ON VACATION!

IN an effort to reduce stress in my life, The Sneaky Cheetah will feature no new materiel til after Christmas. Maybe after New Years. But I'll come on strong with lots of DVD reviews and the Much Anticipated, Heavily Hyped, Never Disappointing Sneaky Cheetah's Best of 2005 lists in Music and Film.

Til then, have a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! and have a merry, happy Festivus! Hiiiiiidy- Hooooooo!

Best Halloween Costume of 2005

Next year, this one is mine!

Could This Be In My Future?

Lord help me.

October DVD Reviews Part II

Crash (2005)
Dir: Paul Haggis
Starring: Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, Thandie Newton, Sandra Bullock, Brendan Fraser, Ludicrous, Ryan Phillippe, Terrence Howard, Larenz Tate, William Fichtner, etc
IMDB: 8.5 (#59 on Top 250 of All-Time)

A good film, that gets a lot of props as "Best Film of the Year." Director Haggis is a veteran Hollywood writer, Oscar nominated for Million Dollar Baby. Crash is a study on racism, fear, aggression, and a lack of communication using multiple intersecting stoylines and characters, set in Los Angeles. There's the racist cop with a new partner harrassing rich black people, whose lives are thrown in turmoil by the incident. There's the street thugs who talk about not getting a fair shack in this world because of racism, then they car-jack someone, who happens to be the D.A. of L.A., whose wife is tramatized into paranoia by the incident. There's the Persian grocery store owner who's business is vandelized and so he tries to take revenge on the Latino locksmith that couldn't fix his broken door. And there's the black cop who's being used by his department as a figurehead of tolerence in a racist P.D., while dealing with a delinquint brother and an mother with Alzheimiers. It's a dense story because of the sheer size of the cast, but it moves fast, by really only focusing on aspects of the characters lives that pertain to their themes. There are some powerful scenes, most notably the scene where the locksmith and his child are confronted by the gun-wielding store-owner. This is probably the best shot, paced, written and most gut-wrenching scene from a film that I have ever seen. It is powerful and this movie should be seen for that moment alone, but the rest of Crash won't disappoint. My major complaint is that it's over too soon, and I wanted nmore from these characters. This would have made a great 5- hour mini-series. As it is, you get a lot of bang for your buck from this drama.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A


Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Dir: Ridley Scott
Staring: Orlando Bloom, Liam Neeson, Eva Green, Jeremy Irons, David Thewlis, Brendan Gleeson, Edward Norton
IMDB: 6.9

A beatiful period piece, which scores on many levels, but is downright boring on others. The story is mostly set in Jerusalem, occupied for many years by European christians and currently led by Baldwin, the Leper King (Edward Norton under the mask!). The land is protected by knights like Sir Godfrey (Neeson), who journeys back to Europe to contact a son he's never known, a blacksmith named Balian (Bloom). Balian rejects Godfrey's offer to return with him to Jerusalem, but after killing a thieving priest, runs after daddy for protection from the law. Godfrey is mortally wounded soon after and Balian becomes the heir to his holdings and title. Balian is soon engulfed by the intrigues of the King's court in Jerusalem, as he is befriended by the King and Sir Tiberius (Irons), sleeps with the King's married sister Sibyllia (Green) and pisses off the apparent King-to-be Guy de Lusignan. The entire film so far is kind of boring and kind of stupid. Bloom sleepwalks through it, showing no emotion and barely offering any dialog, just sort of going frompoint A to B to C. There's a few small battles and they are well done.

But about this time, the film kicks into gear. King Baldwin dies and bad-guy Guy de Lusignan becomes the new King. He foolishly leads Jerusalem's army out to attack the Arab forces, led by the famous general Saladin. They are decinmated and all that stands between the Arabs re-taking Jerusalem are few knights led by Balian. What follows is an epic siege, which borrows heavily from the battle of the Pelinor Fields in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King. Heaven's battle is probably the 2nd best of all time (after RotK) and the films hits a new level of awesomness that wasn't even hinted at by the slow grind of the first half of the film.

Another great thing about Kingdom of Heaven is the costumes. How many films make you look up and say, "Damn, those are the sweetest medieval costumes and props I've ever seen!"? That plus the cinematography make this the most visually impressive film I've seen in 2005. Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) is still the master at big intense blockbuster films. I hope there's some Oscars for that in Kingdom of Heaven's future. On the scale of recent historical epics, this is just under Troy, but above King Arthur and miles above Alexander.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B


Elf (2003)
Dir: John Favreau
Starring: Will Ferrell, James Cann, Bob Newhart, Edward Asner, Zooey Deschanel, Faizon Love, Andy Richter, Kyle Gass
IMDB: 7.0

Elf is pretty good. It's not great, but could become a Christma classic on the strength of the uncomplicated story, earnest performances, and a feel good ending. Ferrell is his usual manic self as Buddy, a human raised by elves in the North Pole. He relizes he doesn't fit in (sound like another wayward elf story you know?...an elf named HERMIE! perhaps?), so he journey's to New York to find his real dad, who never knew he was born. Dad (Cann) is a workaholic children's book publisher who doesn't have time for the family he's got, much less the strange addition of Buddy. The rest is basicly a fish-out-of-water story as Buddy comes to grips with New York living. Zooey Deschanel is adourable as Jovi, misfit department store clerk with a good signing voice who somehow starts to date Buddy. After this and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Zooey is fast becoming one of my favorite actresses. All this adds up to good stuf, and there's some hillarious midget humor, and who doesn't like midgets, eh?!? The soundtrack is also a solid Christmas album, and yall know how much I love Christmas Music!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B

p.s. Here's a bonus pic featuring that midget!



Kicking and Screaming (2005)
Dir: Jesse Dylan
Starring: Will Ferrell, Robert Duvall, Mike Ditka, Kate Walsh
IMDB: 5.4
This movie sucks. There are a few laughs, but they fade quickly, and unlike Elf, Ferrell's antics seem forced and kind of sad. Also there are stupid plot lines, like Ferrell becomes addicted to coffee??? and starts behaving violently to the kids, it just left me with a bad taste in my mouth.
This movie could have been about the kids, the soccer team, but they barely get screen-time. It's Farrell's bomb all the way. I won't say any more, because that's like pooping on poop.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: F

CPATION CONTEST #4!!!!

Here's Cookie and some Witches. That ain't a caption, just an explanation!

An LSU Win will make you do some Crazy Shit!

but coming out on national tv by kissing your dude/date? That's F$%#ed Up! I was jumping up and down at the time myself, and I saw this and yelled, "Hey, did you just see those two dudes kissing! HAHA!" I know it's not real clear in this picture, but it was definantly 2 guys.

The Unkillable Sneaky Cheetah survives Food Poisoning

My wife and I celebrated our 4 year annivrsary Saturday night with dinner at the Sweet Water Tavern in Sterling. It's a nice, busy place, we'd eaten there before and really enjoyed it. I ate the following:

Lobster Bisque and Jambalaya Pasta(Sauteed shrimp, chicken, andouille sausage, tomato, scallions & penne pasta in a spicy creole cream sauce)
I drank no alchohol.

At approximatly 3 am Sunday morning, I looked like this:

At least I got to lay in bed and watch football all Sunday, and I think I lost 10 lbs. in puke.

NO MORE SWEET WATER FOR ME!

LSU is UN-FREAKIN'-BELIEVABLE!!!

How many more times can they do it? Really I never doubted once that LSU wouldn't win this game. I didn't care that Bama was undefeated, or had the number one defense in the country. I even didn't care that they led 10-0 at the half. There was not a doubt in my mind that the Tigers wouldn't come back and win. It's exactly the kind of team they are. This has been the funnest season ever to watch LSU football, and if not for that damn Tennessee OT loss, where the awesome Tiger D just ran out of gas, LSU would be in the national title picture. It's not just the wins though, it's the way they win. In overtime. On the last play of the game. They get just enough to squeek bye, but they do it so often, you never doubt that they'll do it every game. If they played USC tommorrow, I'd say with all seriousness, LSU wins 20-17, in overtime. Let's hope CBS picks up that ol'Miss game next week, or I'll have a boring Saturday.

Thomas Hayden Church to Pound on Spidey!

News about the Spidey 3 movie that has been rumoured for months has been made official! Thomas Hayden Church (Wings, Sideways) will be The Sandman, one of the multiple villans in Spidey 3. Sandman can turn his body to sand, which seems lame, but wait till you see how he uses it! You Spidey fans know what I'm screamin'! Check out the picture! Comic Geeks around the world are pissing themselves with glee!

At Home DVD Reviews - October Part 1

Ahhh October. The month when I watched a shit-load of movies! No way I can fit all of these in one post, so we have a two-parter!

Ray (2004)
Director: Taylor Hackford
Starring: Jamie Foxx, Kerry Washington, Regina King, Clifton Powell, Harry J. Lennix, Bokeem Woodbine, Richard Schiff, Curtis Armstrong
IMDB: 7.9
















Truly one of the best films of 2004, and it deserves every bit of recognition it gets, plus more. Jamie Foxx's performance as Ray Charles should be considered one of the classic acting performances of all time. I know it's easier to hide an actor behind sunglasses but you really lose all sense that it's Jamie Foxx on screen, it's just Ray. Ray will tug your emotions all over the place, from the painful loss of Ray's little brother, to his gradual childhood loss of his sight, to constant discrimination as an adult. But through it all he's still a womanizing heroin junkie. A perfect role model he's not, but a genius, yes. If you weren't a fan of Charles' music before, you'll be won over. Really, you've got to see this. I can't describe how well this film succeeds. I think Ray deserved Best Picture last year, If you agree, let me hear an AMEN!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A



Closer (2004)
Director: Mike Nichols
Starring: Natalie Portman, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Julia Roberts
IMDB: 7.4













I couldn't believe legendary director Mike Nichols did this film. He's like 73 years old. He directed the Graduate and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? , both top 250 films. And his genius is all over this film. Closer is a brutally honest look at love, infidelity, and regret. No one is truly innocent here. And as the film progresses, your perceptions of the characters will shift. Who's the victim? Who's the cheating bastard? They all are! All 4 of the stars are wonderful, especially Clive Owen. Roberts performance is subdued and seems to be real acting for a change. It's also cool hearing Roberts using some truly explicit language! And the Natalie Portman's stripper scene is hot (see above)! I heard she actually did some nudity, but old man Nichols decided to cut it out. It's still the bomb! Anyway, this movie is great. It'll also make you wonder who you're really talking too when someone instant messages you!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A



12 Angry Men (1957)
Director: Sidney Lumet
Starring: Henry Fonda, Joseph Sweeney, Ed Begley, Jack Klugman, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb, E.G. Marshall, Ed Binns, George Voskovec, Robert Webber
IMDB: 8.7 (#21 on Top 250 of All-Time)

A good classic. The entire film is set in a hot room with a table, 12 chairs and a broken fan. 12 jurors debate their verdict on a murder that we never see, only hear about through the juror's words. They start one vote short of a conviction, but Juror #8 (Fonda) isn't convinced. He proceeds to revisit every aspect of the case and win over other jurors, one by one. This is a great example of when less is more in filmmaking and storytelling, and you will never see films like this made again. To not show the murder in question? To not even reveal the juror's names? (They call each other Juror #2, or #8, etc.) It all rides on the performance of twelve great actors. As you can see by the IMDB ranking, it works, and is a fascinating, "don't want to stop watching" film. 12 Angry Men deserves it's Top 250 status.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A



Saw (2004)
Director: James Wan
Starring: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung, Dina Meyer, Michael Emmerson, Monica Potter
IMDB: 7.5















This is some seriously twisted shit. That's about all I have to say about that. It's not really a horror film, just a creepy/gross psych/thriller. There's a "surprise twist" that I didn't see coming, but that's probably been spoiled for you by now. There are some plot-holes, but the overall experience of this film is successful, you will be creeped out and more then a little disturbed. Co-written by the director Wan and star Whannell. I see a future for these guys. Not as good as Seven, but still pretty decent filmmaking for apparently Zero budget.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B+


More to Come Soon!

To Infinity.... AND BEYOND!!!!!

"Now Give Me Some Candy!

Actually, doesn't the Dominator look like Patsy, King Arthur's loyal, coconut-wielding squire from Monty Python and the Holy Grail?

Nobody Acknowledges Silent Bob

I thought I had a decent enough Silent Bob costume going for Halloween, but I got zippy props for it. I think people just thought I was an overdressed flasher or some shit. C'MON PEOPLE! I grew a shitty beard for 2 weeks for this! Maybe I was in the wrong neighborhood. It seemed none of the parents around here were sporting costumes, even though they aren't much older then I. And I was trick or treating with 2 Buzz Lightyears, Batman and a Faerie Princess. WATCH A KEVIN SMITH MOVIE SOMETIME, PEOPLE!


p.s. my dramatic pose is MONEY!

White Sox fans are F#@%ing Crazy!

they also disregard the dangers of jaywalking.

Actual Satellite Photo of Wilma

Saints get screwed AGAIN!

It shouldn't surprise me. My grandfather's been saying it for 70+ years. The saints get screwed by the refs. And this year, they also got screwed by the league and a beeyatch named Katrina. How many new ways can they find to lose. He's the scoop. The Saints are behind in the 4th quarter (SHOCKER!) and Aaron Brooks completes a pass to Ernie Conwell, above. Conwell falls on his back and then some Ram player grabs the ball out of his hands and runs to the endzone. No whistle had blown, so they give'em a touchdown! You gotta beF'ing kiding me! And they can't review it, cause the play started with over 2 minutes on the clock and the saints were out of timeouts. How retarded is the NFL replay policy?!?! Jim Haslett said all the right things after the game, probably cause he doesn't have another 20 G's lying around. But even the guys on ESPN said, "well the NFL can't fine us, so we say that was about the worst call we've EVER seen. " And it cost 'em the game. The Saints are the exact opposite of LSU. They NEVER get a break. And i'm losing interest in even pulling for these guys anymore. Maybe next year when Brooks and Haslett are gone. I may be back. But I'm done with the Saints. They may get screwed left and right, but I'm not going down with 'em! Go Redskins! (ugh)

LSU will give me a God Damn Heart Attack

"I'm gettin' too old for this shit." - Sgt. Roger Murtaugh

That's how I feel every time i've watched LSU this year. Don't they know I work early on Sunday mornings? I can't keep staying up til 12:30 on saturday nights, risking cardiac arrest, watching LSU go to overtime or have to come back in the 4th quarter every week. This team is about as lucky as any I've ever seen. They lead the nation in penalties. They are worst in the SEC in turnover margin. They are also 5-1. I'm gonna say it was the "magic" of Tiger stadium on a Saturday night. The crowd was just incredible. They forced Auburn to burn all their timeouts by being so noisy, the players couldn't hear the QB's audible, so they called timeout to avoid delay of game penalties. And I think they rattled Auburn's sorry-ass kicker. HE MISSED 5 FIELD GOALS! This is the same guy behind last years infamous 2nd extra point game.

RECAP: Last year, Auburn scores late to tie LSU, an extra point wins it. This loser kicker misses the xtra point, but LSU is penalized with some obscure penalty that a defensive guy jumped on a linemen illegaly of something (Jim Haslet would call that a "Chickenshit" call.) So they kick again, Auburn wins, goes undefeated.

That magical tiger stadium wind was pushing kicks all over, even tiger kickers missed 2 field goals. But how does Auburn RB Kenny Irons rush for 218 yards and they lose!! And LSU's sorry ass recievers Dwayne Bowe and Early Doucet drop passes in the endzone that hit them IN THE NUMBERS ON THEIR DAMN JERSEYS!?!?! Jamarcus Russell was by no means impressive, but at least he didn't put the ball on the grass. The defense was great in a bend don't break kind of way. But this team is living on luck. And keeping me up late on Saturdays. And even though I complain, I still love it.

At least I won't see them play the next two weeks versus North Texas and Appalacian State (what happened to playing an in state team every year, Skip?) But I'll be looking forward to a 7-1 LSU vs 9-0 Alabama game on November 12. It's in Bama, but LSU ownes them in 'bama. Mark it down!

Music Review - OUR LADY PEACE - Healthy in Paranoid Times

I was happy to see Our Lady Peace was still around and making albums, since so many of my other 90's favorites have hung up their strats. Their career has been a little uneven, debuting with the unspectacular Naveed (1995) but really breaking through with Clumsy (1997). They continued their moody arena-rock with Happiness is Not a Fish That you Can Catch (1999) and Spiritual Machines (2001), both solid albums, but it was Gravity (2002) that really made me a devoted fan. I can listen to that album over and over and never tire of it. It's probably my favorite album of 2002, filled with catchy hooks and great sing-a-ling lyrics, perfect music for a hockey arena full of fans to just explode to. Well, it's been three years and out comes Healthy in Paranoid Times, which is a worse album title then Happiness... It's a good disc, but the instantly catchy hooks and melodies are missing. Instead it's filled with moodier introspective songs, mostly mid-tempo, very U2 ish at times. There is a great arena rock song, trac 4, "Where Are You," and trac 1 "Angels/Losing/Sleep is also a good one. There's also a "Honeydew" moment, trac 9 I believe, that is a swinging beatles-esqu pop song that sounds unlike anything they've ever done, which is good. There's too few moments like that on the album. But I guess it would be impossible to improve on a perfect effort like Gravity, so I shouldn't be disappointed. This album won't win OLP any new fans, but die-hards like myself will enjoy this though repeated listenings.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B-

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CHICKENSHIT!!!

"The play at the end, the call by the officials ... It's flat-out chickenshit, all right? It's a flat-out chickenshit call by that crew, by 95, especially, James (Coleman, the side judge) whatever his last name is. It's a bad call because we took exactly the same play that Atlanta ran trying to block the winning field goal against New England last week and we ran that against them. They didn't call it last week, so I'm telling you it's a flat-out chickenshit call. It was the same exact play that Atlanta ran against New England to block their winning field goal. We are pulling the guy to the outside. You're allowed to pull as long as you're going forward. We pulled to get Jason Craft through. We took the play from Atlanta. Atlanta ran it last week against New England and [the officials] didn't call it last week. And again, I'll say it's a chickenshit call.''

-- New Orleans coach Jim Haslett, after his team was called for defensive holding on a missed 41-yard field goal by Atlanta in a 31-31 game with two seconds left. After the five-yard markoff, Todd Peterson made the winning 36-yard field goal at the gun to give the Falcons a 34-31 win.

That remark will probably cost Haslett 20 G's, but the man definantly knows chickenshit when he see it.

LSU tries to lose, somehow still wins

Watched the game on the HUGE screen at the Alford's, and I'm coming away with mixed feelings toward LSU now. Yes they won. Actually, they totally dominated the Florida offense, allowing only 107 yards passing and 99 yards rushing. Yet they tried to make it interesting for the loyal tiger fans by losing 5 turnovers and letting Florida stay in the game. Joseph Addai is finally being used like a #1 running back. QB JaMarcus Russell was unimpressive, any points he scored with some nice touchdown passes were erased by his inability to keep the damn ball. Oh, well....a win is a win. Alabama and Auburn await.

LSU 21 Florida 17

Meanwhile..... on ABC ....

During LSU we were flipping to the 4th quarter of Michigan vs. Penn State. Wowee Wow Wow. Penn State score 15 points in 17 seconds, a touchdown, fumble recovered for a td, then a botched extra point kick led to a 2 pt conversion. Michigan came back and scored a 2 pt conversion to tie it. Penn State took the lead with 50 seconds left. But Michigan would not be stopped. With 1 second on the clock, Michigan scored on a 10 yard TD pass, Penn State's undefeated season disappeared, and the team stormed the field, including # 8 up there, who lost his helmet so he just turned his baseball cap backwards. He's cool. It was awesome.

Michigan 27 Penn State 25

But the day was not over...

Meanwhile on NBC...

USC, Notre Dame. USC's record unbeaten streak is challenged by a resurgant Fighting Irish, sporting the "Luck O' the Irish" green jerseys. Notre Dame led 31-28, 2 minutes left. USC drove down to the ND redzone, and with time running out, QB Matt Lienert scrambles and runs toward the corner of the endzone, where he's crushed at the 1 yard line, 7 seconds left, and the clock ran down. Notre Dame fans run on the field, they have defeated the mighty Trojans. Wait a sec... on replay you can see Lienert fumble the ball out of bounds before he hits the ground. Put 7 seconds back on the clock, and get those drunk students off the field!. So on the 1, Lienert QB sneaks into the pile, spins left, and fall backward into the enzone. Trojans win, 28th in a row. Still #1. Incredible game, Notre Dame should have won it. Imagine you were a drunk irish fan that ran on the field with 7 seconds left. Haha. You're a dummie! Wowee WOWzery WOW!

USC 34 Notre Dame 31

More you say? YES, there's more....

I didn't stay up to watch it, but somehow Virginia stunned unbeaten Florida State 26-21. Bobby Bowden had this to say, "We couldn't stop that dadgum number 18." That says it all. Virginia fans had no trouble stopping this goal post from standing up, however.

VIRGINIA 26 FLORIDA STATE 21

Not all you say?

Alabama needed a 31 yard field goal as time expired to beat a shitty Ole Miss team and remain undefeated.

Alabama 13 Mississippi 10

Wisconsin was down by 3 to Minnesota with 30 seconds left when they blocked a punt and recovered it in the endzone, thereby winning the coolest trophy in football, Paul Bunyan's Axe!

Wisconsin 38 Minnesota 34

UCLA was down 38-21 in the 4th quarter before exploding offensively and forcing an OT with a TD with 50 seconds left. In OT, Washington State got a Field Goal, UCLA got a TD.

UCLA 44 Washington State 41

Boston College scored the go-ahead touchdown, a beautiful, toe-dragging bomb to the back of the end-zone, to beat Wake Forest with 1:18 left.

Boston College 35 Wake Forest 30

Missouri was down by 10 in the 4th quarter before concluding a game-tying comback with a TD with 20 seconds to play. Iowa State missed a FG in OT. Missouri didn't

Missouri 27 Iowa State 24

West Virginia needed 3 overtimes and a two point conversion to complete an upset of 19th ranked Louisville, and their RB Steve Slaton scored 6 touchdowns!

West Virginia 46 Louisville 44

So, don't you wish you watched Sportscenter last night? WHEW!

It was about the most insane day of college footbal I've ever watched. At least until next week.

Cheetah Sneaks Reunion - 2005

I know I'm late with this pic, but I hope you enjoy it. Here's the Cheetah Sneaks, 2005 edition at the reunion show, September 2005, at Bob's Pub in Lafayette. Left to right we have Neil, Craig, Brandon S., Brady, Brandon D., and Jared. There were a few rough patches, but no one could have guessed we hadn't played together in over a year. Awsome to get Cookie and Brady singing with the band together, too. It was also great to see some die hard fans and support group members like Rob THE BADDEST light guy (retired)(Check out A5 Star Plumbing!) and Blaine, co-exeutive producer of "Sneak Preview." And thanks to the Sugar Cookies for giving us an hour of stage time. It was only about the most fun I've had in years. Thank You everyone.

Movie Review - WAITING...

Director: Rob McKittrick

Staring: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long, David Koechner, Luis Guzman, Chi McBride, John Francis Daley, Kaitlin Doubleday, Robert Patrick Benedict, Alanna Ubach, Vanessa Lengies, Max Kasch, Andy Milonakis, Dane Cook, Jordan Ladd

IMDB: 7.2

The first time I saw the trailer for this film, I knew I must see it. I worked in restuarants for 9 years and always thought it would make a funny movie about what goes on in the kitchen, in the wait-stations and by the dumpsters. And just about every joke this film has, I've seen it or done it. Giving "special attention" to a plate of food that's been sent back, hell, I once knew a bartender that stuck his dick in some beeyatchs drink and stirred, before serving it to her. And after a customer leaves a shitty tip, catching him before he leaves and saying, "Hey you left this, you obviously need it more than I do." Saw someone do that too. The flirting with the underage hostess, Check. The lesbian bartender, Check. Busboys getting stoned in the cooler, Check. (cause you can't smell the weed in there.) I've pretty much seen it all.
But there's one thing here that I haven't seen. And it's the basis for the most gut-busting laughs in the film. It's pretty much the central running theme of the entire film. And I've NEVER seen it done in my 9 years of bartending/waiting tables. It's a game the waiters and cooks play called, "The Game." You learn about the game when they train this new waiter and have to show him the rules. I'm not gonna reveal what the game is, becuse it will be so much funnier when you see the film. Trust me. It's all about the game.

The cast is nothing special, but a reletive bunch of unknowns do a good job filling out the all the roles. There's the cool waiter that bangs underage girls, the neurotic waiter that feels like he's wasting his life being a waiter, the nice guy that can't say no to the waitresses when they ask him to take thier shifts (he's also got a hiarious problem with urinating in public bathrooms). There's the slutty waitress, the always on PMS waitress, the stoner, wannabe black busboys, the insane cooks, the wise philosophy-spouting dishwasher, the hottiest of the hot hostess, and the manager that has absolutely no clue that he is the lamest guy in the building. The film is shot in a Bennigans, renamed Shenanigans. It's VERY low budget and has no soundtrack to speak of. But you will laugh and laugh hard, especially if you've waited tables before. This film doesn't score a 7.2 on IMDB, for nothing, and that's a great number for a comedy.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A

OOPS!!!

I forgot a film review in my list of films I watched in Spetember. So I've added my thoughts on The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Click here to see the updated page! I'm retarded!

Can't spell McConaughey...

without GHEY!

Did I say delicious? Umm. Uhhh. Well. I meant repetitious! Yeah, that's the ticket! Umm, I think I meant to say demolition! Yeah! Look at dem abs. RRRWWWAAARRRR!

not that there's anything wrong with that.

September's At-Home Movie Reviews

I'm been slacking on my movie viewing lately, not just because I've been busy, but because I've been waching so much TV. Not only all the new stuff on the fall lineup, but I went through the complete series of Firefly and season one of Lost. More on that later. But for now, only 4 films here.

Robots (2005)
Director: Chris Wedge, Carlos Saldanha
Stars: The Voices of Ewen McGregor, Robin Williams, Mel Brooks, Greg Kinnear, Halle Berry, Amanda Bynes, Drew Carey, Jim Broadbent, Paul Giamatti, Stanley Tucci
IMDB: 6.4

This movie generally got bad reviews, but dammit if I didn't enjoy the heck out of it. The story is nothing new: Small-town boy (robot), Rodney (Ewen McGregor sans Obi-Wan accent) goes to the city to pursue his dreams of success (become an inventor). City is in crisis from corporation run by baddies. They're discontinuing the manufacture of spare parts to force eveyone to buy the far more expensive upgraded bodies. No one will do anything until boy shows them how and gives them hope. Yadda Yadda Yadda. But visually, this movie is breathtaking. The complexity of the robot society is so marvelous, you'll rewind to scenes just to make sure you can take in everything that's going on. It's also a huge ensemble cast, which makes Robin Williams usual schtick less annoying. The ending is a huge Braveheart style battle with tons of robots trashing tons of other robots. Another cool thing is the placement of music. You'll hear War's Lowrider, C&C Music Factory's Gonna Make You Sweat, and Britney Spears Hit Me Baby One More Time, amoung others, all in silly situations. That's a big redeaming quality of this movie. It's downright silly. It's not Pixar, but from the maker's of Ice Age, it's the next best thing. Best gag: When Rodney arrives in Robot city, he asks a robot street performer for directions. The street performers begins dancing doing...wait for it....wait for it...THE ROBOT! To Chingy's Right Thuur, no less. SILLY!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A

Sahara (2005)
Director: Breck Eisner
Stars: Matthew McConaughey, Steve Zahn, Penelope Cruz, William H. Macy
IMDB: 5.9

Another film that got shit on by critics, Sahara is a an action/adventure/comedy that get's it right, when so many similar films fail miserably. It's based on a novel by Clive Cussler, just one of the umpteenth "Dirk Pitt" book he's published since 1973. I've read 4 Pitt books, and really enjoy them. Pitt is a combo James Bond/Indiana Jones: A treasure-hunting, ass-kicking, hottie-bangin' guy, played deliciously by Matthew McConaughey. The adventure involves a missing civil-war battleship full of confederate gold, a deadly disease outbrake in Africa, and a global environmental disaster waiting to happen. It's fun and funny, mainly due to McConaughey's rapport with one of my favorite actors, Steve Zahn. Zahn (as Al Giordino) isn't so much Pitt's comic side-kick as partner in crime. I've never been impressed with Penelope Cruz, but she's ok in this movie. She's not the helpless female lead, but a sorta-capable hottie who'a also one of the gang with some good funny moments herself. The soundtrack is a major cool factor of the film. What do middle-age diver/navy seal/ working class guys listen to? Classic Rock, baby. And whenever there's a radio present, blaring out of it is some Skynyrd, Grand Funk, Guess Who, or some other classic rock legend. It's a perfect fit. Surprising good directorial debut from Breck Eisner, who it's believed only got the job cause of daddy (and Disney Tycoon) Michael Eisner. I definantly recommend this film. You could do alot worse in the adventure genre. Give Sahara a shot.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B+


The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
Director: Garth Jennings
Stars: Martin Freeman, Zooey Deschanel, Mos Def, Sam Rockwell, Alan Rockman, Warwick Davis, Bill Nighy, John Malkovich, Anna Chancellor
IMDB: 6.7
Another adaptaion from a literary source I've read, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is a book considered to be on the level of the Bible by some, and a rambling plotless piece of garbage by others. You really have to love British Humor to like this book. The movie does it's best to Americanise it for the mainstream which hurt the story I think. Just as the Earth is about to be destroyed to make room for an intersellar freeway, Arthur Dent (Freeman) is saved by his friend Ford Prefect (Mos Def) who turns out to be an alien doing research on Earth for a digital encyclopedia called "the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." They grab their towels (you'll see)and hitch a ride with Earth's destroyer's, the alien homicidel poetry-loving Vogun, and eventually run into Ford's cousin Zaphod Beeblebrox (Rockwell), who's also the President of the Known Universe and his girlfriend Trillion (Deschanel), who's actually an earthling that Arthur was hitting on at a party a few weeks ago. They're on the run after Zaphod stole the greatest spaceship ever made to pursue the ultimate question. See they've discovered the ultimate answer to Life, the Universe and Everything is actually 42. So now they have to find the ultimate question. Sound interesting don't it? Well throw in a depressed robot named Marvin (Warwick Daivs in the suit, voice of Alan Rickman), and a planet designer who's really good at making Fjords, and some white mice and you've got this film. You can imagine how hard this would be to really nail in a film. And it is. The cast is good, especially Zooey Deschanel and Mos Def, although it seems a lot of Def's dialog had to be overdubbed. The special effects are spectacular and they do hit some of the right comedic moments. But read the book, skip the film. Or at least read the book first!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: Book - A, Film - C +

Layer Cake (2004)
Director: Matthew Vaughn
Stars:Daniel Craig, Tom Hardy, Jamie Hawkins, Kenneth Cranham, Michael Gambon
IMDB: 7.4

This film seemed promising because even though it was Matthew Vaughn's directorial debut, he earned major street cred as the producer of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch. I figured Layer Cake would fit in nicely with those two, and to a certain extent, it does. British mafia/drug dealers and almost unintelligible accents. But here's how it fails. They forgot the humor. Both Lock Stock and Snatch had me rolling at times, yet I struggled to find one humorous scene in this film. It does have a twisted, convoluted plot, and multiple layers of back stabbing and double crosses, yet for a film with "HILARIOUS" printed in bold across the front of the DVD case, it was disappointing.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: C

No Comment on LSU Loss!

I don't feel like talking about this. I stayed up til midnight watching that damn game, then had to leave for work at 3:45 am, and I was not in the best of moods. Then at work, we're showing damn highlights of the shit. I will not Post about LSU losses, only their victories, which they should have at least 8 more! GO TIGERS!

p.s. - If you loyal readers feel the need to vent your rage or grieve, go right ahead with your comments.

Greatest 4th Quarter EVER!

I had been looking forward to this for 9 months. LSU Football. There's something everyone from Louisiana should be doing on Saturday nights in the fall. It involves food, friends, beer, a comfortable living room and the LSU Tigers on TV. Old habits die hard. I broke out my last pack of Louisiana shrimp from the freezer and made a shrimp and sausage gumbo. Even though I really don't drink anymore, I was strangely compelled to buy a six pack of beer Saturday evening. The in-laws came over and after tearing up possibly the best gumbo I've ever made (good smoked sausage not withstanding) we hunkered down to watch the purple and gold play a home game in Tempe, Arizona, a game made all the more poingnent by the events unfolding in Louisiana.
I should have slept for the first three quarters. After getting us all worked up on a ballsy fake punt from their own endzone, LSU proceeded to do zippy. Producing only 7 points in three quarters was baffling. The sun devils couldn't stop the running game. JaMarcus Russell looked great, tossing bullet at the hands of his receivers, most of which were dropped. I was calling for the benching of Early Doucet after three painful drops and a holding call that wiped out a standard Joseph Addai run. Addai's standard is always picking up around 9 yards every time he touches the ball. He's a Horse! The party started to wind down. Guests left in the 3rd quarter, the Dominator and the wife both checked out at the start of the 4th. I was alone in the dark with the Tigers, down 17-7 as they suddenly blocked a field goal and ran it back for 6. Score: ASU 17, LSU 14. If anyone has watched an LSU, UL or Saints game with me, they know I scream while my team breaks open a big play. I was screaming my big ol head off here! 4 minutes later, the Tigers blocked a punt and took it to the house! More scream! Looks like the special teams decided to win this game for themselves. By the way, what's with ASU's stupid punt formation with 3 linemen back by the punter. Great idea retards! I lay down on the sofa as the tigers cheered, LSU 21, ASU 17. Then I fell asleep.
SHIT! I woke up with 5 minutes left on the clock. Both teams had scored touchdowns to make the score LSU 28, ASU 24! DAMMIT!!!! Then my worst fears were confirmed. ASU's Sam Keller hits WR Moey Muntz (wha?!?!) in the endzone to grab the lead, 31-28. By now it's apparent that Nick Saban took his "best damn D in the country" with him to Miami. Keller finished with 461 yards, 35-56 and an Abe Lincoln (four scores). I'm sure LSU now has the worst passing D in football. But never count out the tigers on Saturday night!
Russell and Addai confidently led the tigers down the field, until the drive stalled at the ASU 40 yard line. Too far for a game tieing field goal from squirrelly kicker/third baseman whatever-his-name-is Jackson. 4th and 12. Go for it all! Russell finds Doucet in the endzone!!! TOUCHDOWN TIGERS!!!! (SCREAM, SCREAM, SCREAM!!) Now we just have to stop the young Dan Marino here before he passes for another 80 yards and a td. And what do you know, we did! The D finally showed up and stuffed Keller and co with some Blitzes and some fine Man-to-Man coverage that has been the trademark of LSU defenses for the last few years!
Russell is for real at QB. So is Joseph Addai at RB, something we've know for 3 years now. The receivers are a question mark but LSU has about 10 of them, so I think we can find the right combination soon. The D was torched, but I attribute that to just how good ASU's pass happy offense is. When they needed the stop, they got it. And the special teams unit truly is special, and not in that Special Ed sort of way.
Next up: Tennessee. Home opener. In Death Vally, under the lights. Louisiana Saturday Night!

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August's At-Home Movie Reviews

Before Sunrise (1995)
Before Sunset (2004)

Director: Richard Linklater


Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy

IMDB:
Sunrise: 7.9
Sunset: 8.3 (112 on Top 250)

Here's a suggestion: Either watch these two movie on two successive nights or watch Before Sunrise and wait nine years before watching Before Sunset. Because that's how long it was between these two gems. Truly independent films with an original concept that are possibly the most romantic films ever made.

The filmmaking concept is this. Before Sunrise: Two strangers (American Guy and French Girl) meet on a train one evening in Vienna, Austria. There's an instant attraction. His plane leaves in the morning. He persuades French Girl to accompany him wandering about the streets of Vienna until morning. They talk. A lot. About everything. And fall in love. The sun rises. He must leave. They vow to meet again in 6 months at the same spot. They don't exchange phone numbers or even last names, just a promise to return.
Before Sunset: Jesse (Hawke) is in Paris promoting his book (about a whirlwind one-night romance in Vienna, wink wink) when he looks over and sees Celine (Delpy) whom he hasn't seen for nine years. They didn't meet six months after Sunrise. His plane leaving in 2 hours, they stroll through Paris discussing life in the past nine years.

You may be thinking "what a boring concept. all they do is walk around and talk." And yes, that is pretty much all that happens. You may not "get it." For everyone that loves these films, there's an equal amount that just couldn't even make it through them. I think they're masterpieces. I've never seen two actors more in tune with their roles and each other. There are shots here that go on for minutes without cut aways as Jesse and Celine go back and forth with conversation, jokes, questions and stories. It never feels forced, they have a natural connection and ease with each other. It's not like watching a movie with these contrived situations that force two people together. There are no situations. Just two people walking around a European city talking. You can see them falling deeply in love with each other all the while knowing they will be separated when the night is over. And the whole time, you're really pulling for them to get together. It'll also make you take stock of your own relationships, past and present.
Before Sunset brings us back to Jesse and Celine and it's addictive wondering what these two characters who were so interesting and enchanting have been doing for 9 years and why they didn't get together. They're more mature and at first restrained, both were obviously hurt by the missed connection 9 years earlier. But they soon realize that they've been given another chance with each other and the film becomes more passionate and equally desperate because they will soon be separated again. It ends in a at first puzzling, but genius ending.
Both were written and directed by one of my newer favorite directors, Richard Linklater, the man responsible for Dazed and Confused (1993) and School of Rock (2003). And Sunset was co-written by Hawke and Delpy, indicating that some of the dialog was improvised by two actors who really knew their characters.

I first saw Before Sunrise alone, and immediately watched it again with my wife. I must say I'm now hopelessly in love with Julie Delpy, just as my wife is with Ethan Hawke. We both agreed if we get a chance to hook up with either of them, we can go for it, and it's ok. These two films are the most realistically honest romantic films I've ever seen. I can't recommend these strongly enough, but don't blame me if you hate them. I also warned you!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade:
Before Sunrise: A
Before Sunset: A+

Empire of the Sun (1987)

Director: Steven Spielberg

Cast: Christian Bale, John Malkovich, Miranda Richardson, Nigel Havers, Joe Pantoliano,

IMDB: 7.5

Somehow I never saw this film before this month, and it never gets mentioned amoung Spielberg's greats. But it has all the characteristics of classic Spielberg, incredibly accurate sets, stunning cinematography, a fascination with flight, and that classic 40's "feel" that's in all his WWII period pieces (1941, Indiana Jones, Saving Private Ryan). Empire focuses on the British citizens living in Shanghai when Japan invaded. Those dopey Britts ignore all the signs that the shit is about to hit the fan until it happens and they all get shuffeled into prison camps. Christian Bale is Jim, a boy seperated from his family who must figure out how to fend for himself alone in shaghai and then in the camps. Bale is magnificent here, especially considering he was only 12 when he made it. Malkovich is wickedly good as Basie, an oppurtunistic American prisoner who become the most powerful guy in camp, and takes Jim under his wing. Also cool roles for Joey Pants and see if you can spot a young Ben Stiller in the Prison Camp. For the life of me, I don't see how this film gets so little respect now. It got 6 oscar noms in 87, but was shutout when the similar-feeling The Last Emporer won 9 statues. Oh well. Even Spielbeg gets the shaft sometimes.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B+

Rear Window (1954)

Director: Alfred Hitchcock

Cast: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr

IMDB: 8.7 (#15 on Top 250)


Continuing my quest to see every film on the IMDB Top 250, I give you Rear Window. Considered by many to be Hitchcock's best film, Rear Window finds the master of suspense at the top of his game. L.B Jeffries (Stewart) is a photographer confined to a wheelchair with a broken leg. He spends his time looking out the rear window of his apartment and observing his neighbors, most of whom don't own curtains. With the exception of a few shots at the end, the entire film is shot from Jeffries apartment. This is how you create suspense and mystery, folks. We only see what Jeffries sees, glimpsing his neighbors as they fleetingly walk by their own windows. When one of his neighbor's wife disappears, Jeffries suspects foul play and enlists aid from his nurse (Ritter), a detective buddy (Corey) and his socialite girlfriend (Kelly) whom he's been trying to break up with. The acting is superb by the immortal James Stewart and Grace Kelly. But especially tasty is the near wordless performances by the neighbors, who all display distinct personalities and habits that draw the viewer into what should be a boring faceless apartment complex. We also see a pre-Perry Mason Raymond Burr as the mysterious Lars Thornhold, and the scene when Thornholds spots Jeffries spying through some binoculars will chill your blood. If you want to expand your classic film education, this is about the best place to start.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: A

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)

Director: Joe Burlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Cast: James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, Bob Rock

IMDB: 7.7

A brutally honest film which chronicles the downward spiral of Metallica, once my favorite band. I got hooked on Metallica with the Black Album (1991), but immediately bought their entire discography, and became a true and loyal fan. The 90's made Metallica into international superstars, but at the cost of some weak albums in Load (1996) ReLoad (1998). Then Bassist Jason Newstead quite the band, and here the film starts. Metallica begins the new album with producer Bob Rock standing in on bass. But they're at each others throats, and the sessions suck. Hetfield goes to rehab for 6 months, they get a band therapist, change their writing style, get a new bassist and record the crappiest album of all time. But it's a fascinating documentary about how this all went down. To really see Metallica at the top of their game, rent A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica (1992) a documentary about the making of the Black Album. Some Kind of Monster has a interesting, yet sad and broken Metallica. It gets really sad when they talk about how great the new stuff is, when in actuality it's more worthless then a handful of poo. Just look at that picture up there. Can you tell which one is the therapist? And I don't mean TheRapist.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B

The Bad News Bears (1976)

Director: Michael Ritchie

Cast: Walter Matthau, Vic Morrow, Tatum O'Neil, Jackie Earle Haley, Chris Barnes

IMDB: 6.8

Watched this for the first time in years to prepare for the Billy-Bob Thorton remake. It struck me that this film really works on two levels. There's the kids movie which any little leaguer will take to heart, about booting grounders, lame dugout chants, and incredible pressure just to get a hit. But there's also a subtle struggle by Buttermaker (Matthau) over alchoholism and anger management. Some scenes here are borderline child abuse that weren't played for a laugh, and I found them little disturbing. Matthau plays it straight and serious and should get more credit for his performance here. But the appeal here is the filthy dialog spilling from the mouths of the kids. It was a different time then and this stuff would never make it into a film now, even an R-rated one. Watch it for nostalgic reasons, then marvel at how much was over your young head last time you saw it!

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: B

Blade: Trinity (2004)

Director: David S. Goyer

Cast: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posey, Triple H

IMDB: 5.7

Blade: Trinity is a perfect sequel in the Blade series. It sticks to the formula, doesn't shake things up, and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It IS good for pure vampire-slaying enjoyment, and really, who could ask for anything more. Snipes is back as Blade, which isn't saying much, because you could paint a picture of Blade on a slab of granite and not notice that it wasn't Wesley Snipes. Blade's mentor and buddy Whistler (Kristofferson) dies again like he did in 1 and 2. So if you don't make you character grow or change, you've got to add more supporting characters to carry the film. Enter Abigail Whistler (Jessica Biel) and Hannibal King (Ryan Reynolds). Biel is hot and that's about all you've gonna get from her. Reynolds does his best Jason Lee impersonation and carries the movie on his back. He's actually very funny and flings out zingers with every line. The gang has a few other friends in their Vampire Killing Club, (including a horribly miscast Natasha Lyonne as a blind computer genius/scientist who thinks it's cool to keep her 8 year old daughter at the Vampire Killer Club hideout), but they all die within minutes of the standard introduction scene. The Vampires (who seem easier then ever to kill) wake up Dracula, the Lord of the Vampires, but they just call him Drake, because Dracula is so, like 1931. The vamps also include wrestler Triple H (Which lamely stands for Hunter Hearst Helmsley, but who's real name is the equally nerdy Paul Michael Levesque), and Parker Posey, who for some reason no matter how bad she looks or bitchy she acts, I still thinks she's sexy as all hell. This movie isn't as horrible as I'm making it sound, but it's not adding much to the Vampire mythos, or even the woeful Superhero film craze.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: C+



Alexander (2004)

Director: Oliver Stone

Cast: Colin Farrell, Angelina Jolie, Val Kilmer, Anthony Hopkins, Jared Leto, Rosario Dawson, Christopher Plummer

IMDB: 5.5

I really wanted this film to be good. I love a good epic, the cast sounds impressive, and Stone's been making some decent films lately. Unfortunately, This movie is a bigger turd then the Giant Turd-Like Corndog ol' Alexander is about to eat in that picture up there. The entire cast stinks. Farrell is not only not impressive as Alexander, he's a downright panty-waste. It seems Alaxander's whole motivation for his great campagne is that he's emotionally screwed up by his mom and dad. And I don't mind the gay angle they were playing up, because from what I hear Alexander really was a butt pirate. But Farrell turns the greatest conquorer the world has ever know into a whining, momma's boy lil beeyatch. Speaking of momma, Angelina Jolie is as hotty hot as ever, but she lays on this Boris N Natasha accent for some reason I can't figure out. Kilmer is the one bright spot, his maniacal portrayal of Alexander's dad is the best performance in the film. The battles (of which there are only 2 despite the Macedonians conquoring the known world) are confusing, repetative and boring. You do see Rosario Dawson's HUGE titties, so if you get this DVD, go right to chapter 20. you're not missing anything else.

The Sneaky Cheetah's Grade: F

Blast From the Past

I was digging though some old pictures and found this gem. The Cheetah Sneaks first promo pic. This is from 1996, shot outside Picante in Lafayette. We were an acoustic trio, fromleft to right Jared - Guitar, Brandon - Bass, Craig - Vocals. A few months after forming we played every other Saturday at Picante warming up the Karaoke crowd, and every Thursday at Bisbano's Cellar Door. We held that Bisbano's gig for almost a year, and it was where we became a band. Somehow we managed to fill 3 one-hour sets and got paid $90. Plus some beer. I still can't believe Cookie would drive over an hour all the way from Morgan City for these shows, but we were committed to making this work. Those were some good times.

I'll put up some more old Cheetah Sneaks pics and If anyone out there has more, e-mail them to me. Let me know any funny stories about the earliest incarnation of the Sneaks with some comments.

D.A. of the Month Award

Whenever my lil' ol hometown of Lutcher, Louisiana makes the news, it's gotta be because of some dumb-ass getting arrested. Here's the latest.

This is Corey Pittman. My senior year in high school, I played football with him. I was an offensive lineman and he was our starting running back. I also worked as a overnight stocker at Winn Dixie with him for two years. Well, after graduation, he became a Police Officer and last year got himself elected as the first black Cheif of Police in the history of Lutcher. Quite an accomplishment. He should get his picture in the paper. This picture is of Corey getting led away by FBI agents after selling some drugs to undercover FBI agents last week. And by some drugs I mean a SHIT-LOAD of drugs. Here's his shopping list:

30 grams of Cocaine

135 grams of Crack

40 Hydrocodone Tablets

That'll run you $5,200 if you can get it from the Chief. The Chief of Dumb-Asses. Gooooooo LUTCHER!

You can read the details here and here. ENJOY!