January 17, 2006
Air Bud Pushes The Envelope
A new Air Bud movie is in the works, and you will not believe where he's going now: Australia! To play rugby! As much as I loved the Air Bud series to this point, I think I've got to draw the line here.
Air Bud told us the amazing story of a dog (Air Bud) playing basketball, but it made it believable. I mean, his name was Air Bud. It was implied he would be good at basketball, or flying, or something like that. Air Bud: Golden Receiver expanded the concept to allow the dog (Air Bud) to play football as well. Feasible? Hardly. But audiences were begging for it and we loved it. Air Bud 3 and 4 (World Pup and Seventh Inning Fetch) seem a bit outlandish, allowing a dog (Bud) to play soccer and baseball, but if Air Bud didn't do it, who would? There is no dog better suited to play sports, case closed. My problem just lies in the fact that Air Bud: Spikes Back was such a perfect finale to the series. Volleyball seemed like the place to end this one, but if Air Bud Productions, makers of the Air Bud series, tell me he needs to play rugby as well, then goddammit let's do it.
Wait, I just read that a kangaroo is also involved! Forget everything I just said. This sounds hysterical!
Previous Entries
Dead Serious can't be serious
I'm all for vampire movies, but Dead Serious has the craziest plot I've ever read in my entire life: "When right-wing terrorists and a vampire take over a gay bar in New York City, it's the start of a blood-soaked night involving a famed televangelist. Standing in the way are four unlikely heroes. Outnumbered, outgunned, and completely outfanged, they must survive the night and stop the bloodshed before it engulfs the entire city."
Why not throw in some strippers, a clown, and maybe a midget friend named Tony? That'd make the movie even more serious then it already is. And that, my friends, would be super dead serious. Or something.
Jason Statham and Jet Li go Rogue
Empire is reporting that Jason Statham and Jet Li are teaming up again in Rogue, which will be music video director Philip Atwell's debut film. And just to be sure there will be plenty of sweet fighting between Statham and Li, the action scenes will be choreographed by The Transporter's Corey Yuen. Throw in Chuck Norris, and you've got yourself a veritable cornucopia of ass kicking. Either that, or just a lot of roundhouse kicks to the face.
New "Bobby" photo
A new photo for Emilio Estevez' Bobby has surfaced, showing Elijah Wood and a less emaciated Lindsay Lohan. The movie is about the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy and revolves around 22 people who were at the Ambassador Hotel where he was killed. Still no word on how Emilio Estevez managed to convince huge names like Anthony Hopkins, Lindsay Lohan, Demi Moore, Sharon Stone, and Elijah Wood to star in his movie though. I can only assume he promised he would stop telling people he was their friend.
Live Blogging: The Golden Globes
I was debating whether or not to do this because I wasn't sure if I was going to have enough time, but I figure a supermodel orgy only takes about an hour, so after that I'd have all the free time in the world. Anyways, I'm getting a late start on this since I'm on the West Coast and not very good with time, but I'll try to get caught up here.
10:55 - Brokeback Mountain won for Best Picture. Nothing else interesting has happened for the past 40 minutes or so. They should consider handing out the big awards earlier on when people are still interested in the show. Or at least throw in some pyrotechnics to draw the audience back in. By the end, I almost couldn't wait for the thing to be over. You can check out the complete list of nominations and winners here.
10:19 - Ryan Phillippe yelled out "You better pay up!" to Joaquin Phoenix after he won for Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy. I can only assume they had a bet going that Joaquin would lose. Either that, or Ryan Phillippe is just the most inappropriate person in the history of the world.
10:07 - They cut to a quick shot of George Clooney trying to hold a shot glass in his eye socket. That man is my hero.
10:04 - Is it my imagination, or was Gwyneth Paltrow faking a slight Irish accent? She did a great job presenting Anthony Hopkin's award though, so I won't give her too much grief. Although it really was kind of weird.
9:50 - It would have been nice to actually have been able to hear the music that got nominated. 6 seconds doesn't really cut it for me, especially considering music plays at least a third of the emotional impact of films. Give these guys a little more credit, man.
9:38 - When did Penelope Cruz get to be so fat?
9:37 - I thought one guy was going to accept the award for Desperate Housewives, but every single person involved decided to get up on stage. And it's nice that Teri Hatcher took the opportunity to be an even bigger attention whore than she usually is.
9:30 - I don't think anybody has ever thanked a typewriter before in their acceptance speech. Oh Larry McMurtry, you're the craziest cat in town.
Superman's Space-Pod-Thing Revealed
There is a collection of new Superman images now online, revealing more of the characters and sets from the picture. Included was this image, to which Tom Cruise replied, "Get out of my yard!"
