Category: Movies

For this movie review of “Accepted,” The Dude on the Right thinks that the potential was there for this to be near-classic in the college movie genre, but has absolutely no chance by being rated PG-13.

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The Dude on the Right
I’m a little torn right now because part of me wants to do a full movie review
of "Snakes
on a Plane," but since
Stu
Gotz and I decided that it will be our next episode of "Stu
& The Dude Reviewin’ the Movies for You," I’ve got to hold off a tad on my
full opinion, but if you know me, you can probably guess that, awe, screw it, I
give it 5 stars out of 5.  The purported re-shoots did what they were
supposed to do, namely add the gratuitous nudity, Samuel L. Jackson being able
to swear, and some kick-butt snakes killing humans in way-creative ways. 
It was exactly what I wanted and more, but even more comes when Stu and I do our
reviewin’ which will be posted some time next week.

I’m also a little bummed
right now because of something I didn’t do yesterday, yesterday being Friday,
August 18th.  A few years ago I found the secret to seeing the
Chicago Air
& Water Show, and that was to go and see it during the practice on Friday. 
Full show, a lot less people.  But the weather was a little iffy, and I had
some consulting obligations to take care of since I was in Ohio the previous
Monday, so I opted to skip the Friday practice.  Originally my plan would
have been to take the camera gear, have a nice day at the beach, but it didn’t
happen.  Sure, that’s not really something to bum you out, especially since
the weather wasn’t that great, but in missing not going to the Air & Water Show,
I also missed out on witnessing, live, some radio history in Chicago.  For
a lot of you this won’t mean a damn thing, but yesterday,

Steve Dahl and Garry Meier were on the radio, together, again, and it was
funny.

Quick history –
Steve and
Garry
were huge in the Chicago market until a falling out between them occurred in
1993 (supposedly a lot about money, and some about Garry getting married). 
I had never heard them together, as radio wasn’t a big a part of my life back
then, but have since become a fan of Steve’s, and even of Roe Conn where Garry
was also a co-host, but then Garry seemed to make a huge blunder, again,
supposedly, a lot about money, and Garry has been out of radio since 2003. 
For years lots of radio folks and fans wondered what would happen if Steve and
Garry got back together, and yesterday it happened. 
Steve Dahl was doing a live
broadcast from Oak Street Beachstro, a restaurant at Oak Street Beach in
Chicago, where the Air & Water Show also happened to be happening.  As was
also happening, Garry Meier happened to be dining at same said Beachstro. 
And then it happened.  Steve mentioned he had heard Garry was eating there,
and all of a sudden Garry Meier was back on the air with Steve Dahl, and no one
could really believe it.  And had I gone to the Air & Water Show practice,
I would have been there, camera in hand, to get some photos.  But, like
most folks, I just got to listen to their "reunion" in my car, and at home, and
even though I thought Garry was okay when he was teamed up with Roe Conn, I
could hear how Steve and Garry seemed to have that special chemistry on the
radio that doesn’t happen often.  Even after all of these years apart, they
seemed to gel right back into a radio team, if at least for just a day.

The
skeptic in me thinks this reunion might have been planned by a bunch of friends,
and the radio folks at WCKG, looking for some ratings boosts after their latest
debacle with the departing of Howard Stern.  But part of me really hopes
that this reunion was genuine, that Garry Meier was at the Beachstro to have
some eats and watch the Air & Water Show, that Steve Dahl just happened to be
there to do his broadcast, and somehow, Garry just said "Fuck it.  Maybe
it’s time to just say ‘Hi.’", and Steve was smart enough to let that happen. 
No matter the case, it was great radio with Steve & Garry on August 18, 2006. 
I’m just a little bummed I wasn’t there to see it live. At least I was able to hear it, on my radio, where maybe it was really meant to be heard. I guess I’m really just bummed because I wasn’t there to get some pictures.

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

For this movie review of “Barnyard,” The Dude on the Right recommends that you not bring the little kids because they might have some nightmares about coyotes. He also didn’t find himself that impressed with the movie, but did enjoy the story.

For this movie review of “Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby,” The Dude on the Right has found a new actress to stalk, and you might be surprised to find it isn’t Leslie Bibb. He was slightly disappointed with the film, but does think it will end up being one of his cable TV favorites.

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The Dude on the Right
First, in case I confused any of you with my podcast yesterday (sorry sis),
don’t go looking for a MySpace page for me yet.  It doesn’t exist.  My
podcast was about my dilemmas of setting one up and the best way to do so to get
the least amount of grief from my two biggest critics, my niece and my nephew. 
When, and I suppose if, I actually set one up that I think is at least almost
niece and nephew proof, you can bet your ass I’ll post the link, but until now,
it’s only a pipe-dream.

But for this blog I wanted to hip you to one of the
coolest, "let the fans do all the publicity for us" campaigns I have found in
years. And don’t go and correct me, because I have found out this has been done
before, but never for a movie with as much internet buzz as this, or one I
really cared about… 

You might have heard about the upcoming movie "Snakes
on a Plane."  It’s about, well, snakes, on a plane.  The movie
folks have teamed up with another company to, well, I guess the easiest way to
put this is, is that you can have Samuel L. Jackson "call" your friends, family,
neighbors, or lovers, and "tell" them to go and see the movie "Snakes on a
Plane," personalized to fit your said friend, family, neighbor, or lover’s
lifestyle.  You can also e-mail the audio message to same friends, but that
isn’t nearly as fun as it might be for the phone call option.   I have
already sent some friends and family members the message, and so far my friends
have found it very funny.  In any case, if you want to have some fun, head
to the "Snakes on a Plane"
website and use the
"Get a call from Samuel L. Jackson" area, or you can head directly to the
Varitalk site
and start from there.

Have a good weekend.  It’s another busy movie
weekend for me, so look for new posting as the weekend goes along, I hope.

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

For this podcast of “Stu & The Dude’s Weekend Wrap-Up,” The Dude gives his take on “Miami Vice” and “John Tucker Must Die,” Stu finally got to see “Clerks II,” and it is really hot in Chicago lately which doesn’t make a family trip to a carnival a good thing. The Dude is happy a song has reached #1 on Alt Nation – Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 21, and Stu is looking for a clean copy of “Beep Beep” by The Playmates. Songs sure are different between the days when “Beep Beep” was fun, and well, now, when folks write a song about what living in Connecticut is good for, a song that really can’t be played on FM radio, by a band with one of the longest names ever, Jesus H Christ and The Four Hornsman of the Apocalypse.

For this movie review of “John Tucker Must Die,” The Dude on the Right still can’t explain why, but he likes high school-themed movies. He might have liked the movie more had John Tucker actually died, but also feels John might have a great career in politics.

For these movie reviews of “Miami Vice,” “Monster House,” and “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” The Dude on the Right has finally gotten off his ass and actually done some movie reviewing. He was disappointed with “Miami Vice,” liked “Monster House” but thought the 3-D thing needs some work, and doesn’t think you should really spend the movie money for “My Super Ex-Girlfriend,” but it might make a fun DVD rental.

For this movie review of “Clerks II,” The Dude on the Right loved the movie, but will understand reasons why you might not. In any case he’s giving the movie his highest rating, 5 stars, partly because he sometimes likes the sentimental, understands people have to grow up, and one scene will live in his mind to give him laugh forever. And he also loved Jay’s t-shirt.

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The Dude on the Right
I had a great plan, it was simply to see four movies in two days, those movies
being "Clerks
II," "My
Super Ex-Girlfriend," "Monster
House," and "The
Lady in the Water."  In the immortal words of Meat Loaf, no, wait, he
was a little short of this, he only had "Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad."  Me,
I had three out of four.  But the bad part is this weekend, I was only able
to get one review done, and this might sound weird, but it was because of flies,
and I’ll also blame Whammy, but I suppose, really, it’s not her fault. 
Nope, it was my fault asking her if she wanted to see a movie in 3-D with me
losing a couple of hours of valuable reviewing time, stuck at a great Italian
restaurant and great good, with interesting conversation as only Whammy seems to
come up with.  In a nutshell, who the hell would try to set her up with a
"Metal-Head" and a hunter?

So this weekend that was supposed to be full of
movie reviews became about trying to see movies, killing a lot of flies, and
having some really good food, although I did get an offer Stu will wonder why I
turned it down.  All I got done was one movie review, a lot of flies killed, and this blog. 
Dammit, there were a lot of flies.  And I still don’t know why.

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