Probably Kevin Smith's silliest movie. Too bad there's so much EXTREMELY vulgar language or this one might be fun for kids.
Jason Lee and Ben Affleck both get dual roles. Why? Because Jay & Silent Bob were around for all the previous Kevin Smith movies, of course! Lee plays both Brodie Bruce (Mallrats) and Banky Edwards (Chasing Amy). Affleck plays Holden McNeil (Chasing Amy) and - who else? - Ben Affleck.
Got 15 seconds? Here's a cute vid of Brodie singing "Matt Matt Matt" with Jay & Silent Bob:
The trailer is pretty amusing too:
Enjoy!
Janet
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky is a 2001 movie starring Tom Cruise as a shallow man who learns how to live a better life the hard way. Jason Lee plays his best friend - and perhaps his only real friend - author Brian Shelby. Lee's part isn't very big, but it isn't small either. This was Lee's second film with director Cameron Crow (Almost Famous was the first).
Here's the trailer:
This is an odd film. Seems many people either love it or hate it. It's definitely interesting and, imho, worth watching.
Janet
Here's the trailer:
This is an odd film. Seems many people either love it or hate it. It's definitely interesting and, imho, worth watching.
Janet
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Kevin Pollack Interviews Jason Lee for an Hour & Forty-Seven Minutes
Yeah, lots of Jason Lee without the mustache! Kevin asks Jason about his life and career, from how he got into skateboarding as a kids all the way up to the TV pilot Jason recently wrote. Yes! We need more series like My Name is Earl.
Here's the interview:
Here's the interview:
Monday, September 21, 2009
My Name is Earl Interview with Jason Lee
Because My Name is Earl is now in syndication, a local news station (www.myfoxdc.com) interviewed Jason Lee just a few days ago. It's a nice interview, and the station kindly included the code to embed the interview, so here it is:
I hope you enjoy it, as I did.
I hope you enjoy it, as I did.
Monday, September 14, 2009
My Name is Earl Season 4
Good news! The DVD of My Name is Earl Season 4 will be released tomorrow!
You can pre-order it here:
If you prefer the Blu-Ray edition, which is more expensive, you can get that here:
I don't know about you, but this is some consolation for me. My Name is Earl has been my favorite show since it began in 2005. It's the reason I realized what an amazing actor Jason Lee is. I sorta knew who he was before, but hadn't realized how good and interesting an actor he was.
My Name is Earl inspired me to watch his other films and look up clips on YouTube. Which led to this vlog.
I'm very sad that it won't be back this fall, but at least we can all keep watching it over and over again until we get so sick of it we won't mind anymore that it's canceled.
Meanwhile, I hope the wonderful cast gets lots of new work so we can enjoy them in other roles.
Janet
You can pre-order it here:
If you prefer the Blu-Ray edition, which is more expensive, you can get that here:
I don't know about you, but this is some consolation for me. My Name is Earl has been my favorite show since it began in 2005. It's the reason I realized what an amazing actor Jason Lee is. I sorta knew who he was before, but hadn't realized how good and interesting an actor he was.
My Name is Earl inspired me to watch his other films and look up clips on YouTube. Which led to this vlog.
I'm very sad that it won't be back this fall, but at least we can all keep watching it over and over again until we get so sick of it we won't mind anymore that it's canceled.
Meanwhile, I hope the wonderful cast gets lots of new work so we can enjoy them in other roles.
Janet
Friday, September 11, 2009
Heartbreakers
Jason Lee gets to make out with Jennifer Love Hewitt in Heartbreakers, a 2001 comedy.
If you can get past the creepy premise, Heartbreakers is a pretty entertaining movie.
Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Hewitt) are mother-daughter con artists. Max gets rich men to marry her while keeping the men from - er - enjoying the marriage.
Page then seduces the frustrated grooms, while Max conveniently catches them about to cheat, allowing the pair to split some generous divorce settlements.
When Page wants to go out on her own, there's trouble. Max knows her daughter isn't ready and sure enough, Page falls in love with the first guy she tries to con (Jason Lee as Jack Withrowe).
Meanwhile, Max is seducing the hilariously disgusting, chain-smoking tobacco mogul Tensy (Gene Hackman). To complicate matters, her last victim (Ray Liotta) is looking for her.
This got mixed reviews, but I enjoyed it. Ray Liotta and Gene Hackman are especially funny.
I did find Max's fake Russian accent annoying. It's not clear why she needs to affect a Russian accent until she tells Tensy she's about to be deported.
Lee's character is pretty bland and it's hard to understand how Jack sees the good in Page, who is really nasty to him throughout most of the movie. While he does get to respond to her nastiness with some good wisecracks a couple of times, it would've been nice to see more give and take when she gives him a hard time.
One more important fact for Jason Lee fans: He looks hotter in Heartbreakers than in any other movie he's been in. Too bad Jack isn't as interesting as some of Lee's other characters. But Jack is sweet. And, like I said, hot.
Overall, Heartbreakers is an entertaining movie, as long as you don't take it too seriously. It's meant to be frivolous entertainment. If you analyze the icky nature of what Max and Page are doing (and Dean does tell them they'll need years of therapy), you'll spoil all the fun.
Here's the trailer:
Janet
If you can get past the creepy premise, Heartbreakers is a pretty entertaining movie.
Max (Sigourney Weaver) and Page (Hewitt) are mother-daughter con artists. Max gets rich men to marry her while keeping the men from - er - enjoying the marriage.
Page then seduces the frustrated grooms, while Max conveniently catches them about to cheat, allowing the pair to split some generous divorce settlements.
When Page wants to go out on her own, there's trouble. Max knows her daughter isn't ready and sure enough, Page falls in love with the first guy she tries to con (Jason Lee as Jack Withrowe).
Meanwhile, Max is seducing the hilariously disgusting, chain-smoking tobacco mogul Tensy (Gene Hackman). To complicate matters, her last victim (Ray Liotta) is looking for her.
This got mixed reviews, but I enjoyed it. Ray Liotta and Gene Hackman are especially funny.
I did find Max's fake Russian accent annoying. It's not clear why she needs to affect a Russian accent until she tells Tensy she's about to be deported.
Lee's character is pretty bland and it's hard to understand how Jack sees the good in Page, who is really nasty to him throughout most of the movie. While he does get to respond to her nastiness with some good wisecracks a couple of times, it would've been nice to see more give and take when she gives him a hard time.
One more important fact for Jason Lee fans: He looks hotter in Heartbreakers than in any other movie he's been in. Too bad Jack isn't as interesting as some of Lee's other characters. But Jack is sweet. And, like I said, hot.
Overall, Heartbreakers is an entertaining movie, as long as you don't take it too seriously. It's meant to be frivolous entertainment. If you analyze the icky nature of what Max and Page are doing (and Dean does tell them they'll need years of therapy), you'll spoil all the fun.
Here's the trailer:
Janet
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Amost Famous
In 2000, Jason Lee was in one of my favorite movies, Almost Famous.
It's an awesome semi-autobiographical Cameron Crowe movie about a teenage music journalist traveling with the not-quite-famous band Stillwater so he can do a feature story on them for Rolling Stone magazine.
In real life, Crowe did something similar, becoming the youngest Rolling Stone journalist.
Patrick Fugit is wonderful as William, the precocious yet innocent, wide-eyed teen. Billy Crudup plays Russell Hammond, the "incendiary" guitarist Willam looks up to. And Kate Hudson made quite a splash as Penny Lane, a band-aid (NOT a groupie) who falls for Russell while William falls for her. Lee plays Jeff Bebe, the lead singer who's tired of being upstaged by Russell.
Frances McDormand is a stand-out as William's overprotective mom, especially when she manages to intimidate an arrogant Russell - over the phone!
Seymour Phillip Hoffman is wonderful as real-life legendary rock journalist Lester Bangs, who helps William realize that neither of them will ever be cool, and that's the way it should be.
Can you tell how much I love this film?
For Almost Famous, you get several videos:
First, a trailer - and it's a good one.
Here's Stillwater performing the song "Fever Dog" on stage. Crowe's wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart, wrote the songs. The band isn't really performing the song, but they learned the moves from Peter Frampton.
Next, a nice scene where they all sing "Tiny Dancer" on their bus.
Last but not least, the plane scene. It's near the end, so if you haven't seen Almost Famous yet, you may want to hold out for the movie. If you have, or if you don't care, it's pretty funny and so worth watching.
One last note: The first thing you hear when the movie begins is the Chipmunks singing their Christmas song. A precursor to a much different role for Jason Lee.
You WILL enjoy these videos!
Peace,
Janet
It's an awesome semi-autobiographical Cameron Crowe movie about a teenage music journalist traveling with the not-quite-famous band Stillwater so he can do a feature story on them for Rolling Stone magazine.
In real life, Crowe did something similar, becoming the youngest Rolling Stone journalist.
Patrick Fugit is wonderful as William, the precocious yet innocent, wide-eyed teen. Billy Crudup plays Russell Hammond, the "incendiary" guitarist Willam looks up to. And Kate Hudson made quite a splash as Penny Lane, a band-aid (NOT a groupie) who falls for Russell while William falls for her. Lee plays Jeff Bebe, the lead singer who's tired of being upstaged by Russell.
Frances McDormand is a stand-out as William's overprotective mom, especially when she manages to intimidate an arrogant Russell - over the phone!
Seymour Phillip Hoffman is wonderful as real-life legendary rock journalist Lester Bangs, who helps William realize that neither of them will ever be cool, and that's the way it should be.
Can you tell how much I love this film?
For Almost Famous, you get several videos:
First, a trailer - and it's a good one.
Here's Stillwater performing the song "Fever Dog" on stage. Crowe's wife, Nancy Wilson of Heart, wrote the songs. The band isn't really performing the song, but they learned the moves from Peter Frampton.
Next, a nice scene where they all sing "Tiny Dancer" on their bus.
Last but not least, the plane scene. It's near the end, so if you haven't seen Almost Famous yet, you may want to hold out for the movie. If you have, or if you don't care, it's pretty funny and so worth watching.
One last note: The first thing you hear when the movie begins is the Chipmunks singing their Christmas song. A precursor to a much different role for Jason Lee.
You WILL enjoy these videos!
Peace,
Janet
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