Two Words, One Answer.
Jerry O'Connell
 Man About Town $2.99 The joke on the Mallrats DVD commentary was that Mallrats was considered such a terrible film that not even a flop like Phantoms would list it on its cover as one of Ben Affleck's previous roles. Man About Town can now take that dubious distinction. This makes Affleck's other films like Paycheck and Gigli look as good as Good Will Hunting. This film wastes so much talent in Affleck, Rebecca Romijn, Bai Ling, John Cleese, Jerry O Connell, Kal Penn, and Gina Gershon. The writer/director Mike Binder is a much better actor as he gives himself a small role in this film as Morty Affleck's best friend. Binder also is responsible for the only real laugh of the movie as he wields a fire extinguisher against a jilted actor destroying his office. Affleck stars as Jack, he is supposed to be a wealthy and successful agent even though he has only two big name clients to speak of. One client a T.V. writer (Adam Goldberg) is sleeping with Jack's wife (Romijn) and his other client (Jerry O Connell) is going to leave him and seek other representation. Jack's partners in the firm are played by Gershon, Binder, and Penn. Since their business is going under they are desperate for Jack to forgive the T.V. writer for making a cuckold of him as he is their only high profile client. In the midst of all this confusion Jack enrolls in a journal writing course taught by Cleese. He doesn't know exactly why he is there but at the end of the film conveniently he realizes that he is hoping to find out who he really is and how to make his marriage work. He comes to the conclusion that he is imperfect. Before he makes all these life changes in his journal it is stolen from him by Barbi Ling (Bai Ling). She plans on blackmailing Jack and selling his secret business practices to a newspaper since Jack refused twelve of her screenplays over the years. The most embarrassing moments of this film involve Affleck with two giant white buck teeth doing Tom Cruise impersonations and an embarrassing and slightly racist scene where they challenge Ling and her whole family to a karate match in an alley after being chased through Chinatown by Ling who refuses to give Jack his notebook back. This film just sucks completely and it is no wonder that it went straight to DVD. Affleck is just embarrassing to watch. The extras have eleven more tortuous minutes of deleted scenes and perhaps most tellingly three featurettes and a gag reel neither one with participation from Affleck or director Mike Binder.  Hands Across the Water - A Benefit for the Children of the Tsunami $29.98 Hands Across the Water - A Benefit For The Children Of The Tsunami // 1. This Beggar's Heart - Darrell Scott with Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Oisin McAuley (Danu), and Paul Rodden 2. Get Through It - Jon Randall with Mairtin O'Connor and Alison Brown 3. Ae Fond Kiss - Karen Matheson with The Duhks and Bryan Sutton 4. Standing Still - Andrea Zonn with Flook 5. Fair And Tender Ladies - Tim O'Brien with Lunasa 6. A Man Of Constant Sorrow - Sharon Shannon with Jackson Browne 7. Reasonland - Solas with Mindy Smith 8. 'Til A Tear Becomes A Rose - John Prine and Fiona Prine with Dermot Byrne 9. Be Still My Soul - Beth Nielsen Chapman with Michael McGoldrick and Donald Shaw 10. 40 Shades Of Green - Paul Brady with Rodney Crowell 11. Part Of Your History - Blue Merle with Pauline Scanlon 12. Let's Heal - Altan with Vince Gill 13. An Occasional Song - Cerys Matthews with John Jorgenson and Stuart Duncan 14. Cumberland Plateau - John Cowan with The Brock McGuire Band 15. This World's Family - Jim Lauderdale with Maura O'Connell 16. In The Sweet By And By - Jerry Douglas with Ciaran Tourish  Jerry O'Connell autographed 8x10 Photo (Joe's Apartment) $95.00 Jerry O'Connell signed 8x10 Photo (Joe's Apartment) ?**This item comes with a Certificate of Authenticity along with matching tamper-proof holograms from Autograph Warehouse, guaranteeing the authenticity of this hand-signed autograph. Autograph Warehouse stakes its reputation on every item it sells, and authenticity is their number one priority. Each and every autograph is guaranteed for life to be authentic.** |
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