Dude, I haven't posted in 2008 yet.

Happy New Year, nobody!

I continued my PSH roll by seeing The Savages Sunday afternoon. It's a good movie, and I'm not saying that just because of my crush on the portly actor. For some reason the ads and some of the critics are treating it as a comedy which...no, it really isn't. I mean, it has some funny moments, but most comedies don't have too many moments which quiet the entire theatre for over a minute (and *shocker* I--people hater extraordinaire--saw this movie in a fairly full theatre) because there is really nothing to say. In a way, the flick is kinda like Happiness (yet another PSH vehicle) which has comic moments, but is soooooooo not a comedy.

Once again, it is chockful of NY actors that I recognized from their L&O or HBO appearances. I already mentioned PSH was on L&O, but so was Laura Linney. And Philip Bosco has been on all three incarnations (I like to pretend Trial by Jury just didn't happen). In addition, the guy who plays Partlow on The Wire shows up here as a nurse making me a bit afraid for the old guy for a bit, but here, he's a totally nice guy. (And speaking of which, I can't begin to tell you how sad I am to not have HBO right now. Thank the gods for TWoP---and hopefully, a quick release to DVD.)

Last night I watched Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon. It's actually an interesting take on the horror movie. A documentary film crew follows a guy who wants to be the next Jason or Freddy or Michael. He shows them all the things that need to happen in order to fulfill his classic serial killer destiny including selecting his 'survivor girl' and her friends and describing all the was he'll pick them off. It a clever way to poke fun at the cliches of horror movies. Of course, there's a bit of a twist at the end, but still it's pretty good. Worth a view. Better than fucking Hatchet which...ugh! I'm sorry. I don't care how many awards it got, that movie sucked and I couldn't stop thinking of Rook from The Killer Shrews when the black kid (better known as Kenny from The Cosby Show) was hiding in the tree. Not scary enough to be horror (lots of blood doesn't mean anything) and not funny enough to be comedy (and well, I hate that shit anyway).

Dude, that's a lot of movies I've watched seen in the last month.