September 16, 2009
By Valaree Dunn

Best Movie: Good Dick

Stumbling across this indie film, I thought to myself, do I really want to review Good Dick? Boy, do I. The Sundance Film Festival is known for showcasing quirky, atypical, potential blockbusters. Technically classified as a dramatic romantic comedy, Good Dick is dry, dark, and awkwardly realistic. A video store clerk tries to chat up one of his female porn customer’s in what his friends dub an “odd exchange.” Essentially the clerk stalks the girl until she relents and the two begin a very peculiar romance, if that’s even what you could call it.

Best Actor: Jason Ritter

Best Quote: “I care about you.” Only because Ritter quietly expresses the sentiment after a fight while running out the door.
Similar Films: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Me and You and Everyone We Know.

Best Song: Party in the USA by Miley Cyrus

This is embarrassing. Every once in a while Miley Cyrus comes out with a song that is impossible to not dance to. If anyone out there is still using Facebook’s bumper-sticker app, be prepared to receive a flood of Miley Cirus induced flair reminiscent of last year’s “See You Again.” The lyrics are a little sophomoric with lines like, “Nodding my head like yeah/Moving my hips like yeah,” but with that peppy beat she’s right, I am nodding my head like…yeah. Normally Miley Cyrus songs are known to cause compulsive vomiting or the overall creeps. However, “Party in the USA” has caused even the best of the I’m-too-cools to involuntarily head nod. Why be embarras

sed when Miley Cyrus has the most downloaded song on iTunes right now? You can’t argue with that.

Worst Song: Use Somebody by Kings of Leon

Is anyone else as sick of the new Kings of Leon song as I am? "Use Somebody," may have been decent its first week on the radio, but it's constant airplay is like a broken record. Speaking of vinyl and ancient relics, their 2003 single, "California Waiting," was phenomenal, especially in comparison to, "Use Somebody," yet it only receives cult recognition. Of course, mainstream music nods to those who sound like everyone else, so it’s natural that Kings of Leon only receive accolades next to The Fray and Nickelback. "Dammit, everybody is talking about Kings of Leon and how 'Only By the Night' is the best record to have sex to," pop star Katy Perry said. "It's so true." Like we need Katy Perry procreating. But I digress.