A-Team gets a New Face ... and Hannible, BA & Murdock

After tackling some very serious issues the last few blogs -- (see: the naked man) -- I decided to lighten things up by posting the picture that debuted on EOnline yesterday.

THE NEW A-TEAM

The new crack team include BA Baracus (now played by UFC fighter Quinton 'Rampage' Jackson), Faceman, (played by Hangover star Bradley Cooper), Murdock (played by South African 'District 9' actor Sharlto Copley) while Liam Neeson will be in charge as Col. John 'Hannibal' Smith. The fab four are also joined by Jessica Biel who plays an army general in hot pursuit (we're guessing she'll be a sexy army general too).

As for the story, well, this modern A-Team are now a group of hardened Iraq War veterans trying to clear their name from a crime they didn't commit. And sneaky early shots from filming in Vancouver, Canada, would suggest that this will be as action packed as the TV show with the classic GMC van being spotted in some scenes.

I am all about giving the new team a chance, though I'm not thrilled with the addition of Jessica Biel. I also agree with the EOnline quibbles that pointed out Rampage is missing quite a few gold chains (if not all), Murdock's hat is entirely too new ... and is that a Hummer as the new van? That won't do.

Here are some more shots from the set, found on various sites:

(For the boys) LOL

*PHEW*

See more here: http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=9555

"well, I call it twatting!"

The title was one of the few funny lines from "Couples Retreat" - see my review here.

The other day a friend stated:

"You may not admit it, but you can view someones life every week on facebook and hardly ever converse with them, and it is kind of nice."

I find this is the sad downside of our blossoming and ever-changing technological boom. We are constantly connected to the web - no matter where we are - through blackberries and cell phones; and, we don't even have to contact each other to be updated on our lives anymore. Where she finds it comforting to stay in touch without any actual contact, I find it lonely and disconnected.

When I'm not aware that someone had a child, is sick, lost a parent, or has changed jobs/girlfriends/locations ... I have often heard the aggravating retort: "didn't you see my status update?" Or, "didn't you read my blog?" I've had the same cell phone number for almost 10 years. My parents have had the same phone number since 1986; and, I can easily be contacted through them if you ever knew that number. I realize texting is easier, and I'm just as guilty as the next party ... but when did personal contact become replaced by indirect random free-for-all contact visible to the masses?

Sure, I am on facebook -- but to be honest, I'm there for the scrabble! I don't sit and read people's updates. If I happen to catch them on the main page when I sign in, or see a picture, so be it. I don't use it to stalk everyone else and if someone gets upset cause I didn't feel like pulling a paparazzi move on them, they need to deflate their egos and come back down to earth! When did we all become so important that our status must be known to everyone we are (or aren't) friends with at all times? Has reality tv created an ego-monster in everyone that makes them feel as though they need a 'pump' every day? Or worse, with twitter - every few hours or minutes?

At some point -- just like myspace -- facebook and twitter will die out. For those reliant on this to keep in touch, will you remember how to write or call? Or will it simply be too late for people that have forgotten friendships that haven't been tended to?

This is just for fun:

When Stupidity Hits an All-Time HIGH

Springfield, Virginia resident Eric Williamson was arrested and charged with indecent exposure yesterday for failing to put on any clothes after getting up at 5:30 am to make some coffee. A woman and her 7-year-old daughter had cut across Williamson's front yard and saw him through his kitchen window.

If convicted, Williamson could be fined $2,000 and spend a year in jail. Fairfax police say Williamson wanted to be seen naked. Which I guess means Williamson's front yard is a pretty popular spot at 5:30 in the morning.

Are you kidding me? There are so many things wrong with this story, I can't believe it's even being reported as anything but disgraceful neighbors misusing the local police department.

Here's what's wrong with this:

1. He was in his OWN HOME. Alone.
2. The woman that reported him is married to a police officer.
   
3. "cut across Williamson's front yard" They were on his property. CASE CLOSED.

Channel 5 reports the woman and 7-year-old boy who saw him naked apparently had cut through Williamson's front yard from a nearby path.

Despite this ... all reports still indicate - they were ON his property. The woman who called the police at the time of the incident was at 8:40 am, not 5:30 am as Williamson says. She also says Williamson was first standing in an open doorway, then moved in front of a window, still in her view. Given that she was apparently on his property (undisputed by both parties), and he was in his home the entire time, I'm not sure his exact position in his own home matters, unless he was otherwise in plain view of someone using the public sidewalk. Even then, it seems more like tacky behavior than behavior that should be criminal. And you'd think the guy would get a warning before you arrest him for nudity in his own house.

I mean, is this like a reverse "peeping tom"? Wait around naked and hope someone looks in? I'd say the mother and child were peeping themselves, but I'm sure that'd never fly. At what point is the government reaching into our private lives? I think it's safe to say this is the prime example.

The final straw: depending on the laws in Virginia - he could be added to the sex offended registry.

Do you Revel in the Sour?

The rain. Sometimes it gives me the blues. When you first came here, I only loved the writer part of Paul Sheldon. Now I know I love the rest of him, too. I know you don't love me, don't say you do. You're beautiful, brilliant, a famous man of the world and I'm... not a movie star type. You'll never know the fear of losing someone like you if you're someone like me.

Annie, Stephen King's Misery

The old adage "misery loves company" seems to be at play more and more. Is it just that we are more aware or just less distracted? With more layoffs, less jobs, and more and more people searching for simpler forms of happiness it could just be that we are able to see things without materialistic glasses in the way. Or, do you just not want to be alone in your suffering?

Stanley Schachter, a Columbia University psychologist, conducted a famous experiment years ago with female college students: telling them they would be receiving electric shocks. Based on feedback from the students, the more anxious they were about the shocks, the more they told researchers they wanted to wait with other people for the experiment to start. More interesting, they did not want to wait with just anyone -- they wanted to be with people who faced the same fate.

“Misery doesn’t love just any kind of company,” Schachter said, “it loves only miserable company. Whatever the needs aroused by the manipulation of anxiety, it would seem that their satisfaction demands the presence of others in a similar situation.”

Which brings me to my next point: does misery truly love company, or does misery make company equally miserable? (And in the same respect, does the inverse apply?) How many times have you been having an awful day only to have a good friend turn it around? Or had a great day only to have that 'negative Nancy' bring down your mood?

There is no true answer to these questions since they are all of a personal nature. For me, I read more, watch less dramatic movies and more comedies, write more, and avoid situations that stress me out (when possible). Another big one is spending more face-time with my friends. I'll elaborate more on that soon ...

Couples Retreat (and everyone else too)

The epitome of the very prevalent category of "dramedy" emerging (targeting the chick flick crowd, I'd imagine? Though I'd prefer the laughs over the heartache and formulaic execution!). It wasn't awful, it wasn't fantastic, it wasn't well, much of any emotion I could really pull from because it tried too hard to be a little bit of everything and that's where it ultimately failed.

The story revolves around four couples (Vince Vaughn paired with Malin Akerman, Jason Bateman paired with Kristen Bell, Jon Favreau paired with Kristin Davis, and Faizon Love paired with, well - see it if you must and find out). Each couple has a unique set of problems ranging from day-to-day child rearing, home projects, the inability to conceive, infidelity, a loveless marriage, and a pending divorce. When given the opportunity to retreat to a couples resort (and promised they will only have to endure a "little couples counseling sprinkled in"), they all jump at the chance to escape their jobs, and ultimately their mundane lives for a little fun in Bora, Bora.

As the simple storyline progresses, nothing seems to pick up -- even packed with bona fide stars and seemingly perfect set-ups for hilarity and frivolous fun. Unfortunately, it's light on laughter and or any real resolution, and too heavy handed. It suffers by taking itself too seriously, and feels like taking a trip to the marriage counselor with an unhappy couple -- or four! (Yeah, not my idea of fun either.) Perhaps had they removed a couple or two and focused on the script (more interesting and far-funnier than the few one-liners that came only when you were thinking "is this a comedy ... oh, there's a joke!") it would have succeeded.

Brilliant idea, poor execution.

*Fun Trivia: Peter Billingsley, Ralphie from a Christmas Story directed this! Hopefully he takes on a better project in the future.*

The Trump Card

"In my book, The Trump Card, published by Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster, I try to impart to readers that 'We've all been dealt a winning hand and it is up to each of us to play it right and smart.'"
Ivanka Trump (The Donald's daughter)

Born October 30, 1981 to former Olympic alternate (Czech ski team), model and socialite Ivana Trump and billionaire, real-estate mogul, socialite, author and television personality, Donald Trump.

She is an heiress to the Trump fortune (billions), both in part to her father's and her mother's.

Recently engaged to the owner of the NY Observer, with a SIX-carat engagement ring. (Raise your hand if you could retire on investing that ring alone??)

At 27, she is Executive vice-president of the The Trump Organization [2009].

I don't think any more statastics are needed to make my point. Her cards are not the same as ... my cards, for instance. In her defense, I'm not calling her on the same level as Paris Hilton - nowhere near in fact - but I think she may want to reexamine different walks of life before she makes such a rash comment. In the statement itself, she mentions her book deal! What 27 year olds with no real writing experience are getting published, and quoted before the book release? *Laughter ensues ....*

To be fair, I read another article where she held her own. In this article, she also admits to the nepotism that got her in the door -- it's who you know, marketing, and with her, the name! If I decided to go out and pursue the same dreams ... do you think ABC would do a news story on me? Or that people would seek out my jewelry boutique? I doubt it.

The Narcissist Test

Obama's Premature Awardation

Two key White House aides were both convinced they were being punked when they heard the news, (as reported ABC News' George Stephanopoulos) - with one responding:

"It's not April 1, is it?"

To put in perspective just how embarrassingly premature this award is:

In 1906, Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th U.S. President was the first sitting president to win the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in ending the bloody 1905 war between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia. The result was the Treaty of Portsmouth signed by Russia and Japan on Sept. 5, 1905, at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Woodrow Wilson was the second sitting President to win the Nobel Peace Prize award in 1919 in recognition of his Fourteen Points Program and work in achieving inclusion of the Covenant of the League of Nations in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles at the end of World War I. He created a structure that's still being used in present day international politics.

Jimmy Carter did win - but not as a sitting President. He won for what the Nobel prize committee said were "his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development".

For those not yet aware, Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize: "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Have the applicants become so unspectacular and dull that Teddy Roosevelt ENDS A WAR, Wilson compiles a program for international relations that's still in place today (9 decades later) , and Jimmy Carter devotes his retired life to community service ... but Barack Obama simply takes office and they award him for being cooperative?

It's no secret I'm not a fan. Maybe now that he's been awarded something so prestigious, he'll finally step up. Saturday Night Live said it best:

President Obama reacted to his Nobel Peace Prize saying he accepted the award as "a call to action" ... That's great - just as a reminder, that's what the election was too.
~Seth Meyers

If you object, sign the petition (published in the NY Times online): http://nobelpeace.eu/

Whip It: Be Your Own Hero

** Thursday, October 8th, 2009 **
**Member Review of the Day on RottenTomatoes.com!**
(I made the Homepage!)

Based on former Roller Derby skater Shauna Cross' experiences with the Los Angeles Derby Dolls, Whip It is a one part coming-of-age story/two parts fresh indie-style comedy and all fun! The film marks Drew Barrymore's feature film directorial debut, and what better way to start off directing than with an action-packed sports film, 80's nostalgia, finding yourself, the current indie 'It' girl and some famous faces?

Ellen Page begins the movie as Bliss Cavendar, the glasses-clad doe-eyed small town Texan gal lusting after the bustling metropolis just seemingly beyond her grasp. After perhaps one too many failed attempts being forced into participating in beauty pageants thanks to her overbearing mother (played by Marcia Gay Harden), an innocent shopping trip in Austin introduces her to Roller Derby world - via flyer. Worried that she may actually end up in the Southern throwback world of big hair, ironing boards and answering the questions she'd rather live out -- she grabs her best friend Pash (Arrested Development's Alia Shawkat) and they sneak off to Austin to see the Derby's Exhibition night. Impassioned by the derby girls, and invited to try out - she begins her journey as Babe Ruthless, the newest and fastest jammer on the block. If you don't know anything about Roller Derby - it's fine - you take the journey with Bliss as she learns the who, what, when, where and why of the game, the people and the life of a Derby Doll.

The film follows a fairly straightforward path of most sports movies (and that is my only complaint) - it leads up to the 'big event', the character has strife and is left to her own devices - but it makes up for it in comedy and heart. Though there are rules and it is a sport, they don't dwell too long on that - instead opting for the action, showing that women are all badasses ... in fishnets!

Author Cross skated under the name of Maggie Mayhem -- who is played by Kristen Wiig in one of her most prominent roles to date. She is fantastic as she takes Bliss under her wing without losing any edge. Juliette Lewis pulled out her rockstar roots (check out Juliette and the Licks) as Iron Maven - the resident bad girl who wears her bruised self inside out. Drew Barrymore's Smashley Simpson is a bit of a space cadet who laughs, gets confused a bit too easily and is ultra rough and competative -- both in the rink and out. The Manson Sisters were played by Rachel Piplica and Kristen Adolfi - better known as the real-life Iron Maiven and Krissy Krash of the Los Angeles Derby Dolls. They skated for the film's Hurl Scouts and in real life skate for the Tough Cookies, the team on which the Scouts were based.

Mars in Retrograde - Have you Noticed?

All kinds of things have been going wrong lately, not just in my life but those all around me. In the last few weeks -- myself, friends and family -- have experienced a series of unfortunate events. There have been everything from breakups, to broken fingers that just won't heal, a diagnosis of serious illness, the flu, the loss of health coverage (unexpectedly), to marital troubles (more than norm), strange behaviors, even multiple broken electronic items (that were 'fine' and all of a sudden not), and more!

I was talking it over with my 'teacher' roommate and she half-jokingly said "I had a mom tell me that her 'life coach' said that mars was in retrograde - hence her child's horrific behavior." (Brilliant! I'm using that one in the future!)

Not really knowing what that meant - I turned to trusty google and found out that "it means mars will appear to move backward through the sky as it moves closer to Earth."

Still confused? That's ok - even the ancient Greeks weren't very clear on the idea until 1543 when the term retrograde motion came into play. They proposed this explanation: that planets move in small circles (epicycles) while they traveled the Earth; however, this didn't match the observed behavior of the planets. Copernicus, though, unraveled the mystery by putting the Sun, instead of the Earth, at the center of the solar system. The backward motion, it is now known, is simply an optical illusion. Because both Earth and Mars are traveling in the same direction, but Mars is moving more slowly, Mars appears to move backward in relation to Earth.

Does this scientifically happen? Yes. Does this cause irrational action; introspection; depression and self-assessment; sexual issues and relationship conflicts? Perhaps. I'm not opposed to the notion that there are things at play beyond our tangible universe; however, I don't think blaming the universe will help you.

So what does Mars in Retrograde "supposedly" mean for us?

Supposedly computers, communications, technical stuff all goes haywire.

Things that were started in the past or that was not finished will be re-visited, and old friends may pop up.

It's not a good time to make major decisions or sign contracts or make big purchases.

"Mars endows powerful energy and an indomitable will to succeed, but when poorly placed can mean accidents, injuries, anger, rage, warfare or other forms of violence, according to the inclinations of the sign and house concerned."

I admit, I read my horoscope from time-to-time for fun - a laugh, if you will. (Mostly while passing the time at a doctor's office or the salon. I find it more interesting to read the previous day/week/month's to see if it were true, rather than read my horoscope and have it act as a self-fulfilling prophecy. I was prompted to head to the astrology sites to find the answers from my conversation with my roommate -- and am still not certain I really 'believe' in it. It could be the change in the seasons, people adjusting to the economy and cutbacks, or even just general coincidence. But, if there is anything to this ...

Mars, can you just get back in line? I'd really appreciate it!!

(If you were wondering, Astrologers predict/say it won't be leaving for quite some time.)

Forgetting Sarah Marshall

I've seen this movie more times than I'd should ever admit to, but I've never reviewed it. I'd go so far as to call this barely-outta-the-gate flick a "cult classic" for the newer generations (in the same league as Knocked Up, Talladega Nights & Stepbrothers). The title aptly captures what the main character Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) is seeking to do throughout the film: forget his ex-girlfriend, Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell).

After a humiliating -- and hilarious -- break-up, Peter weeps, bemoans and holes up in his house. He decides to take a break from moping and his job as a composer of "dull and ominous tones" for a cheesy CSI-style crime show that Sarah just happens to be the star of. Unfortunately for the likable Peter, the suggestion of a vacation to Oahu, Hawaii (by step-brother Brian played by SNL breakout Bill Hader) happens to be the same place quintessential bitchy ex, Sarah and her new beau, the perverse English rocker, Aldous Snow are staying. Lucky for Peter, a compassionate hotel clerk, Rachel (Mila Kunis), decides to look out for him -- comping his room, inviting him to the local Luau, and forging a real connection with the lost soul that is Peter.

The movie's not nearly as sad as one would think - nor does it lose heart by making light of real emotion. The interaction between writer/star Jason Segel and Bill Hader is priceless (mostly via webcam), and the script is well-written. Aldous seems to have been specifically written for the eccentric and strange comic, Russell Brand. This introduced him to American audiences -- and how! The obvious comedy comes from continual bumping into his ex with her new man, and his constant reminder that he's at a romantic resort .... alone! Great cameo's by Paul Rudd, Jonah Hill, William Baldwin, Jason Bateman, and my favorites --- Jack McBrayer/Maria Thayer as the typical young, religious newlyweds on their honeymoon having difficulty navigating a little more than the island!

Do yourself a favor and rent the unrated version for the extra raunch, and a few extra scenes.

Banned Books?

There, where one burn books, one in the end burns men. ~ Heinrich Heine

Map of Censored Books

Be sure to click on the tabs for individual explanations of each banning.

This map is absolutely FASCINATING to me. By fascinating, I mean - ridiculous. If the child can read it, let them. If they don't comprehend it, or understand it, discuss it with them!

Each year, the ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom records hundreds of attempts by individuals and groups to have books removed from libraries shelves and from classrooms. At least 42 of the Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century have been the target of ban attempts.



Here are some of the books on the list that I have read, and when:

1. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgeral -- Jr High
2. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger -- High School
3. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck -- High School
4. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- Jr High
5. The Color Purple by Alice Walker -- Jr High
6. Ulysses by James Joyce -- High School
7. Beloved by Toni Morrison -- High School
8. The Lord of the Flies by William Golding -- Elementary School
9. 1984 by George Orwell -- Jr High
10. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
11. Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov -- College, or Later
12. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck -- High School
13. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White -- Elementary School
14. A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce -- College, or Later
15. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller -- High School
16. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley -- High School
17. Animal Farm by George Orwell -- Elementary School
18. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
19. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner -- High School
20. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway -- College, or Later
21. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
22. Winnie-the-Pooh by A. A. Milne -- Elementary School
23. Their Eyes are Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
24. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
25. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
26. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell -- Jr High
27. Native Son by Richard Wright
28. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey -- Jr High
29. Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut -- Jr High
30. For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway -- High School
31. On the Road by Jack Kerouac -- Jr High
32. The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway -- Jr High
33. The Call of the Wild by Jack London -- High School
34. To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
35. Portrait of a Lady by Henry James -- College, or Later
36. Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin
37. The World According to Garp by John Irving
38. All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
39. A Room with a View by E. M. Forster
40. The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien -- Elementary School
41. Schindler's List by Thomas Keneally
42. The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
43. The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand -- Jr High
44. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce
45. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
46. Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
47. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum -- Jr High
48. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence
49. A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess -- High School
50. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
51. My Antonia by Willa Cather
52. Howards End by E. M. Forster
53. In Cold Blood by Truman Capote
54. Franny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
55. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
56. Jazz by Toni Morrison
57. Sophie's Choice by William Styron
58. Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner
59. A Passage to India by E. M. Forster
60. Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton
61. A Good Man Is Hard to Find by Flannery O'Connor
62. Tender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald -- High School
63. Orlando by Virginia Woolf
64. Sons and Lovers by D. H. Lawrence
65. Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
66. Cat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
67. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
68. Light in August by William Faulkner
69. The Wings of the Dove by Henry James
70. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
71. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier -- College, or Later
72. A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams -- College, or Later
73. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs -- College, or Later
74. Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
75. Women in Love by D. H. Lawrence
76. Look Homeward, Angel by Thomas Wolfe
77. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway -- College, or Later
78. The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas by Gertrude Stein
79. The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett -- College, or Later
80. The Naked and the Dead by Norman Mailer
81. Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
82. White Noise by Don DeLillo
83. O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
84. Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller
85. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells -- College, or Later
86. Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad
87. The Bostonians by Henry James
88. An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
89. Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
90. The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
91. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
92. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
93. The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
94. Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis
95. Kim by Rudyard Kipling
96. The Beautiful and the Damned by F. Scott Fitzgerald
97. Rabbit, Run by John Updike
98. Where Angels Fear to Tread by E. M. Forster
99. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis
100. Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie

How many have you read?

I'm sure I've read more; and, even out of the list above, I chose to read many of the books on my own. Some of the books I read in elementary school on my own were later given as assignments in junior high or high school. And some of the books I read in college were never assigned ... which leads me to wonder if they were banned, challenged or simply never even attempted to be assigned? The map points out - 70 to 80% of banned or challenged books are never even reported! Yes, I put an exclamation on that - we're approaching the second decade of the twenty-first century and people still want to hide words on a page!!!! With "reality" tv (complete with scripts), and just about everything else exposed on tv ... and people are afraid of some words on a page?

Two words: grow up.

I Heart Zombieland.

I liked Shaun of the Dead ... I LOVED Zombieland. Perhaps it's the idea of surviving the zombie apocalypse on my turf (the good old US of A) or the rag-tag cast of characters?


The horror comedy genre is quickly becoming my favorite with fresh, innovative scripts, career revivals and upstarts. Woody Harrelson and Emma Stone breath life into this zom-com with the skill only natural delivery can provide. Zombieland focuses on Jesse Eisenberg and Woody Harrelson's character's who have found a way to survive a world overrun by zombies. Columbus (Eisenberg) is - in a word - a wuss, afraid of his own shadow. His set of "Rules for Surviving Zombieland" is what - he feels - keeps him alive. Tallahassee (Harrelson) is an gun/shovel/banjo/bat-toting, zombie-slaying' hard ass whose single goal in life (sadly) is to find a Twinkie. They unwittingly join forces with Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Abigail Breslin), two sisters that have used their special set of skills to survive the plague.

Zombieland has what the original Scream had - a set of rules that it abides by, constantly dancing around the rules, and changing it up. It has cameo's, and unexpected funny/gory parts. It makes you jump, even when you know it's coming -- and it makes you route for the good - or bad - characters, because sometimes, they seem like one and the same! Go see it on the big screen and take a break from reality - it's totally worth the admission fee!