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DVD SHELF Contest Special! Win A RAY Gift Package!!
Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...
Well, just as soon as I drop one batch of DVDs in the mail to the winners, another contest starts, and here are the details:
Want to win a prize package that includes the Ray DVD, the original Ray soundtrack, the "More Music From Ray" soundtrack (volume 2), a Ray T-shirt, and a Ray hat, all for one lucky reader? This is a substantial package, that will undoubtedly be attractive during the exciting release of the DVD and soundtrack following the Golden Globe win of Jamie Foxx and leading up to the Oscars!
CHECK THIS OUT!!There’s no question that Jamie Foxx gave a great performance in this movie, and if you want to win the gift package, all you need to do is drop me an e-mail at this address with the title of your favorite Ray Charles song and a header reading “RAY CONTEST” between now and Wednesday at 12 noon, PST.
Best of luck, guys!
"Moriarty" out.
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The Cosby Show episode when they lip-sync this was CLASSIC!
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Thanks for asking.
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And the brutal honesty. Now for some of my own. If I never see Jamie Foxx's face again, it will be too soon. Yes, he gave a great performance in Ray and he was fine enough in Collateral (the bulk of the kudos for that go to Mann). So, when did he pour that pouch of Instant Overrated Actor into his glass of water, cuz that one's for the books. He's done two very good movies. That's it. No, Any Given Sunday does not count as one, because it wasn't. Anyone remember Breakin' All the Rules? Bait? Booty Call? Well maybe the last one, but probably not in the "Oscar" light. But now suddenly he's the thesbian of the year. I guess I should just wait until he pulls (the inevitable) Halle Berry and follows his big break with 007 or Catwoman. Or in his case, Miami Vice.
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I see it as a natural progression for an actor. Nobody is saying he's Al Pacino or Denzel or anybody like that with a massive body of great work. Let's not forget that he started as a stand up comic. But he has talent. AND he is GETTING better. So, so what if the majority of his EARLIER works sucked. Ray, Collateral, and Any Given Sunday (he was great in that, don't front) were excellent works on his part. Excellent. So I think he's getting all these props of late because of what he's done OF LATE. And that's cool.
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I said Jamie was great in Ray. He was. Absolutely excellent. He was fine enough in Collateral. He brought to the role WHAT IT CALLED FOR. He wasn't excellent and his role in that was overrated. Since his days of Breakin' All the Rules and Bait he has NOT BECOME A BETTER ACTOR. He's PICKED BETTER PROJECTS. Big difference. And I think the hype of his two projects is outshining some other contenders who aren't riding on the hype and deserve it more. Yes, I am tired of seeing his face everywhere. But that's just like I'm tired of seeing Renee Zellweggers half-blinking/constipated look everywhere around award season. That's the truth.
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Jan 31, 2005 1:35:51 PM CST
Another competition is announced; guess that means I didn't win
by gigaloff
Pity. My poem was really bad.
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Jan 31, 2005 7:00:11 PM CST
Foxx was excellent in "Ali" playing a character much older than
by barry egan
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That was funny. I'm using it. As for Foxx, shut the fuck up and let my have my opinion. I'm not criticizing the bastard for picking better projects. I'm criticizing the media and his publicists for overexposing him. Take Don Cheadle for instance. Great in everything he does. Love the guy. Totally deserves his nom for Hotel Rwanda. But do you see him hittin' up P. Diddy's party with his face splashed EVERYWHERE you look? No. It's called subtlety and thanks to the MEDIA and his PUBLICISTS (Slow down and R-E-A-D SeeThroughThis), Foxx now sorely lacks it.
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Jan 31, 2005 10:10:02 PM CST
And don't forget "Mess Around" from "Planes, Trains & Automobile
by frankdrebin
Ray recorded it over 50 years ago and it still rocks!
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TONY'S BACK, BABY!
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Saw Foxx on this the other day. Along with the J-Lo episode, can we be honest enough to say that baldheaded dude who runs this crapfest is running out of actors? What's Foxx done? Five or six movies? I liked him in Collateral, haven't seen Ray, yet. But I HAVE seen him on 60 Minutes, Dateline, and nearly every other news and entertainment show whenever I turn on the tube. Whoever brought up Don Cheadle made an excellent point. He's not pimping himself out to get an Oscar and based on Hotel Rwanda, you could make a very strong case for it, though I doubt he will, seeing as how it was so critical of the UN. In these PC times, that just doesn't play so well.
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More fanboy racism. I notice how Jim Carrey is "brilliant" and "edgy" now, even though he got his big break making his ass cheeks talk in a movie starring SEAN YOUNG. Which great early masterpiece did you enjoy young Tom Cruise in more- the one where he was in military school and cried or the one where he was starring with SHELLEY LONG trying to lose his virginity in Tijuana? Robert DeNiro now stars exclusively in bad horror flicks with child actors and movies where cats get flushed down toilets, but you guys all still kiss his ass. Three words for you : Moose And Squirrel. Oh, but Jamie Foxx can't ever live down "Booty Call". Right. There's no racism in our community, everyone knows aliens from Betelgeuse are WHITE, right? Plus, once you make a bad movie, you can never make a good one, which is why Peter Jackson only makes grade-z movies about vomiting zombies.
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Because it's getting on my fucking nerves. That is all.
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