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Hey there, readers. It's time once again for an update.
I saw Anchorman last Monday, and it was just wonderful. Will Ferrell was awesome (as usual), but Steve Carell stole the show. His Ralph Wiggum-esque character was absolutely great. Four stars, for sure. I also caught Catwoman on Friday. It was really bad, and it felt like a two-hour music video. During the action sequences, the camera was hopping around like the cinematographer had ADD and was hopped up on Jolt Cola. Throw in the Britney Spears and Mis-Teeq dance tunes, and it really was a music video. The plot was also a bit out there. Halle Berry becomes Catwoman because she was possessed by some ancient Egyptian cat goddess? A facial cream that can either horribly disfigure you or make you invulnerable to pain depending on how much you use it? Color me stupid, but I didn't get it. Of the three theatrical appearances of Catwoman (see also: Lee Meriwether in 1966's Batman: The Movie and Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992's Batman Returns) it's definitely the least. I'll give Catwoman two stars.
Saturday night was more indy wrestling in Alton. Not a lot of highlights, other than a street fight, a lumberjack match, and a rather odd incident that involved the mother of one of the talent. He was playing a androgynous heel manager, and from what I hear from some of the regulars at the biweekly Alton shows, the audience's reaction really honked off his mom. Apparently, she didn't realize that her son was trying to get an unfavorable reaction from the crowd. Somebody needs to let her in on the joke, and tell her that the crowd was just playing along.
In horror movie news, New Line Cinema greenlighted a prequel of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. They outbid Dimension Films (by a whopping three million dollars) to secure the proper rights, and Sheldon Turner (who scripted the yet-to-be-released remakes of The Longest Yard and The Amityville Horror) has been pegged to write it. Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller will be producing, while remake cast member Andrew Brynarski has said he'll be returning as Leatherface. They're aiming for a Halloween 2005 release.
On the subject of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there's three new reviews up at "Sutton At The Movies." You can check out my reviews of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation by clicking the titles, and you can also check out my reviews for the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and last year's remake.
For those interested, Rob Zombie's comic book "La Superbeasto" will be adapted into an animated movie. Zombie will be the executive producer and writer, and Anchor Bay Entertainment will handle the domestic video distribution.
Good news on the Internet front: Those of you who regularly chat with me online know I have a crappy dialup connection. But come September 24th, I'll be sporting a brand new DSL connection. It's all a matter of the phone company getting it set up.
Mike Tyson is fighting in Louisville on Friday, and I wish I could be there or be watching on pay-per-view. But 50 bucks for the PPV and several hundred for a ticket is outrageous.
I read on IMDB just now that a long-time character on The Simpsons will come out of the closet in a future episode. Most people think it's Smithers, but it could be either Patty or Selma. Remember that episode with the gay pride parade passing the Simpson house? There was a float dedicated to people that haven't come out yet, and it featured Smithers and either Patty or Selma. I can't tell Patty and Selma apart, but it could be one or the other.
One of Kentucky's two indoor football teams, the Lexington Horsemen, recently advanced to the National Indoor Football League's championship game against the Sioux Falls Storm in two weeks. Hey, Mike, did you know Sioux Falls had an indoor football team? Because my team's gonna kill them.
I got into a discussion about the WWE Hall of Fame recently, and the topic of the "celebrity wing" came up. Pete Rose was the first inductee at Wrestlemania, and who else could be inducted? Bob Uecker's name came up as a potential inductee, but one could make a case for Andy Kaufman. Sure, Kaufman never worked with WWE, but his feud with Jerry Lawler was one of the high points of Lawler's career. Besides, he did a movie with Fred Blassie (the 1983 cult flick My Breakfast With Blassie, a spoof of the 1981 drama My Dinner With Andre), so there's a second WWE connection right there.
Wow, this is one long update. I'll just cut it off here. Sutton out.
I saw Anchorman last Monday, and it was just wonderful. Will Ferrell was awesome (as usual), but Steve Carell stole the show. His Ralph Wiggum-esque character was absolutely great. Four stars, for sure. I also caught Catwoman on Friday. It was really bad, and it felt like a two-hour music video. During the action sequences, the camera was hopping around like the cinematographer had ADD and was hopped up on Jolt Cola. Throw in the Britney Spears and Mis-Teeq dance tunes, and it really was a music video. The plot was also a bit out there. Halle Berry becomes Catwoman because she was possessed by some ancient Egyptian cat goddess? A facial cream that can either horribly disfigure you or make you invulnerable to pain depending on how much you use it? Color me stupid, but I didn't get it. Of the three theatrical appearances of Catwoman (see also: Lee Meriwether in 1966's Batman: The Movie and Michelle Pfeiffer in 1992's Batman Returns) it's definitely the least. I'll give Catwoman two stars.
Saturday night was more indy wrestling in Alton. Not a lot of highlights, other than a street fight, a lumberjack match, and a rather odd incident that involved the mother of one of the talent. He was playing a androgynous heel manager, and from what I hear from some of the regulars at the biweekly Alton shows, the audience's reaction really honked off his mom. Apparently, she didn't realize that her son was trying to get an unfavorable reaction from the crowd. Somebody needs to let her in on the joke, and tell her that the crowd was just playing along.
In horror movie news, New Line Cinema greenlighted a prequel of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. They outbid Dimension Films (by a whopping three million dollars) to secure the proper rights, and Sheldon Turner (who scripted the yet-to-be-released remakes of The Longest Yard and The Amityville Horror) has been pegged to write it. Michael Bay, Mike Fleiss, Andrew Form, and Brad Fuller will be producing, while remake cast member Andrew Brynarski has said he'll be returning as Leatherface. They're aiming for a Halloween 2005 release.
On the subject of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, there's three new reviews up at "Sutton At The Movies." You can check out my reviews of Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, Leatherface: Texas Chainsaw Massacre 3, and Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Next Generation by clicking the titles, and you can also check out my reviews for the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre and last year's remake.
For those interested, Rob Zombie's comic book "La Superbeasto" will be adapted into an animated movie. Zombie will be the executive producer and writer, and Anchor Bay Entertainment will handle the domestic video distribution.
Good news on the Internet front: Those of you who regularly chat with me online know I have a crappy dialup connection. But come September 24th, I'll be sporting a brand new DSL connection. It's all a matter of the phone company getting it set up.
Mike Tyson is fighting in Louisville on Friday, and I wish I could be there or be watching on pay-per-view. But 50 bucks for the PPV and several hundred for a ticket is outrageous.
I read on IMDB just now that a long-time character on The Simpsons will come out of the closet in a future episode. Most people think it's Smithers, but it could be either Patty or Selma. Remember that episode with the gay pride parade passing the Simpson house? There was a float dedicated to people that haven't come out yet, and it featured Smithers and either Patty or Selma. I can't tell Patty and Selma apart, but it could be one or the other.
One of Kentucky's two indoor football teams, the Lexington Horsemen, recently advanced to the National Indoor Football League's championship game against the Sioux Falls Storm in two weeks. Hey, Mike, did you know Sioux Falls had an indoor football team? Because my team's gonna kill them.
I got into a discussion about the WWE Hall of Fame recently, and the topic of the "celebrity wing" came up. Pete Rose was the first inductee at Wrestlemania, and who else could be inducted? Bob Uecker's name came up as a potential inductee, but one could make a case for Andy Kaufman. Sure, Kaufman never worked with WWE, but his feud with Jerry Lawler was one of the high points of Lawler's career. Besides, he did a movie with Fred Blassie (the 1983 cult flick My Breakfast With Blassie, a spoof of the 1981 drama My Dinner With Andre), so there's a second WWE connection right there.
Wow, this is one long update. I'll just cut it off here. Sutton out.
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