trailer trash - The Stepfather

This looks preposterously, ridiculously entertaining and only makes me more excited for the return of Gossip Girl and Nip/Tuck, which will keep me from paying to see this movie (which I'll definitely watch a thousand times whenever it airs on HBO)

Laugh it up for Louis CK

After watching the Invention of Lying trailer repeatedly, I realized I needed more Louis CK in my life. Since I don't have immediate access to Lucky Louie, I figured I'd share this great clip from his site.

Bruno Review

This film is sheer and utter insanity, with a lot of full frontal made nudity. Bruno is all about shock value and that's exactly what he accomplishes. In the course of 96 minutes, he was able to display and create one of the most memorable and craziest pieces of art I've ever seen, because ultimately in regards to the characters he created on Da Ali G Show he has become a performance artist, his medium just happens to be film and his genre comedy.

While watching Bruno I was in awe of the lengths this man was willing to go for the sake of comedy and social commentary. While his antics aren't as polarizing as Borat's, everything was done in jest, and [his antics] certainly should not be taken seriously. I have no intention of giving away any plot points, save the one scene that resonated the most for me, which was when he went on a local Texas talk show with his baby (pictured below) that's been in all the trailers. At the end of segment Sacha's performance in it reminded me of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, when he's forced to testify in church and admit he's" abandoned his boy!" The fervor and passion with which both was executed was eery and brilliant, and I can't wait for the day that SBC is starring in "serious movies" (hopefully opposite DDL) and giving him his run for his $.*

Bruno is a brash, brilliant, boisterous, ballsy movie -literally and figuratively so be prepared but definitely go see it, if you have even the slightly a sick sense of humor.

My rating: 9.5/10

[*Don't believe Sacha has the chops for it, check him out in Sweeney Todd he's brilliant & actually steals scenes from Johnny Depp!]

"True Blood" is back and better than ever!

I was such a huge fan of the first season, that I had a marathon to get ready for the second, and found myself thinking about vampires while reading French poetry. Now that the 2nd season has premiered, we finally know Lafayette's fate, I can go gaga over Alexander Skarsgard again, & wonder what trouble Jason Stackhouse is going to get himself into this season, though it's pretty obvious it's going to be at The Bible campe he's at.

trailer trash - Bored to Death

This edition of trailer trash is a little different because for the first time I'm featuring a Television show and not a movie. Bored to Death is a new HBO original comedy starring the brilliant and adorable, Jason Schwartzman. More importantly ZACH GALIFIANAKIS IS ALSO ON THE SHOW! While Entertainment Weekly thinks it may be the hipster version of 'Castle,' I don't care I can't wait til September!

Is it June yet?

Because I'm in dire need of some True Blood

Fred Simmons, King of the Demo

Before he was the incredibly brilliant Kenny Powers, or the Stunt Coordinator from Hell in Tropic Thunder, Danny McBride was Fred Simmons in "The Foot Fist Way."
Check out the hilarious trailer below and his karate demo when he was on Conan 2 years back.

Foot Fist Way Trailer

THE FOOT FIST WAY TRAILER - restricted red band trailer - watch more funny videos

Fred Simmons on Conan

My Conan Apperance - watch more funny videos

Mmm, why hello there (a completely gratuitous Michael Pitt post)

For some odd reason Michael Pitt has put my libido into hyperdrive. This overwhelming need to promote his talent and adorableness isn't a total shock since he's been on my radar since he was on Dawson's Creek as Michelle William's much younger bf Henry, back in 2000. He's been keeping himself busy since with plenty of fantastic indie fare like Gus Van Sant's Last Days which was inspired by Kurt Cobain's supposed last moments on earth;Bernardo Bertolucci's sexually charged The Dreamers, and the incredibly twisted Funny Games and has just been cast in Martin Scorcese's new HBO show starring Steve Buscemi, Boardwalk Empire. I think the major factor for the ignition of my lust for him, was when I came across the picture above in British Vogue (with his girlfriend model Jamie Bochert,) plus he kinda looks like someone I made out with during Art Basel.

Bowie's in Space

Flight of the Conchords Season 2 Premiere available now!

And now here's a little treat for you, I've been posting Flight of the Conchords clips all week because the Season 2 Premiere is available at FunnyorDie.com, though it doens't premiere on HBO til January 18th,2009. FoC is quite possibly one of the most innovative and entertaining shows on television and if you haven't seen it I recommend checking out the first season DVD about these Kiwi crooners.

Season 2 Online Premiere - Flight of the Conchords (US Only) - watch more funny videos

"She's so hot, she's like a curry..."

"Why can't a hetereosexual guy tell a heterosexual guy that his booty is fly?"

"It's Wednesday night and we're gonna make love..."

You better watch out you don't know who you're dealing with

If only guys were always this straightforward

it is my pleasure to introduce you to Alexander Skarsgård

Alexander Skarsgård is an actor you need to take notice of now! not only is he incredibly talented, and captivating to watch on screen, but he was born to act (his father is Sweden's most famous actor ever Stellan Skarsgard.) if you have HBO you've probably seen him in the previews for "Generation Kill" where he played Brad"Iceman" Colbert, to amazing effect and even better reviews. he's also in the new Alan Ball show "True Blood." though his most famous role for American audiences is Meekus in "Zoolander".
anyway Alexander is definitely an actor to look out for in the coming years. he was fantastic in "Generation Kill" and will most likely be just as great or better in "True Blood" once his episodes start to air this Sunday.

this is an HBO interview with Alexander on the set of "Generation Kill" and with the real Brad Colbert. if you listen closely you can hear his English slip a little, which would be the only giveaway that he's actually Swedish.

i wish i spoke Swedish so i knew wtf was going on in this scene, that lead to him getting on stage and singing like Barry Gibb. it's pretty ridiculous and entertaining, and the highlight of it all is at 3:21.

oh and did i mention he was voted the sexiest man in Sweden in 1999. that's completely irrelevant but very entertaining...and believable.

"True Blood" is fangtastic

i've always been a fan of vampire lore, and mythology. i grew up watching "Buffy" religiously, and am one of the few people who will admit they liked "Mad Men's" 'Pete Campbell' on Angel over his current role, but random info aside. Alan Ball's new show is better than fantastic it's fangtastic. i may come off a little cheesy and a little cheeky, but anyone who is into vampires has to be. I've been a huge fan of Ball since he wrote "American Beauty" (which he won the Oscar for,) but mainly because of "Six Feet Under" which was definitely one of the most exciting, original and honest TV shows ever made. anyway "True Blood" is awesome. it's funny, dramatic, creepy, sensual and incredibly sexy. Anna Paquin is adorable and strong, while Stephen Moyer oozes so much sex appeal that i want him to jump off the screen and nibble on me. i posted 2 mini reviews below, but my advice to you is check out this show immediately!

Ken Tucker of Entertainment Weekly describes it as: "Set in a tiny Louisiana town, True Blood is a Southern/absurdist/goth/civil rights horror show: Folks acknowledge that vampires exist; they just don't want 'em moving into their neighborhood."

While IMDB wrote: "In the not-too-distant future, vampires have come out of the coffin. Thanks to the invention of mass-produced synthetic blood, these oft-maligned creatures of the night no longer need a human fix -- and as a result can walk freely, if not yet comfortably, among their living counterparts. Can young Louisiana waitress Sookie Stackhouse (Anna Paquin) buck conventional wisdom to forge a love match with the 173-year-old vampire Bill Compton (Stephen Moyer)? Sink your teeth into "True Blood", the new HBO series from the creator of "Six Feet Under". Visit the official site, get local listings, and see the photos for "True Blood"

OH MY WOW GENERATION KILL IS FANTASTIC!

i did it! i watched the first episode...ok well i watched most of it and fell asleep but Generation Kill is incredible! once tennis is over, and hopefully before the Canes game i'll be able to watch some more, but I HIGHLY RECOMMEND this mini-series. there were so many aspects that were reminiscent of Band of Brothers, The Wire, Three Kings and Jarhead, but the show and it's characters maintain an identity, plot and focus like no other program i've seen before it and loved every second of it. the entire show -well the 50 of the 68 minutes i saw- were unbelievably funny, probably because the shocking and bitter truth of what these men "went" through was unbelievable. i commend David Simon, the cast and crew and HBO for bringing stories like these to light. but more than anything i am thankful, grateful and honored to have actual men and women dedicating their time, skills and most importantly their lives to the service and protection of the United States of America. politics is a messy business, but the protection of freedom is even messier and i'm glad that every division of our armed forces is doing what they can to help clean up that mess.

Generation Kill is incredible...and I haven't even seen it yet

9.3.08 7:30 pm
so i'm writing this post without having fully watched the HBO mini series "Generation Kill," but i am going to already claim that is it amazing! you may be wondering how i could make a statement like that without ever having watched a full episode. this article backs my insanity because i could/should have written it, here's how it starts:

I was a huge fan of David Simon's HBO series The Wire. I never missed an episode. You probably read about The Wire, since it was the kind of show that caused 1 million journalists to write 1 million articles complaining that only 1 million people were watching. (Hey, we tried.) So when HBO scheduled Generation Kill, Simon's seven-part miniseries about the members of a Marine platoon during the early weeks of the Iraq war, it went straight to the top of my must-watch list. And stayed there. For a really long time. Unwatched.

I don't remember why I missed the first episode, but I get credit — don't I? — because I DVR'd it. In fact, I DVR'd all of them. They sat in an orderly list on my ''My Recordings'' screen, glowering at me, reproachfully saying, ''You must watch me. I must be watched. Man up!'' I confessed this to a
friend via e-mail, and she wrote back, ''I know just what you mean. This show is constipating my DVR!''

by the time i actually post this i will have finally given "Generation Kill" the focus it deserves. David Simon is truly brilliant and i'm really excited to dive into this show before i get carried away by the tidle wave that is the Fall TV season. (to be honest i think i kind of forgot how to watch network TV since the writer's strike; i'm so used to watching the shows i truly enjoy On Demand. which is how i was able to get into one of the most outstanding shows on television "Mad Men.") i'll make sure to report back from the front lines.