miley cyrus and acting – not okay 

by naia.bonet 9 months ago

this past weekend i went to go have some harmless fun at the movies. i originally wanted to see shutter island ( i love those old detective  movies) but i was reluctantly forced to go see the last song. this poat may be a little biased - i already hated her for her hoarse voice and long legs i love nicholas sparks books they are unrealistic , always have that super tragic moment that brings people together and everyone ends up kissing. i knew all of this going into the theater but wow, i did not expect to be so humored the entire time. the story is of an angsty teen ( miley cyrus) who has to move with her brother to her father house on the beach. her father has been recently blamed for a church fire in the local town. miley meets a beautiful model, by accident of course and he falls in love with her through a series of turtle egg watching sessions. the MAIN problem with the movie is that the acting is just SO bad. liam helmsworth , who is now dating miley cyrus is put in a bathing suit, covered in mud and then drenched in rain to distract fro his acting skills.miley cyrus has some strange pout thing going on with her mouth so that she looks like one of those cats that have smushed in faces

3D Easter Egg Hunt BEGINS! 

by naia.bonet 9 months ago

aaand were back. i hope all your spring breaks went well...unfortunately my face is a nice array of different shades of tan next weekend is easter weekend and Hollywood is bracing itself for the competition between TWO 3D movies thatll be released that weekend. Warner Bros is releasing "Clash of the Titans" and Paramount is releasing the more kid oriented " How to Train Your Dragon" i have a feeling that " how to train your dragon" will fare better at the box office...what better way for your sugar laden kids to sleep it off during a movie about every kids DREAM pet... personally i dont really like 3D movies they can get really distracting and im always flinching whether its a dagger being thrown in my face or an Avatar glittery thing. i prefer to be somewhat relaxed when i pay 12 dollars for a movie ticket. the only movie that has really caught my attention is "chloe" starring Amanda Seyfried ( who has kind of been coming across as a bit of a pretentious PSYCHO) as a stripper who seduces husband and wife, Julianne Moore and Liam Neeson. Apparently its been dubbed as "the lesbian fatal attraction"....hmm what do you guys think about 3D movies? what about a 3D vampire movie? HA HA

procrastinate like a celeb…who takes prelims 

by naia.bonet 10 months ago

Its prelims, less than a week till spring break we dont want to do anything. and so , as a courtesy ive compiled a list of the best ways to procrastinate while increasing your fountain of hollywood trivia. IF you are looking for something to help you procrastinate aside from Sporcle and have already memorized every country that starts with an "A" this is for you. The guys behind Repo Men made this game where you hunt down all the people who haven't paid for their organs...he he he I know you want to play http://www.repomenarecoming.com/cometh/ IF you dont really want to read anything, one of  my favorite places to go for funny reviews of the WORST movies is GQ's Worst. Movie. Ever. (Of the Week) its funny, short and requires NO brain power. The most recent one is for Dear John and i almost peed laughing. http://www.gq.com/about/worst-movie-ever-of-the-week AND finally, for the attention impaired...TRAILERS! I find that the best site is http://trailers.apple.com/ ( they have a really good balance of blockbusters and lesser known foreign films and documentaries) Watch the restricted Repo Men trailer below! trailer - director's cut good luck on your prelims everyone! PP

the oscars!! semi-live random blogging! 

by naia.bonet 10 months ago

hey all i hope you're watching the red carpet now it starts 830 but i love the red carpet.zac efron looks particularly good tonight... and george clooney's girlfriends all look the same... the italian older model/actress the only thing that i would be particularly upset about tonight would be if Christofh Waltz didnt win best supporting actor he was really great, i think i still flinch a little when he comes up the hosts for these shows...horrific so stupid sometimes kudos to the celebrities to dealing with them . helen mirren if i could look like her when i was her age i would die happy she looks fantastic! nice gum morgan freeman... not liking the dress j. lo its a little too pink maybe? SJP  I LOVE YOU!!!! her dress is fantastic. amazing. obsessed. miley cyrus you suck. you are too young. sorry, not an actress. go away. i always forget the power of the celebrity in making me SO HAPPY. i dont know if this goes for anyone else but the oscars makes me giddy like no other gabourey's dress is BEEAUTIFUL meryl streep looks fantastic i hope she wins tonight. ill be back with my thoughts/complaints of the night later enjoy the awards!!!!!!!! PP

even fictional pharmaceutical companies are evil 

by naia.bonet 10 months ago

Aside from the obvious fact that the Oscars are this weekend ( YESSSS) I wanted to bring your attention to the new website laucnhed to promote Universal's Repo Men with Jude Law and Forest Whitaker. Its not the your average movie website ( i dont know how many people go to www.thelovelybones.com anyways). IT IS SO CREEPY. But in a cool way. Like that episode of Twilight Zone where aliens look exactly like humans and everyone turns on each other?? Basically the premise of the movie is in the future we can buy all these artificial organs ( Artiforgs.. not artifrogs as I read before) on credit. The problem is that if you dont pay for your new eye, spleen, heart etc on time Jude Law will come kill you. Nice. The website, www.theunioncares.com is like the official company website for this organ lending fiasco. It is so creepy because in part, it could totally pass as a legitimate pharmaceutical company like Astra Zeneca or Pfizer. It has those video testimonials of an old couple on the beach thanking The Union for their new liver or whatever. Then there's the little kid with big eyes saying that The Union " saved my mommy" . Im definiely a closet sci-fi fan, I saw "A.I" in Japan when it came out and probably understood 1/5 of what was going on but I still really liked it. Go figure. Repo Men definitely has that weird "what-if" creepy but exciting, cant look away potential and I personally can't wait. Oh, and I also cant wait for the OSCARS!!!! the most recent buzz coming form the academy is actually BANNING the Hurt Locker producer, Nick Chartier for violating campaign standards becuase of somehting he said in an EMAIL. I understand you souldnt be bashing other nominees but this is Hollywood...people talk shit there is no way you can try to stop that and to punish someone for an EMAIL? Here is the highly offensive comment: vote for the hurt locker and " not the 500$ million dollar film" kind of makes you think is this some crazy publicity move to boost ratings???? potentially live blogging this Sunday. will confirm. CYA PP

Welcome to The Press Pass 

by naia.bonet 10 months ago

Hey all!!

Welcome to The Press Pass where you can come here to find me rant about anything in the entertainment world. From good movies, bad movies to good actors and bad actors.

For the first post, I thought that I would let my enormous fan base get to know be better with a few survey questions

Current City: Ithaca currently, but I go home to New York City which is not exactly the movie capital. I don’t get to run into big movie stars, most likely the actors who play the stripper/pimp/drug dealers on Law and Order.

Favorite Movie: Sunset Boulevard by far. If you haven't seen it, it is highly recommended. It’s a movie from the 50s about an aging actress trying to hold onto her fame. I know. How dated.

Favorite Actress: Laura Linney and Lindsey Lohan. Please don't kill me. I actually have good taste I promise.

Dream Job: Head of or as close to head of a movie studio. I’m going in small steps, beginning with this blog.

Movie I want to see: Babies!!!!!!!! Too. Much. Ponijao is my personal favorite. Also Date Night with Tina Fey and Steve Carell.

Movie I don't want to see : Cop Out. Just look at the title and you know how much work was put into its production. Just like the John Travolta masterpiece, Old Dogs. The creativity.

So for the two of you who are already crazy dedicated fans of this blog, I wanted to point out that I am really not one to enjoy the indie scene, whether it be music or movies so I'm sorry, I will probably have no opinion on the underground, intellectual dark and moody movie that is coming out one theater at a time. This blog will cover only the mainstream movies, those gooey juicy fatty ones that stick to the old tried and trested Hollywood formula.

Next weeks pass will be rants on Oscar nominations!

So as a prelude, I wanted to talk about how ridiculous it is that because Oscar viewership has been so low in the past years, the academy has been desperately trying to reach out to the younger audiences by suggesting these “Oscar Party Kits”. I think that this year getting an audience for the Oscars won’t be a problem particularly since the top contender of the awards, Avatar, is such a popular movie.

In 2007, when the nominees for best picture were movies like Letters from Iwo Jima and Little Miss Sunshine no one would get really excited about films that were still in limited release around the country. You definitely couldn’t see The Queen, another Best Picture nominee, in 3D IMAX.

So this “Oscar Party Kit” includes Oscar Bingo, printable Oscar Ballots so you can practice saying ” And the Oscar goes TO!!..” oh and wait, they recommend that “you watch as many of the Oscar nominated films as possible”.

Considering that will amount to hours and hours of pretty intense material: first, a pregnant HIV positive teenager and then two more hours about life in a bomb squad. I don’t think I would be able to go on to watch a sci-fi apocalypse.

An all around dumb idea on the Academy’s part, unless Oscar Bingo Bash sounds like your kind of fun night.

See you next week!

P.P.


Naia Bonet