Albatross!

Pleasant surprise my local PBS station is showing the Monty Python's personal best. I know this stuff is getting released on DVD as well. If nothing else definitely worth making it's way on to your Netflix queue.

Movie Review
*Made*
I love Jon Favreau he is one of those guys that along with Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino absolutely loves film. This unfortunately does not make up for the fact that Made is to me just a bad movie and I blame it all on one factor Vince Vaughn. Watching this movie has caused me to finally come to the conclusion that I have tried to avoid for some time but that is when it comes to Vince I just don't get it. He just doesn't do it for me.
The basic concept of the movie is that after doing some "legit" work for crime boss (Peter Falk)John is "forced" to partake in some illicit practices to pay off a debt. When offered with the opportunity John brings his life long friend and aspiring good fella Vince along for the ride. Vinces overzealousness and inability to keep his mouth shut in turn gets them in to some zany trouble on their trip to NY. Watching John in this movie is like being out with two friends and one of them is obviously an embarrassment to the other. I got that same kind of uncomfortable feeling for Jon making it almost difficut to make it through the whole movie this I imagine is intentional but I think you are supposed to laugh at it. The problem is I don't have this feeling for Bobby (Jon's character) I actually have it for Jon. Feeling like he is bringing along his acting buddy on this ride. There is a good script there and I honestly could have seen this movie work with someone else in Vince's part maybe Jay Mohr but I really only chuckled maybe twice through the film. As I will say many times may be it was just me.

I have always had a weird thing for urban and industrial landscape which made the discovery of Rob Dobi's work in a random issue of Wonka Vision a pleasant surprise. Check out New England Ruins.