Month: December 2009

The Hangover

Four guys go to Vegas for a bachelor party. Two of them are the groom’s best friends, one a good-looking married flirt and the other a hen-pecked dentist, and the third guy is the scary brother of the bride. It is the classic set up where what happens in...

Men Who Stare at Goats

Ewan McGregor stars as a reporter who gets stuck with the small, weird story assignments. He stumbles across a guy who claims he can psychically kill his hamster. He was taught by Lyn, played by George Clooney, who was part of a weird branch of the army that had...

Moon

I found it very appropriate that the first film directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, would be a film about being out in space. Even though it takes place in outer space, the movie is much more character driven than a typical science-fiction film that is made these...

Funny People

Adam Sander stars as George Simmons, a former stand-up comedian that now lives alone in a huge mansion made with his millions from making family-friendly comedies that look like a mash up between current Eddie Murphy and The Rock films. George finds out he’s been diagnosed with leukemia and...

Amazing Race: Stealing Taxis

Amazing Race We’re Not Working With Anybody, Ever, Anymore! I am shocked that IR Couple have made it to the final four. I really thought they were out a while ago when Ericka got stuck counting the bells forever. Then when they didn’t ride the bicycles on another leg...

Amazing Race: Back Into the Bog

Amazing Race We’re Not Meant For the Swamp I first heard of Estonia while watching Encino Man. Yes, that classic movie. I didn’t think it was a country that existed anymore, but had been renamed into something else. I’m still surprised when I hear it. The teams left the...

MWG: Flight of the Living Dead

Marci has Decembers movie pick and she picked a straight-to-DVD movie about zombies. Just in time for the holidays! Netflix synopsis: During a transatlanic flight, a corpse emerges from the cargo hold and lays waste to the passengers, turning them into zombies. A handful of travelers try to stop...

Amazing Race: Crazy Hay

Amazing Race This is the Worst Thing I’ve Ever Done in My Life This was the episode with the crazy hay bales that might have been the cruelest road block ever in the show. I thought it was interesting how many people still in the game hadn’t actually seen...

Top Chef: Creativity Wins

Top Chef: Las Vegas Season Finale Part 2 In past seasons, I have been able to guess some of the three finalists, but never all three. There is usually a wild card in there or someone that surprised me as the competition went along. This time, I could have...

Top Chef: Crush Worthy

Top Chef: Las Vegas Season Finale Part 1 Here is a quick run down on the two challenges: Quickfire Challenge: Create a dish that features Napa’s signature crop, the grape Elimination Challenge: Cater a Crush party for 150 people This is the episode where the chefs actually got a...