16. Atonement
17. Shaun of the Dead
18. Hellboy
19. Funny People
20. 300
21. Pan's Labyrinth
22. Inglourious Basterds
23. There Will Be Blood
24. American Gangster
25. Gran Torino
26. Sin City
27. District 9
28. Flags of Our Fathers
29. Elizabethtown
30. Gladiator
31. Superbad
32. Drag Me to Hell
33. Almost Famous
34. Watchmen
35. Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
36. Traffic
37. Star Wars Episode III: The Revenge of the Sith
38. Bend it Like Beckham
39. Knocked Up
40. Gangs of New York
41. School of Rock
42. Hancock
43. Up in the Air
44. Wall-E
45. Slumdog Millionaire
46. Letters from Iwo Jima
47. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
48. Waitress
49. Pineapple Express
50. Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist
51. Grindhouse
52. 2012
53. Garden State
54. Catch Me if You Can
55. Dead Snow
56. American Dreamz
57. Murderball
58. The Incredibles
59. Iron Man
60. Legally Blonde
61. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
62. Pootie Tang
63. Supersize Me
64. Snakes on a Plane
65. Fahrenheit 9/11
66. Zoolander
67. Up
68. V for Vendetta
69. Mean Girls
70. Idiocracy
71. Closer
72. Eastern Promises
73. Hot Fuzz
74. Saved!
75. Brick
76. Juno
77. Zach and Miri Make a Porno
78. Munich
79. Sunshine Cleaning
80. Bring it On
81. Half Nelson
82. Maria Full of Grace
83. Team America: World Police
84. Blue Crush
85. Fanboys
86. Couples Retreat
87. American Pie 2
88. Orange County
89. The Rundown
90. A Walk to Remember
91. Lars and the Real Girl
92. Serenity
93. Punch Drunk Love
94. The Hurt Locker
95. Dedication
96. Remember the Titans
97. Little Nicky
98. Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back
99. Avatar
100. Red Eye
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
I Want My Music Television vol. XC
There have been a couple of videos that have caught my eye lately so I thought I’d give them some love since the death of Musical Television left a void for a forum on the art form. If you are interested in buying the video through iTunes, click the title link (where available). If you are interested in buying the song, look for a link in the analysis.
I guess we have Yeasayer to thank for giving us a little insight as how Kristen Bell could date Dax Sheppard.
I do not know exactly where they find the time, but color me excited for a collaboration album between The Roots and John Legend. Hopefully Legend carved out a week to join The Roots on Late Night to perform a bunch of the songs.
Expletive lyrics have not been this catchy since Closer by Nine Inch Nails. Thank you Cee-Lo for raising my chances of getting mouth washed out with soap in the near future.
Hurmph. I actually thought something was actually going to happen, but it was all build up and no payoff from Delta Spirit. At least the song is pretty decent.
Monday, August 23, 2010
Previewing Witness: Katrina
It is hard to believe we are already upon the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina which was officially classified as one five years ago today. It took another week before it wrecked havoc on the gulf coast where things still are not back to normal in placed she hit. Tonight at 9:00 the National Geographic Channel is taking a look back at the storm literally through the eyes of people who lived through it with Witness: Katrina.
All of the footage show will come from those on the scene from amateur cameramen documenting how they try to live through the storm throughout the Gulf Coast (but mostly focusing on New Orleans), filming as water rises above their waste, walls getting blown down and even the Superdome falling around them. The footage ranges over seventy-two hours of the storm starting with a bunch of hippies mocking at how un-scary a hurricane named Katrina sounds to hours after the storm passes as we join residents trying to rescue their neighbors who stayed with their house.
It is good they the show stays in first person for just the prelude, the storm, and in immediate aftermath so the special isn’t bogged down with the finger pointing, celebrities getting stuck in a boat or dudes with the nickname Brownie that came afterward, just an unfiltered account of real people in the path of the hurricane. The only addenda we get are an update of how the videographers are doing today. Check out a preview of Witness: Katrina below.
Saturday, August 21, 2010
57 Channels and Only This Is On vol. CXLIV
Quote of the Week: Hey Seth, South Park called, they want their everything back. (Jeff Ross – The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff)
Song of the Week: Hooked On a Feeling - Blue Swede (as sung by David Hasselhoff, The Comedy Central Roast of David Hasselhoff)
Big News of the Week: It’s Allergy Season: There are very things I hate more than allergy season. I just want to stay in bed until the first frost.
Leverage: Two themes are emerging from this season; the plot either revolves around daddy issues or a ripped from the headlines stories. This week was the latter but I assume due to budgeting, I assume they moved an off shore drilling explosion into a mine because the explosion was already pretty lame. Too bad there isn’t a real Leverage team to get payback on BP for raping the environment. You can stream recent episodes on TNT.tv. You can also download Leverage on iTunes.
Rescue Me: I never thought Needles had that in him. But I wonder if there will be repercussions from above like the other captain makes it sound like (my guess is yes). And Tommy just cannot be content, I never thought the Sheila moratorium would last, but I thought it would go past one hour. And Janet should deserve some blame as she should have realized that the “goodbye” wouldn’t go well. You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Rescue Me on iTunes.
Covert Affairs: Another Joe McCoy red herring. When he popped up earlier this season on The Closer I would have bet he was the killer of the week, but alas he wasn’t. Then this week I would have bet he was going to turn out to be the leak, but of course he just turned out to be another horny Congressman (and I assume a Democratic one because most Republican sex scandals involve dudes). You can stream recent episodes on Hulu. You can also download Covert Affairs on iTunes.
Free Download of the Week: White Lies - Stacy Clark (iTunes): For fans of peppy pop and if you enjoy this song, there is another song from Stacy Clark on the Vanguard Records Sounds of Summer Sampler) which I mentioned a couple weeks ago.
Deal of the Week: Save on DVDs from the Stars of The Expendables (Point Break, multiple Rambos, Terminator 2)
Video of the Week: Not once, but twice, I saw a trailer this week and though “this reminds me of Showgirls.” Maybe not the best sign of things to come at the local multiplex. First, and most obvious Showgirls rip of is Burlesque which features Christina Aguilera’s acting debut and Kristen Bell. Looking at the tailer, it looks like we will finally get the answer to what Showgirls would look like would if it were written by a gay dude.
And the next one is a little bit of a stretch, but I guess it is the whole dancer gets replaced plot, but I get strong Showgirls vibe from Black Swan, the thriller from the dude who have us The Wrestler and stars Natalie Portman and Mila Kunis. Of course this movie would be from the Gina Gershon perspective. And what the frack is with that last scene in the trailer?
Next Week Pick of the Week: Memphis Beat, Tuesday at 10:00 on TNT: Memphis Beat never quite win me over, and it didn’t help being on at the same time as Rescue Me and Covert Affairs, but maybe I will catch up now that the season is ending this week.
Friday, August 20, 2010
Around the Tubes vol. LXIII
I have gotten a plethora of cool press releases have been flooding my inbox recently that you may find interesting. This post will include blurbs on Friday Night Lights, If God Is Willing and da Creek Won’t Rise, Eastbound and Down, Modern Family, DVD2Blu, Bond of Silence, and Richard Petty.
- If you have ever wondered why I go on and on about Friday Night Lights but found it too cumbersome to catch up, ABC Family recently bought the syndication rights and will start airing the show from the beginning starting Tuesday September 7 at 6:00. Below is the poster hyping the premiere.
- A couple years ago, Spike Lee made a Katrina related documentary When the Levees Broke and now of the fifth anniversary of the Hurricane he is revisiting the subject with If God Is Willing and da Creek Won’t Rise focusing on the recovery in New Orleans and the recent oil spill. The two night event starts Monday with the second part on Tuesday, both at 9:00 on HBO. Below is a trailer:
- In other HBO news, Eastbound and Down returns for its second season September 26 at 10:30 and here is a teaser:
- It would seem like a no brainer that Modern Family should take home the Emmy for Outstanding Comedy in that is the funniest show nominated. But over at the Daily Beast, they still have to explain why Modern Family Should Win an Emmy Over Glee.
- For those that have upgraded to Blu-Ray recently but do not want to spend all that money upgrading your DVD collection should head over to DVD2Blu which lets you exchange your DVD’s for a much cheaper than buying a Blu-Ray new. And now the program has some TV sets available for exchange such as Chuck, Pushing Daisies, Smallville and The Sopranos.
- The latest Lifetime movie premieres this Monday at 9 and stars Kim Raver (24) and Greg Grumberg. Here is a sneak peak of Bond of Silence:
- This is more for you out there south of the Mason-Dixon Line (as country and auto racing doesn’t play as well up here), though if you were on the winning side of the Civil War, you may still find this video of six foot six Trace Adkins trying to get in a NASCAR entertaining.
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