Monkey Moving Media Reviews

I picked this up at Big Lots for $3:
(Well, actually, I got the single disc version not the two disc one.) I figured how can you go wrong for $3? If it stank then I'd just swap it at the local used book/CD/DVD store and there'd be no harm, no foul.

We watched it last night and you know what? It's one of the funniest movies I've seen in ages. It skewers not only the music biopic genre, it also skewers rock stars like Bob Dylan, the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and others. It also knocks fads like disco, rock stars doing variety shows, and much more.

It was co-written and produced by Judd Apatow so it's got all the usual folks from his movies in it and as usual they are all very funny. John C. Reilly is enormously funny, he is in virtually every scene and he carries them all like a champ. His 'everyman' quality and his likability keep you laughing and rooting for him all the way through the movie. Also very funny are Kristen Wiig (as his first wife with who's dream is to live in a house made of candy),Tim Meadows (as the drummer who introduces Dewey to all kinds of different drugs), and Jenna Fischer (as Dewey's second wife and duet partner). Jack Black, Paul Rudd, Frankie Muniz, Jason Schwartzman, and Harold Ramis all shine in their cameos as well.

If you lived through the '60's, the 70's, the 80's, etc, and you paid at least a tiny bit of attention to what was going on in pop culture in the USA then you'll find this movie funny. I highly recommend this film, it's a hoot.


I usually stay away from made TV series (and movies) that are made by and for the SyFy network, but I decided to give Warehouse 13 a try. And I'm glad I did. I like it a lot.

It's about a secret government warehouse that is located in South Dakota. The warehouse is filled with paranormal, odd, and mystical objects that for one reason or another have ended up in the USA. It's the job of two Secret Service agents (they're the two on the right in the photo above) to track down new objects as they become aware of them and the other guy (the one on the far left) manages the warehouse. The premise is simple but the story possibilities are endless.

The leads have good chemistry and the pilot episode was well written and fast paced. So for now, I'm all in on this one and thanks to the wonders of the 'On Demand' channel, I can watch it whenever I want.

A mind bottling Dr. Monkey movie review

I saw this last night on HBO:

And yes it was dumb.  And yes the plot was predictable.  And yes it had it's share of homosexual jokes. And yes it played out exactly how you think it's going to.

But you know what?  I could not have cared less.  I laughed like crazy during some parts and in general I liked this movie.  I'm glad I didn't have to pay anything to see it, we've been getting free HBO on our digital cable for months now, and I'm glad I got to see it because it was funny.  Now I understand that some of you don't think Will Ferrell's aggressively stupid arrogant guy bit is funny, but I do.  I find it enormously funny sometimes, I loved him in that NASCAR movie and I'll probably love him in that basketball movie as well.  Sue me, I laugh when he acts arrogantly idiotic.

Amy Poehler and her real life husband Will Arnett were hilarious as a brother sister skating duo who are a little too close for comfort.  Jenna Fischer is cute as a button in this movie as well.  Romy Malco and Craig T. Nelson are also good in the film too.  The cameos of the skating greats was fun also, Nancy Kerrigan, Peggy Fleming, and Dorothy Hamill all are in it and they are all still gettin' it done.

If you want a few laughs and some brainless entertainment that doesn't ask too much of you then check this out.  I liked it and odds are if you like dumb comedies, then you will too.