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Showing posts with label Josh Peck. Show all posts
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Richard - Movie Review - The Wackness
I don't usually comment before a movie review, but in this case, I feel I need to. Although Richard saw the film a few weeks ago, he didn't have the roundtable interviews until yesterday. Even though I totally trashed Olivia Thirlby, Richard still sucked it up and went in. We didn't know what his reception would be, but I appreciate him seeing it through. Thanks also to Sony Pictures Classics. Their PR people are fantastic. Thanks Melanie. It is Olivia's PR people that need to get a life.
Instead of wasting $12 on a ticket to see The Wackness, donate that money to charity. A donation of twelve bucks couldn’t possibly make a difference, you say. Twelve bucks barely covers the cost of a triple venti caramel mocha-choca-latte with whipped cream so how could it have any impact as a donation, you argue. Most of a donation to a charitable organization gets eaten up by the running expenses anyway, you exclaim, so my measly twelve bucks will do squat for those who need it. Let’s face it, twelve bucks doesn’t even begin to cover the lube budget on some movie sets so if you want to talk about running expenses eating into that twelve bucks, almost any charitable donation is a better investment.
Excluding a Jessica Simpson movie, most movies take in a couple of million on their opening weekend. Who do you think could use that money more, some studio so they can fund the next schlock project or an organization like Miracle House that provides temporary housing and support services for caregivers and patients coming to New York City for critical medical treatment? Would you rather read that The Wackness took in $4 million on its opening weekend or that Literacy Partners received a $4 million donation? When you think about the fact that the opening weekend figure is made up of all of those little $12 “donations,” you begin to see the impact that you can have on an organization.
I will step down from my soap box for a minute so I can tell you why you should avoid seeing The Wackness. The movie takes place in 1994. How do we know it is 1994? The characters make reference to Zima and 90210 (multiple times), there is a bus that passes by with a Forrest Gump ad on it, and the soundtrack includes music by The Notorious B.I.G., Nas, A Tribe Called Quest, and the Wu-Tang Clan.
Okay, some of those things are more generic 90s but we’ll go with it. I guess what is really supposed to nail it to 1994 is the number of times they mention NYC mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the implementation of his “anti-fun” laws. For those of you who didn’t live in NYC at the time, the so-called “anti-fun” laws cracked down on things like graffiti, vandalism, loud radios (remember the big boom boxes?), public drunkenness, public urination, unlicensed vending and the squeegee guys. How could he! No wonder he earned the moniker, Bulliani. Doesn’t the constitution protect my right to play loud music while I tag a store front? Isn’t that freedom of expression? And why can’t I piss on the sidewalk? Dogs do it, so what’s the difference, especially if I have been tossing back some brews with my buds and I am trying to make my way home. Given the fact that our true civil liberties have been disappearing under the current administration, the self-centered outrage in the film is embarrassing.
A big problem with the whole, ‘Giuliani doesn’t let us have any fun any more’ argument is that the City did become cleaner and safer while he was mayor. Don’t get me wrong, the guy has an ego the size of one of the balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and he could NEVER admit that he did anything wrong, but there definitely were changes for the better. For a lot of people, this is the guy who brought Disney to 42nd Street and became America ’s mayor after 9/11.
But I digress… The basic plot of the movie is Ben Kingsley plays a shrink in crisis who is smoking a lot of weed. Josh Peck is his dealer and is trading weed for therapy sessions. Josh just graduated high school and is still a virgin and hates his parents. Method Man supplies Josh with the weed. Olivia Thirlby is Kingsley’s step-daughter and a classmate of Josh’s. For reasons that were lost on me, Thirlby decides she is going to deflower Josh but I couldn’t tell if she did it out of pity or to be cruel since he immediately falls in love with her. And then there is Mary-Kate Olsen playing a hippy chick who buys pot from Josh and makes out with Ben Kingsley in a bar (actually Mary-Kate and Ben making out was the most interesting scene in the movie and they were the only actors who seemed to have any chemistry).
Everyone is in crisis; everyone has something happen that makes them wake up and realize things have changed forever. Toward the end of the movie there is a scene shot in Brooklyn with Manhattan and the Twin Towers in the background. I cared little for the characters throughout the movie and seeing the Towers made what the characters were going through pale in comparison to what we as a nation went through on that day and what so many are still dealing with.
The movie stars Academy Award winner, Sir Ben Kingsley. Gandhi, Maurice, Schindler’s List, House of Sand and Fog – my God, the man can read the phonebook and people will line up to see it. However, in 2008 Ben took roles in the Love Guru and the Wackness so one has to wonder if he is in a bit of an Ed McMahon situation.
Josh Peck not only shed 40 pounds from his days as the star of a tween sitcom, he is also trying to shed his Nickelodeon image by doing a nude scene. Great you say, the guy shows his butt while the woman keeps all of her bits strategically covered. If Reese Witherspoon had to pretend that her topless scene was integral for her character just so she could move up to adult roles, why shouldn’t the young male actors have to show skin. Fair is fair. Except when the young male butt is soft and doughy looking and your thinking, how could a guy that young have a muffin top already? Trust me, I enjoy going to Harbin Hot Springs where I am surrounded by all shapes and sizes and with natural bushes (can we start a campaign to let women know that it is okay to have some hair down there?). I’m not saying that he had to go on some Abercrombie regimen but enough sitting on the couch playing Guitar Hero. Get outside and do something.
If you are a regular reader of this blog you know from the posting the other day that Olivia refused to meet me. It actually became absurdly funny at the press event. As soon as I walked in and introduced myself, I was immediately informed that I could not speak with Olivia. Every where I went, there was someone who seemed to know who I was and they would remind me that I was not to speak with Olivia. I was in a room with the director, Jonathan Levine, Method Man, and several other journalists, and someone walks into the room, calls me by name and tells me I have to leave because Olivia will be coming into the room. Of course everyone is looking at me with these quizzical expressions as if there must be a court order that prevents me from being in the same room with her.
Method Man is completely charming and someone that I could have hung out with all day. He is working hard, doing The Wire, making movies, still making music and performing and his philosophy is, when you love what you do, you never work a day in your life. He didn’t complain about how rough his schedule is or how draining it all is. Just the opposite, he was talking about how grateful he is to be doing everything and that he juggles his schedule so that he can honor all of his commitments.
I must confess that given how much I disliked the movie, I expected to dislike the director, Jonathan Levine. But the truth is, he is a nice guy. I may be naïve but he just came across as very earnest and genuine. He wasn’t arrogant and blowing smoke up my ass nor was he being tortured and pretentious. I specifically asked him about his decision to use the shot of the Twin Towers and out of that came a really heartfelt discussion about that scene. He wrote and directed the film and maybe he should focus on one thing at a time rather than trying to do everything. I would be curious to see what he would do with a script written by someone else.
On Wednesday, June 25 the Wackness was screened in NYC and the evening was capped off by a party at the private roof club at the Gramercy Park Hotel. The gentleman who organizes these events usually assembles a mix of New York socialites and celebs along with some A/B actors who aren’t affiliated with the movie but have come out to support it. Ben, Josh, Olivia and Mary Kate were there. Let’s see who else was there… Ashley Olsen – no wait, that wasn’t Ashley, it is just Mary Kate wearing a different dress. It seems that for some reason Mary Kate changed from the long dress she wore to the screening to a short dress for the party and that her sister wasn’t there to support her.
Some of the people who really were there include,
Beth Ostrosky who is engaged to Howard Stern and seems to take advantage of any opportunity to be out of the house by herself; the musician Rob Thomas (?!?!); 
a couple of models with vaguely recognizable names; and to underscore how low they scraped, the two socialgays who got into a shoving match a couple of months ago (both have thinly veiled careers that seem to serve the sole purpose of trying to get their names mentioned in print). Where was everyone? What could have been so important that they weren’t able to make this event? Can you believe that instead of going to a free event with some cool Hollywood types some people actually chose to spend money and buy a ticket to go to a Friends of the Highline party or the Partnership for Public Service gala or even (wait for it because it is just too depressing) a Rock to Save Darfur concert. Shesh! Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Random Photos Part One - With A Reader Photo
I've decided that Dustin Hoffman should just move permanently to the top of the photos. I mean the guy will be 71 in about a month and he looks way better than he did at 31. Plus he's been married forever. I mean the guy is almost perfect. He at least pretends to like Tom Cruise so that is a minus, but other than that what more could you ask for in an actor.
More Andy Roddick? Why not. This time though you get his "fiancee'"
Nothing like that first puff on a cigarette after being discharged from the hospital with a smoking related disease. The only one that feels better is after you have had a lung removed from cancer due to smoking.
Like I'm not going to post a photo of a guy named Alex Zobbobo-Bentley. From now on though he is "Bobo."
How's single life treating you Brendan Fraser?
You have got to give Bobby Brown some room to dance.
Give him room.
Get out of the way.
Finally. Now someone go out and buy the guy some pants that fit.
Does anyone know why Demi Moore (who looks great) and Ashton Kutcher never hang out anymore?
Dirty Dozen Brass Band - Miami
Death Cab For Cutie - Los Angeles
Funny thing is David Arquette had enough glasses at home for the whole crowd.
Did Courteney Cox get some new, umm breasts?
"I'd like to thank Eddie Murphy."
For the first time in forever, Jack Black loses a big belly contest. He actually had lost prior to this but all the other winners were confined to their beds because of their size.
One of the best photos of Gwen Stefani in a very long time.
You don't think they should be called Kneepads? Their caption for this photo read something like, "the super-stylish Fergie."
How is that the Crown Princess of Denmark can walk alone down the streets of London and Lindsay Lohan needs two bodyguards?
The, "Damn these good looking couples make me feel inadequate" photo of the day goes to Kylie Speer and Tom Williams.
"Yeah, just keep looking bi*ches because I ain't going to talk to any of you."
62 years old for Jaclyn Smith. Damn she looks good.
This is Josh Peck. Hey Josh. You dropped like 40 pounds and that sidekick from your television show and look fantastic. What? A new film? You don't say. The Wackness. Wow. Can't wait to hear all about it.
Pining for Jennifer Aniston? Kind of makes you want to throw up a little doesn't it?
I think only Ne-Yo, LL Cool J and David Arquette could pull this look off.
Naomi Watts, I love you, but not this.
Modest Mouse - Miami
Method Man in front of 75,000 fans in the Meadowlands last month. Hanging on his every word. What? You have time for CDAN? Wow. Thanks. A new film? The Wackness? Can't wait to hear about it.
This was more for Laura Dern. Miss seeing her more often.
It's like a Playboy Mansion party from the 80's. Scott Baio and Jason Hervey.
This is Sean Avery. Immediately after this photo was taken, Kendra Wilkinson came in and stole his shorts. You can see her wearing them in yesterday's photos.
Our lovely reader photo of the day.
OK. When I'm ignorant about something you know I am not shy about asking all of you to help me out. Now, Richard Gere was threatened with arrest in India for kissing an actress in the most innocent I might be gay kind of way. Yet somehow Rachuna Maurya who is also an actress in India and was at some record release party yesterday can wear this and everything is cool. Explain please.
Orlando Bloom returning from a vacation with Miranda Kerr.
ZZ Top. Enough said.
The new reality show. "Who weighs more? You or Your Pet?"
Would you believe there were actually other Arquettes I skipped today? This is more for Thomas Jane anyway. "Hey is that a cigar or are you just happy to see me?" "Well, actually it is a cigar."
The Courteeners - Manchester
Why not end it with some Shia LeBeouf on the set of Transformers 2.
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