Here’s the trailer for our new short film that is coming out tomorrow night … CHRISTMAS EVE!

It’s the holiday season (well, really it’s Christmas season but because of those bloody liberals we have to say the holiday season so as not to offend people- well piss off you wankers!) and nothing makes people happier than watching Home Alone 2. It’s the quintessential holiday (Christmas) movie and today I review it.

Macaulkay Culkin is the greatest child actor ever- above even the Olsen twins. In Home Alone 2 he occupies the rarefied air a Brando or a Day-Lewis would occupy. Culkin is powerful, vulnerable, intelligent and aloof- all at the same time. Matter of fact, the entire cast puts on an acting masterclass and the acting will be studied in schools across the planet.

The movie starts in the same way as the first with Kevin (Culkin) being separated from his parents and his mother doing the typical, “we forgot Kevin routine”. The difference between the first film and this one is location. Kevin is in New York and thanks to his dad’s credit card he gets to say at the Plaza Hotel. At the hotel he meets Dickensian like characters (the hotel staff) who never stop providing the laughs and in Central Park he meets a crazy lady (has the same sort of role the crazy old man did in the first movie) who teaches him about turtle doves.

Eventually the “Sticky Bandits” arrive and all hell breaks loose. I’m always amazed by Kevin’s vindictiveness, as this same malice is often accompanied by a beautiful, gentle nature. His nature was crystallized when he donated that money to the Children’s Hospital and then went back home to destroy those bandits. Rarely are characters in movies so full and effervescing with life and vitality. Kevin is complicated, dark yet humane, soulful yet savage and all of this is captured in two epic Home Alone movies.

If you want a good time this holiday season, put on Home Alone 2 and enjoy yourself. I need not give the movie a rating because it’s great and that’s all that matters (I’d give it a 10/10 if hard pressed to do so).

In 2008 The Over Show Family Band produced a christmas themed song and we made a music video for it.

NBA Season Preview

The shortened NBA season means a key injury could see a team out of the playoffs. Not to mention younger teams will benefit as the sheer amount of games per week will take their toll on the older sides. Let’s break it down division by division.

Let’s start in the Eastern Conference.

Atlantic Division: Boston, Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey and Toronto.

In recent years the Boston Celtics have dominated this division and rightfully so. The Celtics are led by veterans such as Garnett but Rondo’s presence is the key to their success. But things change- teams age, your rivals improve with key acquisitions and you piss off your best player. The Celtics are slow and ponderous just like their Los Angeles rivals and worst of all they pissed off Rondo, their best player, by suggesting he could be trade bait for Chris Paul. Problem is, Paul defected to the Clippers and now the Celtics are stuck with a disgruntled star. But that’s not the worst part for the Celtics- the New York teams (including New Jersey in this because next year they will be the Brooklyn Nets) are. The Knicks have improved considerably with the acquisitions of Carmelo Anthony, Tyson Chandler and Amare Stoudemire and now with more games in a shorter time span, youth will likely prevail. If the Nets can pull off the Howard trade, the Nets will be equipped with Howard and Deron Williams, a tandem no one will want to reckon with.

Division Winner: New York Knicks- a new day begins in the division.

Central Division: Indiana, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit and Milwaukee

Chicago is the class of this division but Indiana really came on at the end of last year. Indiana acquired David West this season and with West and Granger the Pacers could be on to something. Nonetheless, Chicago has got Rose and the best coach in the league, Tom Thibodeau (obviously Popovich is a contender but trust me, Thibodeau is the truth). I also liked the addition of Rip Hamilton (the Bulls added him) as he will give them some nice veteran experience off the bench.

Division Winner: Chicago- truly one of the most exciting, disciplined teams in the NBA and if they can acquire a scoring 2-guard they will be unstoppable.

Southeast Division: Charlotte, Washington, Atlanta, Miami and Orlando

With the Miami Heat and the ongoing saga involving Dwight Howard, the Southeast Division is on everyone’s mind.  The Heat have to win a championship now, otherwise I can see teams like the Bulls and Thunder winning one and going on to start a dynasty. Orlando’s prospects for the season hinge on Howard. If he’s there, their definitely one of the top seeds in the East but if he’s not, all bets are off. Atlanta has a good squad but for some reason they can never put it together and I don’t see why that will change this year- maybe lockout will help them.

Division Winner: Miami- too much talent to blow it.

Let’s move to the Western Conference, the glamour conference.

Northwest Division: Portland, Utah, Denver, Oklahoma City and Minnesota

First off, I am so sorry to see Brandon Roy retire. He was a standup guy and injuries just killed him. Hopefully he’ll find a second career in broadcasting or something. This division Oklahoma City’s to lose and I don’t expect much of a challenge from any of the other teams. With their youth, skill and energy, the Thunder should be challenging for a title this year.

Division Winners: Oklahoma City- what don’t they have? Oh yeah, a passing point guard. C’mon Russell, pass the ball.

Southwest Division: San Antonio, Houston, Memphis, New Orleans, and Dallas

The defending champion Mavericks are old and they got even older with the acquisitions of Lamar Odom and Vince Carter. The loss of Tyson Chandler could be a bigger blow than most people realize. Memphis put on a great show last season and all signs point to them having a successful season. San Antonio, just like Lakers, and Boston, are old and tired. I want to pick Memphis for the division seeing as how they’re young and hungry but going against the defending champions would be silly, right?

Division Winners: Dallas but Memphis will keep it close.

Pacific Division: Phoenix, Golden State, Sacramento, LA Clippers, LA Lakers

I can’t believe the Clippers are the most talked about team in this division right now. The only reason people have spoken about the Warriors is to deride them for the signing of Kwame Brown- could be the worst basketball player in history- and the failure to land a big name player. Despite the great weather in the Bay Area, basketball players are not keen on a move to the Bay. The Warriors have a nice young nucleus of talent but they need a superstar to transform the perceptions of the organization and to help recruit other superstars to the Warriors. I know trading Stephen Curry is not ideal but if he can get them a top 10 superstar, maybe they should pull the trigger. The Clippers got really good, really fast. Paul is great but he is injury prone and every Laker fan will be hoping he suffers a career threatening injury or at the very least, he sucks in the two years he’s there and then moves to the Lakers. The Clippers have a better team than the Lakers but you still expect the Lakers to win the division because well, it’s the Clippers. The Lakers are in the midst of a decline and unless they can get some young superstar talent, the next five years are going to suck. Howard seems reluctant to follow in Shaq’s footsteps and join the Lakers which means he will likely join the Nets. If he does, Deron Williams will not be a free agent and that leaves the Lakers will no options. Derrick Rose, Kevin Love and Eric Gordon will be free agents but they will be restricted free agents, which means it’s highly unlikely they will move to LakerLand.  The Lakers are in trouble, make no mistake about it.

Division Winners: LA Lakers- this might be the last time for a while the Lakers win it and even now it’s not a certainty.

Now it’s time for Championship picks. I got Miami Heat and Oklahoma City Thunder in the final. I want to pick the Thunder but unfortunately I can’t see anyone but the Heat winning.

In 2010 we had a great big genius idea for a Christmas video. Then we got really busy and the filming was a total floperfield … Soooo we threw this together instead. This year we have an even bigger Christmas video idea and this time it’s actually coming out! Christmas Eve will see the release of a new Studio 98 short featuring both Santa Claus and The Bus Driver.

THIS WEEK WE GOT A DOUBLE HEADER GOIN FOR YA…..KEEP CHECKIN BACK EVERY MONDAY FOR MORE!!

Here is another reason why You Tube and The Over Show don’t get along. You Tube doesn’t allow you to post videos where you don’t own 100% of the content in the video and I am pretty sure that the culpret who silenced this one was the one and only Bob Dylan. Now, I’m not going to hate on Uncle Bob that much because he’s in the hall of fame of the rock ‘n roll hall of fame.
Anyhow, I was really disappointed that this one got silenced because it has some of the best content that Damaged Goods has had in any video. So here is a gift to The Over Show, “Keep On Livin”, is now on our vimeo account. This one features Ausin, Josh, Zach Becker, Scott Lynn, and Jason Hartman aka The Rock!

Get ready for more BMX content that got silenced on Damaged Good’s You Tube page to be posted in the near future!

-N.E. Man

Ronald Sharpe aka “Big Ron” has been apart of The Over Show Family for a few years now and has become one of my favorite members! He is one of the most amazing  people to film with; because he know what tricks he has and  he’ll do them tell they look the way he thinks they should look. Below is Ron’s new promo “6 Foot, 7 Foot” check it out and look out for more Big Ron footy soon BECAUSE THIS DUDE IS NOT STOPING ANY TIME SOON!!!

Thanks Ron for being apart of are Worthless Family! – 2B

Eddie Murphy return to films in an adult comedy, well, at least he attempts to return to comedy. Ben Stiller plays the lead with supporting performances from Casey Affleck, Matthew Broderick, Murphy and Alan Aida. The movie is directed by Brett Ratner, director of the Rush Hour films. Rush Hour succeeds in finding a perfect comedy duo whereas “Tower Heist”, fails.

Stiller is the emotional anchor of the film while the wild and wacky supporting performances come from Murphy and Broderick among others. Although the actors provide some zest in the film, it’s poorly written and they suffer because of it.

Stiller plays a hotel manager of a very upscale New York hotel. The most famous and wealthiest of the current residents is Aida. He is some type of stockbroker who is charged with defrauding his investors and one of the people who invested in Aida is Stiller. Stiller took all of the retirement money of his workers and invested with Aida. Due to his federal charge, the money is gone and Stiller is on a quest to find where all of that money is hidden. Naturally he creates a gang to help him uncover the mystery. From here the movie ventures forward and there aren’t many laughs on this journey.

I went into the movie with relatively high expectations seeing as how I enjoyed the Rush Hour movies and Murphy returning to adult comedy was sure to be a welcome sight. The previews for the movie are misleading; Murphy is not in it as often I thought he would be. Even when Murphy appears, he hardly graces the occasion. There is no strong point in the film; there is no standout performance.  There are a few laughs but none worth going to the theater for. Is it worth watching on HBO? Hmmm… maybe.  This is a decent movie featuring good actors, or at least, they were once good. I give the movie a 5.5/10.