So for those of you who are anxiously awaiting your chance to see Sex and the City this weekend, here’s your sneak peek.

This review was published in this morning’s The New Yorker. Of course I’m not sure I agree with it or not, as I haven’t seen the film yet, but it’s well written and super snarky. Just up our alleys, sweethearts.

Article: Anthony Lane/The New Yorker
Illustration: David Hughes

Secrecy has clouded “Sex and the City” since it was first announced. When would the film appear? Who would find a husband? Would one of the main characters die? If so, would she commit suicide by self-pity (a constant threat), or would a crocodile escape from the Bronx Zoo and wreak a flesh-ripping revenge for all those handbags? As the release date neared, the paranoia thickened; at the screening I attended, we were asked not only to surrender our cell phones but to march through a beeping security gate, as if boarding a plane to Tel Aviv. There was even a full-body pat-down, by far the biggest turn-on of the night. Not a drop of the forthcoming plot had been leaked in advance, but I took a wild guess. “Apparently,” I said to the woman behind me in line, “some of the girls have problems with their men, break up for a while, and then get back together again.” “Oh, my God!” she cried. “How do you know?”

What followed was not strictly a movie. It was more like a TV show on steroids. The televised episodes, which ran from 1998 to 2004, lasted for no more than half an hour each. So, spare a thought for the director of the film, Michael Patrick King, who also wrote the screenplay. Faced with the flimsiest of concepts, he had to take it by both ends and pull until he stretched it out to two and a quarter hours. Two and a quarter! When Garbo made “Anna Karenina,” in 1935, she got happy, unhappy, loved, left, and under the train in less than a hundred minutes, so how the hell are her successors supposed to fill the time?

To be fair, there are four of them—banded together, like hormonal hobbits, and all obsessed with a ring. As the story begins, two are married already. First, there is Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), who has a job, a child, and not enough sex with her husband, Steve (David Eigenberg), perhaps because he reminds her of Radar, from “M*A*S*H.” Then comes Charlotte (Kristin Davis), who is blissfully wedded to—well, what is she wedded to, exactly? He goes by the name of Harry (Evan Handler), but he’s a ringer for Dr. Evil, from the “Austin Powers” franchise, with all the evil sucked away; what remains is fey and shiny-headed, smiling sweetly about something known only to himself. For a movie about the need for real men—lusty, loyal, and loaded—this unusual earthling is truly a most peculiar advertisement for the gender.

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Spicy has got two copies of Michael Moore’s new DVD ‘Sicko’ to giveaway on Celebrity Smack!

Own it before it’s released on November 6th!

Sicko takes a much needed look at today’s health care system in America. Moore interviews dozens of people and families who have come forward to speak of their grotesquely unfair treatments by their insurance companies. And the stories speak for themselves. Whether or not you are a fan of Michael Moore’s past work, this movie will open your eyes to one of the biggest problems facing Americans today.

How Can You Win a Copy of ‘Sicko’?

Email Spicy with the subject of your email being ‘SICKO’, and the 19th and 20th emails win the movie. It’s that simple!

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Rarely do I go into a movie with high expectations and come out of it with them being met or even exceeded. A Mighty Heart is one of the few that went beyond my wildest expectations.

Angelina Jolie in one of her greatest performances plays Mariane Pearl whose husband Daniel, a Wall Street Journal reporter, is captured and finally beheaded by supporters of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed. Jolie did an amazing job at portraying Mariane’s emotions, personality and her desire to remain strong. This story will defintely touch your heart and unless you have a heat of stone, you will shed tears during this film.

A Might Heart is about Mariane’s struggle to save her husband before it’s too late. The extraordinary attempt to locate her husband has you hoping that she will save her husband even though we all know the outcome.

This film is a MUST for everyone. It’s a bittersweet love story that will move you.

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

I’ll admit I was a skeptic going into this movie.

I’m not one for superheros or overdone special effects so I really didn’t think I was going to like the movie, The Fantastic Four, Rise of the Silver Surfer. But I’ll admit, it wasn’t so bad. I didn’t exactly love it and it probably won’t get worn out like my copies of ‘Goodfella’s’ or ‘Office Space’, but it was enjoyable.

The movie is family friendly which is great for those who have young ones and need a movie on the middle ground. You know, not too cheesy, but not cranked full of adult humor either.

It’s packed full of action and stars gorgeous Jessica Alba and Chris Evans. There’s eye candy for all, which is one of the films strengths. Michael Chiklis‘ character, The Thing, is entertaining as a ladies man…errr..’thing’, and provides lots of laughs throughout the film.

All in all, I’d recommend this movie for families or superhero geek enthusiasts and rate it 2.5 out of 5 stars.
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Out on DVD tomorrow!

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer – The Power Cosmic Edition two-disc DVD release will showcase the added special features including:

• Extended / Deleted Scenes (with optional commentary by director Tim Story)

• Family Bonds: The Making of Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer documentary

• Sentinel of the Spaceways: Comic Book Origins of The Silver Surfer featurette

• The FantastiCar: State of the Art featurette

• The Power Cosmic special effects featurette

• Character Design With Spectral Motion featurette

• Scoring the Fantastic featurette

• Interactive FantastiCar concept images gallery

• Theatrical Trailers

• Still Galleries (Behind the Scenes / Characters / Concept Art)

Controversial and catty, not everyone loves Sarah Silverman. But for those who can appreciate her twisted humor she is wildly entertaining.

In Season One of The Sarah Silverman Program you learn about Sarah’s character. She’s a juvenile, arrogant, bossy, loud and egotistic. But somehow manages to still have close friends that she meets with daily at a local coffee shop.

Her core of friends begins with her sister, Laura, who’s a nurse and pretty much takes care of Sarah, Laura’s boyfriend, Jay, who’s a cop, and her two ‘orange’ gay friends (who are a couple) Brian and Steve, and are also her neighbors.

In each episode Sarah plays up a different stereotype. She will spontaneously decide to experience something off the wall and at the end of every show she tells her dog, Doug, about what she learned from it.

Whether deciding suddenly that she is a lesbian (episode: The Muffin Man) or that she wants to have a daughter so she can compete in a beauty pageant, Sarah is always up to no good.

The Sarah Silverman Program is available on DVD October 2nd and Season Two starts Wednesday October 3rd at 10:0pm/ 9:30CT.

If you saw the first Jackass, then you pretty much know what you are in for.

However, I would have to say that Jackass 2 takes it to a whole new level. There is more stuff to gross you out. More bodily fluids, more launching people into the water at high speeds, and more stuff stuck up their cornholes.

Most of you already know that this movie is not for everyone. If you are easily offended, have a weak stomach, or don’t find stupid human tricks funny, this is certainly not the movie for you. I just happen to have a terribly sick sense of humor, so of course, I loved it.

A great movie for parties, and a great movie to add to your collection. When all else fails, Jackass 2 can lift your spirits on a rainy day. It will have you laughing in no time, even if you are completely grossed out.

Spicy gives Jackass 2 a thumbs up!

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If you loved VH1’s ‘The Flavor of Love’ Season 2, you will love the 3-Disc set that is available in stores tomorrow.

You will see not only what you saw on VH1, but MORE! Unedited, uncut and totally cat-fight-tastic!

There is a TON of previously not seen footage that you will love, and a lot that will make you laugh.

You see boobs flashing, more on the ‘Somethin‘ mishap, lots of drinking, some secret Flav lovin‘, and all around cattiness that you missed during it’s original airing.

I was a huge fan of The Flavor of Love: Season 2. I absolutely loved the 3-Disc set’s extra features, scenes and footage.

It being uncensored and uncut made watching the entire second season for the second time like a new show.

If you were a fan of Flavor of Love: Seaon 2, you need to have this for your own collection.

It’s a must. And with Christmas coming it also makes a great gift…for yourself!

Spicy gives Flavor of Love: Season 2 (3 DVD Disc Set) Thumbs Up!