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The quest for ratings

Alexis — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:06:33 +0000

Oh South Park, you say it better than I ever could.

View the full episode at southparkstudios.com

My reviews for ‘Predators’ and ‘Despicable Me’ are up on Trashwire

Alexis — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 19:27:44 +0000

I’ve seen so many movies in the past couple weeks that I can barely keep track of all the plots anymore. Everything’s starting to run together and it’s all one big story involving a Predator adopting three little girls to try and break up his mother and her vampire boyfriend. Thankfully, I managed to separate all the plots before I wrote these two reviews.

Here’s my review of the highly-anticipated Predators. I love the original film and was very pleased that this film departed from the corny Alien vs Predator sequels.

The Predator franchise was slipping down the slope of ridiculousness and on it’s way to Mega Shark vs Giant Octopus territory when Robert Rodriguez was announced as the producer of a brand new enrtry to the Predator game. Thankfully, Rodriguez and director Nimród Antal brought back the suspense of the original and ditched the cheesy b-movie feel of more recent films starring everyone’s favorite dreadlocked alien.

Read the rest on Trashwire.com at http://trashwire.com/2010/07/09/predators-elevates-the-franchise-with-suspense

Just a few days after the Predators press screening, I went to a screening for Despicable Me. Try having a 3D animated family film and a movie about people being skinned alive by aliens floating around in your head at the same time! Despicable Me was the opposite of Predators in terms of plot, but was very similar in terms of being enjoyable.

In the tradition of Shrek, Universal’s Despicable Me is a film for kids, that’s also fun for adults. The Pixar-like 3D animation wows children and the cast list alone is enough to get adults excited. When I saw the first trailer for the film, seeing Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, and Kristen Wiig all listed together made me mark my calendar for the release date.

Read the rest on Trashwire.com at http://trashwire.com/2010/07/11/despicable-me-fun-in-3d

I’m going to have reviews for Inception, Salt and Dinner for Schmucks coming soon on trashwire this month.

Also, definitely follow @trashwire on Twitter because I’m headed to the famed San Diego Comic Con next weekend and I’ll be tweeting live about everything I see.

Karl Pilkington’s tricky situation

Alexis — Thu, 20 May 2010 19:19:01 +0000

There’s a fire in the hotel… and it’s not just a metaphor for what’s going on in Karl’s bedroom.

Why I love Mel Brooks

Alexis — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:16:31 +0000

Variety published a great little article about Mel Brooks today…

Mel Brooks: The king of comedy – Entertainment News, Profile in Excellence: Mel Brooks, Media

Thanks to “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein,” “High Anxiety” and a slew of other movie, stage, TV and album hits, Mel Brooks’ prominent place in the pantheon of comedy stars is assured. … http://bit.ly/cq7dNO

Which instantly reminded me of my favorite scenes from my favorite Brooks film, High Anxiety.

“Oooh, ‘xiety! It’s you… that I blame!”

“I am not going to listen to any more of this, I mean, I’ve *had* just about enough!”

The Psycho shower scene is my absolute fave, but embedding is disabled on YouTube, so you’ll have to watch it there. It starts about 4:40 in. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTyHPh-9kD8

I used to watch this movie all the time when I was in elementary school and practically memorized it. I would estimate that I’ve seen it over 100 times.

A few more after the jump…

“If you love me baby, tell me loud!”

“Those who are tardy do not get fruit cup.”

“Too much bondage! Too much bondage! Not enough discipline!”

The Birds parody

Why I love Clark Duke

Alexis — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 05:28:42 +0000

Chances are that if you talk to me for more than 15 minutes, you’ll hear me say something about how I love Clark Duke. I constantly quote his lines from ClarkandMichael and he can make any movie worth watching. This is really just one clip in what should be a 200 part series on why Clark Duke is awesome, but here’s his appearance on Leno from yesterday.

Go see Clark in Hot Tub Time Machine on March 26th, and definitely check him out in ClarkandMichael.com

My South Park season 14 review is up now on trashwire.com

Alexis — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 20:24:22 +0000

Last night marked the premiere of the 14^th season of South Park with Trey Parker and Matt Stone taking on the Tiger Woods sex scandal. The controversy was handled in typicalSouth Park fashion, which usually involves the current event being tied to a conspiracy that might destroy the world. Nobody makes fun of disaster flicks like Parker and Stone and this format has served the show well over the past 13 years. As they say, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. This season should be no different with the show bringing the jokes while skewering current events….

Read the rest at Trashwire.com

Ricky Gervais on the Daily Show talking about Karl Pilkington

Alexis — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:56:04 +0000

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

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Alexis — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:07:26 +0000

Why I love Danny McBride

Alexis — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:31:11 +0000

Since I posted the outtakes from Zach Galifianakis‘s DVD, I thought it was only fitting that I posted clips from my other favorite outtake reel. This vid comes to us from Danny McBride‘s HBO series Eastbound & Down.

Why I love Zach Galifianakis

Alexis — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 06:20:53 +0000

Since Zach Galifianakis is hosting SNL tonight, I had to post this clip of outtakes from his Live At The Purple Onion DVD.

If you haven’t seen Zach Galifianakis: Live At The Purple Onion, you can watch it free on YouTube or get Zach Galifianakis: Live At The Purple Onion on DVD from Amazon.