Fun with Cats

As I have previously mentioned in past blog posts, I love my cats.  They are always full of entertainment and continually make me laugh with their antics.  This past weekend they were even more entertaining than usual and I captured two cute and funny video of them.

I had a house guest staying the weekend and as I was making up the bed, Loki thought that he would make sure that the house guest would feel welcomed, and since he's a cat, he did that the only way he knows how, buy covering the freshly made bed in his fur.

Vader has always loved the water, playing with it even as a young kitten.  He would sometimes just hang out in his water dish.  When ever I use ice cubes he comes running to the freezer, hoping to get one to play with.  He is constantly jumping up on the kitchen counter to play with the running water as I'm washing dishes.  Well it was quite hot this weekend and I thought he could use a bit of a cooling down.  I put some water in the bathtub, and well...the rest is on the video.

A Million Ways to Die in the West: A Review

I am really lucky to get my hands on a ton of screener movie tickets.  It's a great way to see movies, and as an added bonus, I don't have to pay for them.  The only real inconvenience with screener tickets is that you have to arrive fairly early to the theatre in order to get good seats.  I can't complain at all though, free is awesome!  Last night I made the trek out to Silvercity Riverport in Richmond, BC to catch advanced screening of A Million Ways to Die in the West.  I, and from the sound of it, the entire theatre had a blast.

Seth MacFarlene wrote, directed and stars in A Million Ways to Die in the West.  He plays Albert, a cowardly sheep farmer.  After he fast-talks his way out of a gun fight he is branded a coward and his girlfriend leaves him for Foy (Neil Patrick Harris), the dashing owner of the Moustachory.  Contemplating suicide as means to escape the west, Albert finds himself in the middle of a saloon brawl where he meets the mysterious Anna (Charlize Theron).  Anna helps Albert find his courage as they slowly fall in love.  When a notorious gun-slinger (Liam Neeson) shows up in town looking for trouble, Albert must test out his new found courage.

Seth MacFarlene is not the best actor out there, but I felt that worked well for him in this film, especially when he is surrounded by other great actors.  A comedic western, with quick-witted dialogue from MacFarlene and a ton of sight gags, A Million Ways to Die in the West had me laughing from start to finish.  Throw in a few musical numbers, some poking-fun of old racial stereotypes and an interesting view of the oldest profession in the world, this film is definitely one of the best comedies I have seen in a while.

A Million Ways to Die in the West will be released to the general public on May 30, 2014.