Sorry for not posting a movie title - no time right now just wanted to respond to Ching's web mag idea. I am in! I am tweeking some ideas for an article right this minute. How about a computer script that launches a fake computer attack on one's desktop and also an article on DVD easter eggs? Ching, a friend of mine created an online mag/forum of sorts. Maybe you can get some ideas from her site.
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Hey, guys! Just following up on this online mag idea.. I obviously have no clue how to run one, as I've never done it before so we'll just wing it -- okay? I'm going to need finished articles by March 15 at the latest and that will give me about a week or so to build the site so we can launch in April 1 (April Fool's Day -- how fitting!).. Anyway, do you guys think you could give me tentative titles for what your contribution/piece is going to be? Just curious.. I was hoping to get this info ahead of time so we can get a theme going.. Let me know okay?

HOLY MACKEREL!

They've got CHINGAY.COM ARCHIVED!

Of course, it's just the front page and it's missing the images! LOL!

Stuart Little Saves His Family
Stuart's family was strange enough before he came along - low self-esteem, Mom was a borderline depressive, Dad couldn't hold a job, and everyone thought they were weird. Then Stuart (voice of Al Franken) came along, and things got worse. Stuart looked exactly like a mouse, and never grew to more than 6 inches tall. But somehow Stuart survived the constant insults by his father (Hugh Laurie), smothering of his mom (Geena Davis), and teasing by his playmates, and became a famous crisis counselor, eventually helping even his own family overcome their special challenges. We could all learn something from Stuart's daily mantra: I deserve good things, I am entitled to my share of happiness. I refuse to beat myself up. I am an attractive person. I am fun to be with. For a mouse, anyhow.

Also features Laura San Giacomo as Stuart's sister, and Michael J. Fox as the voice of young Stuart. Watch for special cameo by Stephen (Flounder) Furst as leader of Stuart's first sensitivity group.

I'm in, Ching. Woefully underqualified, but in anyhow... Thanks for your confidence.

Oh, and check this out: ever lose stuff on the internet cos some dotcom or isp went belly-up? Has your favorite site disappeared? I bet they have it at archive.org! Just enter the old URL in the "Wayback Machine" control and watch the fun begin...

Cats and Reservoir Dogs

I'm no good at coming up with movie plots -- I can name titles to no end, but coming up with a witty plot to go with it is another story -- and Brian is busy taking surveys on the internet (he said he gets paid for it -- what?) so he won't help me.

Good tip, Net.

I'm thinking of turning Golden Sushi into an online mag (we're keeping the blog of course -- just moving it to goldensushi.net/blog or blog.goldensushi.net instead) will you guys write for me? I figured Daf will do the M&M section (movies and music) and Net can do T&T (tech and travel).. What do you guys think?

First BloodSport
Rambo and Van Damme duel to the death in the Kumite where only the best fighter will prevail. Rambo ran away from the law and now trains to defeat the prevailing champion Frank W. Dux played by Van Damme. All blood, guts, and fury.

Dot's cousin Stephanie is selling Cutco. Shes using the job as marketing experience for college. After all she is an undergrad in NYU's Stern. Prior to her first presentation, Stephanie was crudely attempting to cut a penny to resemble a falic corkscrew. Sad to say that she failed miserably. Dot and I visited Stephanie at her dorm as she was preparing for her presentation. I tried to make one too and at first encountered failure. The penny looked like a mangle tool whit pieces of it sticking upward. It resembled a small pinwheel. Then I figured out a trick by using the back edges of the Cutco scissors the penny buckled, twisted and I formed it to look like a corkscrew. This left Stephanie enthusiastically happy and I showed her my trick to making it. She then asked me to help me with her presentation. Dot was just smiling.

We took the train to our friend Peter's apartment who was Stephanie's appointment for the night. When we got there, Stephanie did her schtik and won Peter over with her presentation. I gave an impromtu show with the penny cutting and when the show was over. Peter was ready to buy the big knife for his kitchen. He gave Stephanie some constructive criticism about her presentation. Steph took it positively. We were so glad that she was handling herself professionally that Dot and I gave her some referrals. Dot's other cousin Kathy arrived later for the show. She was a little more light mannered and comedically criticized her presentation. "Knives? Why would I want a knife that costs 3 times as much as what I already have?". Stephanie gave her scripted reply "These knives arent your normal variety knives...". Although Kathy didnt buy anything, she applauded Stephanie for her professionalism. Anyone interested in the greatest knife in the world? =)

April, you are going to Vegas? Sweet! My advice is to book the car rental from the airport. The rentals at the hotels are almost double what it costs at the airport. The trick to commuting around Las Vegas is WALKING. One can visit more casinos in a day just by walking. Parking is a bitch any time of day. If you find one in the lots.. its probably far from the casino and you will have to walk anyway. They have trams that take you from casino to casino this is an alternative to walking. Schedule the rental when you will be taking road trips out of the Vegas Strip.

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Of Mice and Men In Tights
Just kinda writes itself, huh?

Saw Chicago last week. Brilliant! Tip - after seeing Chicago, rent "All That Jazz", a thinly veiled biography of Bob Fosse, whose play this was in the first place. Bonus factoid: ATJ was the inspiration for one of my favorite videos of all time, Paula Abdul's "Cold Hearted".

Kim had surgery today - she'll be in hospital until Monday, total recovery time 4-6 weeks. She had a lot of pain right after the surgery, but the Demerol is helping now - as long as she doesn't cough. Jessica's really going to have to step up to the plate and handle Alyssa (almost 19 months old now) - Alyssa still treats Kim more like she's her mom than Jess is.

The One Hour Photo

A remake of one of the creepiest suspense thrillers, Jet Li stars as a very precise, very exact, very obsessed secret service agent travelling through time stealing pictures and developing them into something else entirely.

i decided to boycott valentine's day by watching daredevil w/mah bros. i gotta agree w/u, ching...i dnt see affleck 4the character at all. i think jennifer garner kicked his ass, big time. they're already talking about a sequel and an elektra natchios spin-off. my fave was definitely, michael clarke duncan. what a gud bad guy.

i have a dilemma i hope u'aLL could help me with. do u know any special strategies on how to save money when renting a car in las vegas? iM goin there 4spring break. and because iM getting only 1/3 of my expected income tax....gotta be frugal =o( now. being single sux sumtimes!!!

Watched Daredevil yesterday.. Very good. Jennifer Garner played a good Electra, Michael Clarke Duncan was great as Kingpin (even though, Brian insists that he should have been white, but I counter that you cannot find a white guy actor who will fit the role better than the guy that was chosen -- he was perfect) and I loved Colin Farrell as Bullseye. As far as Ben Affleck goes, well you know how I feel about him (whiny ass)! LOL! He was okay. The effects were great. Nice cameos from Stan Lee and Kevin Smith. Great movie! Will definitely add it to the to-buy list!

Debbie Does North Dallas Forty

After Debbie and her lusty pals raise the money for Debbie's trip to join the Dallas Cowgirls, Debbie takes on the pros in the locker room. Watch for cameos by Howard Cosell and Dandy Don Meredith doing the play-by-play and color commentary.

SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST COOLER THAN OTHERS..

NET, since you are in NYC -- your homework is to infiltrate their next party and report to us who was there, what they ate, what they drank and if they really resemble their internet personas.. LOL!

THE LOST BOYZ IN THE HOOD

This is the long awaited sequel to The Lost Boys.. You remember it.. It was the best dang vampire movie ever! Keifer Sutherland does it again and we finally have the answer to what has been happening to the boyz in our ghettos.. The gang fight killings are just a cover-up.. They're actually all living in the land of the undead.

X-Men Don't Leave
Jessica Lange plays a mother of two mutants, who finds life considerably difficult on her own after the death of her beloved husband. Due to debt she must move them to a mutant school in Baltimore, run by Patrick Stewart, where son Chris O'Donnell takes the mutant name "Wolverine". He must deal with the hardships and all that comes with the city life, an evil politician (Bruce Davison) trying to destroy the school, and an evil mutant trying to destroy the world (George W. Bush, in a cameo appearance).

ROAD XXX

Vin Diesel and a bunch of NSA Agents undercover as college students in ITHACA travel on a schoolbus to stop top secret documents from arriving to a double agent in Texas. This action packed thrill ride depicts our heroes converting the bus in a 'monster garage' upgrade complete with pontoon floaters and converts into the partyboat to die for.
Thats Cat Schwartz of TechTV's Call for Help showing off her dancing feet with the digital icon from Microsoft's Plus! Digital Media Edition. Its amazing what people can do with a blue screen and a digital file these days. Although Plus no longer comes free with Microsoft's new OS. It comes with a lot of cool stuff. If disco dancers arent your thing you can have a tango pair dance on your desktop. I was chatting online with the TechTV crew when the topic came about the dancing people from a previous show. So much hype went on in the chatroom about it that the producers of the show decided to release a techtv version of the software only this time it features Cat with the disco dancer and Chris Pirillo with the geeky dancer. If you catch a rerun of the show this monday at 9am EST. Chris will reintroduce the program to viewers along with the product "update".
Speaking of shows, I got a hold of some of the pictures from Chinese New Year and posted it online.

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THE HOT CHICKEN RUN

The chilling sequel to THE CHICKEN RUN. In this movie, Rocky's quest to be free lands him in the frier when he is magically transformed into a Bunny Ranch babe lost in Utah.

Sorry to hear about your accident, Vince.. Glad to hear that you are okay, though.. BTW, what's up with that GET DOWN ON IT clip?

Black Beauty and the Beast
A horse is a horse of course unless she is befallen by the looks of Beast. A would be heir to royalty unbeknowns to Beauty, he is soon feels the attraction to a horse. This peturbed cartoon from Disney is unlike any they have turned out. Lavish costumed horses and A Beast that is by far not even close to be lovable to any film buff. Rated PG.

Had an accident driving to work this morning. Snow on the roadway was not properly plowed from the surface and my tires slipped. I hit a steel girter on the exit ramp of the NSP merging towards the LIE. Some minor damage to my car - right turn signal and a dent on the fender. I am okay. Dot commented that the worse luck occurs to me. Lesson learned here - drive more carefully in inclement weather.
Dot's birthday was yesterday and I greeted her the day before. Doesnt that accout that I remembered and that I dont have to greet her again the next day? I was in meetings and training all day thursday that by the time I got out of work she was fast asleep. What do you guys think?

Its Friday... happy Friday! lets all GET DOWN on it...

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All the President's Men in Black
Rip Torn sends Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones back in time to determine what really happened at Watergate after both Bob Woodward (Robert Redford) and Richard Nixon (Rip Torn, in a dual role) are exposed as aliens from rival planets. G. Gordon Liddy does a cameo as himself, and Chevy Chase does a hilarious reprise of his role as Gerald R. Ford.

Whoa! Good one!!

Agnes of Godzilla
Meg Tilly is a nun who is captured by Godzilla and held captive in a tower. She's allowed to return to her convent, but it becomes apparent that she is pregnant, though she claims that her virginity is intact. They transfer her to their sister convent in Japan, where she gives birth to a large lizard that terrorizes the people of Tokyo, but also wears a scapular and prays the rosary.

I know we never talk about politics in here, but all of a sudden, Tony Blair makes sense. Sort of.

NO WAY OUT OF AFRICA
A Cold War agent is on the verge of being exposed for the animal hunter that she is. Kim Basinger plays the Yuri that hides out in Africa only to be found when she has to bring her son to the doctor but cannot produce health insurance papers.
Okay, it was not too funny. I had to write something quick to load this as a salute to our lost pioneers.A moment of silence please...then click on the link.

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MONSOON WEDDiNG PLANNER

J-Lo does it again. iN this love story set in iNdia, J-Lo has to plan the wedding of recentLee out-of-d-cLoset ben affLeck to his best friend matt damon. to save her business, she must pawn her 6-point-sumthin carat pink diamond engagement ring.

k...i'm waiting 2see the guru and shanghai knights.
ching, i signed up for that thing too! yea, we're late as usuaL. heehee, fiLipino time. got a ques: i noticed that u're not using the last letter of the previous title. hope we don't hafta do dat enimore. but, i am havin fun w/ this new game. btw, wut were u tryin' 2do 2brian's parent's kitty-cat? spaghetti??? *_*

cent, i wanna see dem pixes too. wish we had gLammed-up parades in our Asian community here. i am xcited kc it's my year dis year. hopefuLLee, iLL have lots of luck & good 4tune. HAPPY NEW YEAR 2u'aLL!!!

MY BIG FAT GREEK WEDDING SINGER

The much anticipated sequel to the runaway hit movie of 2002.  John Corbett decides to throw it all away and pursue is long-time dream of becoming a Greek wedding singer.

Can't wait to see the pics, Vince!!

I was going to volunteer to translate Google into Tagalog, but it seems I am too late.  The translation is 100% complete.

Anna and The King Kong
Try teaching english to a bunch of young apes fathered by the Giant of all monkeys who once climbed top of the Empire State Building.
Happy Chinese New Year to all! Spent the last 48 hours in Edison New Jersey. I helped set up 1000 balloons for Dot's Aunt who owns a Bridal Store. Not knowing that I was voted to be the play the part of Emperor in the New Year Float! Friday night, Dot help me try on this outfit for the King. Its a traditional, yellow, chinese outfit. Then I helped Dot try on her Queen outfit. I must say we looked pretty good! Ill post pictures later. Early Saturday morning, I was awaken by Dot's cousin who told me that I had to get ready so that I can drive them to the store to get ready for the parade. I took a quick shower and drove them over. It was pretty hectic at the store. The people from Hometown Buffet came over to put on their outfits - they were the Traditional Chinese wedding entourage. Dot quickly got her hair set and started to don her Queen outfit. I went to finish up the last of the balloons for the float and began putting on the Emperor's clothes. Dot's parents finally arrive 2 hours before the parade and made us aware that it was starting to drizzle outside. The parade went on anyway even for the minor drizzle everyone came out to see the drummers on parade with the tai chi dancers and a bunch of dragons and a couple of marching bands. I am still not that well with the language but here goes...

Gung Shi Fa Chai ....=)

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(The) Elephant Man of La Mancha
John Merrick (Richard Kiley) goes tilting at windmills, with Sancho Panza along to keep his head from collapsing into his chest. Sophia Loren is the lovely Dulcinea, Merrick's love interest. Musical highlights include performances by Michael Jackson and David Bowie.

Brian and Ching, may the Schwartz be with you!

GREAT SPACEBALLS OF FIRE

Mel Brooks does it again with this riveting tale of Jerry Lee Lewis reanimated after 3000 years of being cryogenically frozen only to find out that he is the true Prince of Druidia and still owes the IRS for back taxes.

[this is another Brian and Ching collaboration -- Brian is better plots than I am -- he is after all the true movie geek]

Select pictures from mom and dad's vacation are up..

PIA: Have you received the Office XP/Nero CD yet?  Just curious.

Yojimbo Brother Where Art Thou

A wandering samurai (George Clooney) enters a rural town in nineteenth century Japan. After learning that the town is divided between two gangsters, he plays one side off against the other. His efforts are complicated by the arrival of the evil one-eyed son of one of the gangsters (John Goodman). Clooney tries to pretend he's his long lost brother, but is found out, and has to run for his life. Clooney stumbles across his real family, and tries to win them back. Film is particularly notable for its Japanese bluegrass soundtrack.

I was gonna make a cheezy joke about Space Rump Rangers, but I was afraid I'd encourage Brian...