At This Rate, I'll Soon Have My Own Review Show (I Am Much More Photogenic Than Gene Shalit)

It's January 14th and I've already seen two movies this year. TWO!

There was a time when we'd see two movies in a weekend. There was a time when we drove forty-five miles to the nearest indie theater to catch a flick. There was a time when we didn't have kids.

The first movie I saw this year was Alvin And The Chipmunks, which was nowhere near as bad as I had anticipated. It was still pretty bad, but I was expecting far worse. Today, Ella and I caught Juno, which is just as great as everyone who goes to movies on a regular basis has already said it is, so I'll spare you a review.

But soon I'll be seeing my third movie of 2008!

On Friday, I picked up advance tickets to one of the many February 2nd showings of Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert Tour. Yeah, I might've jumped the gun a bit. But since concert tickets to Hannah shows were sold on the secondary market at a billion dollars a pop, I didn't want to take any chances and break my daughter's heart. See, for reasons I do not understand, they're only keeping this in theaters for one week. Hannah is a freaking cash cow. Disney should be milking it for all it is worth, right? Or am I missing something here?

My wife is looking forward to this because she's a big dork and actually likes the songs and because the Jonas Brothers are in it and she's got some kind of secret sick crush on them she's yet to admit. The only reason I'm looking forward to it because the movie's in 3-D. Which means that… the movie's in 3-D. Seriously, why does this movie need to be in 3-D? Is it so my daughter can bitch for ninety minutes about wearing cardboard glasses? (There were several jokes I tried to make here, but every one made me sound like a pedophile.)

Or is it just so they can charge an additional $2 for the ticket?

P.S. If anyone wants to sneak out of the house on Friday night after the kids have gone to bed and catch Cloverfield, give me a ring. I won't tell if you won't tell.

Song of the day: Vampire by Antsy Pants