Jean Harlow rocks... more to fo llow

Sandler and James rob the Cradle?

Who knew my life was over at 41? It's depressing. So much for 40 is the new 30 etc.

Hollywood has done it again. Now, everyone knows I love the magic of American movies as well as movies from other countries but I have to make a statement about the devaluing of women that the Americans (and probably the Canadians continue to do in their movies).

There's a new movie coming out next week called, "Chuck and Larry Get Married". Or something like that. It will probably be hilarious because it has Adam Sandler and Kevin James in it. There are a couple of possible strikes against the movie - and no I haven't seen it so I don't know for sure but ...

Strike One: Sandler and James pretend to be gay to save James's pension at work. That's not bad ... probably will be funny even. However, I bet you donuts to dollars that there will be some gay stereotyping going on. Which in itself can be amusing... so you say, "hey, what's the problem then?" Well (and again I haven't seen the movie) do we need to have two hours of gay stereotyping in the 21st century with 2 reasonably talented comedians? I say rent Some Like it Hot with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon as a cheap alternative. Lemmon and Curtis dress as women (They are straight guys) who are trying to get out town safely before the mob can kill them and the fun ensues.

and while I am at it... Eddy Murphy quit dressing up as fat black women... it's not funny and I wish your mama would slap you upside the head for building a career on it (lately)!

Strike Two: the third role in the movie belongs to Jessica Biel. I don't think I have seen her in a movie but she is very attractive and she probably is a good actress. My problem is she is 25 (probably 24 when she made the movie) and Sandler is almost 41 and James is 42. I guess no actresses over the age of 30 were available for the role. And I suppose that it is believable that a 25 year old would be an experienced human rights attorney? I work in a law office, hello, wake up - maybe if the lawyer was Doogie Howser! It's not just Catherine Zeta Jones and Sean Connery - the guy has grey hair so it becomes more obvious. So now not only is it hard for actresses to get jobs after they turn 40, apparently the cut off has become 30 and lower. Great ... not that there are many great roles for women in North American films anyways... Thank goodness we will always have Susan Sarandon, Meryl Streep and Jane Fonda.

If I sound bitter, I am. We are probably missing out on great stories with strong female leads. Since the market is aimed at teens and twenties, what do we expect... So go out and see Chuck and Larry - hope it is good - but see a movie where the male and female leads are in the same decade to balance the marketing spectrum a little bit.

Greetings Earthlings

It has been a long time since I blogged. Apparently, life gets in the way. But back to blogging:

Can we please get passed the whole Bradgelina - Jennifer Aniston phase?

B & A say themselves that they don't like the press but then there they are promoting their movies and on every freaking talk show. Enough already! And if you love your kids, why don't you spend some time with them instead of adopting more or looking for more to adopt.

As for Jennifer Aniston, she probably wishes she had never met Brad because of all the press about B & A.

Paris Hilton. Shut up already. You got caught driving DUI. You were told that one of the conditions of your sentence was to not drive. You can afford to take a cab or to even have a hired car - you didn't need to drive yourself. Same goes for Nicole Richie. There are people in the world who are really suffering so we don't need snaps of you bawling because you behaved badly and are receiving the consequences for it. Enough said. move on ....

Lindsay Lohan ... same thing. Take some time off and don't go to the clubs every single night. And wear some underwear.

Britney Spears... the poor kid has 2 kids of her own within 13 months, splits with her husband and then starts to freak out so she has to go to rehab? Give me a break! Take a normal person and they would freak out too ... (ok, they may have not shaved their head) She's been working since she was a child. Maybe she just needs to chill right?

Sopranos - the last season - thank you David Chase for this amazing series! Thank you James Gandolfini for an amazing performance over the past 8 years. I feel sorry that your career will always be shadowed by this character and the brilliant performances you churned out. But thank you just the same. What do I think happened? Nothing. Chase was making a show about a guy living with his wife in New Jersey trying to raise their 2 children who also happened to be part of the mob. So how to end it? Show the family going to a restaurant and having dinner together. How normal is that? Mob wars have been going on for the past century. People get killed but the rest go on and live their lives. It is a piece of life - so it went on the same for Tony and Paulie.

I rented Venus last week with Peter O'Toole. Very charming performance. Lots of f bombs but somehow it sounds better when said with a british accent. It would appear that people don't really change their personality after a certain point they just change physically. Anyways, it is a great renter.

Borat. Hmmm some of it was funny. It was a brilliant parody with all the country logos on it to boot but it was rather vulgar to the point that I thought I don't want to watch anymore. The producer and the bear were very funny.

This is it for now... hopefully it won't be so long next time... have fun