The Employment Chronicles Chapter 3: "Oh My God!!!!!!"

Cool Stuff from the weekend:

I saw two movies, ate two awesome steaks, and watched a lot of Head Case. Below is the video for my favorite song of the week. It's from the trailer for the upcoming movie It's Kind of a Funny Story starring Zach Galifianakis and Keir Christ . Keir is best known for his role as Marshall in Showtime's hit dramedy United States of Tara. I am fucking stoked to see this movie! Maybe it's the song that hooked me; or maybe it's just Zach's beard. It makes me want to build a nest.


Trailer for It's Kind of a Funny Story



Other things of note:


Saw this at the Dollar Store. I'm ready for school if it includes severed limbs!

Spent a lot of time at the art house theater this weekend, and both films I saw I highly recommend. First there was Cyrus:




This movie was an interesting character study, and I was kind of excited to see John C. Reilly do something without Will Ferrell involved, or Will Ferrell inspired ( ie: Walk Hard, The Dewy Cox Story).  I also love Jonah Hill, and he is always good as the one character he knows how to play (ie: Giant man-boy whose a little off, but totally lovable).


Plot line:

"With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life - her son. Still single seven years after the breakup of his marriage, John has all but given up on romance. But at the urging of his ex-wife and best friend Jamie, John grudgingly agrees to join her and her fiancé Tim at a party. To his and everyone else's surprise, he actually manages to meet someone: the gorgeous and spirited Molly. Their chemistry is immediate. The relationship takes off quickly but Molly is oddly reluctant to take the relationship beyond John's house. Perplexed, he follows her home and discovers the other man in Molly's life: her son, Cyrus. A 21-year-old new age musician, Cyrus is his mom's best friend and shares an unconventional relationship with her. Cyrus will go to any lengths to protect Molly and is definitely not ready to share her with anyone, especially John. Before long, the two are locked in a battle of wits for the woman they both love-and it appears only one man can be left standing when it's over" -Written by Fox Searchlight.

I give it a B-. It was charming, awkward, and Marissa Tomei is still smoking hott; however it was also a little slow, and choppy in certain parts. See it before you see any of the other shit that's out right now ( besides Inception, which if you haven't seen it, you are retarded).

The second movie I HIGHLY recommend is The Kids are All Right starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, and Mark Ruffalo.



"Nic and Jules are in a long term, committed, loving but by no means perfect relationship. Nic, a physician, needs to wield what she believes is control, whereas Jules, under that control, is less self-assured. During their relationship, Jules has floundered in her "nine to five" life, sometimes trying to start a business - always unsuccessfully - or being the stay at home mom. She is currently trying to start a landscape design business. They have two teen-aged children, Joni and Laser, Nic who is Joni's biological mother, and Jules who is Laser's biological mother. Although not exact replicas, each offspring does more closely resemble his/her biological mother in temperament. Joni and Laser are also half-siblings, having the same unknown sperm donor father. Shortly after Joni's eighteenth birthday and shortly before she plans to leave the house and head off to college, Laser, only fifteen and underage to do so, pleads with her to try and contact their sperm donor father. Somewhat reluctantly, she does. He is late thirty-something Paul, a co-op farmer and restaurateur. Despite his seemingly successful businesses, Paul has always shirked responsibility, most specifically in his personal life. After Joni and Laser meet with Paul, Nic and Jules learn what their children have done, and although they don't want Paul infiltrating their lives, they want to meet him especially as Joni and Laser seem to want to maintain some sort of relationship with him. As Paul's relationship with the entire family grows, which also includes him hiring Jules to design and construct his back yard, they have an effect on what he wants in life, and he in turn affects the family dynamic as well as each person's relationships outside of the family." -  Written by random dude on IMDB.


This movie was fucking amazing. I give it an A based on the story line, performances all around, and the fact that I love homosexual dramz when it's comedic yet realistic. Also, everyone loves seeing Julianne Moore topless, and she is topless a decent amount.

Lastly:

STEAK!!!!!!