Lou's Policework

Letter To: SNL, on Jon Hamm

jayoaks — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 16:57:18 +0000

I know Saturday Night Live is a TV show, and Jon Hamm is most famous for the beyond brilliant Mad Men, which is currently the best show on TV. But, I really want to write this, and so I’ll use the fact that Hamm is in The Day the Earth Stood Still remake (which I will see mostly for him) as an excuse:

Dear SNL,
I love you. I watch you every week, and understand that most of the time your skits aren’t funny. You normally have 2-3 gems, and then a couple amusing ones. Weekend Update is pretty consistently great, the only part of the show that is. I appreciate that it is difficult to write a lot of great skits in one week, but you have a duty. Because the freakin’ amazing Jon Hamm is hosting your show in three weeks, you start now. Start coming up with great skits NOW! Not that I don’t love Anne Hathaway or Josh Brolin, but Jon Hamm needs to prove his comedic chops, which I know he has from late night interviews and such. So please, SNL, start writing some brilliant skits now, so Hamm is not let down.

‘Australia’ Trailer.2

jayoaks — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 03:42:44 +0000

The African Queen, the 1951 classic, followed a lowly dirty man (Humphrey Bogart) and a socialite (Kathrine Hepburn) during WWI, as they turn a tiny boat into a warship. While the new Australia may not have the warship, it definitely has a Queen vibe, but on a grander scale. But, regardless of its similarities to TCM staples, it looks freakin’ amazing. There’s everything you could want in a movie; romance, action, bigness, Nicole Kidman in a not-sucky movie (hopefully). It’s hard to imagine this film not being awesome.

'Australia' Exclusive Video: "Defy"

Top Ten Films of All Time

jayoaks — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:55:16 +0000

“Fargo”
“Taxi Driver”
“12 Angry Men”
“Singin’ In the Rain”
“The Thin Man”
“No Country for Old Men”
“Mr. Deeds Goes to Town”
“The Defiant Ones”
“Reservoir Dogs”
“Paths of Glory”

A Welcome

jayoaks — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:44:29 +0000

This is the umpteenth blog I’ve tried to begin, but given this has the best name, I assume it has the best chance of survival. I’m also focusing my view; I’ve tried to do blogs on all of entertainment, but now I will stick to movies. Every Saturday (or around then) I will make a post about music, books and TV Shows you should check out.

But back to movies. The name of course comes from what may be the best movie of all time, “Fargo”. It is in hot contention with “Taxi Driver”. My first ‘real’ post will be my Top Ten of All Time List, but I must give this warning: I am hideously behind in my film education. I have not seen “The Godfather”. I have not seen “Goodfellas”. I have not seen “Fight Club”, nor “Pulp Fiction”. There are a million holes which I have to fill, but here is the silver lining. You will have the opportunity to follow me through my film education! I will try and post a review for each movie I watch, but if I see too many a week, I may do a summary post every weekend. This way, you can see what holes I’m closing and which I still have left. Also, every year, I will not only post my Top Ten of the year, but also a Revised Top Ten of All Time.

There will be features and reviews and news. I will try and do at least one movie review a week, and at least one DVD review. This will difficult, given my small budget, but I will attempt it. I will try to make 2-3 posts per day on movie news items. I will also have “neat” features. Once a month I will ‘write a letter’ to a celebrity who needs to learn a lesson for two (something tells me Dane Cook will get at least 10). Another feature will be called “Flashback”. I’m excited about this one. I will begin next year with 1992 (my birth year) and watch a movie that came out that week of that year. This will be bi-weekly at first (therefor the film can be from either of the two weeks), but it may become weekly eventually. Finally, I will do some sort of DVD round-up every Tuesday, because I quite like those.

Also, I will be seeing 5 films at the Chicago Film Festival (hopefully they will be: “Happy-Go-Lucky”, “Wendy & Lucy”, “The Good, The Bad, and the Weird”, “The Wrestler” and “A Christmas Tale”). I will then review these movies on the blog.

So please, stay. Hopefully you will enjoy what you see, and if not, then…