Jason Segel is finally going to be a big star

and it's about damn time too. Jason Segel is probably one of the most fearless actors I have seen in a while. I first grew to love him on Freaks and Geeks as his classic character Nick Andopolis. He played that to perfection. Following that role he landed a recurring role on Judd's next TV series Undeclared. He played Lizzie's (eventual) ex boyfriend Eric, and his performances are probably among some of the most fearless comedic acting i've seen on television.From there he got cast in the best-sitcom-you're-not-watching in How I Met Your Mother which is still going strong today. Last summer Segel co-starred in Knocked Up as one of Seth Rogen's friends (which he, and everyone else in the circle are in real life).

Now looking to 2008, he has Forgetting Sarah Marshall (a movie he also wrote) coming up on April 18th, and it's going to be great and catapult him into stardom. In 2009, he then has a co-starring role with Paul Rudd in the upcoming buddy comedy I Love You Man which also stars Rashida Jones. Then it was just announced that he is coming back with the Forgetting Sarah Marshall team (Segel co-writer/star, Nick Stoller director/co-writer, Judd Apatow producing) with Five-Year Engagement. Plot summary goes like this: A bawdy, couples comedy, charts the five-year engagement of a man (Segel) and his fiancee, following the ups and downs of their relationship.

With all of this upcoming work on his plate as well as a starring role on CBS' How I Met Your Mother, Segel is finally getting his due. Look out for more of my thoughts on Forgetting Sarah Marshall up to (and probably after) the release date. And here is the rest of it.

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Danny McBride's star-making appearance

i've been really big on this guy for nearly a year now, and it seems that he's finally about to break out to the mainstream. In the clip above from last night's Late Night With Conan O'Brien he appeared in character as Fred Simmons, the character he portrays in his movie The Foot Fist Way. The whole thing is amazing on a nearly Andy Kaufman level. Will Ferrell, who is on the couch and is berated by Fred Simmons, is actually one of the people who bought The Foot Fist Way from Sundance 2007. That and Danny will be co-starring with Ferrell in the upcoming 2009 remake of Land Of The Lost. So, he is definitely in on the joke.

The Foot Fist Way goes into limited release starting April 11th. If the buzz continues to grow for him like it is now, it should expand very quickly.

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80th annual Academy Awards thoughts

my thoughts on what happened at the Academy Awards are after the jump.



bulletpoint edition!

-Jon Stewart, once again, killed. With only a week of prep time, he did really well. People who say otherwise probably aren't fans. He should host every year.

-Not a lot of surprises in terms of awards. The only real surprises I thought were the 3 wins for The Bourne Ultimatum crew. well deserved since it's a great movie, but I wish No Country or There Will Be Blood could of snagged some of those.

-Best acceptance speech: I would say it's between Javier Bardem, The Coen Brothers for director, the Once crew, Diablo Cody and Daniel Day-Lewis. All very deserving winners with great speeches.

-Loved the friendly banter between Jon Stewart and Steve Carell. With Jon in New York, and Steve in L.A. they hardly get chances to interact anymore. So whenever they do, they are like old friends.

-Speaking of, I wish Stephen Colbert was there. it's a known fact that Jon and Stephen are a great team, and it would of been great to see them take a segment to riff. Oh Well!

-Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill: Killed! Definitely the best presenter bit of the night. Really the fact that they are on that stage is just mind blowing. To think a year ago today if you were to tell me that not only Seth Rogen would be presenting at the Oscars but Jonah Hill as well, I would of said you were full of shit. So very happy for their success.

-Speaking of Rogen and Hill, this part of an AP piece on Oscar weekend just made me very happy:

"FUNNYMEN UNITE: Oscar freshmen Seth Rogen and Jonah Hill were welcomed to the Kodak Theatre by sophomore Jon Stewart.
He jumped up and down on the side of the stage as the "Superbad" stars rehearsed for their Academy Awards debut on Saturday night. Stewart, who hosted the Oscars in 2006, rushed across the stage to greet them, then disappeared into the wings.
Wearing matching black horn-rimmed glasses, Rogen and Hill cracked jokes and scoped out their seats in the theater from the stage. Afterward, they met with Stewart in his dressing room.
"It's going to be so weird," Rogen told the show host. "It's so epic."
Stewart chatted with the pair before sending them on their way with a snack.
"Can I offer you a rugula?" he said.
Each actor took one of the cookie-like confections, then headed off."

That just makes my year.

And as quickly as that The Oscars are over for another year. Now it's time to predict what will be big at the 09 show. Scorsese's Shutter Island? Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? The Coens' Burn After Reading? Who knows. I would of said a year ago that American Gangster was a shoo-in to Best Picture, and look what happened there. Also who could of predicted Juno's gigantic success? We can predict all we want now, but we usually have no idea until the movies are actually completed and screening.

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80th Annual Academy Awards predictions

my predictions and thoughts on the 80th annual Academy Awards are after the jump.



Best motion picture of the year
“Atonement” (Focus Features)
A Working Title Production
Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Paul Webster, Producers

“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
A Mandate Pictures/Mr. Mudd Production
Lianne Halfon, Mason Novick and Russell Smith, Producers

“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
A Clayton Productions, LLC Production
Sydney Pollack, Jennifer Fox and Kerry Orent, Producers

“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
A Scott Rudin/Mike Zoss Production
Scott Rudin, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Producers

“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
A JoAnne Sellar/Ghoulardi Film Company Production
JoAnne Sellar, Paul Thomas Anderson and Daniel Lupi, Producers

Will Win: No Country For Old Men
Should Win: There Will Be Blood/No Country For Old Men

Before I go on, let me just say this is the best Best Picture noms in a long time. Really, all of these movies are at the very least good. Atonement is my least favorite of the bunch, and it's a well made movie. Usually for my least favorite movie in the category is something I despise. Of course it isn't perfect. It never is. I would of replaced Atonement and maybe Juno with either Zodiac or The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford to make the category truly perfect.

Atonement has no chance at all and as it should be in a field like this. Juno, while being a nice, fun little movie, really shouldn't win this. It is however, better then last year's quirky comedy entry in Little Miss Sunshine. I'm hearing people are thinking it may upset, but I doubt it. In any other year, Michael Clayton would stand a good shot of winning cause it's a truly amazing film, but not in a year as stacked as this one. Which then leaves us with No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood. The momentum is definitely on No Country's side and I think it has it locked up. The fact is, and something I never say, I would be perfectly fine with either NCFOM or TWBB winning. They are both masterful films made by two of the very best directors around today. It is really the coolest faceoff in years for the Academy Awards. How they both got the most nominations just makes me so, so, very happy.

Achievement in directing
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn) Julian Schnabel
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight) Jason Reitman
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.) Tony Gilroy
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage) Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax) Paul Thomas Anderson


Will Win: Coen Brothers, No Country For Old Men
Should Win: Coen Brothers, No Country For Old Men

A lot of the times when big directors finally win an Oscar for their work it's for a film that isn't as good as their previous work. That is not the case here. This is one of the Coen Brothers' very best films, and I will be so happy to see them win. They made my all-time favorite film in The Big Lebowski and it's just very deserved.

Performance by an actor in a leading role
George Clooney in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Daniel Day-Lewis in “There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Johnny Depp in “Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street”
(DreamWorks and Warner Bros., Distributed by DreamWorks/Paramount)
Tommy Lee Jones in “In the Valley of Elah” (Warner Independent)
Viggo Mortensen in “Eastern Promises” (Focus Features)

Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood
Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis, There Will Be Blood

don't need to explain this one. It's obvious. Pretty great category though with very deserving performances from Viggo Mortensen and George Clooney in there. but, yeah. It's the Daniel Day-Lewis show. as it should be

Performance by an actress in a leading role
Cate Blanchett in “Elizabeth: The Golden Age” (Universal)
Julie Christie in “Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Marion Cotillard in “La Vie en Rose” (Picturehouse)
Laura Linney in “The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Ellen Page in “Juno” (Fox Searchlight)

Will Win: Marion Cotillard, La Vie en Rose
Should Win: Ellen Page, Juno

This is really a category where I have no real judgment in here. I have only seen one of these movies (Juno), while the rest I either have no interest in (Elizabeth: The Golden Age, Away from Her) or have been waiting to see (The Savages). From what i've seen of Marion's performance it's really some amazing stuff. She's definitely a future talent. I picked Ellen Page though, besides it being the only one of these performances i've seen, but it would be great to see her win. Canada represent!

Performance by an actor in a supporting role
Casey Affleck in “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” (Warner Bros.)
Javier Bardem in “No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Philip Seymour Hoffman in “Charlie Wilson’s War” (Universal)
Hal Holbrook in “Into the Wild” (Paramount Vantage and River Road Entertainment)
Tom Wilkinson in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Will Win: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men
Should Win: Javier Bardem, No Country For Old Men

Another obvious one, but this category is really stacked. All of these performances are really great work. Phillip Seymour Hoffman is one of the best working actors around today, Hal Holbrook is great in Into The Wild, Tom Wilkinson is just amazing in Michael Clayton, and Casey Affleck is just perfect in Jesse James. Javier's win in here has been pretty much sealed up since last May, but it's very deserved. Would love to see Casey Affleck win though to give Jesse James some love.

Performance by an actress in a supporting role
Cate Blanchett in “I’m Not There” (The Weinstein Company)
Ruby Dee in “American Gangster” (Universal)
Saoirse Ronan in “Atonement” (Focus Features)
Amy Ryan in “Gone Baby Gone” (Miramax)
Tilda Swinton in “Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)

Will Win: Cate Blanchett, I'm Not There
Should Win: Amy Ryan, Gone Baby Gone

Amy Ryan at one point was the frontrunner in this category, but now it seems that Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton are neck-and-neck for it. Those are both great performances, but I would love it more if Amy Ryan won. it is truly a great performance, and it would give her more attention. She has been amazing on The Wire for years now, and it would be great for someone to honor her for her hard work.

Adapted screenplay

“Atonement” (Focus Features)
Screenplay by Christopher Hampton
“Away from Her” (Lionsgate)
Written by Sarah Polley
“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly” (Miramax/Pathé Renn)
Screenplay by Ronald Harwood
“No Country for Old Men” (Miramax and Paramount Vantage)
Written for the screen by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
“There Will Be Blood” (Paramount Vantage and Miramax)
Written for the screen by Paul Thomas Anderson
Will Win: Coen Brothers, No Country For Old Men
Should Win: Coen Brothers/Paul Thomas Anderson

I'm fine with either winning. Read the Best Picture summary.

Original screenplay
“Juno” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Diablo Cody
“Lars and the Real Girl” (MGM)
Written by Nancy Oliver
“Michael Clayton” (Warner Bros.)
Written by Tony Gilroy
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney)
Screenplay by Brad Bird
Story by Jan Pinkava, Jim Capobianco, Brad Bird
“The Savages” (Fox Searchlight)
Written by Tamara Jenkins

Will Win: Diablo Cody, Juno
Should Win: Anything

I really wouldn't mind any of these winning. They are all amazing films, but Diablo Cody is the new queen in town so her win will be much deserved.

Best animated feature film of the year
“Persepolis” (Sony Pictures Classics) Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud
“Ratatouille” (Walt Disney) Brad Bird
“Surf's Up” (Sony Pictures Releasing) Ash Brannon and Chris Buck

Will Win, Should Win: Ratatouille

AKA, the give Ratatouille an award category. One of the best animated movies i've ever seen. Brad Bird has done it again. With this win he will be the only director to win the Best animated feature Oscar more than once (He won it before for The Incredibles).

Achievement in music written for motion pictures (Original song)
“Falling Slowly” from “Once”
(Fox Searchlight)
Music and Lyric by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

“Happy Working Song” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“Raise It Up” from “August Rush”
(Warner Bros.)
Music and lyric by Jamal Joseph, Charles Mack and Tevin Thomas

“So Close” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

“That’s How You Know” from “Enchanted”
(Walt Disney)
Music by Alan Menken
Lyric by Stephen Schwartz

Will Win: Falling Slowly, Once
should Win: Beautiful Ride, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story

This category is an abomination this year. I'm sure Enchanted was a nice little movie, but 3 song noms?!? That is fucking ridiculous. August Rush?!?! No one saw that shit. The only deserving nom in here is the one who will win: Falling Slowly from Once. I do think the whole Once train has made it overrated, but you can't deny how nice the music is. How nothing from Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story didn't get nominated is bullshit on the highest level. Those songs are all much more memorable then anything in this category. Eff that noise. I guess I can't expect much from the same people who gave an Academy Award to Phil Collins for his Tarzan song over Aimee Mann, and Trey Parker and Matt Stone.


I'll probably do another post following the show for my thoughts on what went down. Look out for it!

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Benjammin' #2

This came sooner than I expected. With the complete wealth of new music this week I had to jump on this early.

see Benjammin' #2 after the jump.

Young Dro
"Tropical"
"How I Ride"
album: I Am Legend mixtape
Release Date: now

I wasn't initially sold on Young Dro. I mean "Shoulder Lean" was a nice catchy song, and "Rubberband Banks" was great too, but they didn't sell me on Dro being a good rapper. With the release of the I Am Legend mixtape this past week I am now completely sold. His flow is ridiculous, his content is insane, he is really funny, and he is just one of the best new rappers out right now. I have now actually checked out his entire album Best Thang Smokin', and I realize how off I was. This man is a force to be reckoned with.

I chose two songs from the mixtape to showcase his talent. They are both great but especially "How I Ride". The hook for "How I Ride" is just something of goofy greatness: "This is how I ride / My car just died / The brain blowed out, doors committed suicide / The man in the trunk the only thing that's alive / And that's what I tell them when they be asking how I ride.". Great!! Young Dro is set to release his second full length album sometime in 2008, and I can't wait to hear it.

The Roots
"75 Bars" (Black's Reconstruction)
album: Rising Down
Release Date: April 29th, 2008


The Roots are back!!! Been waiting on the release of Rising Down for a while now, and today the first song has been released. It isn't the first single, it's just a song from the album that they put out there to get blog hype. The first single is said to be a song called "Birthday Girl" featuring Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy. As for this song though, it's just Black Thought completely blacking out in his rhyming. He shows on this song why he is the most underrated rapper around today. Also on the song is a tuba supplied by Tuba Gooding Jr., and it fits the song well. I am completely amped about the album, and if you want to learn more about it then check out this recent feature Entertainment Weekly did on previewing Rising Down: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20179171,00.html

She & Him
"This Is Not A Test"
"I Was Made For You"
album: Volume 1
Release Date: March 18th, 2008

Just as soon as I talk about the lead single from the album, the album leaks. Volume 1 is really just amazing. My favorite album of the year so far. It was hard to choose just one song from it, so I decided to pick two of my favorites. These two songs are great, the whole album is amazing, Zooey is a goddess. The End.

Erykah Badu
"Twinkle"
album: New Amerykah Part 1 (4th World War)
Release Date: February 26th, 2008

It's been a while since Erykah Badu has released an album. Luckily, New Amerykah is really fantastic and worth the wait. It's really an album that deserves to be heard front to back, but i'll choose my favorite song currently from it in "Twinkle". I believe it was produced by the great Madlib, but I could be wrong. Go check out this album. I'm sure you'll really enjoy it.

80th Annual Academy Awards prediction post coming later today. look out for it!

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Step Brothers will blow minds away

The poster for Step Brothers came out tonight, and yeah. Just look at it. Is that not one of the greatest things you have ever seen? It's up there for me.

So, looking at this poster you might say "hey, Ben! what the hell is Step Brothers and why should I care about it?". Good question, faithful readers. A stupid question, but a question nonetheless.

What is Step Brothers? it's a comedy (duh!) with Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly starring as 40 year olds who still live with their parents. When Nancy Huff (Mary Steenburgen) and Robert Doback (Richard Jenkins) get married Brennan Huff (Ferrell) and Dale Doback (Reilly) become step brothers. As the official summary goes on to say "As their narcissism and downright aggressive laziness threaten to tear the family apart, these two middle-aged, immature, overgrown boys will orchestrate an insane, elaborate plan to bring their parents back together. To pull it off, they must form an unlikely bond that maybe, just maybe, will finally get them out of the house." Judd Apatow describes the movie as The Parent Trap with men.

So yeah, that sounds amazing. Now your next question is why should you care about it? Well, quite simply its Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly starring as step brothers. Okay, still not sold? The movie is done by the same team that did Anchorman, and Talladega Nights. What team is that you say? Directed by Adam McKay, Written by Adam McKay and Will Ferrell, and produced by Judd Apatow.Anchorman for my money is one of the funniest movies of this decade so far. Just an amazing work of comedic brilliance. Talladega Nights was also great, and I say very underrated.

You might say you are sick of Will Ferrell. Ferrell has really only had a few missteps in his career so far (Bewitched, Blades Of Glory), but beyond that he has been doing great stuff. His upcoming movie Semi-Pro looks like a return to form for Will as it's an R-rated comedy where Will gets to let loose. Also John C. Reilly has to be one of my all-time favorite actors. His dramatic work is just amazing, and his work in Chicago earned him an Academy Award nomination. His comedic work recently though is what has taken him to great heights with me. Talladega Nights, Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, and best of all as Dr. Steve Brule on Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! Not only is he one of my favorite dramatic actors, but he's one of my favorite comedic actors as well. He can do it all.

Speaking of Semi-Pro, I would assume the first trailer to Step Brothers will be attached to it. If it is, I'll post the trailer in here and give my thoughts about it.

I'll be doing quite a bit of stuff in the blog pretty soon. Look for the obligatory Academy Awards predictions post in the coming days, and also a Top 10 list of my all-time favorite TV Shows ever. That as well as Benjammin #2, and whatever else comes to my mind at the time.

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Benjammin' #1

this is the first edition of what will be semi-regular feature on this blog called Benjammin'. It will be the songs I enjoy at the moment either new or old. I'll post a zshare (the best of the file-sharing sites, imo) link to the song and post my thoughts about it.

see the premiere edition of Benjammin' after the jump.



She & Him
Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?
album: Volume 1
Release Date: March 18th, 2008
http://www.mergerecords.com/audio/shehim/whystayhere.mp3 (since it's freely available as a download, I didn't bother to make a zshare link to it)

I think this song is my favorite of the year so far. She & Him is a group that consists of actress Zooey Deschanel and indie rocker M. Ward. This is apparently the first single (or first song released), and it's really a whole lot of fun. Zooey is just great on the song and brings a great energy to it. Zooey is what attracted me to the project in the first place because she is a part of my holy trinity of celebrity crushes (which also includes Scarlett Johansson and Kristen Bell). She is a great singer as can be heard in the movie Elf, and i've been looking forward to any sort of musical project with her ever since then. This album looks to not disappoint as it contains a lot of songs she wrote (including this one), and also includes covers like The Beatles' "I Should Have Known Better".

The album release is fast approaching, and I really can't wait to hear it.


Usher featuring Young Jeezy
Love In This Club
album: TBA
Release Date: TBA 2008
www.zshare.net/audio/7743228ea3fba1

This is the first single apparently, and it's a great one. A couple months ago another new Usher song called "Dat Girl Right There" leaked on the internet and it was so insane. It was really unlike anything I had heard in an R&B song. I couldn't imagine the first song for Usher's big comeback following his massive Confessions album to be something very experimental.

Now with "Love In This Club" Usher has released the perfect lead single. The song is produced by Polow Da Don who did Rich Boy's "Throw Some D's" among others, and it's definitely a song I can see becoming a massive hit very shortly. The beat is very trance-like, and Usher really owns it up. Young Jeezy also has a guest spot on the song, and his usual Trapstar shtick somehow works on it.As one of my favorite critics Tom Breihan said about the song "In a musical climate where nothing makes sense, "Love in this Club" is about the closest we've heard to a sure thing since Kanye's "The Good Life," and the ease with which Usher manipulates it exhilarates."

N.E.R.D.
Everyone Nose
album: N.3.R.D.
Release Date: Spring 2008
www.zshare.net/audio/7745612d8185f2/

Great to see Pharrell and Hugo back together. After some time apart for a couple years, both Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo are working together again. They first started out as The Neptunes making classic songs, but a couple years ago they just drifted apart. Chad Hugo spent his time working on the Kenna "Make Them See My Face" album, while Pharrell was busy producing and had The Neptunes productions credited solely to him.

Now luckily that didn't seem like bad blood as they are back together and also back together as N.E.R.D. The first single for their upcoming N.3.R.D. album is quite a departure from the previous two albums. While the other N.E.R.D. albums had a heavy rock influence, just judging from "Everyone Nose" they are going more into Baltimore Club stuff. It's a great song, and I can't wait to see the video for this. N.E.R.D. will be on Kanye West's Glow In The Dark tour (which i'm going to!) this summer, so check them out when they come to your area.


The Time
777-9311
album: What Time Is It?
Release Date: August 25th, 1982
www.zshare.net/audio/7745426b422dc9/

Seeing them reunite at last week's Grammy awards was really awesome. Sucks that they didn't get their own time, and had to share the stage with Rihanna but it was still great. After the show, I decided to rediscover their albums, so i've been in a heavy Time mood lately. The Time really have to be one of the most underrated groups of the 80's. They are the only artist to this day in which Prince didn't want to go on the stage after they played because he was scared of them. The song I chose, "777-9311", is a great catchy song that by the end of the song just turns into a great jam session. If you haven't checked The Time out yet, you definitely should.

Herbie Hancock
Chameleon
album: Head Hunters
Release Date: October 13th, 1973
www.zshare.net/audio/7746026b0e86a4/

Speaking of the Grammy's, Herbie Hancock's Album Of The Year win was a great moment. Was it the best album in the category? Nope. In my opinion, it was the worst. Doesn't take away from the fact that Herbie Hancock is an incredible musician, and a truly great guy. Just kind of a shame that he's playing it safe late in his life. After the win, I went listening to his old stuff and it is just really amazing stuff. The album Head Hunters and the song "Chameleon" especially. If you have no reaction at all to "Chameleon" then you have no pulse. Just a great 15 minutes of music.


that about does it. Not sure if this will become a weekly thing, but i'll try every two weeks at the very least. Hope you enjoyed it, and if you haven't heard the songs I mentioned then give them a listen. I provided a zshare link to all of them (minus She & Him which I state above), so there's no excuse to not hearing them.

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Pineapple Express red band trailer: Best Trailer Ever?

This has been out since Tuesday, but since I still can't get enough of it I may as well post it here as well.

Before the trailer this was always my #1 most anticipated film of 08. I mean it's another Judd Apatow movie (this time he produces as well as getting a story credit), and Seth Rogen co-wrote and co-stars in it. That right off the bat makes it amazing. Throw in James Franco playing a drug dealer named Saul and this movie couldn't lose.

The first clip of the movie came out in December when a scene from the movie was put on the Superbad DVD. Some people didn't like it, but I think those people are crazy. it establishes what Pineapple Express actually is, and is basically what sets up the rest of the movie. On top of that, it's funny as shit.

but now, the first trailer of the movie is officially out. It's also a red-band trailer (trailer with R-Rated material in it) which makes it even better. Whoever cut this trailer should get the Nobel Prize in science. it is brilliant the whole way through. Whoever had the idea of using M.I.A.'s absolutely fantastic "Paper Planes" in the trailer is a genius. It fits the movie perfectly, and makes me like the song even more then I already do.

Now with all that said, I hope besides the All Audiences trailer that there isn't another trailer until the release date. I am more than sold on it by now, so I want to keep the rest of the movie a surprise.

be sure to check out Pineapple Express when it hits theaters August 8th (08/08/08!). This certainly won't be the last you hear of this movie on this blog, so keep checking the blog for all the latest updates on what will be the best movie of 2008.

see the trailer this entry is all about after the jump.

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Intro

so why a blog? I have no idea. I guess as another way to waste time. As the top tells you I spend a lot of time with this subject. I previously did a podcast for nearly 2 years called Benjammin' that I stopped doing last December. Ever since it ended I have been wanting to express my thoughts in some forum but didn't know what to do it on. Well, that is bullshit actually. It was just a thought that came to me recently. If I had really been thinking about it for that long without thinking of a Blog then I would be crazy. expect a lot of BS in this blog.

so what to also expect? pretty much everything in the pop culture field that interests me. so yeah, no Grey's Anatomy posts. sorry Greyers! (do they even call themselves that or did I just invent a new term?). I have no idea how this will last honestly, but I hope to do it for a bit. I'll just post whatever. Whether it be a songs i'm currently liking post (with zshare links!), a review on whatever, a rant or me posting incoherent thoughts (expect a lot of that). so, hope you check this thing out every once in a while, if not more than that.

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