Dan In Real Life

This poster had me. I had an earmarked $10.75 set aside for its release. Steve Carrell's face in pancakes, how can you go wrong there? Then I saw the trailer, which had some funny moments until... Dane Cook shows up.

Then... "My Love Opened the Door" by Pete Townsend started playing.

Then I discovered it's from the director of indie sap fest Pieces of April.

Then I discover it's co-written by one of the minds behind Nick Hornby abortion erm... adaptationAbout a Boy. Needless to say, this is all a bit more than I can handle.

MySpace A Place For Advocacy

MySpace advocacy is on fire today. My friend's list is full of people with causes today, check them out:

First Lenny posted a bulletin asking his MySpace buddys to sign a petition in protest of new rules restricting photography and film making on the streets of NYC. Sign the petition!

Then Eric decided it was important that we all knew how much money we were wasting(not to mention the damage we're doing to the environment by drinking bottled water. Read up on this very important issue.

On top of all that Dwight is running in a marathon on Sunday to help support providing clean water and sanitation education to people in the developing world. Donate!

I'd like (since everyone is feeling so active) to announce my intention to lobby Robitussin to creat a Mesquite BBQ flavor of their classic cough syrup.
Please join my letter writing campaign:
Product Quality
Wyeth Consumer Healthcare
P.O. Box 26609
Richmond, VA 23261-6609

My Favourite Movies of the Decade So Far

Apropos of nothing I decided to re-assess my favourite movies of the decade. Because this is all pretty extemporaneous I may revise several times. Making lists is fun.

1) Lost in Translation
2) Borat:Cultural Learnings For To Make Benifit Glorious Nation of Kazakstan
3) 40 Year Old Virgin
4) Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
5) Children of Men
6) Talk To Her
7) Bowling For Colombine
8) The Host
9) Mean Girls
10) Amelie

To give some reasoning to this post Children of Men came out on DVD recently, I plan to buy it soon. I've also found myself hankering to go see the brilliant and still in limited release The Host again.

Other related business:
-If I had to tag a director of the decade it would end up either being Alfonso Cuaron or Pedro Almodvar, which I think in the cinematic community is uninteresting as far as opinions go.
-Where's Michael Moore been? Haven't seen him since election 2004 it seems.