Directed By: Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz
Written By: Adam Herz
Cinematography By: Richard Crudo
Editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly 

CAST: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Chris Klein, Thomas Ian Nichols, Eugene Levy, Eddie Kaye Thomas, John Cho, Tara Reid, Natasha Lyonne, Shannon Elizabeth, Mena Suvari, Chris Klein, Christina Milian, Alyson Hannigan, James Debello, Lawrence Pressman, Clyde Kusatsu, Eden Riegel, Casey Affleck,Tara Subkoff,  Mark Hoppus, Tom Delonge,  Travis Barker, Jennifer Coolidge

The plot is a bunch of teenage boys decide to make a pact to lose there virginity by the prom. Some already have experience some don’t just like some have girlfriends most don’t but they are going to help each other to there destination. They all have hijinks and obstacles they must overcome and get through.

I like to consider this the PORKY’S of the nineties or at least the American remake of it the closest we will get anyway. The film opened the eyes of nineties teenagers the way PORKY’S did in the 80’s. it revitalized a genre that seemed dead. It was hardcore for it’s time with nudity and actual sexual situations of course played for comedy but still entertaining it pushed the envelope with pride.

This film launched many careers and looking at it now it’s nice to see the cast that is so young and innocent. The movie is very entertaining it has many memorable scenes and characters

I like the fact that not everything is perfect in this film like the scenes involving the choir competition. The choir is not top notch even though they are in the competition. The film also wins point as most of the cast look like normal teenagers not gorgeous models but awkward looking gawky teenagers.

The film works on two levels as a teen movie and as a comedy. You don’t have to be young to get it. It feels original and organic not like it comes off of a assembly line. The film breezes by with the mainstays of the genre with the culmination happening at the prom. What helps the audience also feel close to the characters is the film isn’t smooth and shiny it looks like budget stuff not sharp but affordable.      

A Good Rental

GRADE: C+

American Pie 2: I can sum it up in one word, nostalgia! Pretty funny and enjoyable film that most people can relate to and still holds itself against most of the pish being rleased these days – made even better by the gratuitous spattering of über-hot nude babes. The soundtrack is absolutely top-notch, although the CD only has about 1/3 the total songs from the film. Unfortunately the later installments of the franchise are more than gash!

Score: 7/10

Demorou, mas chegou… Esta semana a seleção de filmes está bem legal. Um filme nota 5, quatro nota 4, e um nota 3. Só para lembrar, a escala é a seguinte: de 0 a 2, não assista – não vale nem R$1,99! 3 é por sua conta, assista e tire sua conclusão. 4 e 5 eu “agarantio”: pode assistir sossegado, vale R$1,99! 

Menina Má.com: Uma adolescente inteligente e charmosa, Hayley, provavelmente não deveria ir a um café local se encontrar com Jeff, fotógrafo fashion de trinta e poucos anos que ela conheceu pela internet. Mas antes que ela perceba, já está preparando drinks na casa dele e prestes a fazer uma sessão de fotografia. É uma noite de sorte para Jeff. Mas Hayley não é tão inocente quanto parece, e a caça vira caçador quando ela começa a impor uma investigação penosa sobre Jeff numa tentativa de revelar um possível passado escandaloso.

Nota 5. Abordagem bem interessante, atual e muito bem estruturada. Tem algumas falhas, mas que fazem parte de um filme de ficção. De qualquer maneira, um filmaço.

Pecados Íntimos: Estamos em uma cidade suburbana onde um grupo de jovens casais passa seus dias absolutamente devotado ao sucesso de seus filhos – criados desde crianças para se transformarem em verdadeiros formandos de Harvard. Um mundo brilhante de filhos e pais perfeitos… pelo menos durante o dia. À noite, entre quatro paredes, tudo se transforma. E os papais e mamães perfeitos tentam escapar de suas rotinas nada excitantes recorrendo à pornografia na internet ou então a casos extraconjugais. E enquanto estes casais tentam recuperar em segredo a intensidade de seus dias de adolescência, suas vidas começam a se cruzar de maneira surpreendente e muito perigosa.

Nota 4. Diferente,  com um final surpreendente e muito interessante. Merece que seja visto.

Confissões de uma noiva: Samantha vê seus sonhos transformados em realidade quando seu namorado Ben a pede em casamento. Mas, as coisas se complicam quando um compromisso profissional a leva a trabalhar com o ex-namorado. Ela vai ter de decidir entre os dois.

Nota 4. Comédia romântica de altíssimo nível. Para o estilo, nota 4 sossegado e com louvor.  

Sem vestígios: Um predador perito em internet tem exibido seus assassinatos cruéis num website e o destino de suas vítimas fica nas mãos do público: quanto mais visitas o site recebe, mais rápido as vítimas morrem. A agente especial Jennifer Marsh e Griffin Dowd fazem parte de uma divisão dedicada a crimes de internet do FBI e se envolvem neste caso que torna-se pessoal e sem vestígios.

Nota 4. Filme bacana, bem pensado, mas um tanto quanto previsível. Como se trata de um filme policial, talvez se fosse tivéssemos mais surpresas seria nota 5. Mas tudo bem, vale a pena ver!

Casamento grego: Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) é uma mulher desengonçada que trabalha com sua família em um restaurante. O sonho de seu pai, um tradicionalista grego, é ver Toula casada com um conterrâneo, mas ela é correspondida pelo inglês Ian Miller (John Corbett). Eles mantêm um namoro às escondidas, mas logo são descobertos e, a partir daí, Toula e Ian lutam para que haja a aceitação de sua família. Indicado ao Oscar de Melhor Roteiro Original.

Nota 3. Nada de tão engraçado como dizem por aí. Oscila entre momentos engraçados, e outros que dá até sono.

Day 2 of Event #28, USD 1500 No-Limit Hold’em, concluded with the field narrowing from the original 2,638 who signed up for Day 1 to the final 27 who will return for Day 3. As play concluded in the evening, the chip leader was Joe Simmons on a stack of 1,120,000, followed by Jason Potter with 929,000, and Rico Ramirez with 789,000.

Play started at 2:00 p.m., and the money bubble was burst about 90 minutes later, with the remaining 270 players all earning at least USD 2,808. Cody Slaubaugh was among the 56 bustees who failed to make the cut. He opened the pot to 3,000 from middle position before Kyle Hegeman made it 9,000 total from the big blind. Slaubaugh reraised to 20,000. Hegeman moved all in over the top for his last 42,900 and Slaubaugh called, only to discover that he was dominated by Hegeman. The board ran out, and Slaubaugh was crippled with 4,200. After doubling a few hands later, Slaubaugh got the rest of chips into the middle against an opponent. The opponent turned a set to send Slaubaugh to the rail.

Once the bubble passed, the shorter stacks busted out rapidly, 65 in the first hour. 2008 Main Event runner-up Ivan Demidov was one of three contestants eliminated simultaneously when four players at one table were dealt pocket pairs, and all four decided to make a stand before the flop. Champie Douglas’s pair of kings was best, and they held up against a pair of queens, Demidov’s tens, and another player’s sixes. About an hour later, Douglas pulled off an only slightly less dramatic double-elimination when he was best from beginning to end against and on the board. Douglas would eventually succumb though, in 69th place, worth USD 6,121.

One of the largest pots Joe Simmons collected on his way to the end-of-day chip lead came at the expense of Neil Channing. Both had big pocket pairs –Channing and Simmons and together they put 300,000 chips into the middle on the safe-looking flop. Neither the turn nor the river helped Channing. Not even God could save the queens.

Liv Boeree was running hot for awhile. She check-called all in on the flop, made a flush on the turn, and the river dream card was just the icing on the double-up cake. Less than an hour later she doubled again with pocket aces besting A-K. Her luck couldn’t hold out, though, and she exited the tournament in the 57th place (USD 7,237) after running    into an opponent’s pair of red aces.

The notables who collected a check before heading home were Thor Hansen, Kelly Kim, Mats Gavatin, Clark Hamagami, Tony Cousineau, and overnight chip leader Van Dung Nguyen.

The remaining 27 players will reassemble Monday at 1:00 p.m. PDT and play to the end. All are now guaranteed a minimum payout of USD 18688, and the winner will be getting USD 639,331 and a nice piece of WSOP jewelry.

$2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha Event #30, Day 1 – J.C. Tran Seizes Early Lead

It was a killing field for Day 1 of Event #30, $2,500 Pot-Limit Omaha, a new WSOP event for 2009. The starting field of 436 was squeezed down to just 61 by the time tournament officials stopped the mayhem. On the top of the heap stood J.C. Tran with 176,900. Len Ashby finished in the second chip position with 123,500, followed by Jesse Rios with 109,200. John Juanda, Theo Jorgensen, Eli Elezra, David Chiu, Andy Bloch, and Phil Ivey are also still in the fight.

Players started at noon with 2,500 in tournament chips, plus two add-on chips, redeemable during the first three levels of play for another 2,500 each. A “table of death” was formed early with C.K. Hua, Jeffrey Lisandro, David “Devilfish” Ulliott, Rob Hollink, Jesper Hougaard, Kirill Gerasimov, and Gavin Smith all seated at the same table. Not surprisingly, this table saw a disproportionate share of action.

Smith and Lisandro managed to get all their chips into contention on the board, with Smith. On the river meant that Lisandro doubled up with his set of deuces. A short time later, it was Hua and Ulliott who put it all at risk, this time on the flop. Ulliott was ahead, but Hua had the draws. When the turn and river fell, Hua had two pairs to Ulliott’s one, and the Devilfish had to use his last add-on chip.

Phil Hellmuth may have gotten a little too eager in a heads-up pot against Mike Stoltz. Stoltz was first to act after the flop and he was contemplating his action when Hellmuth said, “All right, I call you,” and pushed his chips into the middle before Stoltz had bet. Stoltz then put his chips into the pot, and the hands were turned over. It was Stoltz’s wheel draw that rolled in when the board completed.

An astonishing mass of poker talent could not survive the day, including Greg Raymer, Gavin Griffin, Michael Mizrachi, Barry Greenstein, Max Pescatori, Jimmy Fricke, Burt Boutin, Shannon Shorr, Jason Mercier, Nenad Medic, Daniel Negreanu, Erick Lindgren, Gavin Smith, Robert Mizrachi, David Williams, Mike Sexton, Jesper Hougaard, Jan von Halle, Chau Giang, Sam Farha, Katja Thater, Clonie Gowen, Jared Hamby, Jeffrey Lisandro, Prahlad Friedman, Sabyl Landrum, Adam Junglen, Berry Johnston, Barry Shulman, Kirill Gerasimov, David Ulliott, Chris Bell, Mike Binger, and Dan Heimiller.

Play resumes on Monday at 2:00 p.m. PDT, and will go until either 3:00 a.m. or when a final table has been determined. The last 61 players will be competing for 45 payouts, ranging from USD 4,883 to USD 235,685 – plus the small matter of a gold bracelet for first – taken from a total prize pool of USD 1,002,800.

USD 1500 HORSE Event #31, Day 1 – Kurtzman Out in Front
Day 1 of Event #31, $1,500 HORSE, was slated for the evening shift as 770 participants commenced play at 5:00 p.m. After completion of the eight scheduled levels, the field had been whittled down to 220. Atop the leaderboard was Eric Kurtzman with 57,800, with Marco Traniello (55,000), Jim Silveira (55,000), and Andy Black (54,300) close behind.

The format of this event calls for the games to change every hand. Phil Ivey already has two bracelets in the 2009 WSOP, but even he can stand some luck once in awhile. Ivey was the big blind and called a raise from a player in early position. Ivey called down all the way to the river where, he finally led out. His opponent made the call. But the cowboys were no good against Ivey’s queen-high straight, made with    in the hole.

The pot put Ivey’s stack up to 5,200, after having been blinded off for most of the first two levels while the multi-tabling Ivey played in Event #30, the USD 2500 Pot-Limit Omaha. Ivey was eliminated in absentia near the end of the day, as he focused his attention on the Omaha event, where he is still in contention.

Mike Matusow didn’t share Ivey’s luck. He was eliminated in a hold’em hand, all in before the flop for his last 475 chips from the small blind . He was up against the   of Filipe Pacheco. Matusow estimated his chances at “about 50-50” when he saw the cards. He had to revise it to “about 99.9 percent against” after the flop came. It was zero on the turn card.

After getting crippled in a stud hand, Daniel Negreanu made his exit in hold’em just before the close of the day. He was all in against one opponent on the flop in the hole. The opponent called with a flush draw,that missed the  turn but filled when the river came  .

Others not getting a return-invitation to the party included Gavin Smith, Markus Golser, Billy Argyros, Dutch Boyd, Shirley Rosario, Maria Ho, Chau Giang, Todd Brunson, Mel Judah, Erick Lindgren, and PokerNews Editor-in-Chief, Haley Hintze.

But many familiar faces will return when the field takes off again on Day 2. These include Mickey Appleman, Paul Darden, Barry Greenstein, Anna Wroblewski, Mark Gregorich, Vanessa Rousso, Bryan Micon, Thor Hansen, Shannon Shorr, Archie Karas, Annie Duke, Marcel Luske, Chad Brown, Bryan Devonshire, Lacey Jones, Shannon Elizabeth, Fabrice Soulier, Blair Rodman, David Singer, Mimi Tran, Ming Lee, James Van Alstyne, Toto Leonidas, Perry Friedman, Joe Serock, Matt Savage, Katja Thater, Farzad Bonyadi, Rodney Pardey, and Al Barbieri.

All 220 surviving players will return to the felt when action gets underway at 2:00 p.m. PDT. The prize pool of USD 1,051,050 will be divided among 72 spots, each getting at least USD 2848, with USD 247,033 reserved for the winner.

Welcome to another Tuesday Althing, where all topics (usually of Scandinavian interest) are up for display.

Today I offer some Viking humor — courtesy of The Well of YouTube and a program called Thank God You’re Here. As much as I hate horned helmets on Vikings, I can deal with them when there’s funniness or football to be had. The following vid contains no football, but it does have some hilarious hot chicks AND George Takei, aka Sulu of Star Trek fame — be sure to watch long enough to witness his move to become the new Viking chieftain. Classic! The funny stuff starts at the 1:40 mark:

Thanks for stopping by. See ya Tuesday!

Decirme que no os hace gracia solo esta foto...

Hay películas que parecen mucho menos de lo que son en realidad, y te llevas una grata impresión porque el factor sorpresa juega a tu favor. Me pasó viendo Gladiator, que esperaba que fuese la tipica película de acción sin nada de profunidad. Me pasó con Mi vida sin mí, que pensaba que sería la típica españolada en la que lo único importante sería mostrar carne. Y en comedia, me pasó con Tomcats, conocida en España como Juerga de Solteros.

Obviamente , no es una película de grandes actores(los dos que encabezan el reparto, Shannon Elizabeth y Jerry O’Conell son actores algo segundones) grandes escenarios o grandes historias. A Tomcats la encabezan sus ganas y su gran sentido del humor. Es igual que un equipo pequeño, aunque no tenga mucha calidad, en un arranque de casta siempre puede ser mejor.

Por lo pronto nos encontramos con humor fácil desde el principio. En vez de tener que aguantar,como en otras pelis, música machacona mientras vemos el largo desfile de nombres contribuyentes, en Tomcats encontramos en los créditos iniciales una parodia de Rasca y Pica pero con un gato y un perro, que pelean por una chica.

Jerry O'Conell se basta y se sobra para hacer la peli

Luego nos encontramos con un guión que pasa de líneal a genial. Una historia simple (el tío con miedo al compromiso que se arruina y luego se enamora cuando menos se lo espera) es tratada en esta hora y media con un cuidado exquisito. Aunque la película va(alguien lo duda con ese titulo?)encaminada al humor sexual, este es tratado como algo cotidiano, teniendo asi probablmente la aproximación más real a la vida misma.

Pero Shannon Elizabeth, pues también ayuda

Se entra en un mundo que se conoce. Los celos, el alcohol, la vivencia despreocupada, el amor, la sopresa, e incluso hay tiempo en esta película para temas como la cultura y la religión. Todos ellos, girando en torno al sexo. ¿Y acaso ese no es el tema de este mundo? Tratar de encontrar placer en él ¿No es lo que busca todo el mundo que sale un sábado por la noche? Es precisamente eso lo que hace de esta una buena peli.

Aparte, los chistes faciles y las escenas absurdas son sencillamente buenisimas. Tratando cosas como el rídiculo, las apariencias o la banalidad, pero todo ello relacionado de manera increible con el argumento principal. Es sencillamente buenisimo.

Tal vez sea porque a mi me gusta el humor fácil, tal vez porque contiene la escena con la que mas me he reído en mi vida, o tal vez porque hasta que salió American Pie 2 consideraba que esta comedia no tenía rival. Pero a mi me encanta, y por ello le voy a dar la máxima puntuación, y os aseguro que no voy a calificar así muchas películas.

Nota final 10/10 y recomendadísima para cualquier momento. De hecho os confesaré que si estoy de bajón, esto y el derbi que gano el Estu hace 2 años es lo que suelo ver para animarme.

Shannon Elizabeth Sex Tape – Adult video download.