A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints(2006, Dito Montiel)

Generally if a movie doesn't make a certain amount of money in it's opening weekend, it's quickly pushed aside and forgotten about, that is until it comes out on video/dvd, where people will hopefully discover it. That's what happened with this fantastic coming of age movie A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints. I had heard of this movie when it was briefly in the theaters, but I never got a chance to go see it. So since it has just recently been released on DVD, I got my chance to watch this heartwarmingly unforgettable film.

This film was directed & written by Dito Montiel, and it's an autobiographical coming of age story of his hard scrabble life growing up in Astoria, Queens, NYC during the 1980's. Dito believes that the only way he can escape his fate of either ending up dead, on drugs or in jail as all his friends eventually experience is by escaping to California, where eventually becomes a successful writer. So after having left 15 years ago with out a word, Dito is finally called home again to deal with his ailing father(played by an always great Chazz Palminteri) and all his memories of his youth come flooding back to him. Young Dito is played by the great young actor Shia LaBeouf, while the older Dito is played by a restrained Robert Downey Jr.

The movie doesn't focus too heavily on the present day Dito, but more on his youth and his friends that he grew up with, while on the tough streets of Queens. The cast of young actors in this film are great and in my opinion make the film what it is. It was them that were able to portray the raw emotion and energy that is Dito Montiels script and movie.

This film also stars Rosario Dawson, Channing Tatum and Dianne Wiest

A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints @ imdb
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints trailer
A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints official site

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Time Wasting Video of the Week!

So it is with great pleasure that I present to you this weeks Time Wasting Video, although it might end getting me on a CIA watch list. Whether your a Democrat, Republican, Communist or an Al-Qaeda member, you will get a laugh out of this music video. If anyone has Jenna and Barbara Bush's email, feel free to let them know about the video. I think even they might enjoy it.



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Invaders

Ok everyone here's a version of that ever popular classic arcade game Space Invaders. Use your arrow keys to move your ship and press the space bar to shoot. Don't let the nasty aliens land or you'll be toast. Have fun and be sure to waste alot of time playing this game.



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Duck Hunt

If you happened to grow up in the 80's and either you or a friend had a Nintendo Entertainment System than you will remember this classic game, Duck Hunt. Don't fret though if you didn't grow up in the 80's and never had a chance to play Duck Hunt. Here's a website that lets you relive the joy of shooting down ducks. It takes a bit of getting used to using your mouse to do the shooting but you'll quickly get the hang of it. The only downside of it, is that after awhile you get a little bored, not exactly the hours of entertainment that it used to provide when I was younger, but it's still good for a little time wasting and who doesn't need some time wasting in their lives.

Play Duck Hunt and enjoy.

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Matt Weddle covers Outkast's Hey Ya

You really need to check this video out. This guy named Matt Weddle does a hippiefied cover version of Outkast's hit Hey Ya. If I didn't hear it myself I would of laugh at the notion of doing an acoustic version of this song. Somehow he manages to not only pull it off but to even, dare I say do a better rendition of the song than Outkast themselves. Well watch the video and you decide for yourself.



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Time Wasting Video of the Week: Dogs Day Out

Ok, I know it's a little early in the week for a Time Wasting Video, but I just couldn't wait to post this strangely surreal video. This video features two dogs just hanging out in a park, doing what dogs do, frolicking, sliding down slides and engaging in some heavy petting.


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Hot Robot Sex

We all like some hot sex every once in a while, but what's better than hot sex. Think about it for a bit. Ok give? I'll tell you, Hot Robot Sex. Yep the following link will take you to some of the hottest robotsex you've ever seen. Before you click on the link make sure any small children and animals are out of the room.

Hot Robot Sex

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Man of the Year(2006, Barry Levinson)

Man of the Year starring Robin Williams, Christopher Walken and Laura LInney is a comedy/drama/romance/thriller about a comic who runs for the presidency. Yeah thats alot of genres to have in a movie and although some movies can pull it off by being all of them this one sure as hell didn't. It's like this movie had a split personality, Am I a comedy or am I a thriller. It just couldn't make up its mind.

The performances in this movie weren't necessarily bad but I've seen impersonators do a better job. It just seemed to me that Christopher Walken was doing a bad impression of Chrisopher Walken. The same can be said for Robin Williams. I wonder if the director just said to Robin don't worry about acting just be yourself, but Robin Williams being himself just comes across as him doing an impersonation of Robin Williams. The only person that did any acting in the movie was Laura Linney.

Although this movie is called Man of the Year, no one in their right mind will mistake it for Movie of the Year. You know my mom said if you don't have anything good to say don't say anything at all, well I'm sure she would think differently if she saw this movie.

Man of the Year @ imdb
Man of the Year trailer

How to Give a Man to Man Hug.

IF your like me, I've never really felt comfortable about giving man to man hugs and no it doesn't have to do with me being insecure with my sexuality. I guess I just never knew the proper way to give a man to man hug and the etiquette that revolves around it. So if your like me and feel a bit uneasy when a guy friend of yours comes in to give you a hug or maybe your a bit unsure of the proper etiquette of the man to man hug. I urge you to watch this funny yet extremely informative instructional video on the proper way to give a man to man hug.

How to give a man to man hug

Time Wasting Video of the Week

So once again it's that time of the week for a Time Wasting Video. This video is a stop motion video of a human skateboarder. Check it out! I wonder if they played rock, paper, scissors to determine who was going to be the skateboard or not.



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Neon Sign

So I'm pressed for time and don't have anytime to waste on creating a stellar time wasting post today. So the below photo that I took will just have to do for you. Feel free to stare at it for hours on end in order to waste time. OR maybe this photo will remind you to take that article of clothing to the dry cleaners.

Reggie Watts: Out Of Control

Ok everyone, I have no idea who Reggie Watts is but not only does he have far out crazy hair he's also really talented. This video of him doing what he does is just out of control. I urge you to waste a little over 5 minutes of your day and watch this. In fact gather your co-workers around and all wathc it together. You might even end up watching it a few times, just to make sure you saw and heard everything right. So stop wasting time reading this post and just hit play!




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Time Wasting Video of the Week

Here's this weeks Time Wasting Video. If you watch this all the way through than your really wasting some time.



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You Must Focus

I don't know about you but I can't stare at this without getting a headache. Here's a game you might want to play in your office, in order to waste some time. Get a few of your cubicle buddies and see who can stare at this image the longest. The loser buys everyone a round of drinks.

Bembo's Zoo

If you have a few minutes you should really check out the site Bembos' Zoo. It's a flash animation site that features the typeface Bembo, which is than animated into different animals. Using a group of only a single letter, the font whimsically animates into a zoo animal. So for instance a bunch of letter M's animate into a monkey, the letter Z into a zebra and the letter E into an elephant, etc, etc.... This site isn't something only a typographer or design students would be interested, this is something that will definitely interest everyone and allow you to waste some time at while checking out each and every letter. I guarantee it or I'll give you your money back. So go check out Bembos' Zoo.

Spiders on Drugs

Ever wonder what a spider would act like if it was on some type of drug like crack or maybe marijuana? Well you won't beleive it but I came across this little known scientific video that was made soem time in the 60's. A scientist named, Dr. Peter Witt gave various spiders different types of drugs and video taped the effects that the drugs had on the spiders. You really have to see this video to believe it, it's really interesting.

Spiders on Drugs

Hipster Bingo

So this is a great game that you and your friends can play the next time your out at a bar/pub drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon, it's called Hipster Bingo. If you don't know what a Hipster is you can find the definition for Hipster here. With that out of the way just go to the link below and print out your Hipster Bingo Cards. Follow the directions on the site to get different versions of the Hipster Bingo Cards to print out. Enjoy!

Hipster Bingo Cards

Time Wasting Video of the Week

So here's this weeks Time Wasting Video. This is a little animation of a dog on what looks like a hot summer day. The dog comes upon a fire hydrant...oh do I even have to say it. Actually I think the title of the video says it all: Dog Takes a Leak.

Flash ElementKill the Creeps

I think I just might of discovered one of the best time wasting games yet. I really don't know how to discribe this game. There is a maze and than there are "creeps that are trying to get thru the maze. You need to stop them from doing that. How might you stop them, well by building attacking towers, that will rain down a whole lot of hurt upon those menacing "creeps" trying to get thru the maze. In the meantime you aquire gold with each "kill". With this gold you can build new towers and upgrade your old towers. This game is really addicting, actually I'm playing it as I type this blog post up. So go check it out, but you've been warned.

Flash Element Kill the Creeps

PortisheadOnly You (live)

One of my favorite Portishead songs. Does anyone know what has happened to Portishead and where they've might of gone? It'd be great if they put out another album.