I See Skies of Blue...

...and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!

Thank you North Carolina, for becoming a blue state (however slightly) for the first time in thirty-two years. We, the people soon return to the never-ending battle for truth, justice and the American way.

Congratulations President-Elect Barack Obama!

*Artwork created by Alex Ross

Great Scott!

November 4, 2008 may very well be the most important election of our lives. I mean, who'll finance our movies if our nation's economy crumbles? It's best you discover more about the candidates and what they'll do for you.

Dylan is helping with Obampliments.


In the spirit of equal time:

Joe is helping with Things younger than Republican Presidential candidate (oh, and did I forget to mention war hero?) John McCain.

Photo courtesy of dailykos.com

So much to learn and so little time. Unless you have a DeLorean with a flux-capacitor premium upgrade, you'll just have to do the best you can with what you know. Choose wisely.

When You Wish Upon a Star

I normally avoid getting political on my blog. But when People's Sexiest Man of the Year and inaugural Spank Bank inductee Matt Damon takes the time to voice his concerns about issues surrounding the upcoming election, I think we need to sit down and listen.

Here's a brief commentary by Damon as reported by the Associated Press:

Love the Disney comparison, btw.

Regardless of how you choose to vote, choose to be informed about your vote! I now return you to your regularly scheduled Reel Whore content.

Prodding the Sheeple

Lions for Lambs


Release: 11/09/2007
1 hour, 28 minutes


Matinee ($$$)




If you're like most of the populace, you've been intrigued by the trailers for this weekend's releases and you find yourself asking, "How hard up for cash was Vince Vaughn to make this crap?!" Sorry, wrong movie. “Lions for Lambs,” the much touted political "thriller," stars Meryl Streep, playing journalist Janine Roth, who interviews Tom Cruise portraying Jasper Irving, a U.S. senator with a bold new direction for the war on terror. While they converse in D.C., in California Professor Stephen Malley, played by Robert Redford, conferences with an aloof poli-sci student. Halfway across the world two American soldiers, played by Derek Luke (Pieces of April) and Michael Peňa (Babel), fight to survive on the frigid slopes of the Afghan mountains. The stage is set, audience anticipation builds, and the actors...talk.

That’s right, the cinematic juggernauts, Redford (The Last Castle), Streep (The Manchurian Candidate) and Cruise (The Firm) deliver up an hour and a half long lecture on the state of American affairs. Through succinct and poignant exposition the three capture our attention in a quick-paced flurry of words, arguments and questions that are, or at least, should be on the very hearts and minds of every American. Funny thing is I don’t recall the intense music and dramatic cuts of the trailer alluding to any of this.

The trailer hypes an edge-of-your-seat thriller, not an extended lecture on moral obligation and indignant outrage. “Lions” lures audiences with the promise of spellbinding moments with clever twists and bloodshed…and in a way it delivers. The problem is who is listening to this cleverly disguised Sermon on the Mount? I ask this because while “Lions” was created with noble intentions, and is obviously meant for the twenty to forty-something crowd, but did anyone bother to tell us? How would the apathetic and entertainment-hungry masses know to rush out to a film starring the King of Crazy, the Ice Queen from that Prada movie, and that leathery old guy that mom thinks is really hot? The aloof university student is a nobody, and hell, I didn’t even know Derek Luke was in this until he showed up on screen. The only possible draw to us is the promised intrigue, but many moviegoers will leave feeling slighted and deceived.

Dirty Undies
It’s almost not worth mentioning but there are some too-quick-to-really-be-noticed gory moments with our valiant soldiers that occur parallel to some gruff profanity by our conversationalists.

The Money Shot
Ironically, the marketing of “Lions for Lambs” misleads the public in the same way as the orchestrators of the mishandled war that is at its subject. The real question is will the suckered audiences find themselves sitting in the drive-thru of Starbucks, cent after cent of overpriced fuel vapors rising into the air, reflecting on this film, or will they instead be tuned in to the latest outcome in the Spears-Federline custody hearings?