It is not fair to judge all films by the same standards. Judging a new hip-hop album by the same standard as a concert symphony would be equally pointless (though admittedly amusing to read).

So when one sits down to watch a teen comedy, a certain set of expectations are a definite order. The academy will not likely be handing out nominations for any of the work done on Sydney White, but the film’s target market will find some of amusement, albeit cheap, with the movie.

The increasingly popular tread of making “modern fairy tales” continues with Amanda Bynes as the title character, a less than subtle play on Snow White. Children will chuckle and their parents will roll their eyes at the many references the film makes to the classic story.

White is a tomboy, raised by her father and the workers in his plumbing company, White was never the typical girly girl. Even so, she dreams of joining the sorority her late mother belonged to in college. But the modern sorority is led by Rachel Witchburn (Sara Paxton), who is only concerned with maintaining the elite image her position on the school council has given her. Being cast away, White finds comfort in the friendship of seven outcasts, finds herself falling for charming frat boy Tyler Prince (Matt Long), and fighting to save the school from the hold of the Greek.

I am very, very excited about Ronnie Wood’s forthcoming art exhibition and have been a follower of his work for a few years now. His work is energetic, confident, and captures the world of music that has been part of his life for so many years beautifully. Intimate, poised, and although has expressionist undertones, Wood definitely carries his own style with an uncompromising grace very much missing from the world of contemporary art today. He knows that art isn’t just simply an idea, that it is within your heart and isn’t simply the ‘shock and awe’ factor, but that he really values the gift he was given.

See below the press release for the exhibition at the Richard Goodall Gallery in the UK later this year.

PRESS RELEASE

Do I care if this movie has flaws? No. Not one bit. This movie has some flaws in it, but so does Sin City, and that is my all-time favorite. Across the Universe is not even anywhere as close as good as Sin City, but it does come very close to being one of my favorite musicals of all time. I can’t even explain what Across the Universe was trying to prove to us. Was Julie Taymor trying to prove to us that she knew her color wheel? Or was she trying to prove that there were actors out there that could actually act? Or was she trying to prove to us that maybe, just maybe, Across the Universe was trying to prove us something that no other movie really has shown us. For the first time in years, a film hit me right in the gut, and told me to pay attention to what it was trying to tell me. And tonight, I bring you, the hardest review I ever had to write, Across the Universe.

Jim Sturgess plays Jude, a dock worker who illegally emigrates from Liverpool to Princeton to find his estranged father. He meets up with Max, a student at Princeton that feels like dropping out. They become friends, and Max introduces Jude to Max’s sister, Lucy (Evan Rachel Wood). Lucy’s boyfriend was killed in the war recently, so there must be something wrong. When Max is being drafted into the army to go overseas to Vietnam, they fight against the war. That’s pretty much it as far as plot goes. Add that with a lot of drugs and Beatles music and Evan Rachel Wood‘s booby and you get Across the Universe. There is at least one of these things that you will like. I know it.

I said I wanted to upgrade the finger and so from now on people should use both the ring finger coupled with the middle finger. I called it the SUperFInger. -Revelation 4:2

I hate Dane Cook. It’s no secret, really. But like many of my pop culture enemies, I once rooted for him to do good so I could look at him differently and”¦ Ya know”¦ Learn something. I watched his HBO special, which looked to me like a red-assed howler monkey with a metrosexual haircut shrieking at the top of his lungs, telling long and unfunny stories that didn’t have a point and didn’t really go anywhere. I saw Employee of the Month“¦ And soaked my eyes in bleach immediately afterwards. But that was just a bad movie. I heard good things about Mr. Brooks, so I went into Good Luck Chuck with an open mind, waiting to be convinced of the MySpace comic phenomenon.

I’m not rooting for him anymore, and my reaction to this”¦ THING”¦ manifests itself in more than hate and now actually resembles a borderline obsession with bloodthirsty revenge. Good Luck Chuck is beyond horrible, so much so that the light from “horrible” would take SIX TRILLION FUCKING YEARS to reach it, kind of like stars from far off in the universe. It’s offensive, but not the fun offensive like the movie it’s trying to ape off of (There’s Something About Mary). It hates women with such virulence that even Eli Roth might call this movie on going too far. To put it as succinctly as I can”¦

If you like Good Luck Chuck, you’re going to hell. Sorry. And I’m an atheist saying this, so think about what THAT means.

I love Liz Lemon! Physically!

I disliked her on Saturday Night Live, where she won an Emmy for writing before becoming one of the cast, but I love Tina Fey‘s alter ego Liz Lemon, who is head honcho of her own late night sitcom show on NBC’s 30 Rock.

30 Rock — which won the Emmy this year for Best Comedy — is a comedy that revolves around Liz Lemon who heads the whacky crew of a Saturday Night Live-type of show. The hysterical characters are played perfectly by this all-star cast. Jane Krakowski plays Jenna Maroney, the lead of The Girlie Show, until Alec Baldwin‘s character, Jack Donaghy, decides to draft ex-movie star Tracy Jordan, played by Tracy Morgan, to rejuvenate the show with his, literally, crazy antics. Liz has to learn to manage these and all the other cast members, including the writers and an NBC page, played by Jack McBrayer, under Jack’s wing. Kenneth the page is a standout character. He is played masterfully by McBrayer. Alec Baldwin is brilliant as Donaghy. A television performance like this is pure perfection and a joy to watch. Tracy Morgan and Jane Krakowski are great also, along with guest stars such as Isabella Rossellini, Nathan lane, Will Arnett, and Paul Reubens.

The Complete First season DVD of 30 Rock collects all 21 episodes and includes a bunch of bonus features, including cast commentary, original featurettes, bloopers, and deleted scenes.