05:30 (nothing memorable here)

Hey all

As all yee are enjoying the sweltering sun with bbq's, swims, countless radio countdowns and frisbeez, we here are slaving away this national holiday to bring you some love. And seeing as this weekend I had the unfortunate duty of attending a funeral, don't waster your memorial day weekend.

something to be grateful for:
(maybe not actually)

Date Movie: Thinking that this masterpiece would be akin to those scary movie movies, not another teen movies, or even airplane!, this was indeed not even close. The funniest thing in this picture is the commentary which features two critics who bash(ed) the films. My buddy Sanchez was telling me how he thought it was ironic and funny to take his date to see date movie. Suave like Rico baby.

Queer as Folk Final Season: Surprise!! They're not really gay!

Touch the Sound: From the director of Rivers and Tides comes another profile doc on Evelyn Glennie, a world renown percussionist who pulls it Beethoven style--deafly!. Thomas Reideshshsncmcxmahajdildelnabslllerennvbrntner directs this doc with close attention payed to sound (of course) and by the end you don't know if you're watching a profile or a sound collage of sorts. Pretty neat, especially if you do Baraka or Koyannisqatsi.
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*sigh* Didn't I hint that it wasn't hot stuff today. Ok lovebirds, be nice to each other.

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05:23 (sore arms)

Hey Galang

I stand here insulted. The two witches of the west, or let's say Marino have stopped by and laughed at me. At me! Alas, I can forget this little offence by suggesting that the two little one aren't of age--you know--to be cool. So those two uncool ladies will have to live with knowing that all of the fox newscorp myspace community thinks of them as yucky. Thanks girls, rock on.

vengeance is mine:

Big Buy: See how Tom Delay was able to get congress for dirt cheap. I think it was like shopping spree. I hear at this place though you can get some great deals on DVDs and refrigerators too, maybe even a senator!

High School Musical: Reportedly, accroding to IMDB, the new sensation to sweep tweenies (wtf?). When I was a tween all I wanted to do was read my comic books and get uber excited when I was at the drive-in and snuck a peak at the rated -R flick playing right behind me. Who the hell cares about a high school musical? Although, I must admit that when I was a young ten year old, I tried out for sneezy in Snow White and lost the part to my pal Carl Branvold. That baptist son-of-a-bitch can kiss my sneezy ass.

London: Picadilly Circus this is not. Sounds like love's come to town and it's looking for some trouble. I think I just referenced like 3 songs, did you catch those? Anyways, Jason Statham isn't kicking down doors or looking for a diamond in this one, but rather playing a softy. How much more romantic can you get when a cockney goes up to you and seductively asks you to shag. Ooooh, me shakin in me knickers.

Transamerica: How awesome is that they made a biopic of our very own Lauren! They profile this transsexual in her cross country trek with her loving young boy. Dude, Lauren gets around. Can you believe she's only a young adult and has gone through all this? Yeps, some of us certainly do get around.

Other notable notes:
Deadwood S2
Viridiana
Who gets to call it art?
SNL Cheri Oteri

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Two additional staff recs!
Phamdiggity: I Can't Sleep: Complaining about her lack of ZzZzs from partying too much, Phammers has found characters to empathize with. Get your sheep on.
Erin: You've got the wrong guy!: Fresnian Erin brings us many, ok ten, cases of mistaken identity. Just when you though you and your credit card were safe, forget it, you're F'd.

short and sweet and lovely.

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05:16 (action packed)

Hey gang,

Sorry we keep going in and out of commission. We know you are craving for more, sometimes it's so hard to please you. Plus everytime I try, I keep getting sidetracked by those True Girls. Yowza. By this time most of you are out of school and onto summer breaks. I call you people slackers. Go back to school and sit in empty classrooms. Feel your head expand with the vast knowledge pulsing in that room. Feel it and glow.

I'm in the wrong field:

Duma (pronounced dooooooma): I will tell everybody though, to pronounce it duh-ma. So when they ask for it, it'll be funny. See, when you work at club vt you can do this. Plus titles are completely irrelevant, who cares if it's paradise now or paradise then. I'm sorry to come across snooty, but lest we forget that this is Video-the-que.

The Producers: Winner of countless Tony's and little cinematic praise, this remake (can we call it that?) features the least flashiest cover they can think of. All the flash is inside the disc. yeah, right.

The Ringer: Johnny Knoxville teams with the Farrelly Bros in this comedy about a 'normal' dude who competes in the special olympics. Stemming from a true story, this bio pick is not to be missed.

When a Stranger Calls: He'll breathe heavily and ask you what you're wearing. Next time, I'll try to not be so crude.

The White Countess: The last Merchant-Ivory production has been issued. Arguably, some may say that the boredom will cease from now on, but that's mean. So I won't say it, even though I just said it (ha suckers). No, it's fun in light of someone's death. Ismael Merchant was the shiznit at producing some terribly exciting movies.

Winter Passing: Who the hell knows when this came out, must've been when we were sleeping, but it features the following cast: Will Ferrell, Ed "I'm always mad" Harris, and Zooey Deschanel. Don't know much about it. but Ed "I'm always mad" Harris looks like the Unabomber. That's enough for me.

And something notable: The first 3 films of auteur Michael Haneke. Watch em to see how eff'd the german people are. Ok fine, the europeans.
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New Staff Recs!

Mark: Music is my radar: Ok that's not so new. A refresher: Pulp, Blur, Suede, anything british.
Rick: Through the looking glass: A sudden burst of surreal insipiration stems from Rick's pix. Take one part Peter Pan one part Matrix and get a world you would want to escape to.
Andy: Look into my eyes: Nothing thematic in terms of plots, but rather cover art. We call this conceptual recs.
Megs: Boot-y-liscious: Ok, she actually has another one but since she's out sick, I'll do her this favor.
Gracie: The Sky is Falling: Absolutely not taken from chicken little, things fall out of the sky in case you needed the clue-in.
Phamidiggity: Fly me to the moon: I retorted to Phammer's that I hate that song, but her picks are aight. Get high on them.
Erin: Welcome the new girl Erin fresh from Fresno. Her picks haven't landed yet, but oh, they're coming.

Ok, that'll do it. We're holding on strong and braving the summer rush. Bring it.

05:01 (may day)

Hey

I am concerned that with today's events, we shouldn't worry about such trivial things. However, I say that knowing that often times the small, trivial things allow us to escape for just a minute. So in our best efforts--and not to mention humility--consider this a minute of relief.

all will be well:

Delicatessen DVD: Miramax gets off their asses and finally is able to put this one out. Contains some interesting, if not minimal extras, but the beauty comes in the crystal image that video cannot offer. Eat your vcr's.

The Family Stone: For some reason this film reminds me a lot like Rumor Has It. Hell, it was probably written by the same folk. Both films are about family and new loved ones. Both have actresses on a post-mortum, post-tv point in their career and both will guarantee a good time. Ok, maybe not so much the last one.

Hoodwinked: CGI for adults and kids if you have to bring them. Filled with endless inside grown up jokes, characters gone awry and a big fat Weinstein check. Everything for the whole family!

Last Holiday: Wayne Wang, where have you gone? A few years ago, a group of feminists protested out the MOMA (or was it the Guggenheim?) picketing the lack of female representation in the art world. One sign read "Where is Ana Mendiata?" and stood out to be the mantra of the demonstration. So today, on a night filled of protests, I suggest we start one, picket outside Paramount Studios and ask "Where is Wayne Wang? What have you done to him!!!!"

Nathalie: Speaking of feminists, smokin hot Emmanuelle Beart stars in this naughty french drama. Two women and one Gerard Depardieu (WTF?) get caught up in sexual betrayal. Who the hell knows?

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ok. next week we will bring you better news. as for today we offer you one last standing piece of advice: revolt.

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