Movie Reviews

Catching up on my movies & all the DVDs that are piling up:

• House of Flying Daggers - I'd suggest watching Hero, but both have Zhang Ziyi. A little slow getting started, but the fight scenes are impressive, especially the one in the bamboo forest.
• Harold & Kumar go to White Castle - What do you expect from the writer/director of "Dude... Where's my Car?"? Has a few hilarious moments complimented by good casting. Doogie Howser makes another comedic appearance after Undacover Brother.
• Dodgeball - caught this in the theatres, but I just had to watch this one again with the commentary. Ben Stiller's totally over the top while he passes his straight-man role to Vince Vaughn.
• Anchorman - not sure why I missed this one from the theatres, but Will Ferrell solidifies his lead actor status. Borrowing heavily from his Robert Goulet impersonation, he creates this "Ron Burgandy" character. Look for a steady stream of cameos from Jack Black, Vince Vaughn, Ben Stiller and even Tim Robbins. Plenty of one-liners that will have you laughing out loud... even afterwards.
• King Arthur (Director's Cut) - Clive Owen does a fine job in this supposed historical fiction (my roommate coined that) potrayal. Good casting, but little characterization, shot in good locales along with decent battle scenes.
• Team America (World Police) - What do you expect from the creators of South Park? A lot of marionette sex. Didn't catch as many ripoffs except for Star Wars & Kill Bill. The musical numbers are hilarious, like "what we need is a montage" and "America... F*ck yeah" as they take a poke at American patriotism.

Only went through about half the stash, so will have another review for the remaining flicks soon.

Tsunami Disaster Aid

Sorry for the lack of posts, I will start up again soon. But in the wake of the biggest earthquake in 40 years, here are a few places you can submit donations via online or phone:

• Canadian Red Cross - online or phone 1-800-418-1111
• Unicef Canada - online or phone 1-877-955-3111
• Oxfam Canada - online or phone 1-800-466-9326
• World Vision Canada - online or phone 1-800-268-5528
• Doctors Without Borders - online or phone 1-800-982-7903

I'm challenging everyone who comes across my blog to match my $25 donation via Oxfam. Please comment or let me know on any other ways that we can help... It's good for plenty of karma points and will give ya a warm fuzzing feeling : -)