One of my favorite movie pleasures the last few years, has been seeing what Luc Besson comes up with next. I have loved his stuff since I saw "Subway". He has stumbled upon a formula of action movies starting with "Transporter" (although I still can't forgive him for "Transporter 3"), "Taken" with Liam Neeson, and now John Travolta in "From Paris With Love".

I continue to eat this up. Make the movie with a bankable international star, let him go against character for about 90-100 minutes, add a bunch of gunplay, weapon play, martial arts play, car chase play, all in a foreign setting.

Travolta is so over the top, he's in orbit. His name his Charlie Wax, so he sends a henchman to warn the main villain by saying, "You tell him I said, "Wax on, Wax off!". Later on, as he gives some evidence over to some trenchcoats, they trade him a brown paper bag. It contains, what he says, will be the death of him. When he opens it up, it is...you guessed it...a Royale with Cheese! OK, I figured this movie out in about 8 minutes. And you know what? I didn't care. I enjoyed the ride.

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The White Stripes claim the Air Force Reserve ripped off the song, "Fell In Love With A Girl", for a Super Bowl commercial. The guy who wrote the music says it was his fault it sounded similar, but he didn't copy anything.

The management secrets of The Grateful Dead. The Dead's archive will have its first exhibit soon.

The Bonnaroo lineup is here. I say it's very impressive. Steve Martin and Daryl Hall look like a surprise. I go all the way down to Calexico and OK Go before the unknowns hit.

IHOP has free pancakes on the 23rd. With a donation.

MTV finally dropped "Music Television" from their logo. Here are the best videos from their first broadcast day.

Sarah Palin is still a liar. Stephen Colbert had the best line regarding her palm notes: "Oh, those elites! With their memory!".

The Films of the 2000s



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The NFL lockout for 2011 will be picking up headlines the next few weeks, as the capless year for 2010 looms. But it looks like the NBA is well on their way to a lockout next year, as well.

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