Why Aren't My Softball Games Like This?

I soooooo loved this the first time I saw it...



Oh, Scott Thompson...which reminds me, I did finally watch the first two episodes of the new Kids in the Hall miniseries, "Death Comes To Town." If you like KITH you'll enjoy it. The first episode was a bit slow but it picked up in the second. (The series is eight half-hour episodes. Two air each Friday at 10 pm ET on IFC.)

Quick Review: Vampires Suck

These spoof movies are so hit-and-miss. "Meet the Spartans," "Date Movie," "Epic Movie," "Disaster Movie," "Superhero Movie," etc. are cheaply made, mostly featuring a bunch of no-name actors, and there are usually jokes and sight gags about almost anything, not just the genre they're spoofing. The latest, "Vampires Suck," a lampooning of the "Twilight" movies, also lacks production values and acting prowess (the biggest "stars" are Diedrich Bader as Bella's...I mean, Becca's father, and Dave Foley as the school principal. (Speaking of Dave Foley, the new Kids in the Hall miniseries "Death Comes To Town" premiered on IFC tonight. I'll let you know what I think after I watch it.) The humor, however, isn't quite as unfocused. It takes square aim at all three "Twilight" movies, with only a couple of references to other vampire-related entertainment, and some jokes at the expense of other current pop culture attention-getters. There are moments when I laughed hysterically, and others where the jokes fall flat. Here's a clip of one scene that could've been really funny but is so cheesy (and stereotyping) that it ultimately was annoying:



On the whole, however, the fact that they focused so closely on "Twilight" helped. If you hate all things "Twilight," or are just confused by the popularity of it all, you may get something of a kick out of this. My grade: B-minus.