Snorting with Phoenix

Poor Mickey Rourke, he didn't get an Oscar. Probably because his speech would have included a few racy epithets, and he would have snapped the Oscar statue over his knee like a man and mailed it to Joaquin Phoenix. Who, in turn, would have ground up the shattered award, and mixed it up with some heroin he got from Keadis' old dealer. 

Phoenix's beard looks like a bird's nest. Alright, the acting world lost Joaquin, but there are still some performances to look forward to.

The adaptation of children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" is slated to hit theaters on Oct. 16 of this year, and it features the talent of Forest Whitaker (An odd note, in his song "Uncle Sam Goddamn," Brother Ali mentions he is the "king of where the wild things are," after already releasing a track titled "Forest Whitaker." I wonder if the movie's casting director is a Brother Ali fan?)  and director Spike Jonze. Jonze co-wrote the script along with writing guru Dave Eggers, who is one of the more insightful and imaginative writers of our time. Seeing as the lines in the book are fairly limited to gnashing of teeth and Max's antics, Jonze and Eggers have room to let their creative talent flair up. The movie has been a long time coming, and be sure to see a rising number of shirts depicting the book's artwork, done by the book's author Maurice Sendak. 

Watchmen aside, the other movie that should stir some anticipation is the sixth in the Harry Potter series, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, set for July 17. The series continues to become more macabre, and as we know, the last two books feature Rowling's best writing. So, the movies should be equivalent in their caliber. This will be David Yates sophomore appearance for the series, and his rendition of The Order of the Phoenix was quite impressive. Yates has been slated to film The Deathly Hallows, Part I, which is currently on set, and The Deathly Hallows, Part II, which is in pre-production. Suffice to say, someone in WB is pleased with The Half-Blood Prince.  

Also, looking forward to Megan Fox with transforming robots and E & Sloan's threesome partner Malin Akerman in the Silk Spectre get-up. Plus, Stillwater's Billy Crudup and a whole lot of Rorscach in "Watchmen," along with a new ending, is nothing to piss on.

As for my posting absence last night, Letterman said it best. "Mozart, I'm sorry you couldn't be here tonight."

- Mozart