Barack 'n roll
Who thinks we might see Barack Obama dance on stage tonight during his address at the Democratic National Convention? He has the moves of Rick Astley.
Who thinks we might see Barack Obama dance on stage tonight during his address at the Democratic National Convention? He has the moves of Rick Astley.
Pop culture vs. politics: It's going to get ugly.
So apparantly, some people out there are taking the death of "Golden Girl" Estelle Getty rather hard:
I can't even imagine what sorts of videos we see when Betty White dies.
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It's not often I leave the theater after watching an action movie and launch into philosphical discussions with my fellow moviegoer about morality.
But then, "The Dark Knight" just isn't your typical action movie.
I agree with everything that Erin said in her post about the movie: Christian Bale is spot-on as Bruce Wayne, Heath Ledger deserves an Oscar for his sinister portrayal of the Joker, and the supporting cast was excellent.
And yea, the action sequences were awesome. Batman flying into a Hong Kong high rise and kidnap (or extradite ... you decide) a criminal, then float into a moving plane was one of the coolest stunts I've seen in any of the "Batman" movies.
But what makes the movie transcend your typical Comic-based blockbuster are The Joker's persistant attempts to make Gotham turn to its baser instincts.
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My co-worker Jackie (of Today's Mail blog fame)
just forwarded a link to this recent skit from "The Tonight Show" and it is truly hysterical. Check it out!
http://sjl.funnyordie.com//v1/landing.php
I heard Will Ferrell released this video this week, and, being a huge Ferrell fan, immediately went to YouTube to find it. After a few views, I can't quite decide what I think of it. I definitely find the concept funny, but there is something disturbing about seeing it carried out. I don't know ... anyway, I'm interested to hear what other people think. I could go either way.
This is definitely worth a look.
"TMNT" was the No. 1 movie in America for a reason this past week - it rocked. OK, so maybe I'm a little biased since I spent many a day in my youth (nearly two decades ago) playing with Ninja Turtle action figures, video games, going to the "Ninja Turtles: Coming Out of Their Shells" live tour, dressing up as a Ninja Turtle for Halloween and easily getting caught during a game of hide-and-go-seek-in-the-dark because I accidentally wore my glow-in-the-dark Leonardo PJs.
In all seriousness, the movie was better than I expected. Sure, there were plenty of groan-worthy jokes and plot holes big enough to drop a man hole cover through, but all-in-all this was actually a more grown-up Ninja Turtles movie in comparison to its early '90s counterparts. Go see it. Now.
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