I just read a review of "Winter Passing" today. Looks like it's got a recipe for success:
- A dark comedy about a city girl coming home to her kooky family in the Upper Penninsula of Michigan (quick shout out to my UP homies!)
- Ed Harris as the novelist ex-hippie dad with crazy long blond hair
- Will Ferrell as a Christian rocker(!)
- "That girl" from Elf and Hitchikers Guide as the female lead (romanced again by Ferrell?)
Check out the trailer
I thought Chris Rock was awesome at the Oscars last night. He was the first host in the last 15 years not named Crystal, Martin, Letterman, or Goldberg. It's a welcome change. I actually cared about watching this year because he was hosting. Well, that and having a terrible movie like "Million Dollar Baby" to root against.
Today's big water cooler fodder is the Sean Penn/Rock dustup over Jude Law.
A quick synopsis:
- In the monolague, Rock disses Jude Law and Colin Farrell as "just popular people". "If you want Tom Cruise, and you can only get Jude Law", Rock says ... "Wait."
- Rock does a bit where he introduces the Jewish PWC accountants that count the votes, and 2 *huge* black guys in sunglasses come up on stage.
- Penn uncomfortably sticks up for Law before he presents.
- Immediately after commercial, Rock says "Sean Penn, my accountants would like to see you".
I like Chris Rock a lot but the thing that stood out last night wasn't his jokes. It was his ability to disarm. Sean Penn could say absolutely nothing after that without coming off as a humorless bastard. Outstanding.