hmm, miscellanous shit today, hey?

watched a couple dvd's over the last few days... sin city has got an 8.4 on IMDb, and i think i actually agree with it. the movie was a little confusing here and there, but the style and action were brilliant, i was quite impressed. i'm debating whether to buy it on dvd, since it does have a sweet DTS track on there. highly recommended.

i was also eager to come across a very long engagement. i loved amelie so seeing this had the same director and lead actress i was intrigued. it wasn't as good as amelie (only cuz of the world war I setting) but it was still terrific. a movie's gotta be somewhat good when you can watch it for 2 hours without hearing a single word of your native tongue. i've give it a 7.5. also highly recommended.

lauren let me know that dane cook's shooting a pilot, which as much as i love the guy's comedy, does not bode well. seems more likely to be cancelled than adored for the next half decade. it smells like... a sellout.

i dunno how i didn't catch it sooner, but ricky gervais (david brent from BBC's the office) has a new show on BBC2 called extras. i don't get BBC2, but i've watched the first episode. tricky, eh? it's not quite up to the office's standard yet, but it's still entertaining. it'll actually show stateside on HBO this fall. but i, uh, don't get HBO.

i might be in the minority on this one, but i was thrilled when i saw that the american version of the office is being released on dvd next week. a lot of people didn't like the vibe from it, but i think it's hilarious. bit of a rip with 6 episodes for $20, but if i did it for coupling, i guess i'll do it for the office. props to NBC for putting this DVD out quickly, as opposed to taking forever to put the scrubs seasons out.

we've got a handful of episodes of curb your enthusiasm season 3 left, so good timing for CYE season 4 to street on 8/30, in time for season 5 to start up on 9/25. hoping somebody seeds those episodes somewhere, heh.

big brother australia is finally winding down, and stateside BB6 is surprisingly better than last year's edition. i was proud to get lauren hooked on TVgasm's hilarious recaps of each episode.

an hour or so of paper mario was entertaining the other night. i haven't played a PS2 game in ages, which worries me.

i finally found a disease i can claim. it's called Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome (DSPS) and i hereby claim to have it from now on. that wiki article describes me to a T. remember, if you see it on wikipedia, it must be true.

--j