48 pieces of sushi in one sitting...

Can kill most men. But not me. It just gives me a slight stomach ache. There's a sushi place near me who sells a mix of 48 rolls for 20 bucks, so I bought it the other day to eat while watching Die Hard II: Die Harder.

I finished 25 minutes into the film and then passed the hell out.

Woke up an hour and a half later wondering where the smell of soy sauce was coming from. Freaked the hell out of me.

And no, it wasn't on me. It was just 2 feet away in a bowl on the table next to my couch.

Onto other news, for some reason, I can't get into any of the free screenings for the new Harold and Kumar film. They tend to let their friends in first and squeeze in a handful of us regular folk who are just waiting to check a new film out and maybe even review it. Pissed me the hell off but what can you do? It's free, so no complaints.

Bored. Trying to write a script for a competition. We shall see if I can complete it.

-J

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Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

Was utterly brilliant. I finally got to check it out, which should have been sooner, but you know how it is to have a full time job and trying to still put my apartment together.

What a cast in that film. Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck of course. But you also have fantastic turns by Sam Rockwell, Michael Parks, Ted Levine and Zooey Deschanel.

An almost 3 hour film that just breezed on by. Sad that they put it out with such a piece of shit DVD release. No extras whatsoever. WTF?

But it will be a film that film fanatics will talk about in the next decade or so. I know I will. Full review will be written down the line, just wanted to speak about my love for it.

-J

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Going somewhere tonight?

Danyell and I will be attending the 2008 Plug Awards. No, it's not a gay sex shop show. It's actually the premier independent music awards show right now.

Hosted by Patton Fucking Oswalt with performances by Dizzee Rascal, St. Vincent, Jose Gonzlez... and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds!

I just got a little throbby in my pants. Throbby isn't even a word, but for this moment, it will have to suffice.

Will let everyone know how it is. You should all check out the free video for the show tonight. I believe it starts at 7 p.m., but that might be doors opening at that time.

Rock and roll.

-James

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Everyone will be quoting The Foot Fist Way this year...

I usually know these things ahead of time. When I saw an advanced screening of The 40 Year Old Virgin, I knew it was going to be the breakout comedy, not The Wedding Crashers which a lot of other people assumed would be. Same goes for the double whammy of Superbad and Knocked Up. I love both those films, but Superbad has a special place in this 80's kid's raunchy comedy heart.

Now with The Foot Fist Way, the whole marketing is pushing it as such a funny film, even Will Ferrell and Adam McKay (director of Anchorman and stars in various shorts he and Will make on Funny Or Die) have seen it 20 times and speak about it every blinking second. That's some hefty praise. But I've been hearing about this film since 2006 when it was completed. I know CHUD.com and AintItCool.com have spoken about it repeatedly, and now a red band trailer (the hot new marketing tool besides flash games and making the film seem real with various fake websites) has surfaced and it shows a lot of promise to what everyone's been speaking about.

Danny McBride will probably be the next comedic genius everyone says they've loved for years, yet didn't know him until E! or MTV has jizzed all over his face. And ours as well.

Sad news today though. Devin at CHUD has said Warner Bros. has scrapped plans for a DVD release of Ken Russell's The Devils, a film in which I have not seen but have only heard fantastic things about. And being a fan of Russell's doesn't hurt either. Here's hoping that they're just taking a few months to get some commentary from Ken and maybe make it part of a box set of his films. That'd be fan-fucking-tastic.

In a month I'll be attending Upright Citizen's Brigade classes, to hone my comedic skills. I will invite everyone and their mother to see me June 1st when they have me starring in a performance of improv genius. I will keep track of it all on here, my blog.

Hopefully more than 3 people read this.

-J

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Want to see the worst cover art for a dvd EVER!?

One... this looks like shit. Just in general. And two, it's for a shitty film that shouldn't have ever been made.

Fuck the world.

JMAKATMG

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Pubic hair in weed? That's insanity!

But luckily in my past days of smoking up with my friends, I never had someone put hair from their pubic region in my blunt of choice. And if they did, they kept it a very safe secret.

Been trolling the land of myspace for new bands to listen to. Found a few that you should all listen to as well.

For all of you Nine Inch Nails heads out there, listen to Innerpartysystem. Just do it now. Good stuff from Stolen Transmission Records.

For some balls to the wall, I want to rip your eyes out music, listen to both Suicide Silence and Genghis Tron. I actually want to run outside and stab someone in their head. Right now.

For some lighter tunes with a little (word that I hate) angst behind them, check out Charlotte Sometimes and Kate Nash.

Also finally checked out Diary of the Dead. Liked it a lot, actually. Better than Land of the Dead by far.

Saw In Bruges as well. Check it out if you still can. Not in many theaters in the U.S. But it proves again that Colin Farrell can act when given a good movie. Not a load of shit like Alexander.

Watched the Oscars. Was bored as usual. But was happy The Coens andNo Country for Old Men, Daniel Day Lewis and Diablo Cody got some love. Other than that, it wasn't very memorable. But is it ever?

Hopefully I can make time for this blog and let the world know my greatness. I need some readers. That might help out a bit.

We shall see what the future holds.

JMTMG

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