WOW, that new Avatar trailer sure looks awesome! Haven't been this psyched for a film since Phantom Menace! It's like waiting for the Matrix sequels all over again, I'm so anxious! Such mind blowing effects and earth shattering plot hasn't dazzeled me since the good old days Spidey 3!

Girlfriend bought me a copy of The Future is Unwritten for Christmas, I'd seen it before and loved it, but now I'm on vacation and so I watched it again. Trying to keep the faith by cranking those Mescaleros but dammit, just when we needed him more than ever he left us, oh well.

The new Metallica is badass! Saw it in a new release box Monday at work and decided to go ahead and download it (relax Lars I will be buying it Friday!)

The break down is this: Once that first speed riff hit on the opening track I knew they got it right and I wasn't analyzing every goddamned part but feeling it, like good music is supposed to be felt not over scrutunized to see if it lives up to some metal par. My only iffy thing is Unforgiven 3, it's got a great solo but the 5 1/2 min. of PIANO just don't do it for me,maybe it'll grow on me. And the instrumental song is good, but no Orion by any stretch, close enough to a Dyer's Eve to dig it though.

Other than that the album is least 9 songs of solid fucking thrash heaven.

So a stellar albums from Slipknot and Metallica this year, and then Feb comes the new Lamb of God......damn it feels good to be a metalhead!

A friend of mine found this and just sent it to me. That's me standing next to the table in the grey shirt ushering people out, like a goob. He was by far the most charismatic person we ever had at a signing. He will be missed.

Watched A Clockwork Orange last night at this gorgeous classic movie theatre in my new neighborhood, then this afternoon I went to see Terminator at the same place, later tonight they're gonna show Bladerunner, sweet!

Amazing, the theatre has the exact layout as The Fox in Atl. yet it was abandoned and almost demolished until a nonprofit group restored it. Truly breathtaking.

Next month its Planet of the Apes (original) and King Kong (1933). All on the big screen!

Got tickets to see the Yanks vs the Mets in perhaps the final Subway Series at Yankee Stadium this May.

I

AM

EXCITED!!!

Now I just have to score some Iron Maiden tickets and my plans for world domination will be complete

Well I haven't posted in a long long time, but I just thought I'd drop a word into the ether.

Been pretty busy auditioning while looking for a new place to live. Finally finished a film that got swept under the rug in December, with the worlds worst director, I shit you not. No storyboards, no shot ideas for that matter, lense flares in every frame, no technique in handling talent, but I made a pact with the other actors that we would professionally complete the project rather than ditch it. Besides that, one of the crew really liked my work and wants me for a lead in her upcoming urban crime drama feature. Hopefully that'll pan out depending on funding. Things are getting back to normal on the circuit now that the writers strike is kaput, but the coming actors strike may dry the lake again.

Looks like I'll be rooming with my buddy Brett pretty soon. We're looking for some places in Jersey City and Astoria mostly, two areas we both agree we can dig. He's a cool writer from Detroit and he just sold a pilot to David Chase (of Soprano's fame) so he's got some bank to play around with.

The boys are kicking ass and chewing bubblegum, and they're all out of bubblegum. Merlyn lost some weight, but his appetite's back along with his energy, it was a tough winter for him, the climate was everywhere. Marduk is growing fast and has developed a taste for Mad Max films, they must remind him of the outback. He gave us all a big scare one night, we thought he'd escaped from his terrarium and we tore the apartment up looking for him, turns out he had just figured out a way to climb inside his fake wooden log in his terrarium, crafty little guy. Mandrake is still the ladies man, he's watching over Jen and Diane always, while being loved up constantly.

Jen and Momma D seem to be doing fine, slight flu, but all seems well with them. Jen has a new Flogging Molly fixation that worries me, but I'm sure it's just a phase.

For my 30th Birthday, a bunch of friends got me completely blitzed on absinthe (it's legal now!) We downed two bottles, I woke up the following morning totally fine and clear headed, my friend Kenny woke up with Saturday night wrist (yikes!) They've all been taking me to what is now my favorite hang out, the Lucky 13 Saloon in Park Slope. It's a straight up metalhead bar where we crank old school thrash, pound booze, watch go-go dancers, and screen weird Troma films on the giant tv. Every so often a group of yuppies will come in either to make fun of us or to see how the other half live, but they don't last too long after the bartenders embarrass them for not tipping.

I've also got someone special in my life now. She's a Dominican goddess, an NY native who's shown me a whole new side of town, a quieter more relaxed side with much calmer atmosphere. We're taking things slow for now, but she's a lot of fun and is quite the fashionista. She's been trying to teach me Spanish but I only seem to remember the dirty words, oh well.

On a sad note though, looks like this years Wrestlemania is gonna suck. The top face just got suspended for violating their wellness policy (will they ever learn?). So I guess the strap is not gonna change hands this time around. Oh and Flair's gonna retire.....again.

Beyond that everything's all cool in my world. Starting feel like the storm clouds are finally breaking and sunshine is beginning to pour through.

That's it! I need therapy!

What was I expecting? "It's a Wonderful Life"?

Just got back from a screening of Coppola's Youth Without Youth. Critics have torn this film a new asshole, it went from being on their list of most anticipated films of the year to the garbage bin with ruthless efficiency.
Who the fuck are these critics? Why do they have a job? Why do we listen to them? I ADORED this movie. It may be my top 2007 film.

To summarize, it's about a 70 year old linguist in 1938 who gets struck by lightning and regains his youthful age of 35 all the while WW2 is raging and science is grasping for anything to propell itself into the atomic age. Coppola has been toiling away these last few years on a project called Megalopolis. This film acts as an origin story for two characters that are part of a greater whole. It is both an avante guard art house love film and a paranoia science fiction experiment film both at once. At one point in the middle of the film I actually said aloud to myself "This is great!" I haven't done that since I saw Heat in '95. Because I liked what the film had done so far and was really excited about where we were going and where it did eventually end up.

How is Tim Roth not on anyone's list for top actor of this year? Not only does he perform the elderly scenes convincingly, but the young man, and most importantly the old man becoming a young man again is flawless. And his leading lady (whose name escapes me) goes through her own transformations and she as well gives a remarkable performance. Not to mention that the plot AND the characters move together, something that's been sorely lacking all year in other films. (sorry Ethan, Joel, and Javier)

Originally when I saw the trailer for it, it looked good, then the critics wiped their collective asses with it, and I really grew hesitant to see it when friends of mine who worship David Lynch's last two cut-and-paste-but-leave-the-plot-on-the-editing-room-floor films recommended it. But for once I totally agree with them. And it's not a film for a certain calibre of moviegoing audience who "gets it" either, everything is straightforward clear cut and if you miss something visually there's a character to explain it to you easily. The old couple behind me had no problem understanding it and the last film they saw in theatres was most likely the original release of Metropolis!(1927) In the pantheon of Coppola films it fits well beside The Conversation and some of the surreal early American Zoetrope work. On the surface I can see how it appears to be a high brow philosophical story, and while it does have those moments, it's really just about love, regret, and learning from past mistakes all the while creating new ones. Simple, human, and enjoyable.

Maybe when we all start gagging on the shit Hollywood will pass off as drama
next fall, because their top writers are still striking and they've only thought ahead enough to green light their summer blockbusters, then this little gem of a film may find its audience. One can only hope.

Jericho returns!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH_dWjxBb0

He came into the store the other week for a signing and if he didn't give it away, the camera crew from WWE surley did. But it was still a surprise to see him back, especially when it takes him thirty seconds to drain all heat from their top heel/champion. Hilarious promo!

From the director of Saw, comes the next Rocky Horror.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfJxCYTKOi8

 One of the most fascinating stories of the WW2 era. I am so excited to see this as a film. Discovery Channel did it's own version, but now it's a major motion picture. Still a bit iffy though on Tom Cruise.

 

http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809913399/video/4928963/

Well I suppose I'm a legit actor now. I met James Lipton today. He stopped by the store to sign a few copies of his new book before he headed down the street to Pace University. Boy does he look old, the hair dye does miracles, and he really does talk in that stunted melodramatic tone. He was very kind though, we talked a little bit about the show, he said John Cusack was up next for the show (cool) and that they just filmed one with Halle Berry (awkward silence). We shook hands and he left. A co worker then came up to me and said "Wow I saw you talking to him and thought you were being interviewed.....that would be the worst Inside the Actors Studio ever!"
I no longer speak to that co worker, in fact I'm planning his degradation as I type this.

Anyhow, Chris Jericho comes in tomorrow for a signing, that'll be cool.
But nothing will top last weeks George Carlin, he had me in stitches for 3hrs.

Guess what, I was up late youtubing and came across some Point Break Live clips. They probably just posted them because they're getting ready for the LA run.

So if you want to know what I did for six months that almost killed me, check 'em out.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q42SF0iI3X8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poYW5rTHnlw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSrZTwiWhXQ

We got to see the Blade Runner Final Cut last night at the Ziegfeld Theatre.


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Well, it's not on the Dragon Con schedule but there is a.....

ZOMBEAK SCREENING SAT. AT MIDNIGHT IN THE MAIN VIDEO ROOM,
AFTER PIRATES/CARRIBBEAN AND BEFORE JESUS CHRIST VAMPIRE HUNTER!!!

I hope that doesn't conflict with anyone's schedule and we draw a big crowd, at least enough to compare with The Signal.

I got a "Sam Drog" email telling me that there is a ZOMBEAK screening midnight Saturday at Dragon-Con.

I mention it was a "Sam Drog" email because it gave no further details and itself was very cryptic...like him.

I doubt I'll be sober, but it does make me feel better about missing screenings for two films I did here in NY, because I'll be at Con.