Nov 9 2007 Some Other Crap That Happened...

- Another movie based on a video game? That could only be good if they got Mark Wahlberg to star as Max Payne, a cop who has "little regard for the rules." Wait, they did?! [Variety]

- Josh Harnett and Sam Rockwell have joined George-Radliff's adaptation of End Zone, with Hartnett playing a talented running back and Rockwell taking the role of an excitable publicist. I hope Hartnett can pull off the role of a good-looking jock. [Variety]

- If you're in LA, make sure to catch Life of Reilly, opening this weekend--or at least watch an episode of Match Game 76--to get your regular dose of Charles Nelson Reilly. I'll be catching it in New York next weekend to ward against the phantom ascot pains common to CNR withdrawal.

- Writers Guild members: continue not writing. You're on strike, sillyheads! And it's the weekend!

Oct 25 2007 'Life of Reilly' Trailer Provides CNR's Life Story

Like the Chinese symbol for Yin-Yang you foolishly tattooed on your bicep/ankle, our world is composed of a series of antitheses--equally opposing forces struggling to keep life in a delicate balance. For every light, there is a dark; to each good, an evil; for each Darth Vader, there is a Luke Skywalker; every struggling single mom has that deadbeat dad robbing her for drug money (source: Maury Povich). You get the idea.

So it only stands to reason that if professional douchebag Dane Cook can get a two-hour special to shout the amusing, quirky ways he loves sandwiches, there must be its opposite. And, justly, it has arrived in the form of a movie documenting the one-man stage show of recently-deceased ascot proponent Charles Nelson Reilly.

The balance remains.... for now. And its trailer is under the cut.

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