IMDB 250 - Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

I don't really need to describe the plot or rate the various aspects of the film. This movie lives up to the Star Trek name, it's as good or better than the previous installment. It's a great action movie. It's everything you'd want a Star Trek movie to be, I think.

In this installment, I got particular enjoyment out of Simon Pegg's performance as Scotty and Karl Urban as Dr. McCoy. Both are excellent renditions of the legendary characters.

8/10.
Total "Top 250" Movies Seen: 373.

IMDB 250 - Like Stars on Earth (2007)

Like Stars on Earth (2007)

A boy struggles in school and in life until an inspired, vibrant teacher comes along and recognizes that he simply has dyslexia.

Well, it's tough to be cynical about a movie where a little boy realizes his potential because someone cared about him. I will say that this movie is charming and it is somewhat touching in some places. Having said that, it really isn't that good. It's cloying and obvious and filled with cookie-cutter scenes that we've all seen a thousand times. It also has too many songs and there's no reason for a dance number (yes, I know it's the cultural norm).

I wouldn't say it's awful but it's like a "very special episode" of "Growing Pains" if "Growing Pains" episodes were 3 hours long.

5/10.

Total "Top 250" Movies Seen: 372.

Conan's 20 Year Anniversary

Late Night with Conan O'Brien first went on the air September 13, 1993 - 20 years ago. His first guests were John Goodman, Drew Barrymore and musical guest Radiohead.

All this week Conan has been celebrating the anniversary by playing montages of the best moments of his 20 years on late night. There are too many to link to but you can find all the uploaded clips at TeamCoco.com/Conan20. They'll only be available for a few weeks though.

A few personal notables:

20 Years of Bloopers

The World's Oldest Stuntman (a video I put on youtube before it was removed by NBC)

The Clive Clemmons Totally Inappropriate Response Channel

Conan Goes to Bartending School

Conan and Andy Have a Staring Contest

Abe Lincoln Money Shots (don't watch it)

The Max On Max Channel (don't watch it either)

The "Not Cool Zeus" Channel

Conan Visits Houston

Conan Dines with Jordan Schlansky

Conan's "Making the Band" - Dudez A-Plenti (note: Conan's own website gets the name of the band wrong. Pfff.)

And on, and on, and on. Check it out.

Serious Jibber-Jabber - Mel Brooks

Conan sits down for a long-form interview with Mel Brooks. They discuss Automats and little else...

Conan Reviews Video Games - PC Horror Games

Conan is back with another video game review. This time, in honor of Halloween, he's reviewing a few horror games for the PC.

This video is kind of Not Safe for Work.

Late Night - 1980s Cop Show

Long time, no post. Well, I didn't go anywhere, it's just that the Late Night Comedy field has been sparse lately.

But this is good.

Jimmy Fallon and Alec Baldwin remember their 1980s cop show: