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What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday
All of the new DVD releases hit stores (and Netflix) on Tuesdays. So each week in What to Netflix: New DVD Tuesday, I sort through the best of the batch and tell you what to add to your queue. In addition to my selections below you can now add High School Musical 3, Flash of Genius, Religulous, and How to Lose Friends and Alienate People to your queue.
How to Lose Friends and Alienate People: Not Alienating, Just Not That Funny
It’s hard to care too much about someone as obnoxious as Sidney Young, the main character of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, played by Simon Pegg. Having a main character as unlikable as Sidney is one of the key things that doesn't work in it. There are some things that do work — a few funny bits, some great comedic performances — but they don't quite make up for the experience of watching the movie as a whole, which ends up being just kinda "meh."
The Official Trailer: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
"Based on the true story of a real idiot."
The teaser for How to Lose Friends and Alienate People was kinda "meh" and the international trailer was downright odd. Now we have the "official" trailer for us Americans who are curious about this movie starring Simon Pegg, Megan Fox, Jeff Bridges, and Kirsten Dunst, and I have to say it is definitely an improvement.
How to Lose Friends Trailer Arrives as Author Disses SATC
Just as author Toby Young has finished giving us his "man's take" on the Sex and the City movie — a bitter little piece in which Young calls the SATC New York a "pre-feminist society" where "[w]omen are second-class citizens who are expected to use their youth and beauty as commodities in order to secure their economic wellbeing" by marrying rich men — the international trailer has hit the Web for the film version of Young's memoir How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
Clearly, Young loves to do just that — provoke and provoke until, yes, he alienates people. It's not so much that I disagree wholeheartedly with his assessment of the SATC world, but I do take issue with his claim that "the notion that girls like Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda will always be there for each other, no matter what the cost — is a sentimental myth."
First Look: How to Lose Friends and Alienate People
While I love pretty much anything Simon Pegg does or says, and I seriously cannot wait for the Spring US release of Run, Fat Boy, Run, the teaser trailer for his next comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People leaves much to be desired. Based on Toby Young's 2003 memoir, the movie's plot description is this:
Sidney Young is a disillusioned intellectual who both adores and despises the world of celebrity, fame, and glamour. His alternative magazine, Post Modern Review, pokes fun at the media-obsessed stars and bucks trends, so when Young is offered a job at the conservative, New York-based Sharps magazine, it's something of a shock!
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"On the Lot" Recap: One-Minute Comedies
Well, "On the Lot" showed up on Monday looking like a completely different show from the one we saw last week, with a new format (more "American Idol" than "Project Runway"), a new host (the incredibly perky Adrianna Costa) and a new, glossier set (reminiscent of an awards show rather than a dank theater). Oh, right, and a new goal: to actually show us the contestants' films, rather than all the behind-the-scenes drama that went into making them.
Overall, this edition of "On the Lot" worked much better for me (though I wanted to duct-tape Costa's mouth shut on more than one occasion).
A Wonderful Playlist of "What a Wonderful World" Covers
Yesterday's news of Forest Whitaker's Louis Armstrong biopic immediately made me think of the last time I heard the song that will be the movie's title: "What a Wonderful World." My ears pricked up when I heard the song as covered by Joey Ramone in the recent Simon Pegg comedy How to Lose Friends and Alienate People. I wasn't thrilled with the movie as a whole, but I like a lot of the music in it — especially this track.
Chihuahua's Bark Is Loud at the Box Office
You know, the reviews for Disney's Beverly Hills Chihuahua were not as bad as I thought they might be, so that coupled with the fact that it's a family film meant that the movie about little talking dogs took the No. 1 spot at the box office over the weekend. The top dogs brought in a seriously impressive $29 million.
Buzz News Roundup, 7/2
- Jaime Foxx has been cast in the lead part of a racially charged drama titled Blood on the Leaves, says Hollywood Reporter.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has become Amazon's most pre-ordered book of all time, with 1.6 million copies already ordered worldwide ahead of the book's July 21 release, Reuters reports.
- The LA Times looks at the challenges of playing God on screen.
- Megan Fox, the "hot girl" in Transformers, will join Kristen Dunst and Simon Pegg in the film adaptation of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People, Zap2It reports.
- Speaking of Transformers General Motors is hoping the movie — in which, according to the company, the cars "are the heroes" — will boost their auto sales, the AP states.
- The final "Drive" episodes will air Friday, July 13 instead of July 4 as originally scheduled, Zap2it reports.
- P.J. Harvey is readying a new album for fall release, with songs based more on the piano than the guitar, Billboard reports.
- The premiere of "Burn Notice" actually got better ratings than "The Starter Wife" finale, drawing about 4 million viewers, Variety reports.
Buzz News Roundup, 4/24
- Zach Braff has turned down the lead in the Fletch prequel, TV Guide reports.
- With two potential shows for fall, Shonda Rhimes is delegating, writes the Hollywood Reporter, picking writers to run "Grey's Anatomy" and "Private Practice."
- Cowabunga, dude! The Simpsons are getting their own Universal Studios ride, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
- A sign that "October Road" might be back in the fall: Two recurring actors have been made into series regulars, Zap2it reports, though the show has just one episode left this season.
- Cinematical reports that Kirsten Dunst will join Hot Fuzz's Simon Pegg in a film version of the memoir How to Lose Friends and Alienate People.
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