For this movie review of “Gridiron Gang,” The Dude on the Right almost had a private screening. He likes the story, likes the movie, but thinks it drags on about 15 to 20 minutes too long. He thinks The Rock was great, but wishes the football game scenes were, well, you’ll have to read the review to find out.
Author: Andy Labis
What’s New? A Movie Review of “The Last Kiss”
The Dude on the Right saw “The Last Kiss,” and liked it, but thought the trailer was misleading. He thinks this movie actually takes a real-world look at relationships, as apposed to the general romantic comedy the trailer seemed to portray.
What’s New? A Podcast of: Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Stu’s Sick, and He Also Has a Cold, Chicken Pox, “The Last Kiss,” and “Gridiron Gang.”
For this podcast of “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up,” we find that Stu Gotz is sick, and he also has a cold. His little Stu’s sadly got the Chicken Pox, even though they had the vaccine, and The Dude on the Right reminds Stu about The Dude’s Chicken Pox run. The Dude does tell Stu a little about “The Last Kiss” and “Gridiron Gang,” while Stu warns The Dude’s niece that having your uncle profess your “coolness” might not be a good thing. What does Stu know?
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Stu’s Sick, and He Also Has a Cold, Chicken Pox, “The Last Kiss,” and “Gridiron Gang.”
By:
The Dude on the Right
Stu and I survived another weekend, although both of our weekend’s could have
used more excitement. For this weekend wrap-up we find out Stu is sick,
and he has a cold, too. He also wonders why his kids are in the 8% not
covered by the chicken pox vaccine since they both have the pox. I remind
Stu that I had the pox, sadly for me, it was while I was in my 20’s. It
seems my mother never let me partake in a "chicken pox party" when I was
younger.
For me, I saw "The Last Kiss" and "Gridiron Gang" and inform Stu of my
all-encompassing, yet brief, synopsis of what I thought about the flicks.
I forgot to tell Stu about my failed concert event on Saturday, but oh well.
Lastly, Stu questions the logic of my niece, who wants me to profess her
"coolness." Stu does have a point, maybe.
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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My Sunday was Supposed to be More productive. I’m Blaming the Spinach.
By:
The Dude on the Right
I really wanted to be a little more productive this weekend, but today I woke up
feeling a little out of sorts. I’m blaming it on bad spinach. In any
case I still hauled my ass to my local gigaplex to catch the 10:15AM showing of
"Gridiron
Gang" so that I could get back to the dude-pad without missing much of the
Chicago Bears kicking the crap out of the Detroit Lions, even though Roy
Williams of the Lions said
his team would prevail. You would think the Bears’ winning would have
helped me feel a little better, but then I watched the
Chicago White Sox get
swept by the Oakland A’s, and it took all I had to get my clothes in the laundry
and get my ass trying to get some stuff done.
The things I didn’t get done
were my reviews of "The
Last Kiss" (a much darker movie than the trailers tended to show, though
still good) and "Gridiron Gang" (a decent movie about overcoming adversity,
though I still wanted The Rock to yell ‘Can you smell what The Mustangs are
cookin’!), some cleaning of the dude-pad (thank god for my dishwasher so I’ve at
least got some clean dishes for the coming week), and getting my TiVo’s
programmed with their Season Passes for the upcoming week. At least I washed
my clothes so I’ve got clean and
only a couple of week’s old underwear, paid a couple of bills, and did this
blog.
I think Stu and I are geared to do our weekend wrap-up tomorrow, and
I’ll do my best to get some movie reviewing done. Damn spinach.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: I’m Cool, Missing “Beer League,” Another September Movie Weekend, and “Survivor” is back!
For this podcast The Dude on the Right is bummed by his movie going selections this weekend, but is happy that “Survivor” is back on his TiVo. He also takes the advice of one of his MySpace friends.
I’m Cool, Missing “Beer League,” Another September Movie Weekend, and “Survivor” is back!
By:
The Dude on the Right
From one of my MySpace
friends I received a suggestion, and even though a little narcissistic, I felt
it necessary to oblige. So "Thank you" my MySpace friend, I think I
actually doubled your suggestion. Being cool aside, there’s a little
rambling about the lack of movies I want to see, but for the most part this
podcast deals with how happy I am that "Survivor"
has returned to the airwaves. The biggest lesson we’ve learned so far in
this "social" experiment by separating the tribes by race is that while the
other tribes seem to want to show everyone that they are a force to be reckoned
with, well, the white tribe just seems to be worried about snuggling to keep
warm and maybe hooking up. God I love reality TV!
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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Watching TV with TiVo, and Not Going to Ohio.
By:
The Dude on the Right
With my new TiVo, and now that I have, hopefully, most of the TV recording
options I should need, I have to now readjust how I actually watch TV to make it
more efficient, as well as get shit done. I realized these things
yesterday during the premier of "Dancing With the Stars" and the almost finale
of "Rockstar: Supernova," especially when my main computer’s UPS decided to take
a crap and I tried to figure our how to get my PC up and running again (you
never have enough three-prong extension cords when you need them), yet still
watching TV shows, when I could have put off the latter, especially since I HAVE
MY NEW TIVO. I’m such an idiot sometimes. The important thing I
forgot is the ease, if you are watching a recorded show, to skip the commercials
(sorry advertisers). As such I was finding myself still switching between
shows during the commercials, then getting wrapped up into one show, then
another, and missing stuff. I make my life so complicated sometimes, and
I’m working on getting my new TV viewing schedules straight, but now I’ve
complicated my head even a little more, thanks, to of all things, a movie called
"Artie
Lange’s Beer League," starring, well,
Artie Lange, a
movie I was looking forward to seeing, hopefully in the theater.
How can a movie create a dilemma and make my life complicated? It’s
because I’m mental I tell you. Here’s the deal. "Beer League" is a
smaller budget movie, opening this coming weekend in only three cities – New
York, Philadelphia, and Cleveland. Sure, you might say "What the hell kind
of limited release is that? I get New York City, but Philadelphia and
Cleveland?" The movie studio, and I guess Artie and his people, figured
that these are markets that strongly support Artie Lange and could give the
movie a strong opening, especially in terms of dollars per screening. So,
"Beer League" doesn’t open at a Chicago movie house, at least right now, which
would take me, tops, and hour-ish to get to. In any case, if I want to see
the movie this weekend I either have to hop on a plane to Philly and hope our
character artist, Archie Tect, could pick me up at the airport and get me to the
movie on time, or drive some 360 miles to see the movie scheduled to play at a
movie theater some 15 minutes from my parents’ house. Here-in lies my
dilemma (and Mom, if you are reading this, I apologize to you right now).
For
a couple of minutes I thought of making this Saturday a day trip to Ohio, to, of
all things, see "Beer League." Fine, I’m crazy like that. As it
shows right now, there is a 2:30 afternoon showing that would work into the
planning. I would leave early on Saturday morning, getting into the area
around 1PM, giving me a cushion if the Ohio drivers still haven’t learned how to
drive on a three-lane highway. I could catch the movie, it would end
around 4PM. Two choices: Stopping in to see the parents before the
movie if traffic is light, maybe catching some lunch before the movie;
Stopping in to see the parents after the movie and then heading back to my
dude-pad after maybe catching an early dinner. Sounds simple enough, and I
know my parents would like to see me, and maybe not so much my Dad, but Mom
would think I was nuts, for driving 6 hours to see a movie, spend more time with
Artie Lange on a screen than with her at home, and then heading back to my
dude-pad back in Illinois the same day. Mothers don’t always understand
wacky behavior, and she really doesn’t like me driving at night.
Thankfully for me, and maybe
sadly for my Mom, I think, at least right now, that rationality has set in,
thanks to seeing one of those MasterCard commercials. It sort of turned
into this for a one-day trip to Ohio to see "Artie Lange’s Beer League.":
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois Tollway/Turnpike fees: $17.80
Fuel for 720 miles on the road:
$95.00
Food:
$15.00
Movie ticket:
$ 7.00
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Cost to see Beer League:
$134.80
Price to hear my Mom say I spent $135
to see Artie Lange instead of her:
Not worth: $135.00
Sorry Artie, I guess I have to hope your film does well
enough in New York, Philly, and the home of the Michael Stanley Band, so that it
opens a little wider, or I’ll at least get the DVD, because I can’t justify
$135.00 to see your movie, especially when it will incur the guilt of Mom.
Being of Catholic upbringing, I think you understand.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
What’s New? A Podcast of: Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Stu’s 20th Year Reunion, 9/11 and the AFA, and The Dude’s Movie and TV Talk.
For this podcast of “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up,” Stu Gotz regales The Dude on the Right with his trip to his high school reunion, there’s some September 11th talk and The Dude’s being upset at the American Family Association and their being upset with the use of the f-bomb, especially during a 9/11 documentary, and The Dude also tells Stu about his movie going (oh, like that is new?).
Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up: Stu’s 20th Year Reunion, 9/11 and the AFA, and The Dude’s Movie and TV Talk.
By:
The Dude on the Right
For this edition of "Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up," Stu Gotz scares the crap
out of me and then lets me know about his trip to his high school reunion (yes,
Stu does have a high school diploma, I think, and he says he got it 20 years
ago). Me, I missed mine due to
Bon Jovi. Oh well. And it being the 5th anniversary of the 9/11,
911, September 11th, or whatever you want to call them attacks, Stu talks a bit
about the ABC special, while I spout off against the American Family Association
and their pre-emptive FCC campaign against CBS and their airing of a documentary
with, oh my God, people that day actually having the audacity to say the word
"Fuck."
I also tell Stu about my private screening for "Dumbo Drop – Asian Style," I
mean "The
Protector," and how "Idiocracy"
will be out of select theaters soon, but if you get the comic stylings of
"Office Space," this would be a great DVD rental.
Thanks for listening.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!!
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