My favorite New Fall Show: COMMUNITY

Every fall, TV shells out 20 or so new shows that will hopefully become the next Greys/Office/Mad Men. Normally, a few are cancelled after a dismal pilot episode, with more gone by January. I am still bitter that The Black Donnelly's got cancelled a few years ago. My DVR has been busy with new shows like the CW's Vampire Diaries(its okay) and Bored to Death along with Fall regulars: How I Met Your Mother, The Office, 30 Rock and the last few eps of Entourage.

The newest addition to the DVR will be NBC's COMMUNITY. I thought the pilot episode was hilarious. Joel McHale (from E!'s THE SOUP) is the lead in the show with a sure to be/soon to be well known cast (NBC seems to be hoping that Chevy Chase will be the new Alec Baldwin). Joel plays a lawyer who is disbarred for falsifying his credentials and must go to community college to regain his eligibility.

If you can, jump online to watch the pilot episode. Joel's character "convinces" Britta (token love interest) that he is a certified Spanish tudor in an effort to "tudor" her. That turns into a group study session that hilariously pokes fun at the full spectrum of social stereotypes. I plan on watching the pilot again before the second ep premieres Thursday after The Office!

Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs

At the beginning of the weekend I told myself I was going to see FOUR Movies. Well, its Sunday night and I only saw one. Neglecting JENNIFER'S BODY, THE INFORMANT!, and LOVE HAPPENS, I went to see CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS. Now I am a huge fan of the children's book and the movie takes some liberties with the material. Meaning, the only aspect of the book that is duplicated in the movie is that food falls from the sky. Nevertheless, I still LOVED THE MOVIE!

I ate dinner before going because I knew the movie would make me wanna leave the theater right away and hit up an Applebees, Burger King or even a 7-Eleven for a gas station taquito. It sure does make you hungry.

I loved everything about the movie. The film tells a story of Inventor-wannabe Flint Lockwood. Flint along with his Dad and pet Monkey live in a city falling on hard times. The town's sole source of food is Sardines. So obviously, Flint embarks on a way to turn water molecules into food. An experiment gone awry ends in the sky raining food, which Flint controls from his uber-dork "Tree fort" (All of Flint's invention go awry FYI).

Like most animated comedies these days, there is something for everyone. You have the kid friendly fart jokes/slap stick jokes. However, as a 24 year old, I was thoroughly entertained by the subtle adult positioned comedy. I surprisingly had a good laugh at young-Flint's childhood bedroom, decked out in SCIENTIST posters (substitute LeBron James dunking for Einstein scientisting/equationizing).

Story wise- very entertaining. Flint's nerdiness finds a love interest in Sam, a up-and-coming meteorologist who reaches star-status (along with Flint) as the new Weather-girl reporting on all of Flint's antics. Flint also becomes the interest in the town's mayor (villian). The mayer sees the "weather pattern" as a way to attract tourists and make money. Like any story, there needs to be a conflict. So duh, the machine goes hay-wire and severe food weather terrorizes the town. Against the wishes of the town's mayor, Flint, Sam and pals embark to shut down the machine (which is trapped somewhere in the clouds above the town). No spoilers- but its a kids film; the ending wasn't an ARLINGTON ROAD-esque close.

Visually, the movie was amazing. I believe this film stands up to Pixar's calibre of animation. Not to mention, I saw it in 3D. I am a huge fan of 3D. It's the "3rd heat" of movies. Only "30 Rock" fans will understand that analogy. The movie actually got me super amped for TOY STORY 3 in 3D. The movie pops off the screen. Only once or twice did I have to duck out of the way from being hit by flying meatballs.

Overall, it definitely was worth the money. A solid 90 minutes of mind-numbing entertainment. Just make sure you see it with a tub of p-corn and sour patch kids!

Michael Bay rocks my world!

Here is an update on some Michael Bay movies!

- Transformers 3 will come out either in the summer of 2011 or 2012.

-Bad Boys 3 looking to either come out before or after Transformers 3!

At least the economy hasn't kept the movie studios from dumping money into our pop corn flicks!

Seriously, Bad Boys 3 and Batman 3 in the same summer might melt my mind-grapes! Wishing it happens....

New Moon Trailer!

Check it out. New Trailer for NEW MOON . Click HERE!

Pirates 4

Yo ho! Pirates 4 has a title and a release date. FYI

Pat returns...along with Beatlemania!

Back in the swing of things! Returning from a vacation in Philly (and a minor head injury), I need to share my excitement with 9-9-09 being the return of THE BEATLES! Today, newly remastered versions of all studio albums (individual or box set) and the new THE BEATLES ROCK BAND hit shelves for past, present and future beatles fan to enjoy.

I am not as educated as I would like to be with The Beatles catalog. I won't deny that. However, I am excited to once and for all dive into their music further and become more familiar with arugably one of the greatest (if not the greatest) bands of all time. Is there a good place to start? I guess the best option would be chronologically.

The thing that really boggles my mind... The Beatles wrote/recorded/performed music for only 8 years! 8 YEARS! Just think of what would have happened if they never broke up.

What I love about The Beatles is that forty years after BEATLEMANIA occurred, their music is still relevant. I am excited to discover new favorites through the new BOX SET. Yeah, its $200 bucks, but I am excited to take the journey through those 8 years of music. From the pop hits of the early years to the wacked-out, psychadelicies of the drug-years, there is gold through out. On a flight to Philly last week, I had Martha My Dear on repeat for a solid forty five minutes (the song is like 3 minutes long). This isn't really a post to recommend the box set or even the new rock band game (santa, it is on my list!) but merely an opportunity to give some props to a band that has been more influential than any other band in history.

I hope the younger generation gets hooked on the new remastered albums. Today's music is full of crap artists, their songs penned by record label staffed yuppies hired to crank out another top 20 hit. With technology where its at, its clear that ANYONE can pay enough money to make an album ( COUGH- heidi montag-COUGH). That doesn't discredit the song for being a "catchy", radio hit. But seriously, listen to some of The Beatles songs. As far out as some are (see Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!, I am the Walrus, and Strawberry Fields Forever), these staples of pop culture are classics for a reason. I honestly believe every single person would find a hand full of songs they enjoy.

Maybe its the William Miller in me (per Almost Famous) but I am 100% transfixed on music from the past. I wish our generation's musical offering had more character and personality than boy bands and pop-stars. Even though I am a huge Justin Timberlake, Coldplay and Kanye West fan- there is nothing to compare to the rock of the 60's and 70's, punk of the 70's and 80's, Disco and you can't forget the hair band power ballads! Even the early 90's had grunge and gangsta rap. I sure hope music comes back around. Until that happens, I guess The Beatles catalog and T-Pain will keep me occupied.

Death Cab vs. Vampires & Werewolves

Not really..... but actually Death Cab for Cutie's new single "Meet Me at the Equinox" will be the first single off the NEW MOON soundtrack.

Whether you are a Twilight fan or a DCFC Fan, I think this is pretty cool. Maybe no one cares, but I love Death Cab for Cutie. Yes, I fell in love with the band when they dominated the Indie music scene before becoming well-known (I hate when bands become well-known). Good for them though - Their band is making bank and the lead singer Ben Gibbard (great song writer, goofiest looking bloke ever) is engaged to Zooey Deschanel. Not too shabby. I hope the new song delivers. Their first album since signing the major record deal didn't take off mainstream as I thought it would have (rightfully so, check out Transatlanticism and Plans). However, you can't get any more MAINSTREAM then being featured in one of the most anticipated movies of the Fall. A movie that every teenage girl (plus me) will end up seeing twice in its first weekend. What, I just like Death Cab...

BoOnDoCk SaInTs II: All Saints Day!!!

Seriously, this week is just thriving with great movie news. First, Bad Boys 3 gets loosely green-lit. And now.... without further hesitation....Boondock Saints II actually releases a Trailer! Give that link a clock to check it out. I was sorta shocked to see PETER FONDA's name in the list of actors. Also, a huge shout out to Judd Nelson for playing a part in the movie. I sure have missed him since ever since his villianous role in Shaquille O'Neal's fart of a movie, STEEL.

Seriously, Bad Boys 3 starting and BDS2 coming out (Oct. 30th, by the way), will Christopher Nolan just commit to a TDK sequel and put all my suffering to rest. PLEASE!!!