Save Arrested Development Redux

USA Today has a poll similar to the one that ran on E! online. Get on and vote to save this show!
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The Amityville Horror

Another week, another thriller. It seems like Hollywood can't make these movies fast enough. This remake of the 1979 horror film stars Ryan Reynolds and Melissa George as the young couple who move into a haunted house. You've probably seen the commercial or trailer: a family is massacred, the killer said the house made him do it blah, blah, blah. The movie looks fine, the wardrobe and settings make you feel like your back in the seventies, the decade when the movie takes place. The acting isn't bad either. The middle child is a little annoying and Reynolds still seems like he's trying to shake off his fun-loving Van Wilder, Two Guys and a Girl image, but he is pretty believable. The scares are alright too. They mostly consist the jump cut type where the character looks away then looks back to see a ghost or something. I didn't think it was that scary but some people did jump. What really hurt this movie was the fact that it is so similar to so many movies out there. Ring 2, Hide and Seek, The Boogeyman, I'm horror movied out. Two Stars

Time 100 for '05

Time has once again released their list of the most influential people. We get the usual:Dalai Lama, George W. Bush etc. etc. Here are some of the people I was pleasantly suprised to see make the list.
Builders + Titans
Bram Cohen - BitTorrent Creator - Fuck you Hollywood.
Artists
The Halo creative team
Jon Stewart
Jamie Foxx
Zhang Ziyi
Johnny Depp

Whose on the list that shouldn't be? I like Hilary Swank, I liked Million Dollar Baby, but this is a woman who wakes from a mediocre film stupper every few years to make a good movie. If the title of the list is indicitive of its content, where are the filmakers who truly took risks and infulenced their peers last year? Don Cheadle and Javier Bardem both gave moving truthful performances last year. Adn how about the creative team of Arrested Development. At the Emmy's they showed us that dispite poor ratings, they are the sitcom's saving grace. These kind of lists can be a chance to show the world the marvelous contriubutions of its artists and others. It seems; however that most of the time it dissolves into an ass-kissing feastival. Better luck next year.

Veronica Mars !?!

My sister told me about a poll being held by E! to choose one struggling show and campaign to try and save it. I am a huge Arrested Development fan and logged on to cast my vote. Unfortunately the poll was done and the winner was ... Veronica Mars? I know everybody is saying it but Arrested Development is easily one of the funniest shows ever. To see shit like Still Standing and According to Jim get renewed while AD struggles for another year makes me sick. There's one more episode in this shortened season so enjoy, it could be the last one we get. Also check out these two sites for info on saving this great show.
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Get Arrested

p.s. Get a friend to watch. Even if you have to tie them up with duct tape, the show is in trouble. Just kidding about the ducktape... not really.