Category: DVD/Video Reviews

The
Dude on the Right always wondered if a helicopter scene in

"Eagle Eye" showed St. James, a church in Chicago where he used to
sometimes go to for mass on Sundays, as well as a view of Keating Hall, the
"sports center" for the Illinois Institute of Technology where The Dude used to
do can-openers off of the high-dive board, at the college where he also started
doing reviews, but that’s not important right now.  What is important right
now is

if he thought the DVD of "Eagle Eye" was any good, and pretty much The
Dude on the Right thought it held up as well on his plasma as it did at the
movie theater.  He was disappointed that the alternate ending version on
the DVD wasn’t the realistic version The Dude was looking for, he did like the
"making of" features, and always loves a gag-reel, and maybe the commentary
feature was cool, but The Dude rarely, and didn’t, watch the movie with the
commentary floating around in the background.  He does feel, though, if you
want an action movie reminiscent of movies like "I, Robot", "The Italian Job",
and "War Games," but with the effects of 2008, the DVD of "Eagle Eye" will let
you enjoy your time at home, and then wonder if your cell phone is watching you. 
Happy viewing!

The Dude on the Right let his BFF recommend some DVD viewing, so he watched
(and read), and

reviews, the movie "Like Water for Chocolate," complete with subtitles. 
He realizes it is really a dudette-flick, but he enjoyed it anyway, because even
though things get kind of strange, like a spontaneously combusting outhouse and
a vindictive ghost, the story is nice, it made him dream about Mexican food, and
sometimes he can appreciate a well-made foreign film.

The Dude on the Right was going to save

this review of "I Want Someone to Eat Cheese With" for a rainy day, just to
get something posted, but right now he is so sucked back into the Fall TV
season, well, it might as well be a rainy day.  So here is his posted
review of the DVD, where more people than he can recognize are actually in this
movie, but to name two, Jeff Garlin (duh, he wrote, directed and starred in
it), and Steve Dahl (unless you live in Chicago you might say "Who?") have big
or small parts, but hey, if you are a fan of Sarah Silverman, and want to see
her in some slinky lingerie, this movie will probably be worth the rental, just
to, well, see Sarah Silverman in slinky lingerie.

The Dude does find the movie funny, in terms of dialogue, but also thinks the
movie drags a bit, even though he still thinks it’s funny.  The Dude is
really confused.

By:

The Dude on the Right
I don’t know if Stu Gotz and I will get together for a “Weekend Wrap-up!” podcast tomorrow, but I do know my weekend was filled with, well, I actually realized that my Dude-pad is filled up with too much stuff! It’s almost like I need to create my own “eBay Store,” only selling stuff I own, but now that eBay and Paypal changed the way people get paid, I don’t know if it will actually be worth it, or if I should just throw the stuff out. Thinking about it, who would actually want a 3 1/2″ floppy containing my original outline for a movie I envisioned back in, like 1989ish, a pair of pants that are too big for me and are a little bit worn, or a “Southern Comfort” flag? Tonight, though, are the Academy of Country Music Awards, and it kicked off with Carrie Underwood putting nearly every other “American Idol” to shame, and Reba McEntire letting her writers bring on the funny, even making funny of Roger Clemens (the joke, it was funny).
Today, though, other than realizing I have too much stuff, I did accomplish DVD reviews of “Juno” and “Girls Just Want to Have Fun.” Now if I could only figure out what to do with a giant, foam, cowboy hat.

That’s it for this one! 
I’m The Dude on the Right!!  L8R!!!