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RELEASE DATE: August 3rd, 2007

STORY:Self-proclaimed stuntman Rod Kimble(Andy Samberg) is preparing for the jump of a lifetime. Rod plans to clear fifteen buses in an attempt to raise money for his abusive stepfather Frank's life-saving heart operation. He'll land the jump, get Frank better, and then fight him, hard.

DIRECTED BY: Akiva Schaffer

The Lonely Island: below is a brief introduction to the guys behind the movie, and trust me! Everything from them is AWESOME!

 

RELEASE DATE: June 22nd, 2007(U.S.)

 

DIRECTOR: Jonathan King

STORY: An experiment in genetic engineering goes horribly wrong when it turns harmless sheep into blood-thirsty killers that terrorize a sprawling New Zealand farm.

 

RELEASE DATE: June 29th, 2007

STORY:A young rat living in the walls of a famous bistro wishes to become a chef, but is hindered by his family's skepticism and the rat-deprising staff and patrons.

DIRECTED BY: Brad Bird

Hey it’s the first week of Spring! What that means for you: time to let some light into your house/room, get some cleaning done, and start working on that physic cause summer is just around the corner and you don’t want to be that kid with the over-sized Mickey Mouse floating device around your waist. “I’m sorry sir, but the AMC theaters of America prohibit any assortment of floaties…” At what age does the floaties around the arms seem lame? A little kid can get-away with it, but can a young adult with a fear of the water since watching Species. Not that I would know that individual fearing a sexy Russian femme-bot is going to force herself onto me so she could produce an offspring. No…clue…ummm…who that…(clears throat) would be. How about we get back to Movie Menu: Entertainment News

March 16-22nd Edition
• March of the Germans: United Artist Entertainment and Bryan Singer (Usual Suspects, X-Men 1+2, Superman Returns) are scheduled to work on an untitled thriller based on an attempt to assassinate Adolf Hitler. Who is to star you ask? Tom Cruise. The same man who purchased the film for United Artist. Anyone else get the vibe Tom Cruise is trying to give the finger to everyone and show he doesn’t need Mission Impossible? I just can’t wait to see who will play Adolf Hitler because I have strange suspicion it is going to be Katie Holmes…you know, because she has RANGE. (Yahoo!)
• The Green Hornet: Columbia Pictures has picked up where Kevin Smith has left off and acquired the rights to make the long-awaited Green Hornet film. The Green Hornet was a Newspaper Publisher by day, and masked hero at night, so a totally-unique premise of a superhero living a life in the media and saving the world at night. (Monsters & Critics)
• Harry will not Pot-Her : Emma Watson is pretty much done playing Hermione and has rejected an offer to continue her role in the Harry Potter series, leaving a void in her character for the last 2 installments. “Hurry! Someone get Dakota Fanning on the phone!” Citing her desire to branch out and not be type-casted, the young…(drool)…hottie…will..now… I’m sorry! All this talk of Emma Watson has me all hot and bothered. I need to use the restroom!! (Cinema Blend)
• Cate Blanchett : Harrison Ford now has a love interest in Cate Blanchett for Indiana Jones IV: The Curse of Arthritis. Wait, apparently that titled has not been confirmed, but Movie Menu is giving you the scoop! Just don’t tell anyone because I don’t need to see George Lucas in court…again. The David Koepp script for Indiana Jones IV has been closely guarded so no word on what the relationship will stem from, but I imagine a special blue pill that starts with the letter V and ends with: iagra will play a major role in the film. (The Hollywood Reporter)

 

RELEASE DATE: July 11th, 2007

 

DIRECTOR: Timur Bekmambetov

 

 

STORY: The Russian’s answer to the Matrix trilogy, this is the sequel to Night Watch. A man serving in the battle between Light and Dark comes into the possession of a device that can restore life to Moscow.

 

 

Well it looks like Movie Menu’s reunion won’t be as financially successful as The Police reunion, but as least we still have our dignity! SELL-OUTS! (Dives into dumpster to only fight over a chicken wing with a dog named Ralph, who also has rabies’.) Sting doesn’t know the hard-knock life we live.
So what exactly does the news of The Police have to do with Movie Menu? Absolutely nothing, I just thought it would be cool to mention it. Maybe the same kind of ruckus will be generated with the return of: MOVIE MENU! Entertainment News.
Your silence is enough to show me how ecstatic you with the return of Entertainment News to Movie Menu. Lots to report, so put another rib eye on the grill and LETZ GET COOKIN’ READAS!!

February 16th- 22nd Edition

• The Dark Knight: a lot of news has been circulating involving the Batman Begins sequel, so a quick overview: Christopher Nolan will write/direct again, Christian Bale- Morgan Freeman- Gary Oldman are returning, Katie Holmes quit, Heath Ledger is Joker…and this week’s news: Aaron Eckhart has been hired to play Harvey Dent, better known as the villain Two Face. Looks like Warner Bros. has successfully reprised a cherished franchise, until someone decides to bring back Arnold Schwarzenegger as Mr. Freeze, “Ice…to see you!� (Hollywood Reporter)
• Borat wins again: “Very niceeeee!! How much?� Well Borat, since you’ve won, only the attorney fees now. A Los Angeles judge has thrown out the case of the two fraternity brothers who claimed their participation in the movie was under false pretenses. The fraternity brothers wanted the world to know they were lied to when the producers of the movie got the brothers really wasted, had them sign the release forms, and then promised them the film will be get international distribution. They forgot to add something in their lawsuit though, the movie has ruined their game and they cannot get any pussy now. Good job Borat! 1 lawsuit down…like 4 or 5 more to go! (Yahoo!)
• Wonder Woman: Josh Whedon (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Serenity) was recently kicked off the project because Warner Bros. found a better script and are close to finally hiring an actress. Looks like Eva Green, the latest Bond girl, will receive the honors of portraying Wonder Woman. No truth to my rumors that Josh Whedon wanted Sarah Michelle Gellar to play Wonder Woman so she’d have to wear tight little suits and give us some camel-toe action…what? You wouldn’t go to see that? Come on…(The Movie Blog)
• Indiana Jones Jr.: the word involving the script of Indiana Jones IV has an Indy Junior to protect now, and Steven Spielberg has been talking up a storm about actor Shia LaBeaouf. Can’t say I love the idea, but Shia LaBeaouf is a great new talent who will get more recognition with his role in Transformers and his brilliant performance in A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. As long as Shia remembers Macaulay Culkin was once a rising star. Beware. (Cinema Blend)

RELEASE DATE: April 6th, 2007

DIRECTOR: Mark Palansky

STORY: this is a modern day off-beat fable about a young woman who, having spent her life trapped by a family curse, sets out find love and discovers her true self.

RELEASE DATE: November 2007

STORY: Barry B. Benson (Jerry Seinfeld), a bee who has just graduated from college, is disillusioned at his lone career choice: making honey. On a special trip outside the hive, Barry's life is saved by Vanessa (Renee Zellweger), a florist in New York City. As their relationship blossoms, he discovers humans actually eat honey, and subsequently decides to sue us.

DIRECTED BY: Steve Hickner and Simon J. Smith

This is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of February 16, 2007. The first movie is:

Ghost Rider- Nicholas Cage upset that he couldn’t be Superman agrees to play a comic book hero with flames coming out of his skull. It is actually a better look for him. Rated PG-13 –Movie Menus Pick of the Week-

Breach- Ryan Phillippe plays a man who is promoted to work with a FBI agent who is brilliant, however then realizes he’s hired to spy on the FBI agent who is suspected to be a traitor. Based on a true story. Rated R

Bridge to Terabithia- Two new friends imagine a world called Terbithia, that has a magic kingdom hidden in the deep woods where they have to defend the world they created from a Dark Enemy. Rated PG

Close to Home- An explosion brings two women who dislike each other together in an awkward kind of bond. Rating Pending

Days of Glory- In the war against the Nazi’s in WWII, North African men must also fight the discrimination of their fellow soldiers in the French army. Rated R

Grbavica: The Land of my Dreams- During the 1990s, a single mom is trying to raise her 12 year old daughter in a city where jobs are slim and poverty is the norm. However, a mother and daughter bond is considered priceless. Rating Pending

RELEASE DATE: n/a

STORY: an unstable dad (Michael Douglas)who after getting out of a mental institution tries to convince his daughter (Evan Rachel Wood) that there's Spanish gold buried somewhere under suburbia

DIRECTOR: Mike Cahill

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Planning the Podcast Casino Royale seemed like the perfect popcorn movie flick to watch one episode before our season finale. Yes, Podcasts can have seasons too! So much planning was made to make this show a success. We had a comfortable format in the past episodes, though in this one, we slightly drifted away from the norm. As a podcast, we’re still learning the ropes and finding our niche so we continue to evolve. Hopefully you evolve with us…wait that didn’t sound right…heh

Day of Podcast Well, things got difficult so close to the holiday season. We ended up watching the movie the day before recording. The next day, I picked up Mike and headed over to Johns to record the show. However, Christina, Vasthy, and Carlos were there so catching up was in order. After yapping away, we got down to business. We recorded the banter which didn’t last too long. Then ideas for the intro came into play. We decided to spoof an event that happened to Mike and me when we went to watch Casino Royale.

Post Production Well two banters were recorded so I used one as the main banter but used snippets of the other to combine as a whole banter. Mike created the intro and we had a show. Only problem there was a glitch that didn’t allow us to upload the show. Though one day late is better than never so enjoy the show!

This is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of November 17th, 2006. The first movie is: 

Casino Royale- In this prequel of all prequels, we revisit 007’s James Bond first mission. Terrorist brings him to the infamous Casino Royale where you bet more than your life.
-Movie Menu’s Pick of the Week-

• Aura- A case of mistaken identity is the twist of this movie that has a shy taxidermist plotting the perfect robbery. After a murder, the taxidermist continues the job of a person who already committed a robbery.
• Bobby- Directed by Emilio Estevez, this historical drama revisits the night Robert F. Kennedy was gunned down at the Ambassador Hotel in 1968. The film follows 22 individuals who are all at the hotel for different purposes but share the common thread of anticipating Kennedy's arrival at the primary election night party. (movies.go.com)
• Candy- A reckless poet falls for a young art student named Candy. When drugs get involved in their relationship, they both head towards a downward spiral that only love can accept.
• Fast Food Nation- Shows the ugly side of fast food, unhealthy reports, contaminated food and how America doesn’t care.
• For your consideration- The cast and crew of a small indie movie find themselves inexplicably surrounded by Oscar buzz in the middle of Academy Awards season. (movies.go.com)
• Happy Feet- In the great nation of Emperor Penguins in Antarctica, you're nobody unless you can sing, which is bad news for Mumble (Elijah Wood), who is the worst singer in the world.But he sure can tap dance. Mumble may never find true love. His one
  friend, Gloria (Brittany Murphy), happens to be the best singer around, and the two have a connection from the moment they hatch, even though she has a tough time understanding her pal's eccentricities. (movies.go.com)
• Lets go to prison- The son of a judge get sent to prison. However, before the judge died, he sent  someone to jail and now is going to “watch” over the son of the judge in prison.
• The Piano Turner of Earthquakes- An opera singer is kidnapped and an innocent piano Tuner gets caught up in the kidnap as this Doctor creates a “diabolical opera” in his mind.
• Snoop Dogg’s Hood of Horror- Three horror stories from snoop of urban players and their demise.

This is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of November 10th, 2006. The first movie is: 

Stranger Than Fiction- Emma Thompson and Will Farrell star in this film about an English writer narrating the life of an IRS Agent only to find out that he will be killed off unless he finds out who is narrating his life. –Movie Menu pick of the Week-

An interesting fact about Will Farrell is that he is a graduate of the University of Southern California; Will Ferrell became interested in performing while a student at University High School in Irvine, California, where he made his school's daily morning announcements over the public address system in disguised voices. He started as a member of the Los Angeles comedy/improvisation group The Groundlings. In 1995 he became a feature cast member at "Saturday Night Live" during the show's rapid re-casting. He was declared quite possibly the worst cast member ever during his first season. However, his talents of impersonations and range of characters shot him forward to making him arguably the greatest "Saturday Night Live" cast member ever. During his seven year run he is one of the few cast members to ever be nominated for an Emmy for a performance and played George W. Bush during the 2000 elections. (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002071/bio)

• Climates- This Turkish film deals with a professor and a young television producer whose relationship has more ups and downs than a roller coaster. 
• Come Early Morning- Ashley Judd plays this promiscuous woman looking for love in all the wrong places, but changes her way after she finally finds someone she likes.
• Copying Beethoven- An aspiring composer has a chance to work beside Ludwig van Beethoven.
• F*CK- This humorous documentary tackles the mystery, “where did the word FUCK come from?” It has interviews from celebrities, political figures, and other commentators on their thoughts and ideas on the F Word.
• FUR: An imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus- Nicole Kidman plays Diane Arbus, an influential photographer in the 1950s, whose unlikely romance started her vision.
• A Good Year- Russell Crowe plays this money hungry man who inherits this little vineyard from his uncle after passing away. Now Russell’s character struggles if he should sell the vineyard and move on with his life, or keep the only thing that he really cares about.
• Harsh Time- This movie follows Christian Bale employed by the DEA to work in Columbia. His friend and him stroll Los Angeles only to turn against each other.
• The Return- Sarah Michelle Gellar plays this woman who feels like she is losing her mind. She gets these visions of murder and suspects that someone is after her.

This is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of November 3rd, 2006. The first movie is: 

BORAT- CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN- One of the longest titles in cinema, Ali G famous Borat character makes his film debut as a foreigner from Kazakhstan, visiting America and basically showing us how retarded and unnecessary our culture really is to outsiders. Filmed as a documentary, this movie is sure to be a hit. –Movie Menu’s pick of the Week- 

Interesting Fact about Kazakhstan, yes it is an actual country, is that it is a country that stretches over a vast expanse of northern and central Eurasia. A small portion of its territory west of the Ural River is located in eastern-most Europe. It has borders with Russia, the People's Republic of China, and the Central Asian countries Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, and has a coastline on the Caspian Sea. Kazakhstan was a republic of the former Soviet Union and is now a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States. It is the ninth-largest country in the world by area, but it is only 62nd country in population. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakhstan) 

• Flushed Away- In this animated CGI film, an uptown rodent (voice of Hugh Jackman) is flushed down the toilet and is forced to live with lesser rodent folks in the sewers. 
• Infamous- Think you know the whole story of Copote? Think again. In this version of the infamous writer, an unknown actor (Toby Jones)plays Copote, who got close to the murderers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock while researching his "non-fiction novel" In Cold Blood. 
• Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause: Stars “funny” man Tim Allen as Santa Claus in this third installment of the Santa Clause series. In this movie, Jack Frost (Martin Short) tries to take over Christmas once and for all, and Tim Allen has a chance to escape and not be Santa Claus anymore by stopping himself from hurting Santa Claus in the past.  
• Volver- Set in Madrid, a community of people lives are intertwined together, among them are three generation of women living in the same house.

This is a written segment that will display the new upcoming movies for the week. This coming soon section is for the week of October 27th, 2006.  The first movie of this week is:

Babel- A couple on vacation (Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett) goes to hell when the wife gets shot by accident by two teens from afar, which triggers a life changing event for four different people in three different continents. -Movie Menu’s Pick of the Week-

The history of Babel is fascinating. According to the narrative in Genesis Chapter 11 of the Bible, the Tower of Babel was a tower built by a united humanity to reach the heavens. Because the hearts of men were said to be inherently evil and disobedient, they were striving to make a name for themselves instead of worshipping the God who created them. Because of this open defiance, God stopped their efforts by confusing languages so that no one could understand each other. As a result, they could no longer communicate and the work was halted. The builders were then scattered to different parts of Earth. This story is used to explain the existence of many different languages and races. The tower of Babel never got close to being finished. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tower_of_Babel)

• Catch a Fire- Terrorism is the main focus of this dramatic portrayal of a man in South Africa during apartheid to battle against a regime.
• Death of a President- This mockumentary has a promising premise of following an investigating while using actual video with fictional video of the assassination attempts on George W. Bush.
• Romeo & Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss- In this child adapted story, the roles of Romeo and Juliet are portrayed as Seals. This is not a joke, I’m serious.
• Saw III- Perfect for Halloween, the third installment of the terror of Jigsaw brings in his new apprentice to terrorize more victims in this gruesome movie.
• Shut up and Sing- This documentary follows the aftermath and backlash of Natalie Mains of the Dixie Chicks after her negative comment about George W. Bush.

 

This Film is Not Yet Rated- reviewed by John Hang

THIS WEBSITE IS RATED NC-17 for strong sexual content and the use of a spatula to harm a kangaroo. Who the hell gave us this rating? And where the hell did we find a kangaroo? Well the new documentary by director Kirby Dick tackles this issue.
Kirby Dick hires a private investigator and interviews many artists who have been censored by a review board that has remained anonymous…until now.

STORY: not believable at all! Complete farce! Actually with clever editing you make a documentary completely unbelievable. Actually with all the mockumentaries it has harder to distinguish the lines between reality and fiction. With this documentary, there is a blend of interviews with acclaimed directors and other commentators on the M.P.A.A.’s board or review, and interwoven is footage of Kirby Dick and a team of private investigators following cars coming out of the MPAA building. The premise lies in the fact no one knows who determines the ratings for films, which leads to no accountability for the harsh results that are laid sometimes. We are led to believe the board is occupied by regular parents looking out for the well-fair of our youth, but we learn differently.
STYLE: shot on DV cameras with plenty of stock footage of movies that have been censored, it is almost hard to believe too many shots were designed for this film. Developing a beautiful image is not even discussed for a documentary mainly because the focus of a documentary is to tell a story, hence the reason for the recent success of many documentaries. There were some cool animated and flash graphics that have become a mainstay in docu-films like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Supersize Me. The film runs at 97 mins because of the many interviews conducted and there is probably only about 30 minutes with Kirby and his private investigators.
SUMMARY: mehhh. When members of the review board are revealed, there wasn’t a wave of shock that wiped over me or the audience. Maybe with the build-up I was expecting the review board to be occupied by large stalks of celery or Sinbad, but it was mainly suburban parents which came to no surprise to me. I thought the bigger story was the members of the appeals committee which makes perfect sense to me and the funniest parts of the movie consisted of dramatizations with Kirby Dick and the MPAA as he submits his film for a rating to the committee. That must have been an awkward moment for board members as they realized a spy has been following them for months. The main objective is to prove how sex receives a harder sentencing than violence, which is the opposite with other review boards, and after watching this film, all I really wanted to do was watch all these films that received NC-17 ratings and maybe watching some deleted scenes for others. Viva la France!

Scoop – reviewed by John Hang

Woody Allen discovers life out of his New York City cesspool and rejuvenates himself in London, England. A 4 picture deal with BBC has persuaded Woody Allen to direct his first films out of New York with the first film being Match Point, and now Mr. Allen brings us the movie Scoop.
An American journalist receives the scoop of a lifetime from a dead journalist and falls in love with the person she is investigating.

STORY: Scarlett Johansson plays Sandra Pransky the American journalist who encounters a ghost during an act for Sid Waterman’s (Woody Allen) magician act. The story follows the pursuit of Sandra’s investigation into the claim that Peter Lyman, played by Hugh “Wolverine” Jackman is a serial killer at large. Sandra falls in love with Peter despite the disapproval of Sid who is assisting Sandra to find the truth. Scarlett Johansson is one of the hottest talents in Hollywood, but she falls stale for me in this film. Hugh Jackman gives one of the worst performances of an English aristocrat which questions whether Great Britain should purchase Australia back from China so they can imprison Wolverine. Woody Allen plays Woody Allen if he decided to be a Magician and his paranoia and sarcastic humor saves the bad decisions in casting. The story resembles a satirical parody of a film noir film which is quite fascinating, but there is a bias in this review for my positive approval of anything Woody Allen.
STYLE: the scenes of the dead journalist riding a fishing boat with the Grim Reaper are beautifully designed and subtlety hilarious. It clearly was done on a sound stage somewhere but the elements of everyone who had recently died riding a boat brought a chuckle every time it appeared. The film runs at 96 minutes and the music seems to add dimensions to a story that wasn’t completely executed. Not too many issues with the aesthetics because they never really tried anything adventurous. Woody has always maintained a focus on story rather than style, and the writing contained all the elements of all his films.
SUMMARY: I over exaggerate the performances but Scarlett Johansson and Hugh Jackman did play their roles respectfully. Woody Allen steals the film, which is ironic because didn’t Woody write and direct this film? This is a good story of the lengths we take to further our careers and the obstacles and decisions we make to stipple that advancement. So there are 2 more films Woody Allen will be shooting in London, and I’ll be the 27th person in line for those films, until then wait for Scoop to be released on DVD and make it a priority to place Match Point on your list.  

Welcome to another edition of the Movie Menu: Entertainment News where we add no preservatives or additives. All natural baby! I’ve always loved how producing something natural would cost the consumer more than something chemically combined. How does one go about naming a chemical, is the process something like naming an asteroid? Who ever spots it names it, whoever smelt it probably dealt it. Damn scientist and their “sophisticated” jargon and long ass name. I bet when you unscramble the names of these chemicals that you’ll have the full name of the scientist. If I ever get the opportunity to name an asteroid or chemical I would appropriately name it Who’s Yo Bitch. I can imagine scared Eskimos screaming “Look! In the sky! Who’s Yo Bitch” or as a deadly poison, “That’s right Mr. Bond, I’ve injected you with 13cc’s of Who’s Yo Bitch (evil laugh)” or even better, a vaccine, “You’ve been cured Mr. Cartwright. Who’s Yo Bitch.”
So enjoy readers! You my bitches! (Fires 22 gauge shotguns in the air)

 

September 8-15 Edition

• Whitney’s Brownie: well the coke couple of our generation Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown have called it quits after 14 years. Who gets the better end of this divorce? Whitney Houston finally rids the cancer that has caused the spiral of her career, but Bobby Brown riding the coat tails of Whitney for so long finally hit it big with his reality show. I just know who doesn’t win, that’s us. Who will we point at when we tell our children “crack is wack”, there are no role models for us to show people drugs really are dangerous. Well there is Pete Doherty, but he’s a b-level star and over-rated musician. But with Whitney and Bobby, there was hope-aspiration-a vision for the future on why you shouldn’t do drugs. Question 2: after the making of The Bodyguard, is Kevin Costner or Whitney Houston better off in life? Wow, good luck answering that.  (yahoo)
• George Lucas: what can the man who created Star Wars do to solidify his career? Sell boxes! Wouldn’t that be the greatest headline of our century: LUCAS GONE LUNATIC EPISODE 4 (so he could make prequels). Anyways, word is out Mr. Lucas has finally decided to create an original idea for a film for the first time in 20 years!! Star Wars = Joseph Campbell (true geeks know that). George Lucas will direct “the story of the Tuskegee Airman, the first African-American pilots to fly in a combat squadron in World War II.” If Jar-Jar Binks turns out to be one of the pilots, we’ll all know the rumors of Jar-Jar as a mockery of black people will be true. George Lucas needs to buy an island filled with tropical whores and vast amounts of coconuts and stop making movies. How much money does one need? You’ve already established the best special effects and digital sound companies in the world, so please Georgie! Hire some Playboy bunnies and masturbate in the corner like a retired geek would.   (IMDB)
• Luc Besson: it’s hard to believe, but this man was fucking Milla Jovovich at one tine, but perhaps one of our greatest visionaries has finally decided he is burnt out. Luc Besson, creator of The Fifth Element an all-time Sci-fi classic, and The Professional which is my all-time favorite action flick, is proclaiming his newest film Arthur and the Invisibles to be his last film. Now to be far, Luc Besson hasn’t directed many films of late, well in fact his film The Messenger: the Story of Joan of Arc was a totally bomb back in 1999. Besson has been relegated to Producer, but everyone will remember: you can bang hot chicks if you act like all artsy and pretend to be French. Viva La Besson  (Movie Blog)
• Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who: the adaptation of Dr. Seuss’s popular 1954 children’s book will receive the magical makeover of computer animation. Jim Carrey and Steve Carell have already been attached and you can expect many others to follow. Jim Carrey plays an elephant named Horton and Steve Carell will be the Mayor of Who-ville and 20th Century Fox will produce the film. Where does someone like Dr. Seuss’ get his credentials? Wait a minute; he’s not a real doctor I bet. Although the remedy of green eggs and ham does sound appetizing I don’t think I will follow the advice of this doctor. Dr. Dre, now that’s a doctor! Smoking some weed while spitting some lyrics and pretending to be tough sounds like great advice from a certified doctor…from the school of Hard-Knocks! Yeah, boy!  (Hollywood)

Half Nelson – reviewed by John Hang

Can you save someone’s life from spiraling out of control when you cannot even save your own? This is the basic premise behind this indie darling and Oscar mentioned film Half Nelson.
An inner city teacher forms an unlikely bond with the student who discovers his drug addiction and the two characters struggle to save each other.

STORY: Ryan Gosling plays Dan Dunne, the ghetto school teacher who also coaches the school’s female basketball team. This is where Dan Dunne meets Drey (Shareeka Epps), a kid trying to stay off a life pedaling drugs for the man who is responsible for her brothers’ incarceration. Drey discovers her coach cooking some cocaine in the bathroom and Dan feels the obligation as her teacher to try and kick his habit. A story like this is very powerful and dramatic, but the movie has a devilish sarcastic underscore and keeps from preaching the dangers of drugs. Many have mention Ryan Gosling’s name for Oscar consideration and I will admit this film and his performance in The Notebook have persuaded me to believe Mr. Gosling as one of our premiere thespians of our generation. Like all “indie” films, Half Nelson ends with a scene left for discussion and open interpretation, so I’ve gone back and forward on what I believe happened.
STYLE: film runs at 106 minutes and feels right, shot on 35mm and utilizes some very small lenses. For this reason, many scenes shot by Director Ryan Fleck were out of focus but it also drew an audience even closer to the characters because the intimacy of camera shots. Some nice shots of students reading historical facts with the green chalk board in the background and a medium shot with a student cropped left of the scene. The use of an actual urban classroom and real apartment added another dimension to a film that appealed to me.
SUMMARY: highly recommended! Go look for a screening of this, it provides the necessary qualities to demonstrate the dangers of drugs without getting all preachy. Small supporting cast which provided nice story breaks and Ryan Gosling pours his heart into this role. I can sympathize with Drey, coming from a urban school myself, and I would like to believe many of my teachers were on some sort of drug. Half Nelson also seems to be a commentary on the status of our public schools and what our kids are being subjected to. There is a nice little tidbit on something called the Twinkie Defense which I found hilarious and there is no over-exaggerated drug binge that makes your eyes want to vomit. Overall, put your money into supporting this film and envy the teacher-student relationship you’ve always wanted but were too stupid to support your passion for the subject.      

Mistaking your butt plugs for spark plugs…Again: welcome to another edition of the Movie Menu: Entertainment News which brings you another story. So everyone grab a newspaper and huddle around the trash fire. So my mom had to remind me my plates are expired and I needed to get a smog check before I can get my new tags. I begin making the round of calls to various smog check stations and one is chosen in Alhambra, CA. Not too far, and the price is half the price of its competition. So I track down the address and upon arrival, I couldn’t help but give a little chuckle. Now, it took us awhile to settle upon the Movie Menu name, because this is our company’s brand name, and we wanted something catchy and easily memorable. So to my surprise, my eyes did not deceive me, but the name of this smog check station was: S & M Auto Repair. I wouldn’t want to judge one’s decision, but naming your company similar to the association of a sexual preference doesn’t seem the wisest business decision. To my chagrin no one was strapped in leather/ balls-chains/ wipes and/or handcuffs. I can imagine the prank calls they receive:

Employee: Hello, how could I help…you?
Customer: (clears throat) yes…is this S & M Auto Repair?
Employee: Yup. How can I be of service?
Customer: (giggles) well since you asked, I’ve been looking to Repair my social life.
Employee: Do you need oil change?
Customer: (licks lips) ooooo yea…I need someone to drain my oil
Employee: $29.95
Customer: Really?? That’s it…how about….

(Metal drills blast in the background. Chain links hit floor. Men grunting)

Customer: Holy Shit, you guys are really serious about S & M!
Employee: We do whatever we can to satisfy your needs
Customer: Well then. I’ll just have to special order a Panda and a gallon of Tang.

Remember to choose your company’s name wisely. You wouldn’t want to end up with a name like: O.J.-Simpson Juice Bar or Dirty Sanchez Trash Deposal

p.s. - I’d give you the address of the place, but the place sucks and S & M happen to be a couple of scary Russians that’ll break your neck if you “make joke.” Plus they don’t accept credit card…LoL “C-R-E-D-I-T CARDDDD!!!” (Runs hand up butt), seriously, who doesn’t accept credit cards anymore?

August 26-31 Edition

• Chuck Palahniuk: world renowned author Chuck Palahniuk, who has been credited for writing the book Fight Club, has another one of his novels ready to receive some screen time. Choke is a novel about Victor Mancini, a med-school dropout who has turned into a con-artist by faking to choke in order to receive settlements from restaurants. Victor uses some of the money to support his ailing mother and visits sexaholic meetings to meet women. This sounds like a great idea! The book that is, the meeting women at sexaholic interventions is scary because these women are into some weird shit. Ummmm, that’s what my friend...Ahhh….Ernie said, yeah! But this film will do well considering the loyal following Palahniuk has received since Fight Club and critics will likely hype this film to save face from the bashing critics originally gave Fight Club when it was first released but changed their opinion when they saw the cult following.  (Cinema Fusion)
• Terminator 2 ½: television is bringing you the “original” series titled Sarah Connor Chronicles. The tale shall follow Sarah and John Connor as they go on the run from the evil terminator. No news on casting or what channel you will be able to catch this on, but I have no interest in this, so don’t bug me about it. I loved Terminator 2 and hope Arnold Schwarzenegger would consider reprising his role as the Terminator as a cameo. How cool would it be to see your Governor reading lines from a script rather than doing lines of cocaine. Wait, these people read their speeches from a prompter already. Wow, the line between politics and entertainment has really been blurred. I guess an actor makes sense, but electing a wrestler? Jesse Ventura!?!?! “If you win me at arm wrestling, I’ll pass your proposition!”  (Movie Blog)
• The Apprentice: Donald Trump has decided the fire his female muse Carolyn Kepcher and the world of entertainment has temporarily stopped all productions to mourn this tragic event. Wait? Who the F&*k is she again? Whatever. How this made news is astonishing and demonstrates what a slow news week it has been. Can anyone verify she was at least a hottie? Donald Trump is gold with the ladies. I wouldn’t mind being the Apprentice of Ron Popeil, now that would a show I would watch and participate in! Ron Popeil is that leech who keeps hawking his inventions in infomercials, i.e. Showtime Rotisserie, cutlery knife sets, flavor injectors, etc. I’ve always wanted a machine to add a blast of flavor to my Ramen noodles.  (Hollywood Reporter)
• The Anti Christ Oprah Winfrey: yup, she’s still living. It wasn’t headline news but humanity is continuingly failing at killing this manatee, so unless we give it a greater microscope, the manatee will continue to live and spread her filth.  (I Hate Oprah)
• Slow news week: (insert fake story- insightful commentary- obvious/ oblivious joke reference)  (wrong URL)

Little Miss Sunshine – reviewed by Danny Munoz

            Think your family is dysfunctional? Think again. Little Miss Sunshine deals with a family that has more issues than the Spiderman Comics. The movie starts off with Frank (Steve Carell) in the hospital for attempting to commit suicide. His sister Sheryl (Toni Collette) goes to pick him up to take him home with her so she can watch over him. Richard (Greg Kinnear) is a motivational speaker that tries his best to get a book deal, however his lack to motivate makes it difficult to break the deal.
            When Sheryl gets home with Frank, she tells him that he will be staying with her son Dwayne (Paul Dano) so he can watch him at night. Dwayne took a vow of silence to reach a goal of his that he’s dreamt about for so long. Richard’s and Sheryl’s daughter Olive (Abigail Breslin) dreams to one day win a beauty pageant so much that her coach is Grandpa (Alan Arkin). Olive entered the regional Little Miss Sunshine Pageant while visiting Sheryl’s sister, only to win runner-up. A few months later, the winner got disqualified, so Olive was able to go to the National Little Miss Sunshine pageant in California. So the family must drop everything they had planned to see if Olive can make her dream come true.
            This movie has so much drama, yet it is very hilarious. The situations that these people are put in are so ridiculous you’d think that the whole family walked under a ladder, broke mirrors, or walked by a black cat because they have such bad luck. However, with every situation that they faced, they must overcome it together, even if they don’t like each other, the love is still there. Though there are some tear jerking moments, this movie got my seal of approval. This is one you should not miss!

Reviewed by Danny Munoz

If you ever felt like decapitating your boss, peeing over the dead corpse, and then burning the remains so no one will ever know, then this movie is for you! This movie adaptation from the novel with the same title was written by Lauren Weisberger, (wouldn't want to be her boss... or would I?) Though Lauren did write the novel, Anne Brosh McKenna wrote the screenplay that gave this movie life.

Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Stanley Tucci round up the cast that made this movie actually enjoyable. So for you readers who have not seen the movie, Anne Hathaway plays Andrea (Andy) Sachs, who gets a job at RUNWAY magazine, the top magazine in fashion, as Miranda Priestly's assistant, played by Meryl Streep, which is a job that a thousand girls would die to have. Though, many see Andy as an unlikely candidate for the job, Miranda ignores her own better judgment and hires, "the fat girl." Andy takes the job because working a year under Miranda Priestly will line you a job at any written media that you will ever want to work for.

Though the job that would seem to be a stepping stone for your future, isn't all that's cracked out to be, what should one do? Well no sense in crying, if you can't beat them, then join them. So Andy tries her best to impress her boss, but forgets about her boyfriend and friends, the people that really matter to her. So Andy must juggle her future career with her morals and relationships with friends.

Though this movie might sound dramatic, it is pretty amusing. Meryl Streep plays a convincing bitch who is feared by everyone who works under her. Stanely Tucci character, Nigel, is a sort of a Fairy Godmother in the sense he transforms Andy from the fat girl into a fashionable hottie. Will Andy forget who she is and become a stuck up bitch like her boss? I'd recommend this movie for people to watch so they can find out the outcome. Enjoy it and laugh as loud as you want, because no sense if hiding that fact that you ARE going to like it.

Movie Menu: Entertainment News- 4th edition: guess what today is? It’s National Ice Cream Sandwich Day!! Yeeeeaaaa!!! and if you are reading this on Thursday its National Watermelon Day. The internet is a beautiful place to find obscure and irrelevant facts, like this website (nervous laughter) now that summer is winding down, the news is small and obscure but there are still some tiny tidbits circulating. What’s more important is how you plan to celebrate NATIONAL WAFFLE DAY this Saturday and NATIONAL ROOT BEER FLOAT DAY this Sunday. What kind of legal procedures would one have to go through to accomplish a NATIONAL holiday? I say we all lobby for a “National Deep-Fried Day”, there is a restaurant in England that deep-fries candy bars as a dessert, yummers! I think we can celebrate this holiday in the states by congesting our ovaries and intestines with fatty goodness. I wonder how a deep-fried gummy bear would taste like. Anyone care to share a platter of deep-fried vegetables? Little Jimmy will never look at broccoli the same and princess Deborah will be begging for a second serving of deep-fried cabbage deliciousness. Has anyone seen that episode of Arrested Development when Tobias buys a deep-fryer? Ooooo the possibilities….BAM! Entertainment News

-john

July 25- August 3 Edition

• Mel Gibson: looks like someone got a bit tipsy on Jesus Juice and was BUSTED!!! You think the Jews are having a fun time with this? I bet you it was a Jewish cop who stopped Mel Gibson for making Passion of the Christ and proceeded to show what “Jews are really made of” (grabs night stick). I love that mugshot of Gibson too, it still doesn’t match the Nick Nolte mugshot but I see a trend of glamorized celebrity mugshots if this public infatuation continues. Can you imagine if Halle Berry was arrested and she was wearing the Catwoman Attire? I would pay good money to get a mugshot of Quentin Tarantino with a black eye and swollen face, that’s money baby (Yahoo)
• Die Hard 4: a Bruce Willis mugshot with an Elvis toupee? LoL, okay I’ll stop. The 4th installment titled Live Free or Die Hard (u f%^king serious?) has now announced a June 29th, 2007 release date. Les Wiseman (Underworld 1 & 2) is directing and the story consists of “a techno-terrorist attempting to shut down the nation’s computers on the Fourth of July.” No! No! Nooooooo!!!!!!!!! What would the world be without Movie Menu!?!?! I rather…die hard (Cinema Fusion)
• Dallas: the popular primetime soap drama from the 1970s-1980s received some bad news when Jennifer Lopez gave the finger to the film and dropped out. Apparently the story was not enough about J-Lo even though they changed the popular slogan “who shot J R?” to a “who shot J L?” it has been rumored J-Lo must return to her block because some crack dealers are selling high school photos of her making out with the captain of the chess team. (Dark Horizons )
• Pee-Wee’s Playhouse: Paul Reuben has confirmed he is working on 2 MOVIES for Pee-Wee. One will be an adaptation of the television series, kid version, and another movie shall be titled The Pee-Wee Herman Show which will be the more adult version the television series was based on. You know as soon as you read that you were wondering “how adult” this movie is going to be. We’re not going to watch Pee-Wee masturbate and sniff crack off a hookers ass are we? Maybe he’ll give friends in the Playhouse something to REALLY scream about “and the secret word of the day is: Dirty Sanchez’. (Cinema Fusion)
• Hotel Transylvania: Mummy, Dracula, Werewolf, and Frankenstein conjugate at a hotel to discuss if technology has made them irrelevant. This CGI film (the irony of this story addressing technology using CGI software) is slated as a 2009 release from Sony Pictures. I would rather see these guys in a “Real World”-esque movie where Werewolf complains the Mummy is using up all the toilet paper, Frankenstein learns Dracula and Lady Frankenstein spent the night in his coffin, maybe Werewolf is confronted as having anger management issues so the house confront him, and they all get drunk everyday cause their lives suck like the people on the “Real World”. (Film Stew)
• The Darjeeling Limited: get this movie on your radar because it has the potential to bring lots of money to “New Hollywood”. I’m not a fan of the fraternity comedies (Old School, 40 Year old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, Anchorman, etc.) but a HUGE fan of smart-dry-playful comedies and this movie has combined the best people of this posse. Wes Anderson (Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou) is working with Roman Coppola (CQ), Jason Schwartzman (Rushmore, I Heart Huckabees, Shopgirl, etc.) and Owen Wilson (Bottle Rocket, Life Aquatic) on this script about 3 brothers who journey through Africa. I don’t know if this film will bring all these people into the mainstream and break the bank, but it sure smells like it. (Production Weekly)  

Have you ever spent time at a public computer laboratory? Well with my computer being non-functional at the moment, I had to seek the aid of a public computer. I want to lead by saying the guy sitting 4 feet next to me is so LOUD when it comes to his horrible typing, I can’t help but giggle being the nerd I am…and some chick has been talking on her cellphone for the past 15 minutes. Apparently she has moved and now works in Orange County, THANKS! I was worried about your method of transportation and whether you had sufficient funds to support your “wheels.” Haha the asshole film vault librarian just walked past me, I guess he’s going to work.
Some have forgotten the benefits of this recent heat wave: hot weather = less clothing. As a great man once said, “SHOW ME WHATCHA WORKING WITH!!” enjoy the 3rd edition of Movie Menu: Entertainment News

-your podcast host,
John

p.s. I’ve just realized the best Entertainment news from this past week have 1 thing in common: THEY ARE ALL COMIC BOOK ADAPTATIONS. This edition is for you Z to geek-out.

 

July 16- July 24 Edition 

• Batman 2- The Joker: it was announced on Thursday that the role of The Joker in Batman 2 will be Heath Ledger. The obvious joke will be something referencing Ledger’s role in Brokeback Mountain, but the Movie Menu has more class than that. So Heath Ledger, are you going to rock out to Queen’s “we will rock you” while jousting Batman in the ass….oops, F^&K!! the gay innuendos with Heath Ledger are just too easy  (www.latinoreview.com)
• Transformers: so it’s been a tough couple of weeks for Michael Bay in retaining his title as the “Worst Director not sucking the dick of Lucas/ Spielberg” but word out of Comic-Con has defused the flames temporarily. I refuse to publicize the crappy trailer for this movie but Michael Bay did get some GEEK POINTS when he hired Peter Cullen the original voice of Optimus Prime to reprise his role in this new adaptation. Word has also leaked out Michael Bay has invented a Pinto transformer named GORDITA  (www.cinecon.com)
• The Incredible Hulk: Marvel Studios tried to save face recently when they hired director Louis Letterier (Transporter 1 & 2) to direct this new version of the Hulk. The script will be written by Zak Penn (X-Men 2 & 3) with no release date or casting news at the moment…So there’s a mock replica of The Hulk at Universal CityWalk, well I can’t help but laugh at the sight of it for couple reasons. 1: the movie was so bad, any image of The Hulk makes me laugh. 2: I once daydreamed the Hulk would grab that 100ft guitar in front of the Hard Rock Café and start jamming out to a pack audience of scared Japanese tourist. Perhaps taking them to a Men’s Warehouse to shop for pants  (www.themovieblog.com)
•  The Spirit:  Frank Miller has signed on to write and direct this comic book adaptation of a masked detective named Denny Colt who was thought to have been dead, but now works for the Police Commissioner. No word how this movie will conflict with another Frank Miller film, Sin City 2, which is slated to come out 2007. At this rate they’ll run out of detective comic books for Frank Miller to direct and to which I will predict he’ll start adapting HENTAI novels  (www.cinemafusion.com)
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: could ninjas possibly replace the public curiosity with midgets? I think there’s room for both, but this new CGI remake titled TMNT has just released its trailer and it looks freaking awesome. This film will be significantly darker than the previous comedic versions of the Ninja Turtles, but has a story that apparently will appeal to all ages according to director Kevin Monroe. I’ve always wondered which of any of the turtles would have a chance at scoring with April the reporter. My money is on Rafael although Splinter seems like a cock-blocker.  (www.filmforce.ign.com)

 

Do you ever wish you had a stalker? "1AM- John searches for a snack....2:34AM- John begins munching on some chocolate wrappers." I don't know if I would ever want to stalk anyone, cause I get bored of people pretty easily, but if the money is good or the chick is hot, call me (wink). Anyways...welcome to the 2nd edition of Movie Menu: Entertainment News and remember: "only you can prevent forrest fires...so don't FUCK it up aaaa-ight!!!"

July 12- July 15 Edition

• J.J. Abrams : the creator behind Lord of the Flies and...oops! LoL I'm sorry, I meant to say Lost, Abrams created the telelvision show Lost, I always get those confused, (cough rip off cough) Anyways, Abrams becomes one of the richest Writer/ Producer/ Director by signing a 5 year deal with Paramount Pictures and a 6 year deal with Warner Bros. Together the contracts are worth $55 million, and that my friend means he's buying the tacos tonight.   (http://movies.yahoo.com)
• The Eye : Lionsgate Film has picked up the scraps of this classic Hong Kong horror film with Tom Cruise producing and Jessica Alba starring in the film. How long until we see Tom Cruise dumping that dead weight Katie Holmes and upgrading to some prime rib Jessica Alba to promote this film. The "Alba CruiseLine" anyone?(www.cinecon.com)
• The Prestige : Huge Jackman and Christian Bale battle it out ...as magicians!?!? Directed by Christopher Nolan in what could be his best film since Following ; is expected to hit theaters on October 27th, 2006 and the trailer is now online. Expect a large comic book/ geek constituency begging for these 2 actors to reprise this battle in a Wolverine vs Batman movie. (www.aint-it-cool-news.com)
• Halo - the movie : what has been hyped as possibly being "the greatest video game movie" has once again been delayed as DB Weiss has been brought in to write a new script Rumors of Denzel Washington as Master Chief begin to circulate as the creators of Halo insist Master Chief will not show his face. No script-no director-no cast- no movie. Maybe someone will start a petition to get this movie out of these peoples' hands. (www.themovieblog.com)
• Pirates of the Carribean : thanks to the GREATEST CREW OF COSTUME / SET DESIGNERS AND STYLIST this bad film has looted the box office. Domestically the film has collected $258 million in 10 days and it shows no signs of slowing down internationally. Imagine how much more money this film could have made if real Pirates didn't hijack a boat delivering the film, wannabe Pirates sneaking into theater showings, and "internet Pirates" downloading the movie. You're not a Pirate if you paid to see this movie...Rrrrrrrrrrr!!!(www.variety.com)

 

Reviewed by Alexander Z

Walking into any Keanu Reeves movie the word that often-wise jumps to mind, (and I'm sure in many others, as well), is "Whoa!" and then expect a ridiculously budgeted movie based on a book. In the case of the Matrix trilogies, inspired by Plato's "Allegory of the Cave,� it proves that Reeves is a one trick fish in a digitally craptaculous movie. In the case of Phillip K. Dick's A Scanner Darkly, however, Reeves sacrifices that trend almost instantly... even though he'll always be Ted to me.

"What does a scanner see? Does a scanner see into me? Into us? Clearly or darkly?"
                        -- Phillip K. Dick

Let me make this simple and clear for fans who are thinking about A Scanner Darkly: watch it! --but watch it at your own discretion. This movie isn't for those who are interested in watching an action-filled science-fiction movie. Scanner is a science-fiction movie that’s as dirty and gritty as a British gentleman’s teeth, but delivers with the freshness of an Orbits gum commercial. Don't expect a movie with simple dialogue either, this movie will have you jumping from line to line, taking in more concepts and theories than a standard psychology class. And just like a psychology class, it will have you wondering about all those drugs you've taken for "recreational" reasons.

A Scanner Darkly is a movie about drugs and the way they fuck up your perception of life...

The movie is based in the "near future" where the U.S. government has lost the war against drugs to a new poison named Substance D. The story follows an undercover cop, Bob Arctor (Reeves), who is assigned to increase surveillance on the house he is spying on. Little does the government know that the person leading the house is Bob Arctor. Bob Arctor is assigned to spy on Bob Arctor, and Bob Arctor is being spied on by Bob Arctor. Oh, and Arctor is a drug junkie who is slowly loosing his mind. This movie is fucking awesome! To top it off, the movie is shot in what's known as "interpolated rotoscoping" which is another way of saying live-motion cell-shading, kind of like "Viewtiful Joe" the video game.

A Scanner Darkly is adapted and directed by Richard Linklater-- of famed movies as "Dazed and Confused" (for those stoners out there), "Before Sunrise" (for those chick-flick-watchers), "Waking Life" (for those indie-kids) and "School of Rock" (Jack Black, need I say more?)--he takes Phillip K. Dick's book and translated it into this beautiful cell-shaded reality that makes you doubt what you are looking at: is it a real shot or is it animation? As result, I felt interpolated rotoscopic myself walking out of the theater (...meaning I had bad gas and had to pee really badly).

If there was a movie I'd compare this to it would be Requiem for a Dream. It's basically the same tale concerning drugs (they're bad for you, pe-o-ple!)-- Thankfully, it doesn't leave you with that same suicidal tendency. The movie's cast was brilliant and executed every scene with finesse (is it weird to think Wynona Ryder looked hot as a cartoon-ish character?).

If the cast doesn't fancy your interest than the music will definitely make your ear scream for more (as if ears scream?). Thom Yorke and Radiohead provide for the majority of music in the background and give off the same disillusionment their music often does.

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And that's it; thanks for letting me waste your time... now go on, watch the movie, come back, and give your own review of the movie through the comment section.
~Z

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Wazzzzzz uppppppp!!!! Your podcast host John here introducing the first edition of the Movie Menu: Entertainment News. A bi-weekly (until there is a demand for a daily edition comes around) report of the top entertainment news to circulate the trade magazines and movie websites. Hyperlinks to the actual articles will come soon, as soon as our webmaster wakes up*

*you can build your own website on the cheap if you hire a bear to do it. WAKE UP PINSKY!!! Lazy bear….

 

July 7- July 11 Edition

• Indiana Jones 4: the story will pick up apparently with Indiana Jones discovering he has a daughter with Marion Ravenwood. All indications show Natalie Portman will be playing the role of the daughter  (www.Cinemafusion.com)
• Rocky Balboa: your official trailer is online! Rocky Balboa fights to keep his 401K and retirement pension (http://movies.yahoo.com)
• America’s Got Talent: your top rated television program for the week. All those who have seen this program, please stand. Okay, those of you standing next to these people, please punch them in head (www.HollywoodReporter.com)
• Batman 2: According to a interview conducted with Michael Caine the new Batman installment will be called The Joker. Rumors of actors playing Joker: Adrian Brody, Tim Roth, Chris Klein. (www.themovieblog.com)
• Burger King- The Movie: seeing is believing and I didn’t believe this story until I saw it with my own eyes. (laughter) your move McDonalds! I just hope the KING has a love interest like Gwyneth Paltrow (www.cinemafusion.com)
• Battle Royale: another horrible American remake of a classic J-Horror flick. The plan is to make an R rated version!?!?! You can almost smell the odor of this classic J-Horror movie remake now (www.variety.com)
• Happy Days: who’s playing Fonzie!?!?! Oooo my god!!! Gotcha! This is actually a film Johnny Deep is producing with Terry Zwigoff now attached. Do you really want to see Henry Winkler in leather, come on….(www.cinecon.com)