Last movie you watched......

"That's easy for you to say. You don't have to take a piss."

 

OK, gratuitous plug here, but I went to a screening of "The Back Nine" -- a product of independent filmmaker (and Slamdance Film Festival founder) Jon Fitzgerald and Ron Vignone.

The movie (which I make a cameo in, BTW ) is about Fitzgerald reaching 40 and realizing he's on the back nine of his life... without realizing one of his dreams -- to be a professional athlete. So he dives full-bore into golf: hiring a personal trainer, swing coach and mental coach.

It works; he goes from a 15 to a 4. But all the while he's doing this, he's balancing a wife, daughter (with baby on the way) and a job as he tries reconciling other personal issues in his life.

A nice documentary, one that's played at three film festivals already. It opens in 85 theaters around the country next Thursday, with a wider release in July.

 

Are you the wife?

 

Good call....

Had no idea I'd be in it. Set the subject/director up with George Lopez, Chris O'Donnell and Meat Loaf, among others. Then, he asks me a question and I think nothing of it.

Fast-forward 16 months and I'm now the film's official publicist. I bring a DVD home one day, watch it... then almost fall out of my seat when I come on right after Meat Loaf.

 

I'm watching Slumdog Millionaire. Soooo very wonderful, even on my little tiny TV.

 

Birdscribe: Send me a copy... I'll review it.

 

I liked Slumdog when it came out. Didn't think it was as great as some on here, but liked it.

I watched it on DVD and thought it was pretty mediocre. It doesn't hold up very well.

 

Colton, check your PM queue...

 

Watching "Fight Club" right now.

Never gets old.

 

Watched In Bruges for the first time since last summer. A fantastic dark comedy with an original screenplay, beautiful cinematography and great pacing via the music. There's a lot of layers to it and each time I watch it I appreciate it even more.

 

Not a movie, but on a movie channel. Watched the second half of Dexter's second season. A lot more psychological than the second season. Lila is quite the delicious little firebird. I wonder what nemesis Dexter has in Season 3; Doakes was quite the compelling one.

 

For sure. There'll be a lot more buyers' remorse floating around that little number, as time goes on . . . most-emphatically NOT the best picture of the year . . . not even close.