Foti Kallergis' Blog

Harold and Kumar: Escape from Guantanamo Bay

I had a chance to preview the movie on Friday. I can't stop thinking about it. It was perhaps the funniest movie I have seen in a long time. The movie is a sequal to the first; but this time around it better.

I also had a chance to sit down with Kal Penn (Kumar) , John Cho (Harold) and Neil Patrick Harris, who plays himself.  It was one of the most interesting interviews I've ever experienced. The guys were funny, but it was difficult for me to get any questions out since they were engaged in a conversation with themselves. Mind you, I only had five minutes to interview them.  So time was ticking away and they just felt like visiting with themselves instead of answering questions.  In the end, there was a few bits that were usable.

Second Skin

I saw the documentary Friday night. I was amazed on how many people are addicted to internet games. The documentary followed a handfull of people; some found love through the games while others fell to the darkside of the gaming world. One gamer became so addicted that he wanted to kill himself, lost his home, and life. He also gained a lot of weight and became depressed. And when he stopped playing the games, his life turned around for the better, but his brother also became addicted and gained lots of weight as well.

I didn't know this but there is a group called gamers annonymous. The women runs it was featured in the film; her son committed suicide after she say he found out a gamer he became involved with was a man instead of a woman.

Austin's Bioware was also featured in the film.  This might be one we follow up on.

Films to Look Out For:

Nerdcore Rising- about the underground world of Nerd Hip Hop. Stars rap sensation MC Font-A -Lot, and Weird Al Yankovich.

Run Fatboy Run- Stars Simon Peg ( Hot Fuzz), Thandie Newton and Nank Azaria. It's about a guy who keeps running from relationships. I know lots of people like that.

Beautiful Losers- 1st time film-maker Arron Rose chronciles the lives of a group of underground artists who are on the rise.  An insperational film. It took about six years to film this documentary and 700 hours of footage to condense into an 80 minute movie.

 ....more coming soon.

Please post your favs.