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• December 23, 2009
• 3:15

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  A review is a hard thing to do when you want to do a movie justice. This movie is a superb and grandiose display of outstanding audio and visual effects. It’s almost like a bragging rights exclusive to James Cameron daring other directors to bring it! The story line is not too complex with a few loopholes here and there, however, the concept itself is out of this world. Think of the mystery and the awesomeness that we obtained as we flew into Jurassic Park. Think of the raw graphic effects that King Kong had. Think of the primitive tribes, culture and world we adored in Apocalypto. Think of the imaginary prowess that George Lucas created in Star Wars. The cinematography is exquisitely real and one could dare to compare this epic enjoyable journey to that of Lord of the Rings and Troy. The creatures outdo themselves at no point do you feel ‘’blue-screen’’ like I did in 2012. Clearly James Cameron has written and directed a classic of Titanic proportions. But that has been his style-pushing the envelope and doing things GRAND! Clearly it’s the same person who tackled Aliens and Terminator, he has mastered the sci-fi genre with finesse and machismo.

  Big Budget! Big C-G-I’s. Low-key cast except for Sigourney Weaver and Giovanni Ribisi.

  Watch it. Look out for the message of man destroying mother-earth for a quick buck. (Cue Michael Jackson’s Earth Song!)

  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  It’s larger than life and is a must see! The sound and visuals are the most compelling thing about the movie.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Immerse yourself into this world! Lose yourself for the entire movie duration!
  

  

  
• December 07, 2009
• 10:25

  Dexter

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  I think what appeals to me about this show, is the fact that there is a little evil in everyone of us. Scratch that-I am Dexter. Never has there been a more loveable serial killer than Dexter. Not your average Casper the friendly ghost but an average joe with a secret! A very deep dark secret! He kills for fun. Again scratch that...he has a code. A code handed down to him by his father, who at an early age recognised that Dexter had so much evil in him it needed to be controlled, tamed...and channelled out in a proper manner. He rocks! Not to mention he is rolling with a Nokia N-96 like I am. He is unique, clearly deeply traumatised and tormented...but aren't we all? Two-faced and evil is the recipe that is DEXTER! A wolf in sheep's white, cute, cuddly,woolly clothing-trotting merrily as everyone around him is oblivious to what lies beneath!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Quick Summary: Dexter rights wrongs by killing guilty people who have crossed the line and escaped the long of the law. Collects their blood as trophies and stores them up in slides. He then chops up his victims and disposses them off in the ocean in smaller chunks wrapped up in plastic. Season 2 his victims were accientally discovered, and almost had him hunted down as the Bay Harbour Butcher. But he got away! He has his select instruments of carving/slashing to rid off his bodies. Not to forget his most important tool of trade-his hypodermic needle!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A blood-spatter analysts by day, a serial killer at night. Season 4 brings him his most challenging adversary-The Trinity Killer. Played deliciously by John Lithgow who executes his role brilliantly. Season 3 had Jimmy Smits who also guest starred with perfection. However, Season 4 is what TV addicts kill for. (pun intended.) Season 4 is the best in the series!
  
  
  
  
  
  Michael C. Hall is absoultely fabulous! Emmy! Emmy! Emmy! His facial expressions are to die for! He mixes the right amount of cheek and sardonic grin and when he makes a kill it is obvious it is orgasmic to him as it is to the viewer. He was great in Six feet under and he is now. Note Oz alumni Sgt. Batista and Lt. Laguerta..yes Oz alumni are everywhere if you ask me!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dexter is one of the greatest shows of our time. The show mixes gore and humor in a blend thais utterly edible and palatable. The choice curse words always appropriate and spot on! Wait till you see Grandfatherly Lithgow utter the words 'shut up, cunt!' In addition, foul-mouthed Dexters sister(and wife in real life), Debbie, is as filthy as a gutter! Her cursing is music to my ears!
  
  At first, I felt the producers shouldn't have let Dexter get married. That wife of his bores the hell out of me, I'd put her out of her misery with a token of her blood as a reminder. But it has worked out well. Dexter needs his cover! His family is his shield. The more normal he acts the better he can get out out and kill somebody darn bad.
  
  Season 4 has as much suspense as 24. Clearly, Dexter has met his much. The trinity killer is a trick old fella...who been around for 30 years-killing! Don't want to unleash spoilers here, get yourself season 4 and enjoy the ride.
  
  Dexter Vs Trinity:
  Was Dexter really learning from Trinity? Is Trinity better than Dexter? Will he track down dexter and kill him? So far at the end of episode 10, Trinity i shunting Dexter. Everyone has everything to lose and this time Dexter has met his match!
  
  
  
  
• November 24, 2009
• 10:40

  THIS IS IT

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  Oh, That was it. It's so sad to see what the fans who bought tickets actually missed out on. It's also sad to see those back-up dancers what the lost on out on.
  
  Having watched it twice. I'm mesmerised that those were just mere rehearsals. Not even in dress rehearsal...your wake up in the morning practise routine. The interesting thing to note was that whilst the dancers were giving 100%, M.J was at 40% and he was that good! At 40% he was outdoing the best of the dancers. His moves were crisp. Voice had changed over the years but he sung live and danced in addition. He was dancing effortlessly, it was just a rehearsal and his game was at its best. Divinity in motion like his lyrics say. Clearly the shows were going to be out of this world/earth/galaxy! He was older, he'd weathered plenty of scandals...but the quality was still the same!
  
  With his passing, a lot of reflecting has been done and many fans want to come out and clearly say which was their favorite song?album? dance? The movie challenges the fans to think which was their favorite. And most of his best hits were on This is it!
  
  Smooth Criminal
  
  
  My favorite choreography of MJ is Smooth Criminal. And in This is it they had a new video for it and some of the old dancing and I swurr smooth criminal is his best choregraphy ever! Well, albeit that MTV performance of 1995 where he did 'Dangerous' is damn near the best thing I've ever did see as well. M.J was a genius when he came to performing, entertaining and dancing! Annie are you ok? For real are you ok? There was a sign in the window that he struck you a crescendo...seriously who gets away with such a storyline and lyrics?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  This lean!!!! The dance sequence is perfection as perfection gets!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Billie Jean.
  Who can forget the attitude the day he performed for Motown's 25th Anniversary. White glove , white socks, short trousers and the introduction to the moonwalk. In 'This Is It 'he downplayed the rehearsal but I have a feeling the actual show would have have had an outstanding dance routine. In 1995 he outshone himself near outdid his original iconic performance.
  
  Thriller.
  His best video of all time in totality. Sure 'Smooth criminal' had moves that made you wanna do that forward lean...but as a whole Thriller is his best video. And I'd say R'emember the Time' is his second best video. In the documentary there was a 3-D remake of the video...nothing like grizzly ghouls from every tomb dancing in sync.
  
  Jam.
  Well performed. Oh how I loved the new jack swing from the Album 'Dangerous.' Even in this documentary it made me wanna get up since it aint too hard for me to jam. I wish there was more from that album performed.
  
  Clearly the documentary is for the fans. It's not for the avid movie goer who appreciates documentaries. I'd have loved to see more behind the scenes with M.J outside his performances and rehearsals. Then again what I saw,I was satisfied with. I sung along and even wiggled in my seat to the moves and songs. I hee-hee'd and oooooo'd. A big an M.J fan as I am...This is it was exactly that-IT!
  
  His back up dancers were so on point. Selectively hand-picked. Young, energetic and full of life...with the promise of a great career. Orianthi, the guitarist was kicking major electric ass on that guitar.
  
  You have got to watch this masterpiece to see his playfulness in 'The way you make me feel.' or his emotion in 'Earth Song' or his vocal prowess in 'Human Nature' Beat it as well had some funk like the original. This movie is for the fans...and there were many fans. It's for the old fans, the die hard fans, and the new fans! M.J rocked and still does and forever will! The embodiement of greatness-a singer/song writer/producer/dancer. Not many stars right now can perform and entertain. Not many musicians are performers and entertainers. Some sing. Some dance. But they don't do both with perfection. He span decades with his songs and moves , and they will forever be timeless.
  
  
  
  
  A celebration of everything that was Michael Jackson. Re-live your favourite songs.
  
  ''I'm gonna make a change for once in my life...I'm starting with the man in the mirror''
  
  ''Everyone's taking control of me, seems like the world's got a role for me...will you be there''
  
  ''There's something about you baby, that makes me want to give it to you...keep it in the closet''
  
  
  
• November 09, 2009
• 12:29

  Brothers and Sisters Review

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  This show is as wholesome as christmas pudding. It's about the chemistry behind family. The humor, the gossip, the secrets and everything dysfunctional that comprise of normalcy in any family.
  
  Simple and straight to the point. Family dynamics as honest and accurate as it gets. Sometimes a little too monotonous with their family values...but this is tv after all!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  One would argue that maybe these are stories that we have seen before. That it is a recycled version of great shows like ''Picket Fences,'' ''Sisters,'' ''Life Goes On,'' ''Six Feet Under'' and even ''7th Heaven.'' Well those were all shows that centered solely around family and hence the reason for any comparison. But the chemistry within this show in terms of characters and writing is wholesome. This is a feel good show. It tackles all aspects of life with an interesting twist. Yes you have seen infidelity over and over. There is now a cancer angle like we saw on Sisters. But if you have ever loved or liked the above shows then this you will automatically love.
  
  
  
  
  The cast is powerful.
  Oscar award winning (and now Emmy winning) Sally Field is the matriach of the family. Enter Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal), Rachel Griffiths (a superb actress from the superb Six Feet Under), Rob Lowe (West Wing), Ron Rifkin (Alias...boy he was a superb villain), Patricia Wettig (Prison Break V.P)... and numerous guest appearances
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Coupled with good writing. This is your modern day family drama. Where you need to watch family drama and humor...this is your show! There is something warm about this show. It's a feel good show!
  
  
• November 01, 2009
• 3:45

  FLASH FORWARD REVIEW

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  I am HOOKED!
  It's being called the ''LOST'' replacement. Well, I do not think they are alike except for the whole concept of ''by changing the present can you affect the future'' While for Lost it's ''by changing the past can you affect the future/present'' (I love you Lost!)
  
  It's what Heroes was in the beginning. It's pleasant and simple with just enough to keep you coming back for more. We want to watch it grow and see how twisted it can get! By episode 5 things are getting more complex!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Setting?
  On October 6th, The planet blacked out for two minutes and seventeen seconds.
  And during that period, everyone caught a glimpse of the future 6 months into the future. Will the future come true? What caused this black out that made everyone fall asleep? A major highlight is when everyone is asleep we discover that indeed this is a man-made occurence! How? What? Who?...this is what makes the show! The fact that it is possible that back in 1991 the same thing had happened in Somalia.
  
  
  Storytelling?
  It's different. Each character battling with what they saw in the future gives an interesting twist to everyone! The story is simple enough and easy to understand. No need to start Flash Forward theories yet!
  
  Cast?
  A cast that is suitable and comfortable enough for the eyes. I like Joseph Fiennes, who I last liked in Shakespeare in Love as he was 'plucking' Gwenyth Paltrow's character. I've always liked Sonya Walger especially in Sleeper Cell and Lost. (personally at one point I could have swore she was Brooke from Bold and the Beautiful.) Dominic Monaghan so far appears to be a villain and I can't wait to see what he brings to this show. Numeorus cameos and cast members from TV favorites. It's definitely a TV cast for TV. A lot of 'recycled' TV actors who bring too much familiarity (though not breeding too much contempt.) This familiarity, then again it makes you ease onto the characters easier I think. Did anyone catch Seth Macfarlane (Mr Family Guy himself) in the season premiere?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Did you see her getting naughty in Tell me you love me-gives new meaning to full nudity?
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Should you watch it?
  
  Hell Yeah. I think it has plenty of potential. I think it can deliver where Heroes and Lost may have gone offboard. Those two were (and still are) excellent, the only problem was that they had infinite potential in terms of story and direction and sometimes when you are not grounded you will stray! By now we know that Heroes has gone off tangent even NASA can't salvage it. I think by having an already foretold future it gives the show a one-way direction. However, the viewers get to wonder if the future can actually be changed -which I doubt. The beauty of the show will be the unfolding of the future. When the flash-forward becomes reality or the present!
  
  Everyone will be watching it and you should not be left out on this one!!
  
  Confusion?
  As with all time travel shows one can get lost in the two worlds of future and present. (Though the difference with this show is that its not a time travel show) How can the future be moulded in past/present? Or rather does knowing what the future bringeth contradict the past/present?
  
  But the truth of the matter is that knowing the future has nothing to do with the future. Frankly, I doubt that will have an effect on anything. What will happen will happen and that's why it's the future. It cannot be the future if it can be altered. The future has /had been foretold already and it included this flash forward! So I do not see the confusion! Knowing the future is a present thing and as much as it will mould the future...it will mould it in such a way that whatever was to happen will happen bearing the fact in mind that we know what the future is!
  
  Quoting Ben Linus from Lost ''Whatever happened, happened''
  
  Mystery?
  I think the deeper mystery is how on earth does someone make everyone fall asleep?
  What is the end game? (Alias)
  What is the catch?
  The conspiracy theory?
  President has plenty of mud on him...I want the in-depth on that!
  So much we don't know about the characters pasts and there future!
  
  Is it like Lost?
  I feel it will have more direction than Lost did. But apart from the whole past vs future there is no similarity to Lost. Yeah Yeah there was an Oceanic Airliner somewhere. Yeah there are two cast members from Lost. But NO! It's its own show! Sure each character has their own flash-forward they same way each character in Lost had their own flash-back...see why there is so much comparison? But NO this is FLASH FORWARD!(As corny as that may seem)
  
  
  
  
  Tato Verdict:
  Great show! Will be around for a while!
  It's different and simple.
  It's not brilliant but it delivers greatly!
  It's something one gets hooked on and has not disappointed so far!
  
• October 09, 2009
• 4:55

  Dance Flick

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  The Tato has always has a soft spot for spoof comedies. They are the kryptonite to my funny bones! I have always and will always have a weakness. There is nothing as glorifying and gratifying as appreciating where a joke has come from. Having watched a classic film and then watch it made a mockery out of.
  
  
  
  
  Sure the storyline is lame...in fact its just a string to hold random jokes from here and there. But the means justifies the end.
  
  
  
  
  
  So here is DANCE FLiCK. Think of all those classic and not-so-classic dance movies and you have DANCE FLICK.
  
  Is it funny! Oh yes it is. If you enjoy your Leslie Nielsen/Charlie Sheen/Wayans kind of spoofs then this right here is going to be your cuppa tea with some English muffins at high noon!
  
  
  The storyline loosely is scipted after 'Save the last dance' and bits of 'Hairspray,' 'Flame,' 'Honey,' 'Step Up,' 'Fame,'...of course the one of the funniest bits for me was the Jennifer Hudson spoof of 'Dreamgirls.' This was the funniest...''...and I am telling you...My tummy's growling''
  
  Kim Wayans in her small cameo role had me laughing cracked up in two...''...these kids don't know how to get LOW!!!'' Marlon Wayan as a psycho loser acting class teacher is hilarious. If only we saw more of Marlon and Shawn. Big brother Keenan was also there.
  

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  Damon Wayans Jnr wiggling in his leotard is laugh out loud as you clearly thought it was HER! Priceless!
  
  
  
  
  Some might call the movie a piece of crap. Ametuerish! A waste of celluloid. A sore sight for eyes and ears. But you just don't understand this genre. It's like BRUNO. You have to see the humor. The mediocrity of 'Black Films' is captured quite well with the whole 'Baby Mama and Baby Daddy' theme. It the little things that have gone unsaid that make it all whole lot funny!WATCH IT!
  
  Oh and the infamous Camel Toe of Ms Cameltoe...with her beat-boxing with her other cleavage! Thats just nasty! Them prominent lips just stand out begging for attention. Seriously how funny is that!?
• September 13, 2009
• 23:30

  TUSKER PROJECT FAME 3

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  I attended last nights performance in that big TENT! Talk about camera tricks...you'd think the judges and the faculty sit way way apart but in fact Hermes is a hip away from Kavutha and many a hips away from Achieng Abura. The infamous Ian puts on make-up! HA! Oh and Sheila looked bad! I mean terrible! I thought she had too much powder till my pal corrected me told me she had too much foundation. I'm talking of foundation that's been plastered on by a bricklayer or a mason...literally smacked onto her! However, I was impressed that she doesn't read from a monitor. So kudos to her...them lines are memorised and memorised well!
  
  Dr. Mitch had an interesting rap at the beginning of show that was not aired...but there is absolutely no love lost or shared for that matter between him and Sheila. Their chemistry is off and he tries too hard to be funny!
  
  This inside scoop is more of a review than a behind the scene reveal.
  
  1. We saw the departure of Nina Bola the previous night. Obviously the judgement was flawed last Sunday! She did not deserve to have left THIS saturday. But after she did her Motown song that she was to perform yesterday had she stayed...er...yeah... you were so going to leave ANYWAY!
  
  2. Ng'ang'a a.k.a Ng'ang'alito! Funny enough I clapped for him. I think he has tried coming this far. Granted, he won't win! But this dude from the village has reached where others have failed to reach. He may sing terribly with a deep Kikuyu accent, he may even be nicknamed the 'Akorino' King but he won't go far-not in this show and not after the show. Not to mention the fact that he sung an African song with a 'Mugiithi' accent!
  
  Again, he has come far but its far enough, the journey is over its time to alight the bus. He is mildly funny, flimsily entertaining , his vibrato and falsetto is as consistent as him maintaining his kikuyu accent!
  
  3. Patricia and Debarl were outstanding and great! Frankly, I think Patricia will and should win. My question is where on earth do you get a name like Debarl from?
  
  4. Maureen and Leah were also damn good!
  
  5. Alpha: he had been having problems all through the week with his song. We knew he was going on probation and he knew it too. You just don't do a love ballad like you are belting out an war anthem at a football stadium. He was practically yelling out a love song ... beating the love into that poor girl...and for that, it really showed a new side to him that he wasn't such a great singer after all!
  
  6. Christian: the ladies love him and I think he will be saved if not by the voters then the school. Frankly I think his ''it doesn't matter'' retort was not out of being rude but for his being poor in the English language. So he will stay on...but like Alpha we are beginning to appreciate his weakness is not just English but vocally he is not up to par!
  Both are good guys but good don't cut it!
  
  7. Caroline...I have hated her attitude and whatever it is she does with those eyes of hers! She keeps batting her eyelashes and pouting ...and no it don't work!
  
  8. Illluminata...always looking hot. Woe unto you when you do a Michael Jackson song also covered by Mariah. As she was accurately told by the Stunning Juliana there are songs you just don't do if you do not have the voice. Who would dare sing ''I'll be there'' in the same key?! Cause what was not there was her ability to hit those high notes and maintaing the right key.
  
  She was more entertaining when she fell on stage!
  
  9. The judges. At least this time they were sensible.
  
  All in all it was not too bad a show. Quite entertaining if you ignore the flaws that the show has always had in its pick of final contestants. The judging has always been substandard, but atleast this time Juliana and Hermes (unlike the last two judges from TPF! 1&2 )have more constructive criticism. You get the impression they know what they are talking about. But shame on you three for not putting Ng'ang'a on probation last week. I like the knew additions of Kavutha and Hellon. It's probably the best TPF so far!
  
  My money is on Patricia.
  
  This week am seeing Caroline leaving the show! Though I am not too sure if only one contestant is leaving.
  
  
  
  
• March 03, 2009
• 15:03

  Grey's Anatomy Vs. House M.D

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  Should one really compare the two? Would it be an injustice, considering that the only thing they have in common is that they are medical dramas? Obviously they are not alike and do not add Scrubs into this equation.
  
  Back in 1994, yes that far back, we were introduced to E.R and Chicago Hope... if I remember well both debuted at the same time. It was clear one was superior but the other was just as entertaining and managed to stand its own ground. We can say E.R overshadowed Chicago Hope, but the latter was a fine masterpiece that would have held its own hadn't it been for E.R and the compare and contrast game.
  
  So a decade later, then comes the Grey's Anatomy and House M.D. Just when medical drama were too cliche...when everyone was running away from medical and legal drama's...producers came up with something new and different.
  
  Personally, I prefer Grey's...but it's not that House M.D isn't damn good. Sometime I prefer the show I'm watching...but season 5 has ascertained where my loyalties lie.
  
  But what people should realise the two are completely different offering separate dishes in the same buffet.
  
  COMPARISONS and CONTRASTS
  
  1. Medicine vs Surgery
  House M.D is about the medical mysteries as opposed to surgical mysteries.
  
  2. Ends vs Means
  House is about the step by step deductions in solving the mysteries...like C.S.I...they go through differential diagnosis until a bulb lights up and voila mystery solved. And in that case it gets a little monotonous as they go thorough the medical sieve each time, from infections, to autoimmune to cancer... sarcoidosis (it always gets mentioned...)
  
  Grey's is about doing the inevitable to to solve the mystery...they are interested in the end and not the means. Sometimes the mystery is somethin outlandishly bizzare.
  
  3. Branches of specialities
  Whilst Grey's only has surgical specialities, House is more well-rounded with all specialities both medical and surgical on board.
  
  4. Characters.
  Grey's has more emphasis on the characters than House M.D and I think thats why I enjoy Grey's more. From the additons of Sloane, Addison. Han, Torres...and even the new interns...their development of characters old and new is fascinating and entertaining.
  
  House on the other hand for almost 2 seasons did not develop any character. Such that it did not matter the order in which you watched the season's nothing was missed since emphasis was on the cases. However, later on they realised their folly and characters started being developed. I particularly enjoyed the Sela Ward story line. Even when House was being bullied by the cop brilliantly played by David Morse..and in season 4 they brought in a new cast of doctors to try out for jobs after House fired his entire staff. In fact this season was the best ever!
  
  No one would care if Wilson left the show...it didn't even matter in season 4 when the main characters became temporarily recurring. Which shows that we feel nothing for the other charcaters apart from House...then again that's why the show is aptly called House M.D.
  
  In Grey's new characters are added all the time and they blend in with the viewers. Each character has their own story line intertwined with the main story line for the episode.
  
  5. Romance
  -Season 5 has seen both shows have regular lesbian characters. Clearly a ratinngs thing, that ended badly in Grey's when Han was unceremoniously fired. Torres is still pursuing her orientation discovery whilst House has a character that may be a serial lesbian hell-bound on destroying her life.
  -Cuddy and House...I was scared to see what would happen if that story was pursued luckily the writers knew best to just dangle that carrot but not pursue it further.
  -Grey's: everyone is sleeping with everyone which makes it too soapy for a medical drama and hence the seriousness can be lost on it. However, their love lives are interesting from George contracting syphillis..to Sloane breaking his bone in the on-call room. Yeah, Grey and Shephard and Addison feels like a scene from Days of our lives...but Yang gets interesting love story arcs...like her and Burke and now the guy from Rome. YES, HBO return ROME please!
  
  6. Cliffhangers.
  Grey's has had better and more clifhangers than House.
  
  7. Adroable Characters.
  Apart from House himself who is certifiably an S.O.B...there is no other endearing character in House M.D. We love him, we hate him, we love to hate him.
  However in Grey's the list is endless
  -The Nazi is sarcastically hot!
  -Yang is an absolute gem. Ms Smarty pants and smarty mouth.
  -Addison...loved her
  -George-his quirkiness was outstanding..though he is no longer being featured much in season 5
  -Torres: grew on me like a nail...I think she is the character that has evolved the most in this show
  -Sloane:who could hate him?
  -Izzy...that girl has problems...and looks like she could be dying... (How's that for complaining that you were not being written for emmy award winning material...see if that's Emmy for you when you have been written out of the show!) Season 5 had a return of her old flame as a hallucination which could be a sign of something else...
  -Burke was a legend with an ego?
  -new interns...funnily they are entertaining providing comic relief within comic relief
  -The chief too is entertaining.
  -Even Meredith has her days and the jury is still out on whether her voice is better in the dialogues or that chick from Desperate housewives.
  
  8. Guest Stars.
  A show is as good as it's guest stars. And each mainatins to attract a bevy of celebrities but clearly Grey's has had a better run with celebrities.
  
  
  
  9. Stories with substance.
  House has deeper stories within its genre. As a medic you would be more amazed and surprised with House. But Grey's gives you an inside on the behind the scene of interns and residents. House is more serious, but Grey's shows you the other side behind the serious curtain.
  
  So there is a non-biased review of the two. Great shows. Great actors. Great Drama.
  Pick your favorite provided you are watching both!
  
  
• December 18, 2008
• 10:46

  SCYLLA and Prison Break Season 4

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  At episode 15, everything seems to have been turned around.
  "Not everything is as it seems"
  
  So it appears that Michael had a convenient revelation during his neurosurgery( done under very non-sterile grounds. Hmm Dr. Tencredi should know better than just walking into a theatre in thug-clothes.)... And maybe after all Scylla is a good thing?
  
  Should we fall for the fact that the COMPANY is a good thing? All the evil and murder...
  
  And what was that drug "series" that has been injected into Michael...has he been brainwashed?
  And if that procedure was carried out on his mum is she alive?
  and what the hell is TOMBSTONE that has Burrows acting as the General's BITCH?!
  
  This season has been excellent, I will admit. SPOILERS:
  -It's sad that Bellick got killed. Irony was he sacrificed his life after he was such an ass!
  -The comp geek died
  -and so did the BLACK bad guy is also dead
  
  Season 4 has been back to back...though at episode 15 we can tell the story is changing. Sucre has called it quits. Alex is on the run again. Lincoln is working for the Company. And Michael recovering from his surgery has a new theory on SCYLLA!
  
  
  
  I've really liked Gretchen! She so kicks ass.
  
  T-Bag a.k.a Cole Pfeiffer has not disappointed so far!
  
  Michael Rappaport is also wonderful as DON SELF!
  
• November 23, 2008
• 10:04

  Quantum of Solace

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  Reason I don't like doing Bond reviews is that I was a Pierce Brosnan fan-die hard...though I still cannot decide Connery, Moore or Brosnan. However, my tato self and thousand of celluloid hours only remembers Brosnan more and this Craig seems to be messing everything up for me.
  
  Surprisingly I had given Casino Royale a fair review way back then...and since my fans (all two of you) have asked here is this review.
  
  1. First of all I repeat, I get the whole Backstreet "lets go back...way back!" I get the whole this is Bond before Bond. Before the gadgets...before the women...I get the whole Eric Benet "love don't love me"-hell-bent on being a ruthless brut. I get it all. But I strictly don't see these as the roots Bond, James Bond.
  
  This isn't Spiderman revealed slow...where we slowly get to see Spiderman evolve. No, this ain't Smallville where we deliciously watch Lex Luthor evolve. This is more of a revolution, devolution whatever is the opposite of evolution that would have Charles Darwin reconsider his theories.
  
  2. Evolution?
  However assuming there is more to come..if evolution is what we are seeing N.B with an even older M ( Love you Ms Judi Dench...) I still don't envision where all of this is leading too.
  -How the hell does a sequel...a direct sequel not contribute anything to this concept?
  -Instead of understanding this Bond more...I hate him more....
  Where does this all lead to? In Star Wars prequels we longed for when good turns evil with the birth of Darth Vader!
  This Bond has been rebranded...I refuse to believe this is Evolution.
  
  3. So what does the Tato have against this brut?
  -he makes Ethan in Mission Impossible look like a better Bond.
  -he reminds me of Jeniffer Garner in Elektra and Ben Affleck in DareDevil and those are not movies you want to remember
  -he has the making of Jack Bauer and we all know there is only one Bauer (look out for season 7 btw!)
  -simply put he is not the BOND I want. Not the one I grew up watching.
  
  4. Hyper-editing.
  Yup I got that from a review I read and I agreed. I love me some fast action with senseless speeds. Shield always delivered those hand held camera chase scenes. I learned to appreciate such confusion...it was worth living for. But that first scene was just too much. I didn't even see the car/s. Casino Royalle had a really great first chase scene and I don't see why they felt they had to feel challenged to rival that...when they could have done better in other scenes.
  
  5. Sequel
  Why didn't anyone tell me this was a direct sequel? A bond sequel? Are you for real...is that the reason it sucked? Maybe if it wasn't a sequel it would have been a whole lot better?
  
  6. Bond Theme?
  I didn't even like this song...at all! Evidently even last time I was screaming "bloody murder"
  about that same point. Shame on you Alicia Keys and the other person you sung it with!
  
  7. Bond Gadgets?
  Yeah what about them? How would I review them when I didn't see any!
  
  8. Bond Girls?
  Yeah...as we are being told this was Bond before Bond. So yeah forget the Bikini's...forget the lusciousness...Evolution...Not this Bond.
  And that Love making scene...for a Bond hurt by love he sure is doing fine. (and no that is not the point...that's not how he became BOND!)
  Again where is Money Penny?
  
  9. So...
  
  We are expected to digest this unpalatable dish. Embrace a new cooking style...a new plate...a new spoon for eating spaghetti...a different chef...a new dish served shaken AND stirred.
  
  10. Bond Quotes.
  Yes...no more Bond, James Bond no more Shaken not Stirred...
  
  RATING: 5/10...cause of the time I spent but it's I who should get a lesser rating for watching it in the first place.
  
  At the end of the day:
  Lousy action
  Lousy story---blah blah blah running renegade...bluh bluh is that Bauer...bluh bluh bluh revenge and breaking all the rules.
  No element of surprise and cheap thrills...
  
  Quantum of Crap!
  
  
  
• September 16, 2008
• 10:08

  The Shield Season 7

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  MMMM cop shows never got this brutal and raw!
  
  I've reviewed this show before and I am here to usher in the 7th season which might also be last season. Vic Mackey is at his A-game full of lies, deceit, underhanded scrupulous evil and blackmail. He knows how to survive and how to use people-the end justifies the means. A corrupt path to Justice.
  
  His collaborations with his enemies raises quite a few eyebrows like with Councillor-man and former captain Aceveda...what will these two gain from this mutually exclusive almost parasitic relationship?
  And now Shane? Sworn to destroy his former friend Shane for killing Lem...he has had to put his pride down and start working together albeit cautiously.
  
  
  I had read somewhere that this is the last season and I am watching each gem like it were the last.
  
  This show was well created. Vic Mackey is one of TV's S.O.B's and we love him for that.
  
  
  
  
• 9:41

  Entourage Season 5 ep 1&2

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  This is one of those H.B.O shows that had no promise...or rather did not seem to have any promise yet blew audiences away. Based on a fictional actor Vince Chase and his entourage comprised of his best friend Eric, his brother-has-been- actor Johnny, other best pal Turtle...and best of all their agent Ari Gold. Revolves around this friendship and the Hollywood celebrity lifestyle that comes with living in the spotlight of fame and fortune.
  (Losely based on the real life story of Mark Wahlberg and his entourage)
  
  It is such an easy to watch show. Laughter, sex, and builds up extremely well for such a short -length show.
  
  Season 5 picks up smack from the movie premiere of "Medellin" (pronounced Meddy-ian.) Specialising on Independent movies Vince made the much anticipated movie of the year "Medellin" and surprisingly it bombed. Poor reviews on acting and directing.
  
  Vince is desperate for an acting gig and needs to bounce back.
  Eric is busy running his "Murphy Group" with a client base of 2.
  Johnny is in a long distance relationship and struggling with his hit TV show.
  Turtle..well is still Turtle struggling between the ocassional lay and beating his meat.
  
  
  Episodes are roughly 25 minutes long.
  It's not a sit-com its not a drama.
  It's a master piece.
  Catch season 1-4 and enjoy this ride
  Great casting,great writing.
  Great cameos from real celebrities.
  
  TAGLINE: Let's hug it out, bitch.
  
  
  
  
  My favorite character is Ari Gold preciously played by Jeremy Piven:
  overconfident, selfish and self centred...
  he is loud and arrogant...
  uncouth, abrasive and snide
  his choice curse phrases are sheer nasty...from "cunt muscle" to "cunt bucket"
  his love-hate relationship with his secretary is endearing
  nasty come backs, nasty one liners...
  Ari ROCKS!
  
• September 09, 2008
• 8:57

  Prison Break Season IV: Ep 1-2

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  Undoubtedly the TV seasons are back!! ...and what a way to begin new seasons than with Prison Break.
  
  It's off to a quick start..as usual a few explanations are sorted out in the premiere episode and we get off running ...actually more like a 100m dash. No time to waste (evidently the writers are no longer on strike)
  The pace is set. And from the get-go we know that this season involves trying to take down THE COMPANY as opposed to breaking out from a Prison. The plot revolves( so far) obtaining a card(s) that has info on THE COMPANY. The card(s) is/are called "scylla"
  
  
  Episode 2 is so intense for a moment I thought I was watching 24.
  
  This season has the suspense of season 1 and 3 rolled up together to make a powerful season 4 that's to be reckoned with.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  So far:
  -Sarah Tancredi is back ...clearly she is no longer pregnant hence she has been written back into the main story line. Well she returns the love-story line between her and Michael...I preferred her dead I think she is dead weight...and we don't need a love-story when dealing with action.
  
  -Michael Rappaport (last seen in Boston Public and Dating Phoebe in Friends) appears as a detctive blackmailing Scoffied and Burrows to cooperate in taking down the COMPANY...and the old crew is recruited as well.
  
  -Whistler...has been killed and so far the viscious vilanious vixen from last season has been "shot dead"...till she re=appears in episode 2.
  
  -The Bros are working together with Mahone, Bellick and Sucre. I still love Bellick but right now he has been reduced to a bumbling fool... I liked him back then when he was raw and unrefined. A desperate dictator turned into a chubby, pathetic, helpless being running for his mama...with his breasts dancing up and down.
  
  -A few extra characters have been added ...the new guy-Cress Williams (he who was dating Khadija in Living Single) is probably the new Villain like Mahone was or the other bad guy who turned good...what was his name again Paul Kellerman?
  
  Precious Moment:
  T-Bag stole the show with his cannibalism moment. Munching on his sumptuous chubby pal to save himself from death via starvation...enjoying himself a piece of roast in the desert sun across the border.
  
  Stranger: Did you have some bad mexican?
  Tea-Bag: (retching) yeah ...something like that!
  
  T-Bag still contains the key that will enable the Bros to unlock the mystery within the "Scyllar" once the obtain all 6 cards.
  
  
  Definitily a must-watch!
  
• August 27, 2008
• 10:59

  30 Rock

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  My My ...this show falls together with Friends, Family Guy, Malcolm in the Middle, Golden Girls as one of my best Comedies of all time.
  Especially season 1. Thou that has no sense of humor would hate this show. But the double entendres, the jokes within jokes ...this is well written and hilarious. Real life jokes. Celebrity jokes...name it it's here.
  
  Funniest SITCOM around!!!!! An Emmy award winning show...with numerous awards for both Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin, writing and as a comedy series.
  
  Based on the writing team and acting team behind a fictional live show.
  
  Surprisingly Tina Fey was a head writer for Saturday Night Live so its like a situational comedy about the real goings on behind such a live show.
  
  
  ALEC BALDWIN: Now his character of Jack Donaghy is the funniest ever. If Alec Baldwin died today that would be his best role ever! BEST ROLE EVER. and may he win an Emmy for that.
  Oh and he has been dating high profile players like Condoleeza Rice...Jack.
  
  Jenna Maroney...just when you thought the stereotype of a blonde slut had been overplayed...here comes a new millennium slut. Damn ...a point she started adding weight and advertised a perfume for plus-size women Enorme! Damn where do they get this jokes from?
  Plus her dead-beat acting career doing musical like "con air." My God, and her defunct movie debut in Grisham's brother's movie "The rural juror"
  
  Funniest thing on earth. Reeks of an NBC production!
  
  
  Oh and in season 1 there was this lady who recurred but as different roles...you have to watch to understand.
  
  
  The casting and writng is genius. And the guest cameos are brilliant. From Jerry Seinfeld, Al Gore, David Scwhimmer...list is endless as it is priceless.
  
  The show is Super!
  
• August 26, 2008
• 13:42

  Boston Legal.

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  David E. Kelly has penned some of the best TV programmes in my Tato Life. From Chicago Hope, L.A Law, Boston Public, Ally McBeal, Picket Fences, The Practice... and now comes Boston Legal.
  
  Many had told me to watch Boston Legal and frankly I was skeptical about starting up another Legal Drama. Tato darn watched plenty of Legal dramas.
  
  
  But Boston Legal is different. Its humorous. Granted that majority of the legal cases are near always won in favor of the cast. Its different and entertaining.
  
  William Shatner as Denny Crane: a self centred, self absorbed lawyer who is a has-been in the legal fraternity and is slowly losing his mind. Basically he is a nut! Has his moments of brilliance that are shadowed by his moronic moments.
  
  James Spader as Alan Shore: A self-centered, over-confident, arrogant lawyer who knows he is great and makes no apologies for it. The perfect bastard!
  
  Candice Bergen as Shirley Schmidt: Cold, direct and no-nonsense. After all she is SCHMIDT! It's good seeing her after such a long time away from Murphy Brown.
  
  Very reminiscent of Ally McBeal in its legal cases and even jokes at times outlandish. The friendship between Alan and Denny reminds me of Frasier.
  
  The show has great one-liners.
  It's funny. Light heated and rarely preachy.
  It's a must see...takes getting used to but after getting used to the characters, you're hooked.
  
  NB:
  A lot of recycled actors from previous Kelly shows.
  
  And the main actors also do get written off...remember when the entire cast of Chicago Hope was fired.
  
  Betty White plays such an adorable character in Season 2...watch out for her.
  
• 13:22

  Breaking Bad

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  Yeah the Tato has a few gems that he has got himself addicted to.
  
  Of which one is "Breaking Bad" starring none other than Bryan Cranston. A great actor previously on "Malcolm in the Middle."
  
  Currently nominated for an Emmy 2008 for this role. He is a fine actor and I hope he wins for this.
  
  
  
  
  
  A high school Chemistry Teacher with a part time job at a car wash.
  A new baby on the way.
  Struggling financially, professionally and unfortunately now medically.
  Diagnosed with Stage 3A Lung cancer his life he has to make ends meet to pay his bills and hopefully leave his family with some cash once he dies.
  
  
  With his Chemistry skills he teams up with a former student of his to make Crystal-Meth. His cooking skills (reffered to as Artistic Skills) produces high quality 99.1% pure Methamphetamine...
  
  An odd duo. A punk drop out kid and a geeky chemistry teacher teaming up to cook Meth. Cooking Meth in an R.V or in the basement all to meet supply.
  
  There is demand...but it's such a dirty market.
  
  The first Season has 7 episodes. Totally enthralling. Feels like HBO yet its not!
  
  Starting off with the murder of two local distributors of Meth and the way the two dispose off the bodies is chillingly cold!
  
  A must watch!
  
  Classic moments:
  When he quits his job and tells his employer "Fuck you and your eyebrows!"
  
  Trying to dissolve a human body with Hydrofluroic Acid-Classic.
  
  
  
  
• July 01, 2008
• 10:28

  TAHIDI HIGH

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  If there was a local Kenyan show to be addicted to this would be it. It's the best we have. Over the years local productions have always been stereotyped and stereocast but this programme has always remained fresh and surprisingly entertaining.
  
  The cast has a fantastic dialogue. I have always insisted the key to a programme is the screenplay followed by the storyline. Rarely do you have ten minute pauses within each sentence uttered or cheap incidental music to occupy time and dialogue. There is a smooth flow in acting unlike other local programmes where you can tell one is waiting to deliver the next line. We need spontanous flow...perhaps its bad directing as opposed to bad writing...but we never care since we shall always dismiss it as "typical of Kenyan progs."
  
  I watched "Mother in Law" that premiered this Sunday and I do not see this show lasting very long. Again we have familiar faces that have been recycled into this new show. Cheap dialogue and their flow between english and swahili was not smooth leave alone natural. Why would someone cast an actor from "Better Days" and not want to hire fresh faces? So if "Better days" returns what happens?
  
  I'm I the only that sees the folly in recycling?
  
  Citizen has made an effort to promote and produce local shows...but none stands in comparison to Tahidi High. Besides the writing, I think the cast does an amazing job. The likes of "Omosh" to the bad boys "OJ" and "Freddie" ..."Principal Morgan"..."Joni"...though some are recycled products of French Cultural Centre- they are nonetheless not common on T.V and play their roles very well.
  
  Kudos to Tahidi High and the entire team. It is fresh and funny. Oozes originality and plenty of potential. Only loophole is this is a High School Drama and time factor is usually the worst thing to happen to a show running on an actual time line. So what happens to the star-characters of the show when they finish High School?
  
  
  
• January 18, 2008
• 5:15

  Two Gems

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  Yes in this time of "plenty of time at home" one needs a movie or two. An 11 o'clock movie and a late afternoon movie. Two good gems that need not take you to the theatre... cell phones switched off, curtains drawn...stewing in your own filth whilst gobbling junk food.
  
  A movie gem a.k.a a "K.B.C movie" is a movie that you have no faith in,or knew very little about but somehow there you are having started it...caught up in it... and ends up entertaining you nonetheless.
  
  BUCKET LIST
  
  
  
  It's a sweet feel-good movie. One of the reasons to watch it is just the sheer fact that Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson share a screen together.
  
  Story is rather slow...two cancer patients total strangers become best of friends in their last days on earth. They compile a shared "bucket list." Which by definition is a list of things to do before you kick the bucket. And the movie chronicles their friendship and journeys through that bucket list.
  
  This is your breakfast movie...so if riots/mass action/civil disobedience or phase 1 of seeking justice has kept you home away from work. Having finished reading same old news of what people think is the way forward...don't mediate or refuse to negotiate with this movie...move on and watch this flick. Its not the greatest but its sure nice way to pass time.
  
  Currently #1 in the U.S box office.
  
  Jack Nicholson plays your regular sonofa.... quite well as he always does.But nothing beats him in A Few Good Men. Morgan Freeman the gentle friend alost reminiscent of Shawshank Redemption.
  
  
  
  The Great Debaters
  
  
  
  "We do what we have to do in order to do what we want to do."
  
  Political Puns aside- this is a GREAT LINE!
  
  A lot of noise has gone on about the Oprah Winfrey produced and Denzel directed movie.
  It's good stuff...preferably your afternoon movie. Great acting from Denzel and Forrest Whitaker- damn y'all for not recognising his good work on The Shield
  
  I think the younger cast was more inspiring. Its based in 1935 on a true story. About a team of College debaters...at the end the interesting and quite apt topic of debate is " is civil disobedience a moral right?"
  
  Nice to see Jurnee Smollet all grown up and looking fly.
  As much as it was nominated best pic for golden globes...nuh...its a very good movie but not the greatest.
  Think Dead Poet's Society meets Remember the Titans
  
  So enjoy both.
  
• December 03, 2007
• 11:01

  COBRA SQUAD

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  It's been a while since I last did a review. Too tired and busy to blog. However yesterday, there I was too lazy to move to get my remote. I painfully subjected myself to the local drama that is COBRA SQUAD. Written, produced and directed by Alfred Mutua- a fellow couch tato, as he claims. Actually I've seen him plenty of times at the Junction catching a movie. So one couch tato to the other, this critique will be of utmost respect and cut to the point.
  
  I have hated local drama since way back, simply for many reasons:
  - bad acting
  - bad casting
  - bad dialogue-thats the screenplay
  - bad storyline
  - limited budgets
  
  Now, Cobra Squad looks like it has a massive budget with numerous sponsors. They have managed to shoot in excellent locations. Which is about the only good thing this show has.
  
  1. Writing!! Writing!! Writing!!
  
  Any real Tato knows that the secret to a good show is the writing. Writing writing writing. Writing has two components story and screenplay.Plot and words.
  
  -What people dont realise that for good writing you need more than one writer. You may have one head writer, but a successful show has tens of writers. Too many cooks are needed for this kind of broth. As much as Alfred is trying I think he needs to recruit a whole army of writers to salvage this show.
  
  -dialogue is so poor. Why do people not write as normal as they talk. Whats the difference between real life and tv? Theatrical talk should be eliminated. One word or one sentence lines should be removed. I don't know how to put it but...when writing you should actually verbalise your writing to see if it even makes sense. People don't talk in sentences. Many people interrupt...keep talking...stammer...speak incoherently...mumble...mix and match that dialogue.
  
  an example of common talk on Kenyan TV
  
  "Goodmorning Mr Tato?"
  "Goodmorning Sir."
  "How are you doing?"
  "I am doing fine."
  "That is good to hear."
  "How are you doing"
  "I am also doing fine"
  "Good."
  
  
  -story line. It is adviseable to have many running storylines at a go. Not one basic storyline that drags on incessantly. Characters should have a past present and a future. So should the multiple storylines.
  
  2. Advertising.
  
  Shameless and blatant advertising is present on this show. Surely is it a drama feature or a running advertisement. Just because a certain product sponsors the show its endorsement should in no way interfere or be inclusive of the plot or dialogue. I think merely being in an LG shop itself is mere marketting but for a salesman to actually unleash the advantages of an LG fridge or TV is outright uncouth.
  
  3. Editing.
  
  This is supposed to be a fast paced drama. So why do we still have useless footage like a 2 minute chase scene that has no baring on the plot whatsoever. Priorities have not been determined obviously as a result of poor writing. Poor wriing ends up with poor editing.
  
  4. Casting and Acting
  
  I won't criticise acting...because of the bad writing. Good writing sells itself you dont even need good actors when you have great writing. Heck writing creates the actors. So we have a case of bad writing reflecting out as bad acting.
  
  But casting. I am tired of seeing the same faces on Kenyan TV. Especially those who do TV commercials.
  
  Take a fresh cast and make celebrities out of them. Take a fresh cast and make a unique brand from your product.
  
  5. Action Sequences
  
  -Fight scenes: my God the obvious choreography in this scenes is almost embarrasing. If one cannot have right camera angles or editing skills or computer no-how I suggest omitting such scenes entirely. TV is fiction as it is...we need not be reminded of this fact. There is a fine line between ridiculous and lack of technology.
  
  Gunshot scenes are laugh out loud horrendous.
  
  
  
  In a nutshell COBRA SQUAD ends up being bad/crap simply as a result of bad writing.
  
  So one day this Couch Tato will create his own TV show and will show you what makes a good drama-supersaturation of good writing with an unknown cast
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  Shows like West Wing. OZ that had an unknown cast. Sopranos. Friends made it big simply cause of good writing. Sisters...E.R... all these shows started with unknown actors.
  
  Until Kenyan TV producers realise this, Kenyan shows will always be substandard, an viewers will be dissatisfied left wanting.
  
  A show that actually comes close is Tahidi High. Watch an episode and see the difference. It's probably the best thing we have so far...but it too needs oxygen but not a complete rescusitation in the I.C.U.
  
  
  
  
• July 11, 2007
• 11:08

  The Shield VI

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  This is one of the best Cop Dramas of our time. Over and over again I've debated over which is better- The Wire or Shield. Season 2 and 4 of The Wire were a little slow and off the tangent we are used to. The latest season 4 was slow and dealt with school kids-so for now Shield temporarily takes the lead.
  
  Season 5 had the worst cliff hanger ever. Worst in terms of DAMN GOOD! Killing Lem was sweeeeet Drama..and Shane was just the character for it. And the brutality of it all..dropping a greenade on your pals lap...such nerve...such violence.
  
  Season 6 picked right up from there. And it was pure intense drama when Vic found out that Shane did it. Another fine moment was Cavanaugh losing to Vic. Even after he had been reduced to framing him. I still believe he was robbed off an Emmy for that role.
  
  Cavanaugh has been out to get Vic. Sure Vic ain't innocent he is as rogue and corrupt as it gets. But we like Vic. When Vic slept with Cavanaugh's Ex and said her "pussy tasted like sweet sweet butter!" That's our Vic. Who writes for this show...cause Cavanaugh looked like he had had a stroke!
  
  Aceveda's blow-job incident came back to haunt him. "Suck it like a cell-bitch!" Again priceless lines. I'm so impressed that the writers hadn't forgotten that storyline that was never completed.
  
  Awkward moment is Vic fathering a child outside marriage and his daughter wants to visit the new borne.
  
  I love seeing Anthony Anderson making brief cameo's he was an all time favorite bad guy and some of his past dealings with Shane also return to haunt Shane.
  
  A great season. A lousy sombre ending but Season 7 should be the best since it may be the last.
  
  The problem with Shield is too few episodes. But it sure overcompensates everywhere else screaming Great Cast and Great Characters.
  
  
  
• June 11, 2007
• 10:50

  Ocean's Thirteen-The Review

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  Caught it on premiere night. And I must add that the sound at Junction Nu Metro was appaling to say the least. I has do much syke for this ..probably because of the cast.
  All the same the movie was ok. It wasn't the greatest and I think it's cause majority of the jokes had been displayed in the trailer. Ocean's 11 so far remains the best of the three.
  
  Good bits:
  -Seeing 2 of my favorite actors share a screen..Brad and Al Pacino
  -It was good seeing Andy Garcia and Pacino together since The Godfather
  -It was also nice seeing the cast again..especially after Bernie Mac got a 2minute role in Ocean's 12.
  -Ellen Berkin is great
  
  I think what sells this movie is the cast and not the script or the plot.
  
  Bad Bits:
  -I missed Julia Roberts
  -The plot was so obvious and a little weak
  -Shame on you Al Pacino for taking that role
  -Shame on you Oprah for a cheap cameo
  
  All in all it was a good flick...you will laugh and enjoy yourself...but...preferably you had better rent this movie on DVD or wait for it on TV.Nothing to sms home about!
  
• June 04, 2007
• 11:27

  Family Guy

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  Arguably one of the funniest cartoons of our times. There is so much debate about Family Guy VS The Simpsons. Of course the Simpsons is funny...and is the longest running cartoon of our time...but Family Guy is a GEM! And i hearby state its better than Simpsons!
  
  Word of advice:Borrow this and watch it and love it!
  
  
  
  
  Besides really funny characters the most endearing quality of this show is its involvement with the real world. It spoofs reality...from George Bush...to Passion of the Christ...to Zinadine Zidane...to Osama...name it they have made fun of it. In fact this is the reason why most people don't warm up to the show because they miss majority of the jokes. Each portion is a running gag..a joke within a joke. When they make fun of Michael Douglas' enormous chin as they act out romancing the stone...only a true Tato would get that joke.
  
  And their jokes are way below the belt...totally uncalled for...nasty...and the cursing is phenomenal!
  
  Meg their only daughter is not openly hated and disregarded by the whole family...can you imagine the dad mistaking a monkey for his daughter? Or robbers refusing to rape her even when she presses them to.
  
  then the hayve this styles of telling jokes:
  1. They always do imaginary flashbacks taking a joke to another level
  2.They at times can prolong a joke way way way longer than it should be told..making it funnier
  
  My favorite characters are:
  Peter Stewie
  
  Peter the fat tub of lard...dumb tub of lard...he is just a breath of fresh air
  Stewie the evil master mind genius that wants to kill his own mother...and his banters with the Dog are harsh and brutal!
  
  
  
• May 28, 2007
• 7:27

  Pirates of the Carribean-Review

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  Well obviously I caught this on Friday.
  Same time as Bantutu...better luck next time..please you actually thought you could beat the TATO to watching it before.
  So we waited and here it was. Bigger and grander than ever. As I had expected it a lot of fun and big explosions, spectacular visual effects..pure Bruckheimer/Verbinsky tag team. As in... whatever you were looking for ..it was there...they went all out..perhaps a little overboard!
  
  Loved it Loved Loved it...however...a few disappointers were present. In fact at one point I even dozed off.( I am so embarrased and ashamed and so so so sorry...!)
  
  1. It was too too too saturated in terms of storylines. They introduced to many things ...too many subplots that should have been dealt with from the very beginning-not introducing things now! What seemed or should have been an end to a trilogy became the beginning of something else! Calypto? 9pirates? What the... A few stunts they pulled that I did not like...Like Jack and his endless personalities...
  
  2.In its supersaturation it became unseemingly too long
  
  
  But its a definite must see...the characters are all back in their glory ...and each with their own story!
  
  Ha Bantuts likes ati the Proposal amidst the fighting(Told you I'd sell you out) ... sentimental fool! I on the other hand still like that idea of being so heartbroken by love you rip out your heart so that you never hurt like that again.
  
  
  
  
• May 24, 2007
• 22:24

  Bruckheimer and Pirates of the Carribean

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  Ok I may not watch it today but definitely...records shall be broken. Yes I said the same for Spidey 3 and wasn't I right?
  
  Pirates is a superior ovie in terms of storyline and Bruckheier delivers action they way it was intended for the big screen.
  
  Reasons for the major success will be in:
  
  1.If anyone knows how to churn box-office hits. I'm talking #1 hits. Talking major grosses... is my man Bruckheimer. Distribution and advertising....the works
  2.This is the end of a trilogy of outstanding proportions...almost like Lord of the Rings and it deserves the respect it brings. And with that respect comes $$$$$$$$
  3.The characters...we all want to see them again.
  
  So y'all ignorant lazy ass Tato-wannabes...please get yourselves to the theatre and watch it!
  
  Lets break records.
  First Spidey.
  Shrek did terribly well....lets take this baby home
  
• May 16, 2007
• 11:35

  Makings of a Tato: 7 steps

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  EGM u asked and I have answered...PART 1. Ichiena can I claim to have done your 7 things you did not know about Tato?
  EGM wrote:
  First, I want a post on how 'Tato came to be. Right from the very first thing that triggered in you a love for all things tatoholic to the present day.
  
  So what are are the makings of Couch Tato..how did I discover that I was one?
  For starters my friend..it is a journey... you don't just wake up and call yourself a Tato..it takes hard work..memory and like aviation you have to have the hours. Ask Movie buff? You have do to the time to call yourself a Tato...a Buff.
  
  There is a difference between a critic and a Tato. A critic might be doing it for a job...likes to find fault...he may even like watching the movies...but a Tato LIVES in movies...a Tato is a critic...but worse...he just doesnt watch them...he lives and breathes TV/Movies!
  
  So what does it take?
  
  1.Loyalty. Once I start a series I stick with it till the end. It doesnt matter whether it deteriorates through thick and thin...
  
  2.Endurance. Even when you are ashamed of wacthing it...for better or for worse
  
  3.Suspension of Disbelief. You have to put aside the fact that its fiction ...put aside thats its special effects...you have to submerge yourself and lose yourself...(in the movie the moment you want it ..you can never let it go..you only have once chance do not waste ...)
  
  4.Commitment...till death does us part.
  
  5.Don't belive the hype...create the hype. Sometimes you have to see it to believe it. See it to criticise it. See it ...just so that you can say "yeah I saw it and it was crap!"
  
  6.Experiment. Broaden your horizon. Explore new territories.
  e.g
  
  -try Oscar nominated movies. try romance. try mafia movies. try classics...etc
  -Read a book watch the mini series or the movie...way before borrowing series there were mini series.
  
  Peep this out...who can brag having watched all of these...at the end of the day being a Tato is also about BRAGGING RIGHTS! Being a tato is all about the amount of stuff you have watched.And realizing ...DAMN i've watched a whole lot!
  
  
  
  Bella Mafia..very interesting...all the male heads of the family and the sons were all swiped clean and only the ladies remained...
  the rest check out the post Teenage Tato and Baby Tato
  
  remember these from KBC... I may not have read her novels but by golly I watched them mini series. others included Act of will...Voice of the Heart...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Neighbours
  
  
  Even I was amazed at the stamina it took: 11 years(1991-2002) I stuck with it...till I was posted to Nakuru and had to let go
  
  
  Knots Landing.
  
  
  
  Season 7-14 i stuck with Knots Landing. Greg and Abby Somner two cunniving sons of...
  
  Days of Our lives
  
  My God ...acha tu...That Dimera family...had me by my balls. I've never been so addicted to something like this... (Perhaps Sunset Beach and Young and the restless for a short stint)
  
  And am talking addicted -not 24 style but in a witchcraft kind of style. If there is a soap that can weave stories...Sammi is doing this to lucas who is doing this to Carrie...who doesnt know that Austin and Billy are...ok we start again. John and Marlena...
  
  7th Heaven
  
  
  
  Season1-7. Ok there was something just sweet about this show. I still don't believe I dropped it come season 8...i think its due to time but if anyone can hook me up with teh DVD's...I'll clear all 10 seasons.
  
  
  E.R
  
  
  
  Best Medical Drama of our time...I was there from start...
  
  
  Roswell and Smallville:
  
  last but not least. Examples of series' I started at the same time. Both had very weak storylines in the beginning. And actually both shows were very alike. And with time both evolved..Smallville stood the test of time and emerged stronger as seasons passed by.
  
  You would be interested: Izzy on Grays anatomy also played Izzy on Roswell.
  
  
  
  
  
• May 08, 2007
• 14:59

  Spiderman III-The Review

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  Sorry guys for taking so long...but the CAT is over and let's do this how it should have been done.
  
  Yes, Friday opening night I was so there...favorite seats...bladder empty...it was time that was done
  
  Movie Buff my dear soulmate...I do expect a retraction in your statements. My predictions were spot on...but yes Pirates now has the huge task of beating this record in less than 3 weeks.
  But as I said come then loyalties will have shifted.
  
  Spiderman III
  
  
  damn this photo is hot!
  
  What I loved:
  
  Please remember we are comparing it to the other 2. Undoubtedly this movie was superior
  Graphic unrelenting violence. Oh that chase scene between Spidey and Harry...had me at hello.GADDAMN...nasty blows..did you see how Harry got slammed before he lost his memory.
  
  Bad Spidey vs Harry ...ok...when he threw that bomb right back at Harry...that was awesome.
  
  Spidey Vs Venom and Sandman...that was too much...that whole sequence had me panicky till the end.
  
  The crane sequence...wow...
  
  Spidey and his narcissistic self...he was funny.
  
  The freaky next door neighbour that has a crush on Peter.
  
  Great chemistry between all villains.
  
  Computer effects were all over the place. Cash was spent. Time was taken. Especially with Sandman...Mummy Returns has nothing on that sequence! Honestly some of those effects were over the top. Spidey Vs Sandman in the subway.
  The showed of skills and this were skills that were massive.
  
  In the opening credits they tired 1 and 2 together..it felt like going back home. I like it when you tie in the past with the present making the movie more realistic and continuous.
  
  Review:
  
  In my opinion everything that had been lacking in the previous movies was here.
  
  Many say that the story line was weak... I beg to differ this one made sense. We couldn't have Harry surviving and him being a future side-kick, nor could we forget about him so it made sense to kill him. Same for venom ..of course he jumped in and got killed. As lame as that may sound...the storyline on this was markedly improved. Great laughs from Jonah the editor and the 'French' speaking maitre 'd. The dumb blonde!
  
  If there is a chick that bores me its Kirsten...oh I so hated that singing that I wasn't so sure if she was lip syncing.
  
  But I like the fact that he did not propose that would kill that vibe..and since when did she know he was Spiderman? OH and Sandman having a sweat soppy story....NOOOOOT!!!!!
  
  If only we saw more of venom.
  
  The ending was actually a bit disappointing but truth of the matter I had not recovered from the intense action beforehand...I needed something to cool me off.
  
  Remember this is an action flick..you should not expect more form it. It's not an epic classic...it's not a literary masterpiece. This is pure comic fantasy that involves a favorite super-hero of all time...and that is all you get. Good action, good time with Spidey. Hence on that note I think it delivered..more than delivered. It was bigger, grander and superior in every sense.
  
  Great Action sequences that were ruthlessly violent. Brutal and Graphic just the way Tato loves them.
  
  
  Similarities with Spiderman 1
  
  -What was with him flying past the U.S.A flag? Cammon do we have to Americanise everything?
  -The ending was a bit to similar...death again?
  
  
  
  NB:
  I have decided not to mention Pirates at all...y'all wait 3 weeks and we can do this again.
  This is going to be a battle...I stated my Loyalties.
  
  I love Spidey more than Jack Sparrow. I love Pirates more than Spiderman. So there! Not to mention anything Jerry Bruckheimer does it all the time...if only he produced spiderman.
  
  
  
  
  
• May 03, 2007
• 12:52

  24 hours to Spiderman3

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  Yes by tomorrow the Tato...will be at Nu Metro theatre...nice and early. The previews shall be watched...be it Die Hard, Fantastic Four and Tranformers...or Simpsons the Movie...that will come and go.
  
  
  
  ...once the credits start rolling with those spidery letters...A new line presentation yada yada yada...A Sam Raimi film etc etc, the tato will be in a state of orgasmic euphoria. He will be undettered by the fact that 2 did not have a proper villain and that 1 had wasted time on storyline.
  
  
  
  This time around Spidey ooops wrong persona..tato...knows those villains are gonna kick ass.
  This time around Tato see a complex complicated pentagon between his love(Gaddamn it get that tooth aligned) his former best pal turned villain, Sandman, Venom and best of all himself!!!!
  
  
  The Battle Within!!!!
  
  
  Ladies and Gentlemen..may I hearby unleash my predictions.
  
  1. It will be much better than 1 and 2..both in storyline and in effects.
  
  2. It will probably have a killer ending...begging for a part 4.
  
  3. I will be satisfied...though I am completely biased.
  
  4. It will shatter box office records again...and it will blow off Pirates of the Carribean 3. Surpass its previous records.
  
  
  
  
• April 26, 2007
• 13:33

  Deliciously Violent Movies

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  Tags:  movies  

  There is a difference between gore from horrors and sheer raw, graphic violence! The latter has nothing to do with scaring you, nothing to do with sending shivers down your spine but quite the opposite. ONE makes your heart beat faster the other makes your heart stop! Cold, clean and crisp VIOLENCE. Violence delivered naked, up close and personal that you gasp in shock! Especially when they writers spring one on you,thats the best violence. The type you do not expect to happen or expect to be shown! Wham Bam thank you Ma'am!
  
  Now when they say violence on the movie screen has adverse effects perhaps this is what they are reffering to off late.
  
  1. Shooter
  
  
  
  I kept thinking about you Movie Buff. This is a good movie with some serious sniper action that will leave you astounded. Cold blooded killing...yes! yes! yes!
  
  "I am the Senator of the United States" says the senator...to which he is silenced close range.
  
  2. Apocalypto
  
  
  
  
  Why no one spread the word on this movie I will never know. Some of those scenes were just wrong. Fighting with a jaguar!? A spear impaling you through and through...people being beheaded...talk about a little ejaculatory joy of violence.
  
  3. 300
  
  
  
  Nothing like choreographed violence with spurts of slow-motion!!!! OH YESSS!!!!
  
  4. History of Violence
  
  
  
  I think this is the first movie I've ever seen with such open violence. Damn! Up close and personal...this movie had nothing to hide...not to mention that sex scene with Viggo and Mario Bello was as real as real gets. What a ride..I'm not talking bout the sex but the movie...that too!
  
  5. Children of Men.
  
  
  
  It was a tad slow... a tad boring on the futuristic aspect...but they way Julian oore get shot. Note since she is a big star you don't expect her to die so soon. WHAM! The sound was spectacular as well and near the end some fighting and shooting scene leaves your mouth open and dry.
  
  6. 24.
  
  
  Season 5 episode 1: The death of David Palmer. I did not see that coming...let me rephrase...I still don't believe the killed Palmer like that. Barely 2 minutes into the season premier...direct shot to the neck. I couldn't belive my eyes. How? Why? Seriously are you allowed to kill a major character? In fact I was wondering where the hell they get off doing that!
  
  Season 6 episode 4:Death of Curtis. Cold blooded..again a direct shot to the neck. BRUTAL! If you want to get rid of a character there are gentle ways of doin it than that. Look at Curtis above...look at that neck..wait for it....
  
  
  
  
• April 02, 2007
• 13:40

  HEROES

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  2005 had Desparate Housewives. 2006 had Gray's Anatomy. 2007 has Heroes.
  
  At first it may look like an X-Men Rip off, but as the story unfolds you get lost in the characters. Simple ordinary people who are extraordinary. Evolution has led to a mutation in the human genome in a selective few who's phenotype expresses supernatural powers.
  
  The journey is in watching them discover their powers. How the HEROES are all interelated as the story unfolds. Initially the goal was to save the cheerleader to save the world...but now it seems like the goal is to prevent Peter from exploding.
  
  The beauty of this show is in its simplicity. Of course the super powers are a major attraction...I'd kill for Peter's powers or Sylar's! Wow what villain! Who's your favorite character? The show is totally Comic-Book...it appeals to the young tato in me.
  
  Hiro definitely makes my day!
  
  
  
  I hate to compare it with Lost...but the two have the same similarity of INFINITE POTENTIAL IN STORYLINE. How many powers have we seen so far: shape shifting, radiation, the artist that can paint the future, the mom that's a fire starter, precognition...
  
  unanswered questions:
  
  -Peter's mum does she have powers?
  -Hiro's pal...I think he may have powers as well..yet undiscovered
  -So whats the connection between the cheerleader and the end of the world?
  -Is Peter the main character in this story?
  -Hiro's dad?
  -Is Peter the bomb that will destroy earth?
  
  
  
  VERDICT:
  Watch it. Watch it! Watch it!
• March 25, 2007
• 12:19

  Worst Movies Ever...some of them...

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  The tato prides himself in being a master of everything big screen and silver screen. The tato prides in the fact that from a preview or even a review he can tell what's worth it and what's not. He prides himself knowing that he will get disappointed when he watches this or that..and he knows when he will be elated...he knows when he is just passing time...he knows what he needs for every mood or occasion. The tato has prided himself in recommending movies and those he recommends to have always been satisfied.
  
  However the tato remains unamused whenever he is wrong. And not that kind of wrong that he should have known better but that kind of wrong that is almost sinful. That kind of wrong that you lie there embarassed and broker and by your tato standards is totally sorry! The kind of wrong where all clues and hints mislead his super skills. When all his criteria is met and shattered from the credits!
  
  The folowling will forever remain etched in my mind...and I'm ashamed for having watched them.Just to name a few!
  
  1.Joshua Tree
  
  
  Who funds these movies and why? Dolph Lungren and Kristian Alfonso a.k.a that chick from Days of our Lives called Hope.
  
  2.Burn Hollywood Burn
  
  
  Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!
  
  3.Good Shephard
  
  
  
  Good Gawd! An all star cast like that... a DeNiro movie... I have never dozed in a movie like this not to mention I wanted to walk out!
  
  4.The Firm
  
  
  
  This is the worst adaptation from a novel. The movie was a box office success. I have never figured out why!
  
  
  5.Artificial Intelligence
  
  
  
  What was Spielberg thinking?
  
  6.Drop Dead Gorgeous
  
  
  
  Shame on me!
  
  Species II
  
  
  
  Seriously what was I thinking, let alone them?!
  
  
• March 15, 2007
• 12:28

  Flashbacks: White Comedies

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  After doing black comedies...it was about time I paid tribute to white comedies of our time. Just to mention but a few...many have been left out...Nurses,Golden Girls, Silver Spoons
  
  
  Tato will unleash a prize if you can get me pictures of the following. And please note I'm not asking for pictures of the actors/actresses or writer/director...work with me here...I want a pic of the cast or dvd cover etc...
  
  1. Parker Lewis Can't Lose
  2.Baby talk
  
  
  ALF
  
  
  
  an alien life form that had a craving for cats!
  
  Perfect Strangers
  
  
  
  
  Bulky and Cossin Larry......it really had a nice theme:
  
  "sometimes the world look sperfect nothing to rearrange..but sometime u just get a feeling like you need some kind of change...no matter what the odds are this time..nothings gonna stand in my way...."
  
  
  Monkees
  
  
  
  heh heh we're the monkees...
  
  they did the original "im a believer " song that was trashed in Shrek
  
  Murphy Brown
  
  
  
  
  This woman was tough as steel...poor Dan Quayle did not know who he was messing with.How many secretaries did she fire????
  and did that painter elliot ever clear painting her house???
  
  Married with children
  
  
  
  nasty! nasty! nasty!
  
  
  Herman's Head
  
  
  
  
  the four personalities in his head...pure magic!
  
  
  Blossom
  
  
  
  it had some cheap jokes..some really great cheap jokes.
  
  Family Ties
  
  
  
  Michael J. Fox became a star from here so did Justine Bateman
• March 06, 2007
• 12:31

  More Previews

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  Cammon, admit it at times you let the preview overwhelm you and take you for a ride. And why shouldn't it, that's what it's for. Previews sell the movie...and after these 3 previews I am sold. Previews try to convince you this is the best movie ever. Usually very brief and well edited...very stingy...very showy...just enough to get you to the theatre.
  Yup these did it for me!
  
  
  
  300
  
  
  It looks gory, graphic, bloody, mythic, gothic, legendary...think Lord of the Ring meets Apocalypto meets Gladiator. The preview is gruesomely awesome!
  
  Live Free or Die Hard
  
  
  Now this is one action packed preview...think John Woo, think Bruckheimer....This Grandpa is back. Bruce has always been a favorite of mine though of late he has been in some disappointing movies. This franchise has been super and the titles and voice in the voice over have always touched the right nerve with the tato.
  Die Hard.
  Die Hard...Die Harder.
  Die Hard...Die hard with a vengeance
  and now Live Hard or Die Hard....
  
  Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer
  
  
  
  Now the first movie was a mediocre action flick...took too long establishing the storyline like we already didn't know the plot. The biggest mistake was wasting such a wonderful villain like MR. DOOM. Honestly he should have been saved for SPIDERMAN! But what it lacked in action it so compensated in humor. That flick was laugh out loud hilarious! And I'm excited to see the four return...and cannot wait.
  
  
• February 28, 2007
• 11:22

  1997

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  It's been 10 years since I started following the box office. Ten years since I'd set the timer for "Showbiz TODAY" with Jim Moret and Lauren Sydney. Ten years since the Tato became fully fledged in movie trivia. Box office results used to be a criteria for me to watch a movie. It never is the best criteria but at the time it worked...Most of the box office hits I didn't like much. The likes of TITANIC, M.I.B, LOST WORLD, goodness Batman and Robin was crap!
  
  So what were the hot numbers of that year...just to name a few...
  
  As good as it gets
  
  
  
  
  Brilliant-OUCH those one liners!!!!
  
  L.A Confidential
  
  
  
  Kevin Spacey, Russel Crowe, Guy Pierce, Kim Basinger and James Cromwell...they don't make movies like these no more. CLASSIC!!!! Obviously Basinger didn't deserve that oscar but it was a great movie.
  
  Great Al Pacino...can he ever go wrong?
  
  
  
  
  Al Pacino's yelling always gets me everytime.
  Who can ever forget the classic line "Fuh' Get bout it!"
  
  Some funny gems
  
  
  
  Julia yelling " chose me marry me let me make you happy!" classic.
  
  
  Some Classic Gems
  
  
  
  Actually at the time Michael Douglas was quite reliable on picking good movies...shame on you for You Me and Dupree!
  But the Game was definitely a plot turner!
  
  Some Ok action
  
  
  
  Who I'm i kidding I loved Face/Off!!!!!
  As for you Teri Hatcher making me run all the way to 20th to see you...Damn you for dying in the first 8 minutes after you promoted yourself as the Bond Girl! I loved the merchandising in this film. But she could slap me anytime..that slap was HOT!
  
  Y'all check out www.kenyaimagine.com
• February 19, 2007
• 12:02

  Tato's Oscars 2007 Projections

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  Ok! Ok! I have been forced into blogging by my peers. The ‘tato has been busy (read broke!) but a ‘tato all the same. I have been catching up on Oscar movies, in my favorite couch. Needless to say tato is bila time or cash for big screen…Tsk! Tsk!(Aegeus 2007) How is that harambee going guys…or do I have to auction a date with ‘tato for the highest bidder???? Any takers out there???

  This Sunday Oscar results are unleashed. Hmmm! As usual I’m caught in a dilemma between who I want to win and who should win…and who I think will win. Of course now that I am going to air my views out loud I bet I’m gonna lose big time…that’s the thing with critics you should just stick to critiquing and not betting so here goes my tato projections.

  Best Picture

  
  Babel,The Departed, Queen, Little Miss Sunshine, Letters from Iwo Jima.

  I haven’t watched the Eastwood flicked but I liked the other four. But darn it Eastwood has won far too many times.

  Sunshine was such a nice movie to sit back on the couch and watch-cute and funny! Babel are what long movies were made for…4 running storylines all intertwined…

  Queen…was this movie about the Queen or Diana?

  Departed…my movie event of the year…ALL STAR CAST-GREAT!....but with Oscar History Great never wins…remember how Saving Private Ryan, Lord of the Rings 1+2 lost?

  
  Who I want to win: Departed

  Who should win: Babel

  Who will win: Probably Babel…and I’m seeing Little Miss Sunshine creeping in as an underdog. Departed…they could stiff Scorcese in Directing and let him get here. Queen no it was too documentary for me.

  Best Actor

  Will Smith. Forrest Whitaker. Leonardo DiCaprio. Peter O’Toole, Ryan Gosling

  Will did some good work…but doesn’t deserve the oscar for this or for the past. Leonardo has come a long way coming. Forrest Whitaker was outstanding and may he win .

  Who I want to win: Forrest Whitaker…are we ready for another Black Oscar year so soon after Jamie?
  
  Who should Win: Forrest Whitaker

  Who will win: Probably DiCaprio (I’d have routed for him in Departed) or Ryan Gosling.

  Best Actress:

  Helen Mirren, Judi Dench, Meryl Streep, Kate Winslet, Penelope Cruz

  I may have found Queen a tad British (read yawn!) but bet you by golly wow, biscuits and crumpets that Queen was the real deal! As for Meryl and her umpteenth nominations…not for this movie surely!

  Who I want to win: Helen Mirren. (Though I feel Judi Dench deserves a full Oscar she was stiffed some time back and managed a mediocre supporting Oscar)

  Who should win: Helen Mirren

  Who will win: Helen Mirren.

  Supporting Actor:

  Eddie Murphy, Djimon Honsou, Mark Wahlberg, Alan Arkin, and Jackie Haley

  This is a tough one…cause I’m sure blacks would be routing for Djimon Honsou…I think he is a great actor. Didn’t watch Jackie Haley so I’ll review the 4.

  Who I want to win: Eddie Murphy. I mean he was nominated after all I’d be happy if he won….but what are the odds?

  Who should Win: Mark Wahlberg. I think he broke out in this character then again…you’d break out to if your script was full of “F” words!

  Who will win:Alan Arkin….I’m telling you such characters are the type that win in Oscars…mark my word! OR they give it to a black guy…and then I can see Djimon getting it.

  Supporting Actress:

  Adriana Barraza, Jennifer Hudson, Abigail Breslin, Cate Blanchette, and Rinko Kikuchi

  Adriana and Rink were both in Babel. I liked them there but I don’t think they were exceptional. But Oscars always see to favor minorities in this categories so don’t be surprised if they win. Especially Rinko who played a deaf child…think Piano that deaf mum!!! Out of all this Abigail and Jennifer stand out. Abigail was this cute little thing while Jennifer was a towering inferno-WOW! Watch her perform “Am not leaving without you!”

  Who I want to win: Abigail Breslin-hey let a young kid win for a change

  Who should win: Jennifer Hudson

  Who will win: Jennifer Hudson…or them chicks from Babel.

  Best Director

  For Babel, Departed, United 93, Queen , Letter from Iwo Jima

  Cammon give Scorcese an Oscar already! He’s been stiffed far two many times and the last time losing out to Clint Eastwood who they’re nominated together with.

  Who I want to win: Scorcese for Departed

  Who should win: Scorcese

  Who will win: I would not be surprised if Babel won…think English Patient, think Shakespeare in Love…majority of movies that win are rarely box office smash…but Babel-like. ( I think I want Babel to win secretly!)

  
  

  Best Writing (Adapted and Original)

  I think Little Miss Sunshine , Departed and Babel stand out. I’m routing for these.
  
  
  Oscar Movies mentioned that I've never reviewed

  Babel: This is what real Oscar movies are made of. Think Piano, think Memoirs of a Geisha…think almost on the brink of boredom yet wait a minute am not bored! I’m seeing Babel being the major Oscar winner this year! It is a damn good movie...that’s what it is. Wonderful story! Wonderful plot… its just wonderful! As opposed to Departed that was great….there is something about wonderful that beats great!

  Apocalypto: Is the best movie I have watched this year on big screen. I’ve never seen such violence on the screen since History of Violence (no pun intended) The fact that it is in subtitles makes it all the more authentic. Trust me this is a great journey of a movie must watch must watch. And since it’s been nominated for Best Make up and Sound may it win since it was snobbed. Directed by Mel Gibson

  DreamGirls: Hmmm musical. Only thing I liked about it was seeing the likes of Danny Glover , Eddie Murphy share a screen together. No, feelings for Beyonce’s acting. Jennifer Hudson was phenomenal. Hey Jaleel White makes a cameo so much for his supposedly dead rumor. Watch at home…the songs ain’t all that anyway! For some reason I hated Jamie Foxx in this movie…note the character but the actor...something was a miss.

  Children of Men: Nominated in Best Editing. I think it should win..there are some scenes there where you jump out of your seat yelping. That movie was put together very well. It’s different. But you have to see Julianne Moore getting shot by the rebels to believe what a gunshot scene should feel and sound like! And there is a guy who get whacked on the head with a car-battery…yes yes yes!!!!
  
  
  The Prestige and Illusionist: Both about magicians and magic. Surprisingly, Edward Norton disappointed me for the first time in Illusionist or maybe I expected more…Both have very great endings, but Prestige stands out. Prestige is quite the plot twister leaving you with many unanswered questions-typical of a movie directed by the same director as Memento. Prestige is really something…Must watch! Illusionist is ….luke-warmly ok!
  

  
  
• January 21, 2007
• 10:52

  Two Movies, Two Days, Two Reviews

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  Stranger than Fiction
  
  
  
  Friday
  
  So the Tato was coerced into going to watch Stranger than fiction by some tato-less, tato-clueless chick. This was not the way to start my box-office year.
  
  However, even in the said coercion I still didn't think the movie would be that bad. Preview looked good. And hey Queen Latiffah and Dustin Hoffman were some of the things to look forward to. I'm not much of a Will Ferrel fan but was also looking forward to seeing how good an actor he is as compared to being a comedian. Shock on the Tato and his peels!
  
  Verdict: CRAP! not even the mushy kind of crap! But long, boring, tedious...and annoying. So much hope for the storyline to take a new twist... NADA! Shame on you Emma Thompson!!! Shame on you for when you bored me in that Anthony Hopkins film and shame on me for boring me here!
  
  the Pursuit of Happyness.
  
  
  
  Saturday
  1.I have never taken Will Smith seriously as a serious actor. Even in Ali. I've always thought of him as the Fresh Prince of Bel Air which in entirety isn't such a bad thing.So when he started acting in Bad Boys and Independence Day...I still had this thing of "now what is he trying to do?"
  I-Robot...Wild Wild West...Enemy of the State...M.I.B...nuh...esp M.I.B 2
  
  But here he is full grown! Evolved...
  
  2.The beauty of this movie is I actually felt like I was in the 80's...it had an 80's feel, I was watching an old 80's film. Made in the 80's...so kuods to the art director and cinematographer.
  
  3.Its about the whole act of SURVIVAL...beating the odds against poverty when your senses tell you to give up and throw in the towel! His journey as he pursues happyness...which even he thinks is but a dream..this is some good movie. A definite must-watch-at-home movie. Survival to the core...some scenes were great:
  -him losing his Bone Density machine to some hobo...and initially to some hippie
  -him struggling to get to the Church in time to get a shelter before they close down..and his kid drops his action figure and is crying for it, beggin to go back for it...and Will tell him to "Shut up."
  -When Will has to lend 5$ to his boss and that all he had in the pocket and he HAD to lend it out....
  
  4. His real life kid is totally adorable in this movie...and it will be good to watch is movie career grown from this. Watch out for a lil jig he does.
  
  5. A definite must watch. Does he deserve the Oscar for this when compared with the likes of Forest Whitaker and Dicaprio for Departed...nuh...but he definitely deserves the nomination!
  
• January 10, 2007
• 10:44

  24: Season 6, Episode 1-4

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  After a long day's work...or rather after being hustled/brow beaten and treated like a child in School..there was nothing more ecstatic than coming home to the latest 24..which none of you has watched except Patron Saint of Downloads.
  
  Yes, my dear Couch Tato fans I have absolute BRAGGIN RIGHTS!
  
  Considering am still high on episode 1...I will not say 24 is the cestest drama out there...but I will declare that it has the MOST SUSPENSE compared to all the shows out there. This show is too intense for its own good..and I LOVE IT LOVE IT! Not a second wasted!
  
  Set 2years from season 5...stuff has started unfolding...I can't go on without revealing spoilers...but WAYNE PALMER is President. Be grateful that's the only spoiler I have unleashed...I have gathered my strength...and the adrenaline is now back to normal levels and now going in for episode 2. GOOD TIMES! GOOD TIMES!(Movie Buff 2005)
  
  quoting: Mutumia...Makete MA! and KM...Mutiuke Pris!
  
  All ye Kenyan fans name your Kitu Kidogo...some proceeds will go to the Patron saint of downloads.
  
• January 01, 2007
• 10:16

  The Departed

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  Movie event of the year! Why bore you with long tales of how great the movie was when you could easily summarize.
  
  If you have not watched this moive I urge you to go running. Consumate fine actors...the level of supporting acting is on a superior level. Alec Baldwin, Martin Sheen...and Mark Wahlberg are exceptional. Matt Damon and Jack Nicholson play villains with utmost perfection. Leonardo stunned me the most cause he is so mature in this movie. It was pure pleasure watching this ensemble team in action.
  
  
  
  
  This movie is screaming Oscar Oscar Oscar! Hopefully Martin Scorcese gets his much awaited oscar.
  
  The writing was spot on! ... so was the cursing!...so was the violence!
  
  The suspense was spot on. You don't see that ending coming!
  
  Jack Nicholson...yes yes yes! Stay away from comedies..this evil roles were made for you!
  
  So as I do my last Couch Potato post of this year while celebrating the year I broke box office records by watching 53 movies at the big screen. Of which I repeated 4. This was a good year and Departed was the best way to end the Tato year!
• December 27, 2006
• 3:38

  Movies I cannot wait to see next year

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  Yup bumped into these previews and I am already excited about the new year. Of course you all know I'm dying to catch Spidey 3. But these are movies I did not know existed till I caught the previews and I am screaming from the rooftops or balcony of whatever movie theatre am standing on " must watch must watch!"
  
  What movies are you all waiting for? others include Die Hard 4, Rush Hour 3, Sin City 2, Ghost Rider....
  
  EPIC MOVIE
  
  
  If you liked DATE MOVIE as it made jokes of all those typical romantic comedies...then why won't you love to see movies of these year get spoofed. From Pirates...X-men...Superman Rerurns...Borat...Macho Libre...Little man...
  From 2 of the 6 writers of Scary movie what else will you expect but a solid good dose of cheap humor.
  Movie Buff made me a promise that she will watch this movie...and like it!
  
  NORBIT
  
  
  
  Eddie Murphy, Eddie Murphy and Eddie Murphy again. Yes I do enjoy it when he plays many roles like in Nutty Proffesor or Coming to America... Looks funny...sounds funny so I'm guessing it is funny!
  
  
  TRANSFORMERS
  
  
  Watched the preview...and it has all it takes to lure you in like a sucker. I loved the cartoon.." more than meets the eye...autobots meet their battle to destriy the evil forces of the decepticons..."
  
  and it's Michael Bay ( though without Bruckheimer....I warned you bout the Island..but you didn't listen) But it has Blockbuster written all over it.
  
  
  Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End
  
  
  Yes I am ready to sail to the end of the eart' to bring back Jack Sparrow. Go Bruckheimer! Go Barbosa! Go Sparrow! Go! GO!
  
  
  
  SPIDERMAN 3
  
  
  
  This will be personal. 3 villains...oh yes! Between this and Pirates my loyalties are mixed.
  
  
  Simpsons: The Movie
  
  
  
  This looks like the makings of a mad funny cartoon...you should see Homer being caught between a Rock and a Hard Place. Hilarious...Oh the opening scene with a bunny hopping is out of this world! In 2-D!
  
  
  
  Ocean's Thirteen
  
  
  
  What more could you ask for in a star studded cast. STAR STUDDED CAST then add AL PACINO!!!!!!! AL PACINO-that's all for the review! I'd heard Julia Roberts is not returning....shame on you!!!! I could do without Zeta Jones but Roberts coe back you Erin Brockovich you!
  
  
  Shrek 3
  
  
  
  Cammon we all love us some SHREK!MUST MUST WATCH!!!
  
  
• December 18, 2006
• 10:40

  Currently at the Box Office

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  Nativity Story
  
  
  
  Was actually looking for a feel-good movie something that could set me into the christmas mood. This wasn't it. I didn't feel overwhelmed...or as the cliche would go I did not feel the spirit. Pun intended.
  
  I was disappointed!
  
  Eragon
  
  
  
  
  
  It is being called the Lord of the Rings of this year...and come last Friday I run to the theatre.Verdict???Disappointed Disappointed Disappointed. The baby-dinosaur was definitely cute...but I felt like I was watching a Disney movie. I felt like I was in Std 5 being taken on a nice kiddy fairy tale story. No! What a waste of fine actors like Jeremy IRons and Jon Malkovich. What a waste of hype!
  
  Happy Feet.
  
  
  
  Had gone expecting to be disappointed...and was so NOT! It's a cartoon so my expectations were down there until I heard that Prince song and I was toe-tapping like the Tagline says. "you don't have to be rich to rule my world...ain't no particular kind I'm more compatible with I just want your extra time and you're.....kiss."
  
  
  
  The above scene was so so so cute with baby Gloria trying to poke into the shell so that Mambo could hatch.
  
  
  
  Robin Williams was great as Ramon and Lovelace.These 5 penguins put a whole lot of soul into the movie.Mumble/Mambo was great
  
  My only problem is I felt they rushed that ending ....but the songs were great. The jokes were cut-throat! Sharp and icy! Special effects grand. Yup that's my movie of the week so far.Great! Great! Great!
  
• December 14, 2006
• 2:09

  Funny Golden Oldies

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  I like doing flashback posts...and nothing is more worth it than reminiscing over good laughs! These movies if I recall well had me laughing in different styles. Talking of nostrils never quite recovering. Laughing from deep down and expressing it in a noise that resembles that of laughter. This was inspired by KM who we have been reminiscing with funny moments.
  
  These are classic gems and I pray that you have watched at least some. I had already mentioned Mrs Doubtfire in a previous post so here are some more...
  
  So if you'll are wondering what to get me for christmas....surprisingly most of these were Christmas movies.
  
  Tommy Boy
  
  
  
  Rest in Peace Chris Farley but this movie will forever be one of my funniest!David Spade was totally out of this world here...great stuff!!!!Great scenes...with him spanking mr naughty. Chris singing "fat boy in a little coat..." Them singing rock in the car..and then change of scene they are crying singing sad love songs...
  
  Look at that mad-funny tagline. "if at first you do not suceed, lower your standards!"
  
  
  Three Amigos
  
  
  What else do yo expect when you team up Chevy Chase, Steve Martin and Martin Short? do you remember their song? Funniest bit was Chase and Martin running out of water in a desert and they are dying of thirst...and Short is there pouring water all over his face!
  
  Roxanne
  
  
  Steve Martin at his best. That chick getting locked out of her own house feeding that cute cat...precious! That NOSE!!!!
  
  National Lapoon's European Vacation and Christmas Vacation.
  
  
  
  Both were laugh out loud the Griswald family that entailed a whacky dad. a kinky mom a dumb bro and a smart ass sis! I loved Christmas Vacation better-there is this part where they hit soe serious potholes and the sis thinks she has had her first period!
  
  
  Home Alone 2.
  
  
  For some reason I really found this funny! Poor sticky bandits!
  
  
  Blazing Saddles.
  
  
  Lord have his mercy.Punching out an OX? LMAO!
  
  Homeward Bound
  
  
  
  This was such a classic. Sassy was the most gorgeous cat with sarcasm and nasty one liners!She was cool and calm and bitchy!! The 2 dogs were great as well.
  
  
• December 05, 2006
• 9:40

  Casino Royale

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  Gaddamn Mocha and Egm, a brada can't ululate in finding the perfect avatar...I almost feel like bringing back Spidey
  
  I actually avoided reviewing Casino Royale...especially since Ichiena was supposed to be my date...now let's get the review started right.
  
  Verdict: Tsk! Tsk! Tsk!
  
  so what is that supposed to mean?
  
  
  
  For starters, I actually see why the chose to go the Daniel Craig Route. We expected them to replace Pierce and for him to compete with the likes of Sean Connery and Roger Moore...but in fact what they did was give us a whole new BOND.
  
  And i dont think it's workin unlike Justin Timberlake's "I'm bringing sexy back-yeah!"
  
  And this may have played to their advantage. It's hard having to replace a character...think Batman...from Keaton to Kilmer to Cage ...and now Bale. Even Smallville did the same for Superman. The secret nowadays looks like it involves..going back to the roots and beginning all over again. Cause this is what Casino Royale actually is James Bond-Episode 1. Hollywood has discovered this whole Episode 1 genre and using it to revive Bond. Worked on Star Wars as well.
  
  is it me or does he look like Rock from Fantastic Four. Move over Chiklis!
  Move over Halle Berry that scene is being re-done!
  
  Instead of suave and chique! Instead of classy, majestic, debonair-we now have a BRUT!
  A cold mean Brut! Who to make things worse wastes our time falling in LOVE! Damn it-BOND doesn't do LOVE! Bond doesn't succumb to emotions! He doesn't have to he is BOND, James Bond to say the least! That whole sequence irritated the hell out of me...and for hi to be duped like that-is now pushing it! Bond is smart with lots of cheek! Oh no they didn't play him out like that!
  
  Many may argue that perhaps this is what made him casual in his future flames..i refuse! They wasted to much time on that love story the same way Superman Returns did with Lois and Superman flyin around. Many may say this is the side of Bond we never knew...that this is the initial Bond that IAN FLEMING had in mind...and as BORAT would say NAAAAAAT!
  
  Honestly, the movie started with such a BANG! His two killings in black and white that made him a 00 agent-EXCELLENT! That chase scene with that black guy was outstanding especially the aerial shots...I was damn well near clapping...however the whole story line went downhill. Too much time was wasted in the casino! Not even Judy Dench could help it not crumble down. Though I liked the interaction between Bond and in her room...was hoping to hear M stands for a prudish name like Margaret...The torture scene was fantastic and you can see the Cheek in Bond come out
  
  
  
  UNANSWERED QUESTIONS!
  
  Where were the gadgets? Where was the shameless advertising and merchandising like in "Tomorrow never dies?" Remeber how almost every ad on CNN was to do with Bond...from the watch, car rental, BMW... The cars? Where were they? The many many Bond Girls? Q? (yeah I know the original Q died and John Cleese came at the end?) But for the sake off continuity...damn it bring back Q and MONEY PENNY! Where was the killer Theme Song? I mean all BONDS had significant theme songs!
  
  So as much as this was going back to the roots to re-invent BOND! I don't think you can reinvent a product 20 movies down the line! You cannot attempt to change BOND yet have his old traits ooze out...
  
  I think Craig will do one more Bond before the franchise slowly tapers off! Perhaps it will grow..but they have taken BOND in a whole new direction. Which the old audience may not appreciate! It is doing very well in the box office...but the truth will be out come the second movie!
  
  To me James Bond is not a BRUT or a THUG!
  
  The movie is definitely worth a watch especially on big screen. It was satisfyingly long but there was room to make this movie more than it was. It left us wanting more! It had had great start...lousy end! Amidst glowing reviews...nah this wasn't the best BOND for me!
  
  
  
  
• 4:17

  Spiderman 3: The Battle Within

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  Damn screw Pirates of the Caribbean( Ok I did not mean that) I cannot wait for Spidey 3.
  
  That's all I'm saying!
  
  More Villains...and who's the dude with the Black Spidey suit?
  
  Now my new avatar combines Spidey's and Tato's
  
  
• November 30, 2006
• 3:33

  R rated movies of R time

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  Dedicated to Patron Saint and Aco who is on the bilaz train. Patron saint had had an R rated encounter of late...
  
  Back in the day this was as close to porn that we could get...the fact that they had running storylines was even all the whole lot greater!
  
  
  
  Basic Instinct
  
  oh yes! what a story line! what a duo!
  Douglas had created a niche for himself. The story line was great.
  Sharon stone was fabulous and we all remember that famous cris-crossing of her legs.
  
  Grrrr Hrrrr Prrrr
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fatal Attraction
  
  
  Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, a jilted lover demanding strings after a one-night stand. Let no woman come between her not even a BUNNY!
  
  Glen Close at her best!
  Douglas again
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Nine and a Half Weeks
  
  Kim Bassinger had come a long way
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Specialist
  
  
  
  As Gloria Estefan's song said "turn the beat around...turn it upside down...get it get it up right now...the violins are moving to the nitty gritty...guitar scratchin..."
  
  You remember the trailer ...Stallone...Stone...The Specialist
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fair Game
  
  
  Cindy Crawford and her mole, and William Baldwin=Better believe it equals fair game.
  
  No story line but....
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Disclosure
  
  
  Oh yeah Douglas you thought you had your game till Demi Moore turned the tables...didn't you feel like a piece of meat?!
  
  Go Demi Go Demi Go!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Indecent Proposal
  
  
  
  Demi Demi Demi...so for a million bucks would you sell off your wife?
  
  Woody Harrelson, Demi and a very rich Robert Redford
• November 27, 2006
• 11:10

  Desparate Housewives III:1-8

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  After a disappointing second season, the show has returned fresh as the morning dew! Honestly this season has had some good laughs..Gabrielle is back to her sassy, almost bitchy self. She's always the victor yet the loser at the same time. Her one-line exchanges with her house-maid/surrogate mother of her child. Her feuds with Ricardo as they each try to out-do each other in hurting one another...each other out for the other's neck. Susan as usual has managed to get herself involved with some Brit! Edie's tentacles are sharper than ever. The Scavo's have problems of their own as they deal with Tom's Ex.
  
  
  New twists:
  - Bree's new husband the Dentist(go Dentist) has some sordid dark past intertwined with Mike Delfino who conveniently has retrograde amnesia. Si what happened to his wife? Why did he run over Mike and remember he had a PRISON connection in season 2?
  -Now Bree and Orsen are made for each other with their cleanliness idiosyncrancies. Did you see Bree shudder when she had her first orgasm, she rushed to the E.R complaining of shortness of breath and what she described as a mini-stroke! I swear this season is laugh out loud!
  -A pedophile has just moved into Wysteria lane.
  -Julie is catching some different strokes with the new bad boy-Edie's nephew.
  -Edie has moved in on Mike...remember that "carnivore" reference in season 1.
  -Orsen's mother, played by Dixie Carter, a great actress remember her
  from Differen' Strokes and Ladies' Man?
  
  Disappointments:
  -Looks like the writers never had any plans of writing in a baby for the Solize's
  -Bree's son...is too quiet...or have they run out of storylines for him yet
  -The whole Orsen story seems a little re-wound with the whole season one story line...but maybe it has potential.Enough with the murder mysteries...His mother,played by Dixie Carter, a great actress remember her from Differen' Strokes and Ladies' Man?
  
  
  
  
  
  What makes a great show I always say is the development of good characters...obviously this is well cast show...but the humor is icy! Some serious quotes worth writing down! Worth every second of celluloid!
  
  
  Summary:Knots Landing meets Melrose Place
  
  Verdict: Season 3 has made up for a bad season 2...hopefully this time the Emmy's will be kind.
  
• November 22, 2006
• 10:21

  Compare and Contrast-Movies:1

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  As they say in Hollywood you never run out of ideas...then again sometimes good ideas or fresh ideas are realised and before you know it you have similar movies coming out at the same time. Similar especially in story background
  
  This post is dedicated to and requested by Ichiena
  
  So which did you prefer? The movie that I have started with was my better of the two.
  
  A bug's life Vs Antz
  
  
  A bugs life was just funny!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Saving Private Ryan Vs A thin red line
  
  
  
  Without a doubt saving private ryan! Ive said it before i'll say it again!
  
  
  War genre!
  
  
  
  
  
  Sixth Sense vs Stir of Echoes
  
  
  I see dead people! Not a bad flick....neither was Stir of echoes
  But Sixth sense came first so...not to mention Bruce Willis was dead the entire time...cool!
  
  
  Supernatural Genre!
  
  
  
  
  
  Armageddon Vs Deep Impact
  
  
  Killer soundtrack and Bruckheimer/Bay combo-Armageddon.
  
  
  Meteor Genre! Earth Run!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Wild Things Vs Cruel Intentions
  
  
  
  damn i loved both!
  
  Kinky Genre! Grrrrr! Grrrrr!
  
  
  
  
  
  LXG Vs HellBoy
  
  
  
  
  uh...er... Superhero genre!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Scream Vs I know What you did last summer
  
  I really enjoyed Scream1-3...not that it was scary but for some reason it gave good entertainment!
  
  
  Teenage stars in a horror flick!
  
  
  
  
  Underworld Vs Van Helsing
  
  I actually dozed off in Van Helsing...yawn...Underworld 1 and 2 were not so bad.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  pics courtesy of imdb.com
  
• November 08, 2006
• 9:50

  Mrs. Doubtfire

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  There are comedies that come once in a life, this happens to be one of them. It's probably one of my best white comedies of all time. Each scene is laugh out loud and full of knife cutting remarks that a nanny that age shouldn't utter at all.
  
  FUNNY AS HELL.SNORT GRUNT OUT LOUD HILARIOUS!
  
  
  
  
  The annoying thing in this was seeing Pierce Brosnan in such a small role.
  
  
  
  Some of the funniest moments were his/her boobs catching fire. Him at the employment agency with different routines. "BACK OFF !" as he hustled a hustler trying to mug him on the streets.
  
  The subtle unseen middle finger to Pierce Brosnan
  
  
  Killer Qoutes from this Nasty Nanny
  
  -"Hello Dearie!"
  
  -"Off your Mercedes, dear, you own that big expensive car out there? Oh, dear. Well, they say a man who has to buy a big car like that is trying to compensate for smaller genitals."
  
  -"Sink the sub. Hide the weasel. Park the porpoise. A bit of the old Humpty Dumpty, Little Jack Horny, the Horizontal Mambo, hmm? The Bone Dancer, Rumpleforeskin, Baloney Bop, a bit of the old Cunning Linguistics?"
  
  -"Oh I'm sorry, am I being a little graphic? I'm sorry. Well, I hope you're up for a little competition. She's got a power tool in the bedroom, dear. It's her own personal jackhammer. She could break sidewalk with that thing. She uses it and the lights dim, it's like a prison movie. Amazed she hasn't chipped her teeth."
  
  -"it was the drink that killed him!"
  was he an alcoholic?
  "No it was the guiness truck that hit him!"
  
• November 07, 2006
• 12:11

  Casino Royale-Preview

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  Fom last year I really wanted to start an anti Daniel Craig campaign-cammon, how the hell do you get rid of PIERCE BROSNAN!!!!!
  
  
  So last week there I am in the theatre...and I see this preview. WOW! In black and white almost sensual and totally thrilling...the voice quite familiar drawing me closer to the movie in question...there you see Dame Judy Dench and without a doubt realise this is a BOND preview. For a split second...I'm excited...my mind has totally turned against me and I'm screaming "MUST WATCH THIS MUST WATCH THIS!!!!!"
  
  
  
  
  
  and then....BANG! HE appears! Deflation couldn't be a better word to describe...not even that shooting withing that famous 007 circle did anything for me. He will do to this franchise what George Clooney did for Batman. This is the beginning of the end.
  
  
  
  
  
  Worst thing about this review...is I am still going to watch the movie. Talk about double standards...but Daniel Craig cannot pull James Bond OFF! Heck bring back Timothy Dalton-the worst BOND ever before this...Timothy must be somewhere smiling that his ill-rep is no longer viable!
  
  As Mojo Jojo would say "CURSES! CURSES!"
• September 21, 2006
• 13:23

  Dance Movies

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  Forget FlashDance forget Fame...forget Save the Last Dance...with newer movies like Honey and Shall we Dance( which I will admit had some serious lines..."The rumba is the vertical expression of a horizontal wish. You have to hold her, like the skin on her thigh is your reason for living. Let her go, like your heart's being ripped from your chest. Throw her back, like you're going to have your way with her right here on the dance floor. And then finish, like she's ruined you for life.")
  
  I grew up on Breakdance. Not to mention it was the fisrt tape I borrowed when we first got the first video a Sharp VCR that had a remote control that had an extension cord you would have to plug it into the machine.
  
  I am also the Proud owner of the original LP album of Breakin and Breakdance...y'all have no idea how I had to finish them peas to get them albums.
  
  Dance Movies were made of this...
  
  Breakin'
  
  Some struglling Street breakdancers meet beautiful classy ballet dancer!
  
  
  Welcome to the land of OZONE, BOGALOO SHRIMP and KELLY
  
  Dayum watched it 26 times and probably can recite the words
  
  Let's not mention the killer soundtrack with Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" and
  
  Ice T's "Reckless"
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Breakdance 2
  
  Yup caught it on big screen as well. There was a song that was done by Carolyne Townes "Believe in the Beat" somebody hold me down Im getting misty
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Fast Forward
  
  Some strugllin dancers.
  
  
  
  I only remember these songs
  
  "out on the edge with my back turned against the wind, i'm on m own like a young lion hungry...you're the one who'll keep on standin' when all around you fall , you'll live to....SURVIVE""
  
  "fast forward fast forward"
  
  
  
  and some chick sayin that to avoid gating raped all you have to do is " look him in the eyes and kick him in tha balls honey!"
  
  
  
  Ice T's Reckless:
  
  Verse 1
  
  Once upon a time a DJ's task
  Was just to play records, what more could you ask?
  But then came remixes, scratching and cuts
  Which was too much for many, drove some DJ's nuts
  But the DJ named Glove has reigned supreme
  As the turntable wizard of the hip-hop scene
  So listen to him, check him out, but remember this
  When The Glove's on the wheels of steel he's Reckless
  
  Verse 2
  
  This high-powered music is truly unique
  As The Glove cuts the rhythm to the hip-hop beat
  He moves like a madman as he spins his disc
  He's the number one scratcher on the DJ list, he's Reckless
  
  Verse 3
  
  Now I've seen DJ's, too many to name
  Some gained recognition and even fame
  But when you talk of MC's, Ice-T is the best
  And when you talk of DJ's, forget the rest, Glove's Reckless
  
  Verse 4
  
  So listen very closely as The Glove throws down
  He cuts like a razor to the big beat sound
  Dave's layin' down a groove that we know you'll like
  With The Glove on the turntables and Ice-T on the mic, we're Reckless
  
  Verse 5
  
  So listen to the music, let your mind feel free
  Realize you're with the master G-L-O-V-E
  Dave and MC Ice-T, you know you're with the best
  Because when we're in the mix you know the groove is fresh
  and Reckless, Reckless, Reck-Reck-Re-Reckless
• September 05, 2006
• 10:07

  Toilet Humor Classics

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  Not many understand toilet humor...perhaps I am the only who loves cheap jokes and cheap jolllies. Well this is just a short post on Toilet humor comedies as I work on another post of my best 'clean' comedy movies! As much as Chicks are allowed to have their Chick Flicks then guys should be alowed to have their Toilet Humor Jokes!!!!
  
  Comedy before used to be very moderate with definite limits but the following movies broke the mould and pushed the limits to the edge.
  
  There's Something About Mary
  
  
  
  
  This is where I'd say that it all started. Back in 1998...wow this had us rolling in laughter and shocked and dismayed that Oh Hell No they did not go there!
  
  
  That picture of Mary with her hair rising to the occasion is the pure comedy right there! WOW.
  As for Ben Stiller's piece gettin stuck in the zipper twice...I think he even zipped over one of his testicles...damn...at his prom date's house...and him getting whisked away in ambulance with background people yelling "we have a bleeder" and "he was masturbating" Pause and finish laughing!
  
  
  
  American Pie
  
  
  
  
  Wow tempo just kept getting better and better and so was American Pie 2.
  
  That dad is just a killer. Stiffler managed to steal the show in this series by American Pie two he was the star of the show. I loved the guy who slept with Stiffler's mum as well ...woe unto him when they pranked him with a does of ex-lax!
  
  Road Trip
  
  
  
  
  This was one crazy trip with cheap jokes and the toilet humor was plenty!
  From Three fingered rectally induced ejaculations to that guy having relations with the big boned black chick. Oh this was great!
  
  
  
  Scary Movie
  
  
  
  
  
  One of the best comedies and spoofs of all time. Even two had some good laughs especially the Exorcist scene!
  
  
  
  Van Wilder
  
  
  
  There is this part where they send a basket of baked goodies to their enemies in another fraternity...loaded with semen from their bulldog...high point of nasty humor!
  
  
  
  Do you remember this line? said by the indian guy who was also in "Harold and Kumar"
  
  Tit! Oh, mommy. Most Indians would say "cow" because they are sacred, but I hear "milk," I think giant jugs. You see, I cannot go home a virgin. I came here to study the great American art of muff diving. To smack clam, munch rug, dine at just one American pink taco stand! You know, I wanted to, how is it, park the porpoise. You know? I want to take it through the car wash, baby. And get it waxed. I want to wax it. Wax it! You know, and air dry. Air dry that shit, yeah! And I would like to be your assistant very much, Mr. Van Wilder.
• August 30, 2006
• 9:06

  Classics you must watch

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  This is for you Kaggz and even you too Movie Buff(ed and polished)...finally! But I have a feeling there is a part 1 through 15 for this so lets get this party started right
  
  And for you Aco I've done two posts in two days so there!
  
  So what do these movies have in common:
  
  1:They are great...we're talking abut longer than 2 hours...leaving you feeling like you travelled to another place and time. The tato was leftthoroughly quenched and as the credits rolled...I was left clappin inside
  
  2.The have been nominated for more than one Oscar award or the other.
  
  3.They need to be watched with the lights off...bladder empty and food at an arm's length. If you have company-company better know ain't nothin like pausing!
  
  4. I really like when you have an accumulation of hollywood ego's at there best working with each other. It surpasses being about the star studded cast but the chemistry that each brings with their clout!
  
  Here it goes:
  
  First and foremost we begin with the movies that I had said before have the best endings of all time....at the time forgot to mention The Others
  
  
  Gladiator
  
  
  My name is Maximus Decimus Meridius, commander of the Armies of the North, General of the Felix Legions, loyal servant to the true emperor, Marcus Aurelius. Father to a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife. And I will have my vengeance, in this life or the next.
  
  ...need I say more!
  
  
  
  The Insider
  
  Russel Crowe so deserved the oscar for this.
  Al Pacino as usual was greatly FANTASTIC!
  Michael Mann directed this beautifully!!! shame on you for Miami Vice-Shame. But Heat was also great it should have made the cut here as well..maybe in part 2.
  
  
  
  
  
  American History X
  
  
  Edward Norton was on a roll...first came Priamal Fear then came Fight Club and then this! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Schindler's List
  
  
  Woiye remember that was the only Color in the entire black and white movie. This was brilliant!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Saving Private Ryan.
  
  
  Best War Movie ever ever...wow Star Studded cast...it shoulda won BEST PICTURE!
  
  (I forgot to mention Black Hawk Down)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Platoon.
  
  
  
  Best war movie ever ever before the above. Pure Oliver Stone
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  JFK
  
  
  Why lie all Oliver Stone movies rock and he so so works well with James Woods (a small by the way) ... but this one with its insinuations takes the cake.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  A few Good Men
  
  
  Jack Nicholson at his best! WOW those lines were a killer. Rob Reiner Rocked!
  
  Tom Cruise and Demi Moore at there finest!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  House of Sand and Fog
  
  
  Really nice!
  
  Sir Ben Kingsley hasn't been this good since Gandhi.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Braveheart
  
  This is what movies are made of!
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Apollo 13
  
  Yes! Yes! Yes!