Stuff

TALLADEGA NIGHTS isn't as funny as ANCHORMAN. It's a good example of media oversaturation: I had seen all the funny parts without even seeing the movie. C+

OVER THE HEDGE is better than SHARK TALE and MADAGASCAR, but not in the same league as SHREK or CARS, another recent movie about finding the truly important things in life, basically family. It's entertaining, but not as deep or as visually amazing as CARS. B

THE GIRL NEXT DOOR is completely different from what I thought it would be. It's raunchy and pretty funny, but it's sweet. It's about a kid whose new next door neighbor is miraculously a pornstar. It turns out she is out of the business though, and really doesn't want to get back in it. The kid and the girl fall in love, which is pretty implausible, but I really fell for the movie. Elisha Cuthbert is gorgeous, innocent, and fragile, and her performance is really terrific. B+

Gerald Ford, Saddam Hussein, and James Brown all died within a week of each other. It's a conspiracy. Kyle is probably behind it.

Vinny Testaverde came in to the Pats game yesterday afternoon in the fourth quarter and threw a touchdown. He's now thrown one in every year for the past twenty years. That's pretty amazing. He had a great career and is a good guy, and maybe the Hall will recognize him.

It's 2007, in case you missed the party. Carson Daly is a sucky host. Get Terry Bradshaw.

I've seen way too many movies over break. Happy to say though that the good far outweighed the bad.

Happy new year, boys and girls.