Did you like Juno but get sick of all the "honest to blog" slang?
Then go rent Sam Mendes' latest Away We Go, starring John Krasinski of The Office and Maya Rudolph of Saturday Night Live fame and enjoy.
For starters, can I just say how awesome Sam Mendes is? Honestly, the guy is just stellar.
He's directed five films: American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Jarhead, Revolutionary Road and this one.
Let's see, that's incredibly awesome, awesome, pretty awesome, haven't seen it yet but the critics said it was awesome and instant Top 10 awesome.
This film is equal parts smart and smart-ass, and littered with great performances by Allison Janney, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Josh Hamilton, while Rudolph and Krasinski are a perfect offbeat pair.
Or as she describes them at one point and I have now officially adopted for Sarah and I, "I think we might be fuck-ups."
I don't roll out the Highly Recommended segments that often, but when I do it's with good reason.
Rent this movie. Put down that copy of Observe and Report or whatever other crap has come out that you were thinking of watching and watch this movie.
As always, you can thank me later.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Highly Recommended: Away We Go
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Highly Recommended: Evan Shoman Art
I understand that not everyone has the same compulsion with Mixed Martial Arts that I do.
Regardless of your interest in the sport, recognition of talent is something universal and that's what this is about.
Pictured above is one of the pieces I recently ordered and received from Evan Shoman, an incredibly gifted artist who happens to share my predilection for pugilism of the MMA variety.
I was first introduced to Shoman through Fight! Magazine and have been a fan ever since, frequently checking the website to see the latest additions to his collection, which is extends outside the cage as well.
While the prints I've purchased to decorate my next office with are certainly sketches of MMA legends (the other piece is of "Lil' Evil" Jens Pulver), some of the non-MMA work ranks as the best Shoman has to offer.
The LeBron James piece is my absolute favorite, and judging by the smile on King James' face, he's a big fan of the piece too. But his bread and butter is MMA and with good reason.
In addition to being a gifted artist, Shoman is the host of TapouT Radio and earns extra points in my books for being a self-described "Full time internet whore," something I can very much relate to.
MMA fan or not, Evan Shoman's work is Highly Recommended.
Friday, August 14, 2009
Highly Recommended: Texts From Last Night
I've been meaning to pass this guilty pleasure along to you for some time, but somehow I always seem to forget about it or get focused on something else.
Luckily for you, not me, I've been confined to the couch for the last couple days with an fantastic bout of the flu, and Sarah's laptop as my main communication device. Yes, I've been too sick to even sit at my own computer and write... you know I'm sick when...
Anyway, opened the wife's laptop the other morning and she had been back visiting this insanely entertaining site. The premise is basic and one almost all of us have experience with in one way or another:
You know all the randomness you send people when you're drunk or have done something retarded?
Well, they collect all the text versions of your stupidity and put them on display for everyone to read and it's easily the funniest site I've enjoyed in a long, long time.
Nothing makes you feel better both in general and about yourself as reading some of the utterly moronic and ridiculous things you can find on this site.
You must check it out.
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