Michael Ealy Eye Candy

He now plays Darwyn al-Sayeed on the new show "Sleeper Cell" but you may recognize this blue-eyed actor from Maryland who has appeared in...

the Barbershop movies and 2 Fast 2 Furious

Unknown Hotties of the Week 1/22/07

This week I got four smoking hotties for ya.

Josh Stewart
This 29 year old actor plays Holt McLaren on FX's "Dirt."

He will be in the movie The Death and Life of Bobby Z.

He played Officer Brendan Finney on NBC's "Third Watch."

Jonathan Bennett
You might recognize this guy from 'Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List.'

He is 25 years old and he played the totally hottie Aaron Samuels in Meangirls. He has been on 'All My Children', 'Smallville', 'Law & Order: SVU' and 'Veronica Mars.'

He has been on Cheaper by the Dozen 2 and will be play Bo Duke the prequel The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.

Randy Wayne
He is also is 25, he will play Luke Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard: The Beginning.

He played Jeff Fenton in ABC's short-lived sitcom 'Sons and Daughters.'

He will be in Dream Boy based on Jim Grimsley's novel.

Stephan Bender
He is 17 years old and will also be in Dream Boy.

He played a young Clark Kent in an unnecessary origin story in Superman Returns.

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Children of Men Review

As apocalyptic movies go, this is the one. Directed by Alfonso Cuarón (Y Tu Mama Tambien, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, A Little Princess), who also co-wrote, creates a wonderful artful realistic world. It is 2027 and for some reason, the entire world is impotent and there is no babies, toddlers, or children---the youngest person in the world is 18 and also when he is killed by a crazed fan, everyone in the streets cry. Every major country has fallen down and Britain seems the only place everyone is migrating to. The immigrants are put in cages throughout the cities by the Homeland Security.

Theo Faron (Clive Owen) is an average depressed guy who is just as pissed off as any and doesn't conform to the masses. That is because he was a revolutionary with his ex-wife Julian Taylor (Julianne Moore, finally in a decent role) but they broke apart after their child Dylan died of a big plague. Theo goes to his father-figure Jasper played by a hiralous Michael Caine. Julian is part of a group called the Fishers which tries to get a woman Kee (the delightful Claire-Hope Ashitey in one of her first roles) over the boarder. So, they need papers from Theo who has connections through his cousin. Theo and Julian get reacquainted.

Through a series of events, Kee reveals to Theo that she is pregnant that renews everyone's faith and also shocks the bejesus out of them. She must get to the 'Human Project' which was rumored to be a myth and impossible to communicate with. Again, through another series of events, Theo ends up protecting Kee and getting her to her destination. Along the way, they find colorful characters and she gives birth to the next hope. The cast is rounded out by wonderful European actors such as Pam Ferris as the fiesty midwife Miriam, Chiwetel Ejiofor (who played as the nameless Operative in Serenity) as a 'fisher' named Luke and Oana Pellea as Marichka, a refugee who doesn't speak English. Technology in the movie is portrayed realistically and feasible as flatter computer screens, animated billboards, video games you play with your fingertips, stronger satellite car computers, etc.


Even though it is a depressing subject, it isn't all that depressing. It is a sad movie and you end up crying. I know I did. There is shooting and killing and the bodies are just left there. It mirrors lots of current events and even though it is very topical, the movie is also very timely. You get what is most important in life, things you might want to avoid like children become the rarest gift anyone would kill for. Clive Owen is just plain engaging as a protagonist, as a generally depressed character he is pretty charming. If the role was given to say Nicolas Cage or Keanu Reeves, it would have just been lost. By the way, Cuarón-- es bueno que tu dejó la sangre permanecer en el lense de la cámara mientras ese escena.

Gerald Smashes a Tape

I smash a video tape (Digital Beta). I work in television like I always say and my genius clients wrote to 'destroy' a copy of a tape they sent me. So taking them literally and out of frustration, I destroy the tapes. I did this, this morning. Yes, this is me. In sunny Florida. My dog's name is Kiwi and yes, she is a girl--that is why her collar is pink. Enjoy!

Scrubs Musical Review

Much like Buffy's "One More with Feeling" muscial in season six, "Scrubs" had a musical with original songs that advanced the plot and let the characters express their emotions. The episode is more like an Orpah because they barely talk. The songs are more like rip-offs than pastiches of every musical from "Wizard of Oz" to "Grease." The episode centers around a young woman who faints at the park and suddenly everything is like a musical. Unfortuantely the episode tries 'tricks' like foggy lense ala a dream sequence and out of place transitions. Also to excuse them singing, the patient is in almost every scene but they cheat almost at the end. They cram generic 'introduction to Scared Heart hospital' songs, songs describing the characters (Turk and JD sing the best song in the episode "Guy Love and Dr. Cox and Janitor sings how much they hate JD).

J.D. and Turk turn out to be the best singers. Dr. Cox and Janitor suck at singing. One song that doesn't quite work muscially but it does advance the episode is where everyone says how much they will miss Carla if she takes a break from work for a year. The patient who hears the songs also has her emotional storyline with a satisfying finale. The cast seemed like they really enjoyed singing and dancing.

Grade: B

Zen Gesner Eye Candy

You might recognize this hot guy. Zen Gesner is the brother in-law of the fiesty experimental directors Peter Farrelly and Bobby Farrelly. Has has been a number of their films.

He has been in Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, a Pier Bartender in There's Something About Mary, an EPA Agent in Me, Myself, and Irene, Ralph Owens in Shalow Hal, Partrick Lines in Fever Pitch and David Patrick in The Ringer.

Movies that didn't involve the Farrelly brothers were Florida City, The Hollow and Legend of the Phantom Rider. He will have his frist gig producing in the movie National Lampoon's Bag Boy.

He played Braden Lavery in 'All My Children' from 1997-1998 and played Dave in season 5 of 'Friends', the guy Monica told Rachael to date to forget about Ross who recently married Emily in England.

He even played Sinbad in the short-lived "The Adventures of Sinbad" (lasted 17 episodes).