Sunday, September 30, 2007
Keeping Up With the Steins
Keeping up with the Steins is a movie about a young boy's preparation for his bar mitzvah.
The movie begins as Zach Stein's (Carter Jenkins) Titanic themed bar mitzvah on a cruise ship that his father, Arnie Stein (Larry Miller) has rented. Later in the movie we find out the bar mitzvah cost $500,000.00.
It is now time for Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) to start planning his Super Sweet bar mitzvah. His parents Adam (Jeremy Piven) & Joanne (Jami Gertz) want one better then the Steins could ever thing about throwing. Ben gets a little overwhelmed in the whole planning. He is getting pressure from party-planner Casey (Cheryl Hines) to pick a theme. Ben finally picks a theme on the first thing he sees, his Los Angeles Dodgers cap. Adam rents out Dodger Stadium and even has booked Neil Diamond to sing the national anthem (who by the way looks fantastic for being 66 years old!)
The only thing Ben wants to do is reunite his father and grandfather, Irwin (Garry Marshall) who have been estranged for 26 years after Irwin left Adam's mother Rose, (Doris Roberts). Irwin is now working on a Native American reservation with a New Age woman, Sacred Feather/Sandy Frost (Daryl Hannah). Ben send Irwin an invitation for him to come two weeks early. Irwin comes to town with Sandy and hilarity ensues. Irwin & Sandy go skinny dipping in the pool and you see some old man butt. Adam is going crazy because he cannot let go of the past no matter how many times Irwin apologizes.
Benjamin doesn't want to go through with his bar mitzvah, as he doesn't even understand the words of the haftorah he has to read as part of his bar-mitzvah rite. Ben finally learn from the request of his grandfather and rabbit the meaning of the bar mitzvah and it is just not an excuse for an over the top party.
I thought the movie ok. I wasn't really impressed. Really the only thing it had going for it was the notable cast. I was also confused with the whole Adam Fielder character. The movie says that he is a Hollywood agent but he actually spends time with his family. Ari Gold spends no time with his family...so maybe Adam is not that good of an agent. I give this movie a 4 out of 10.
The movie begins as Zach Stein's (Carter Jenkins) Titanic themed bar mitzvah on a cruise ship that his father, Arnie Stein (Larry Miller) has rented. Later in the movie we find out the bar mitzvah cost $500,000.00.
It is now time for Benjamin Fiedler (Daryl Sabara) to start planning his Super Sweet bar mitzvah. His parents Adam (Jeremy Piven) & Joanne (Jami Gertz) want one better then the Steins could ever thing about throwing. Ben gets a little overwhelmed in the whole planning. He is getting pressure from party-planner Casey (Cheryl Hines) to pick a theme. Ben finally picks a theme on the first thing he sees, his Los Angeles Dodgers cap. Adam rents out Dodger Stadium and even has booked Neil Diamond to sing the national anthem (who by the way looks fantastic for being 66 years old!)
The only thing Ben wants to do is reunite his father and grandfather, Irwin (Garry Marshall) who have been estranged for 26 years after Irwin left Adam's mother Rose, (Doris Roberts). Irwin is now working on a Native American reservation with a New Age woman, Sacred Feather/Sandy Frost (Daryl Hannah). Ben send Irwin an invitation for him to come two weeks early. Irwin comes to town with Sandy and hilarity ensues. Irwin & Sandy go skinny dipping in the pool and you see some old man butt. Adam is going crazy because he cannot let go of the past no matter how many times Irwin apologizes.
Benjamin doesn't want to go through with his bar mitzvah, as he doesn't even understand the words of the haftorah he has to read as part of his bar-mitzvah rite. Ben finally learn from the request of his grandfather and rabbit the meaning of the bar mitzvah and it is just not an excuse for an over the top party.
I thought the movie ok. I wasn't really impressed. Really the only thing it had going for it was the notable cast. I was also confused with the whole Adam Fielder character. The movie says that he is a Hollywood agent but he actually spends time with his family. Ari Gold spends no time with his family...so maybe Adam is not that good of an agent. I give this movie a 4 out of 10.
Big Shots
The new show for Thursday night is Big Shots. They are building Big Shots as the male Sex and the City. Hmm maybe but probably not. There are four main male characters who are CEOs of different companies. James Auster (Michael Vartan), Duncan Collingsworth (Dylan McDermott), Brody Johns (Christopher Titus) & Karl Mixworthy (Joshua Malina). We first meet these gentleman at a golf course country club fundraising event.
James is happily married to his wife which he met first day of freshman year of college. At the fundraiser his boss tells James that he will be fired tomorrow when the boss lets the board of directors know. At the fundraiser the boss is ran over by a golf cart and his killed so James goes back to work as normal. The boss' funeral James discovers that his happy marriage may not be so happy when he find out his wife was having an affair with the boss. James then goes into an interview for the CEO position and gets the job. James does have a shoulder to cry on co-worker, Katie Graham (Nia Long).
Duncan is probably the Samantha Jones character of this group. At the fundraiser he is having sex with his ex-wife, Lisbeth (Paige Turco) in the wine cellar. Apparently they get along better since they have been divorced. They also have a 19-year old daughter, Cameron ( Peyton List) who just recently dropped out of college. Duncan gives her a job at his company as a gopher to prove to her that she needs an education. His daughter dropping out of college is not his biggest problems. A nosey reporter is trying to dig up some dirt on Duncan. Awhile back Duncan was arrested in Yonkers for "getting a hummer from a tranny" yes those trannys are back again. This tranny actually looked like a tranny. Duncan's mission is to bribe the tranny from talking to the reported but the reporter got to the tranny first.
Brody was the least developed character of the episode. He sent the whole episode trying to get things organized for his wife's birthday party. So pretty much Brody is very whipped.
Karl is unhappily married to Wendy (Amy Sloan) and he is having an affair with interior-designer Marla (Jessica Collins). Karl tries on many occasions to break things off with Marla but with no success. Karl and Wendy are seeing a couples counselor. Marla also wants to go to couples counseling and they end up going to the same counselor that Karl and Wendy are seeing. Karl when trying again to break it up with Marla she runs off. When Karl gets home he find Marla in his living room talking to his wife. Marla did not tell Wendy about the affair but has come on Karl's request to redecorate their house!
I don't know about this one. I'll probably keep watching it but if I miss it, not a big deal. What is with ABC are they obsessed with trannys?
James is happily married to his wife which he met first day of freshman year of college. At the fundraiser his boss tells James that he will be fired tomorrow when the boss lets the board of directors know. At the fundraiser the boss is ran over by a golf cart and his killed so James goes back to work as normal. The boss' funeral James discovers that his happy marriage may not be so happy when he find out his wife was having an affair with the boss. James then goes into an interview for the CEO position and gets the job. James does have a shoulder to cry on co-worker, Katie Graham (Nia Long).
Duncan is probably the Samantha Jones character of this group. At the fundraiser he is having sex with his ex-wife, Lisbeth (Paige Turco) in the wine cellar. Apparently they get along better since they have been divorced. They also have a 19-year old daughter, Cameron ( Peyton List) who just recently dropped out of college. Duncan gives her a job at his company as a gopher to prove to her that she needs an education. His daughter dropping out of college is not his biggest problems. A nosey reporter is trying to dig up some dirt on Duncan. Awhile back Duncan was arrested in Yonkers for "getting a hummer from a tranny" yes those trannys are back again. This tranny actually looked like a tranny. Duncan's mission is to bribe the tranny from talking to the reported but the reporter got to the tranny first.
Brody was the least developed character of the episode. He sent the whole episode trying to get things organized for his wife's birthday party. So pretty much Brody is very whipped.
Karl is unhappily married to Wendy (Amy Sloan) and he is having an affair with interior-designer Marla (Jessica Collins). Karl tries on many occasions to break things off with Marla but with no success. Karl and Wendy are seeing a couples counselor. Marla also wants to go to couples counseling and they end up going to the same counselor that Karl and Wendy are seeing. Karl when trying again to break it up with Marla she runs off. When Karl gets home he find Marla in his living room talking to his wife. Marla did not tell Wendy about the affair but has come on Karl's request to redecorate their house!
I don't know about this one. I'll probably keep watching it but if I miss it, not a big deal. What is with ABC are they obsessed with trannys?
Word of the Day
identity crash
Sudden and catastrophic collapse of an individual's ability to keep all the threads of his or her online identity straight when the individual joins one too many social networks.
I was ok keeping up with Facebook, Flickr, and Myspace, but after throwing lawlink, Last.fm, and Orkut into the mix, I had a total identity crash and forgot what went where.
Word of the Day is brought to you by www.urbandictionary.com
Sudden and catastrophic collapse of an individual's ability to keep all the threads of his or her online identity straight when the individual joins one too many social networks.
I was ok keeping up with Facebook, Flickr, and Myspace, but after throwing lawlink, Last.fm, and Orkut into the mix, I had a total identity crash and forgot what went where.
Word of the Day is brought to you by www.urbandictionary.com
Saturday, September 29, 2007
Paris Hilton On David Letterman 9/28/2007
David Letterman is HOT. Here is Paris' appearance on his show.
Word of the Day
business time
Time to get it on. A predetermined time in which couples engage in carnal relations. Preferably a wednesday night ([hump day]).
Baby, it's business time. Do you know how I know? Because it's wednesday, and wednesday is the night that we make love. Thursday we visit your mother but wednesday is the night that we make love. I'll wear my business socks and you will wear that old t-shirt from that team building retreat your work took.
Word of the Day is brought to you by www.urbandictionay.com
Time to get it on. A predetermined time in which couples engage in carnal relations. Preferably a wednesday night ([hump day]).
Baby, it's business time. Do you know how I know? Because it's wednesday, and wednesday is the night that we make love. Thursday we visit your mother but wednesday is the night that we make love. I'll wear my business socks and you will wear that old t-shirt from that team building retreat your work took.
Word of the Day is brought to you by www.urbandictionay.com
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)