I watched five (5) movies this past Sunday.
It was just one of those days when you wake up don’t wanna do shit. However, I did go for a hike after the third movie to get my daily dose of Vitamin D (sidebar: I think nature is cool except for everything that nature has to offer i.e. spider webs, the sound of something moving through the woods then you look over and it’s just a squirrel running, the thought of a bear/snake/vulture/sex offender appearing out of nowhere to challenge you, walking into a spider web, etc.). Here are my thoughts on those movies:
S#!%house, or, Shithouse (2020): I first heard about this when Cooper Raiff went on the Bill Simmons podcast. Can’t believe it took me this long to see it. Raiff is the star/director/writer/producer/editor of the small-budget film with this description: “A lonely college freshman forges a strong connection with his resident assistant during a fraternity party.” It’s simple but there’s a lot to take away from it. His next movie may be better than this one.
Cha Cha Real Smooth (2022): This is Cooper Raiff’s next movie. Here’s the synopsis: “A young man who works as a Bar Mitzvah party host strikes up a friendship with a mother and her autistic daughter.” Dakota Johnson is the mother and she is a perfect partner for Raiff. Just a really good movie.
Army of Thieves (2021): It’s a prequel to Army of the Dead, the Zack Snyder zombie-heist movie starring Dave Bautista, and was actually pretty good. The storytelling is good, it’s kind of funny, but most importantly, actor/director Matthias Schweighöfer made me appreciate his character in Dead a lot more. (You can enjoy this movie without watching Army of the Dead)
Not Okay (2022): A legit good movie. It’s not like Denis Villeneuve-good or Oscar worthy but it’s good. Zoey Deutch is the ideal actress for this generation. Dylan O’Brien is hilarious and plays his cringe-worthy character to a ‘T’ (shoutout to American Assassin, btw).
Deep Water (2022): Eh. It’s a mystery-thriller-romance thing that’s not bad but I didn’t like it like I thought I would. I think it was adapted from a book or a play and it’s easy to see that (sidebar: I hate movies that were originally written as plays despite really wanting to like them, see Killer Joe). Stay for Ben Affleck and Ana de Armas.
“The Rehearsal” on HBO is the new funniest show on TV.
I’m on the record saying “Nathan For You” is the funniest TV show ever made and I stand by it. Nathan Fielder just gets comedy. I heard this on a podcast but can’t remember who said it but this person had an analogy that went: “The Rehearsal” is to “Nathan For You” what “Better Call Saul” is to “Breaking Bad” and that is correct. I don’t know if “The Rehearsal” will be better than Nathan Fielder’s first act but it is good because of what came before it.
I was recently awarded the #1 pick in my fantasy football draft.
I’m nervous. I’m looked at as inferior in my league because of my ineptitude to win. I know: you don’t care. Moving on.
I’m looking at NFL regular season win totals.
I love Seattle u5.5 and I got it at +115. I think that is the lock of the season. No Russell Wilson, Chris Carson retiring, stacked NFC West…just take it and don’t look back. I kinda like the Lions u6.5 and I feel like the Vikings could be a playoff team this year but I’m not as confident about taking them to win 10 games. Also, I hate it, but Steelers o7.5 is a good bet. Mike Tomlin just knows how to win.
The Reds blew it up again.
I’m not happy about it but at least they did it the right way. You get some top prospects from the Mariners and Twins and some other guys from some other teams for some other players you weren’t going to keep for long. Great. I hate betting on prospects to turn into actual major league talent but the Reds have all the best shortstops in the game in their farm system so someone has to pan out. Now they won’t try to compete for the playoffs for another 2-4 years and when they don’t make it they’ll trade Jonathan India and Tyler Stephenson and probably Hunter Greene and I’m already getting prepared for that. Thankfully the Bengals got their shit together and are actually trying to win. (Sidebar: I’ll be rooting for the Mariners the rest of the way after their trade for Curt Casali.)
Dude Perfect will provide and alternate stream for “Thursday Night Football” on Amazon.
I don’t see how this works. Apparently, “the plan is for them to perform dunks, stunts and tricks from their headquarters studio in Frisco, Texas.” I just don’t get it. I will say that I like how Amazon is thinking outside the box and trying to do something completely different and I’ll check it out when it’s on. But there’s just no way this has long-lasting success like the Nickelodeon game on CBS.
Griffin Weinberg 