Paycheck on Blu-Ray

paycheckBased on a short story by Philip K. Dick, who wrote the stories that were turned into Blade Runner, Minority Report and Total Recall, Paycheck stars Ben Affleck as Mike Jennings, an engineer who invents a machine but then agrees to have his memory erased in exchange for a $90 million dollar paycheck. When he “comes to”, he finds that he has mailed himself an envelope full of seemingly random objects, and has a girlfriend Rachel that he doesn’t remember (played by Uma Thurman). And, he learns he also turned down the $90 million dollars, so he turns to his friend Shorty (Paul Giamatti) to help him figure out why.

The man who hired him to invent the machine, played by Aaron Eckhart, doesn’t want Mike to remember what he invented, so he has guys chasing Mike and Rachel trying to stop them from learning the truth. There’s lots of dodging of poorly-aimed bullets, some very cool futuristic technology, and great action from director John Woo.

The special features are a commentary by John Woo, a commentary by screenwriter Dean Georgaris, a featurette about designing the future world that the movie takes place in, a featurette about the stunts, and extended/deleted scenes. Visually, the colors are bright and the sound is excellent, I don’t own the movie on regular DVD so I don’t have anything to compare it to, but it seems like a good choice for a Blu-Ray collection. Pick it up on Amazon.com or in stores.

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Best video response EVER-Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel gets back at girlfriend Sarah Silverman for her “I’m F***ing Matt Damon” video with a video of his own. His guest on tonight’s show is Ben Affleck, and wait till you see the video they made, titled “I’m F***ing Ben Affleck”.

If I knew how, I would upload the DVR recording I made to YouTube and maybe even be first, but I have no idea how to do it. As soon as I find it though, your damn skippy I’m going to post it, because it is brilliant. edited to add: here it is, although edited and with a laugh track-

It wasn’t just Jimmy, Ben, and a guitar, either, oh no. They got cameo appearances by Brad Pitt, plus a “We Are The World” type singing group made up of stars like Don Cheadle, Harrison Ford, Huey Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Orlando Bloom, and Robin Williams.

On the show, Jimmy told Ben that now they need a celebrity nickname, like Bennifer or Brangelina. My suggestion? You read it here first, folks–KIMFLECK.