The Best of Phil Spector

Amazingly enough, the jury is still out in the murder trial of Phil Spector. California juries are obvously incapable of convicting celebrities, no matter how guilty they may be. Despite the man's obvious mental instability and violent tendencies, he was one genius of a record producer. So, in honour of what I hope will be his impending guilty verdict, I bring to you my top ten Phil Spector produced songs:

1) Unchained Melody - The Righteous Brothers

2) The Long and Winding Road - The Beatles

3) Instant Karma - John Lennon

4) To Know Him is to Love Him - The Teddy Bears

5) River Deep - Mountain High - Ike and Tina Turner

6) My Sweet Lord - George Harrison

7) Be My Baby - The Ronettes

8) Christmas (Baby, please come home) - Darlene Love

9) True Love Leaves No Traces - Leonard Cohen

10) Rock N' Roll High School - The Ramones

11) He Hit Me (It Felt Like a Kiss) - The Crystals

12) Let it Be - The Beatles

13) Every Breath I Take - Gene Pitney

14) Across te Universe - The Beatles

15) Black Pearl - Sonny Charles and the Checkmates

16) I Love How You Love Me," the Paris Sisters

17) Not Too Young to Get Married," Bob B. Soxx and the Blue Jeans

18) Walking in the Rain - The Ronettes

19) Imagine - John Lennon

20) You've Lost That Loving Feeling - The Righteous Brothers

Unchained Melody

Shows you can take away

French Director Vincent Moon has a knack for creating what he calls "the spontaneous music video" where he captures some of rock's most interesting artists performing in unexpected locales. He calls these videos "take away concerts." All of his videos can be found on YouTube or at his site, Blogotheque. Here are three of my favourites:

The Arcade Fire perform "Neon Bible" in a cramped elevator:



Grizzly Bear belt out an accapella version of "Knife" on the streets of Paris:



Sufjan Stevens performs "The Lakes of Canada" on a rooftop in Cincinnati:

The Prodigal Buddha has Returned!

Greetings Kids,


I hope everyone had a great summer. My summer was very interesting and one of immense personal change. I have moved out of my hometown of Toronto to beautiful Montreal in order to start my graduate studies in English. I've never been more excited/terrified. Anyway, I know no one particularly wants to hear about my personal life but I thought y'all would enjoy this little tidbit from my first week in Montreal.


I thought you'd enjoy this tidbit from my life. So, I was walking home late at night after having a few drinks with an old friend from high school whom I hadn't seen in years. Now, my neighbourhood is very nice but it has a certain criminal element that I love because it livens things up a little and gives me oodles of street cred that otherwise I would go without. My neighbourhood is called Notre Dame de Grace aka N.D.G. aka No Damn Good.

Anyway, like I was saying, I was walking home and I decided to cut through a dark alley for some reason. So, I'm strutting around like I own the town feeling pretty proud that I'm assimilating so well to my new surroundings. Then, as I round the corner onto my street I walk headlong into the handsome gentleman pictued below:


Yes, that is a grown man with a skull tattooed on his face. Needless to say, I promptly crapped my pants. The pants crapping was then followed by a fear induced vomit. After I scampered home like a little girl, I was on the internet and came across a list of the "10 of the Most Insanely-Modified Human Beings in the World." This skull faced gentleman, who lives in Montreal, was listed as #4. Weird, eh? I still have nightmares.
Anyway, I hope enjoyed that tale of my cowardice. Come back for some more posts.

Gone but not Forgotten (Hopefully)

Hello disciples,

The Samurai Buddha is on Summer Hiatus.

Check back in September.

Stephen Harper: "We don't break contracts"

I love this story concerning the ongoing battle between the federal government and the governments of Nova Scotia and Newfoudland about allegedly broken accords aimed at protecting the economic security of the two eastern provinces. The best part is Harper's rebuke;

"It's a contract. We don't break contracts. We respect contracts. Normally, I expect, if someone says you've broken a contract, they are going to follow that up by going to court to make you abide by the contract. But I don't see that happening."

"We don't break contracts." Hmmm.... I guess he doesn't count the Kyoto Accord. OOOPS!

Thanks Dad!

Another reason why the United States is stuck in Iraq

President George W. Bush does not know how to pour a beer.



Poor Form, indeed.

There is a reason why I'm against homeschooling

And here it is:

Evan O'Dorney, winner of the 2007 spelling bee and grade A oddball. This kid is in desperate need of some social interaction.

Crystal

I checked out the recently revamped Royal Ontario Museum yesterday and I must say that I was quite impressed. I know a lot of people are going to be hating on the new design but I just ask that you reserve judgment until you actually check it out from the inside because I think the museum will be world class once they get all the exhibits in there. The architect, Daniel Libeskind, did an excellent job combining the new building with the old. Check out the new Michael Lee-Chin crystal.

Hotter than a Pistol

Pistol Pete Maravich is generally believed to be the best college basketball player ever. While at Lousiana State University, Maravich averaged an amazing 44.2 points per game under the tutelage of his father Press Maravich who trained him in ball handling and shooting from a very young age sometimes making him dribble two balls outside of a moving car. It is difficult to fathom the artistry and grace with which he played the game. Pete went on to have a very successful career in the NBA playing with the Atlanta Hawks, New Orleans/Utah Jazz and Boston Celtics. A leg injury forced him retire in 1980, at which point he became a recluse for two year practicing Yoga, studying Hinduism and UFOs.

In 1988, while warming up to play a pickup basketball game, the Pistol collapsed and died of a heart attack due to a congenital heart defect fulfilling a prophecy he had as a young man. At age 23 Pete said, "I don't want to play 10 years [in the NBA] and then die of a heart attack when I'm 40."

A fascinated new biography about Maravich was published recently by Mark Kreigel. If you're a basketball fan, pick up this excellent look into a very interesting character.

Here's a great highlight mix so you can get an idea of what I mean:

Boy Wonder

In the May 28th issue of The New Yorker has a great article on one of my favourite childhood characters, Tintin. Anthony Lane discusses Tintin's creator Hergé (Georges Remi) and how he went about creating the intrepid Belgian reporter as well as his cohorts Captain Haddock, Professor Calculus and, of course, Thomson and Thompson. He also discusses various literary interpretations of the Tinitin. If you're a fan of Tintin I'm sure you'll find this article interesting.

More interesting is the prospect of a Tintin movie. Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson have signed a three-picture deal to bring Tintin to the big screen. After reading the article, I'm tempted to think that a film about Hergé himself wouldn't be too bad either.

I can't wait. Who should play Tintin?

New Zealand's 4th most popular Folk/Comedy Duo

The Flight of the Conchords are a musical comedy duo from New Zealand made up of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement. They specialize in absurdly funny songs. They have been making audiences laugh for a couple years as part of their "Folk the World" tour which has resulted in them getting an HBO series. Luckily for us without HBO, the duo have posted the entire pilot episode on the good 'ol series of tubes:

Bonus: My personal favourite Conchord's song, "Business Time"

New Dawn Fades

A rough/subtitled trailer for the Anton Corbijn directed Ian Curtis (Joy Division) biopic has surfaced online. It is a difficult story to tell but my interest is piqued. I like the decision to shoot in black and white since whenever I listen to Joy Division it always evokes images of black and white for me.

This Post is Just for Me

Bob Dylan - Don't Think Twice It's All Right



I'm walkin' down that long, lonesome road, babe
Where I'm bound, I can't tell
But goodbye's too good a word, gal
So I'll just say fare thee well
I ain't sayin' you treated me unkind
You could have done better but I don't mind
You just kinda wasted my precious time
But don't think twice, it's all right

Back in Black

Hey everybody out there in radio land,

I am back from my adventure on "The Rock." Newfoundland was great, despite losing my camera and dignity. I'll have a much more substantial post later this week about Newfoundland because I'm a little worse for wear right now. However, I haven't forgotten about you so here's a couple juicy tid-bits to tide you over:

First, the Globe and Mail had a great article/interview Saturday featuring one of my personal heroes; singer, songwriter, poet, ladies man Leonard Cohen. You can read it here. In other Cohen news, his first three albums have been re-released and remastered (Songs of Leonard Cohen, Songs of Love and Hate, Songs from a Room). Please check them out, they're three of the best albums ever recorded. Cohen's been everywhere lately, he's clearly trying to recoup some of the millions of dollars stolen from him by his manager but who cares, we get more Lenny.

Also, in case you missed it, here's Al Gore's interview from the Daily Show last week. He makes some good points. When did Al Gore become a rock star?

Part 1

Part 2

Spring Hiatus

Hello loyal listeners,

I'm just writing to let you guys know that I'm going to the Canadian east coast for the next week or so so I won't be updating the Buddha until May 29th. Good luck navigating the blogosphere without me.

But seriously, don't forget about me!

Until then, let me tide you over with the first look at Heath Ledger as the Joker in the upcoming Batman movie. Holy John Wayne Gacy, Batman! I'm going to have nightmares!

How is this man not the MVP?

Yesterday, Dirk Nowitzky was named the MVP of the NBA. Dirk is a great player for sure but he is nowhere near as important to his team as Steve Nash is to the Phoenix Suns. It's obvious enough to me that the only reason Nash was not awarded the MVP was because certain sportswriters did not want to place the Canadian point guard in the same category as other hoopsters who have won the MVP three consecutive times, an honour that has only been bestowed three times to Bill Russell, Wilt Chamberlain, and Larry Bird. While Nash has never been to the NBA finals, no player has displayed the skill, grace, class, and commitment to improving his game more than Nash in the past ten years. Nash's desire to return to Game 1 against the Spurs with a profusely bleeding nose and his ability to fight through every dirty trick the Spurs have thrown at him proves he is the only MVP.

Here's a good mix of Steve Nash highlights:

Power Ranking: Clint the auteur

Clint Eastwood is one of the greatest actors of his generation. He is the archetype of the American male for many people. His roles in Dirty Harry, A Fistful of Dollars, Every Which Way but Loose, and Paint that Wagon has cemented his position as an iconic actor. However, he has most recently received most of his acclaim from directing. So, here is my power ranking of the top 10 Clint Eastwood directed films:

10) Absolute Power

9) High Plains Drifter

8) Play Misty for Me

7) Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

6) The Outlaw Josey Wales

5) Million Dollar Baby

4) Flags of Our Fathers

3) Letters from Iwo Jima

2) Unforgiven

1) Mystic River

Jerry Falwell (1933-2007)

"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."

"AIDS is not just God's punishment for homosexuals; it is God's punishment for the society that tolerates homosexuals."

"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."

Nice Guy!

Power Ranking: The Top Broken Social Scene Spin Offs

Broken Social Scene is the Death Star of the Canadian indie rock scene. Like the Death Star, it has many Tie Fighters or spin off projects. So, which ones are the best of a very crowded group of Toronto bohemians. Well, I present to you my power rankings for Broken Social Scene spin-off bands.

First, this list is purely subjective but based on the following criteria:

• Success as solo artist or spin-off band (both commercial and critical, but mostly based on my own entirely subjective opinion)

And

• Quality and quantity of Contribution to Broken Social Scene (again, entirely subjective)

Let the Debate Begin:

Didn’t make the cut: Valley of the Giants, Junior Blue, Fembots, Reverie Sound Revue

The List:
10) K.C. Accidental - Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin
9) K-OS - Kheaven Brereton
8) Do Make Say Think - Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit
7) Raising the Fawn - John Crossingham
6) The Weakerthans – Jason Tait (Great band but only a minimal contribution to BSS so they’re ranked lower on this list despite my love for them)
5) Metric - James Shaw and Emily Haines
4) Jason Collett
3) Stars - Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, and Torquil Campbell

2) Apostle of Hustle - Andrew Whiteman

1) Leslie Feist

BSS performs "7/4 (Shoreline)" on Conan (with both Haines and Feist):

For the record I consider the BSS lineup to be: Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, David Newfeld, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, James Shaw, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, Ohad Benchetrit, Martin Davis Kinack, Jo-ann Goldsmith, Torquil Campbell, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Jason Tait, Kheaven Brereton

This is why the U.S. is losing the war in Iraq

They couldn't even win the war on Vanna White:



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Happy Mother's Day!

The Samurai Buddha wants to wish all the mother's out there a happy mother's day!

The Graduate

I'm going to be graduating from university in June. I'm pretty excited and have been patting myself on the back since exams ended. However, what I'm really looking forward to is the graduation speech. Personally, I hope its as full of as many cliches as possible. To further enhance what is sure to be a cheesy affair, the lads at CollegeHumor put together a "Graduation Bingo" grid to make your graduation that much better. I sincerely hope to hear someone yell BINGO! in the middle of my graduation.

Tony Blair bids adieu

Today, Tony Blair announced that he was resigning as Prime Minister of Great Britain and leader of the Labour Party effective June 27th. Recent history has not been kind to Mr. Blair, mostly because of his ill-fated decision to support President Bush in his war of terron, but his legacy is far more complicated than Bush's ever will be. Up until his recent foray into the middle east, Blair was almost universally respected as one of Europe's most effective leaders. Perhaps he paid the price of being in power too long. I'm reminded of one of the last scenes in Stephen Frears' "The Queen" when Queen Elizabeth reminds a neophite Tony Blair that public opinion may one day turn against him. I think that's true, like Yogi Berra correctly and eloquently pointed out, "The sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday."

I can't help but think he will be missed.

Here's a video of his resignation speech.

Further adventures in bizarre album covers

What's up with album covers this year? They are getting progressively fucked up...

Interpol joins The White Stripes and Spoon by choosing a maddeningly odd album cover for their latest release. Here it is:

Riches and Riches and Riches

I just got through watching the premiere of "The Riches" on Showcase and I was quite impressed. The drama stars the brilliant Eddie Izzard and resurgent Minnie Driver as the patriarch and matriarch of the Malloy family, a vagabond group of thieves and con artist. They are associated with the mythic "white gypsies" of the American south. Through a variety of mishaps, the Malloy family ends up assuming the identity of the "Rich" family who were killed in an accident and set out to "steal the American dream." This show is well acted and well written with a lot of room to grow. Check it out!

Marvel vs. DC = MAC vs. PC

When I was in 5th grade, comic book giants DC and Marvel had a crossover promotion in which superheroes from the two universes battled for supremacy. For example, Superman fought the Hulk, Batman battled Captain America, Wolverine fought Lobo, Spiderman fought Superboy etc. Needless to say, it was perhaps the greatest moment in my young life. My friends and I actually took bets on who would win. In that vein, and hot off the heels of Spiderman 3 making a bajillion dollars over the weekend, some funny clips have appeared on YouTube pitting action figures from the two brands against each other in arguments for who makes the better movies. They are brilliantly done in they style of the MAC vs. PC ads and you can watch them below:

Floss your Brain

Mental Floss is a great magazine full of what I love most: useless trivia. I strongly suggest you check it out if you want the tiny tidbits of knowledge that will impress/enrage your friends at parties but will serve no useful purpose in life. The magazine, known as "The Floss" to those in the know, also has historical features that highlight some quirky facts from past. I found one such feature particularly interesting about drinking games of the past, you can check it out here.

Also on the historical front, I found this cool list of amazing coincidences in history. It's a tad long but it's worth the payoff - check it out here.

Don't you love idiosyncratic history?

My Sequel Sense is Tingling!

Ladies and gentlemen, blockbuster season is upon us. Exhibit A: Spiderman 3. I thoroughly enjoyed the first two installments of the Sam Raimi directed franchise but this one has been getting mixed reviews and I must say that I had a mixed reaction to it. First of all, the action is top notch and the special effects are exactly the quality you would expect from a movie with a reported $400 Million price tag. The sequences involving the Sandman (Thomas Hayden Chuch) are particularly eye popping. The movie loses its way, however, because it tries to cram too much into its 2 hours and 20 minutes. As a result, most of the film's storylines remain undeveloped, especially the criminally underused Topher Grace as Eddie Brock/Venom. The "Symbiote" story arc isn't given the seriousness of tone it deserves. In fact, as the alien symbiote enhances Peter Parker's (Tobey Maguire) Spidey abilities it is also supposed to turn him into a jerk. However, in "Spiderman 3," Parker's transformation is symbolized by subtle eyeliner and asymmetrical bangs a la Fall Out Boy. Yes, Spiderman became a self asorbed emo boy for a good portion of the film. While the story and pacing may be unfortunate, there are more good points than bad. For instance, Bryce Dallas Howard is very effective as Gwen Stacey and the audience finally gets a payoff to the Harry Osborne (James Franco) and Peter Parker rivalry. "Spiderman 3" is a bit of a disapointment but don't let that dissuade you from seeing it.

The Limit to your Love

That's right, the new Feist has arrived and it is an absolute thing of beauty. I've spent the past couple days absorbing Leslie Feist's third album, "The Reminder," and I can't stop the songs and her voice from weaving in and out of my brain. The album is anchored by Feist's jazzy smooth voice on singles like "My Moon My Man" and "1234" and skips along at a rate that seems almost effortless. Unlike her sophomore disk, "Let it Die," Feist is credited with writing every song on "The Reminder" except for Nina Simone's "Sea Lion Woman." Feist sings with such emotional gravity that, at the same time, remains as light and airy as a wafer cookie. The Calgary native, Toronto Punk Kid, Paris Ex-Pat, and Broken Social Scenester has delivered one of the best albums of 2007 so far by far.

My Moon My Man


Sea Lion Woman


Gotta Love It!

The Top 5 SNL Digital Shorts

The Lonely Island-esque digital shorts are pretty much the only things worth watching on Saturday Night Live these days. They can be hit and miss so I thought I'd post my top five:

#5 - Dear Sister


#4 - Business Meeting


#3 - Natalie Portman Rap


#2 - Dick in a Box


#1 - Lazy Sunday


Enjoy!

Need Help Getting Through Exams?

The final exam of my undergraduate degree is tomorrow night from 7-10pm. I've never written an exam that late before so I don't know how my body will react. In order to ensure that I won't fall asleep I've developed a contingency plan should I start to nod off. That plan involves the new Steven Seagal energy drink "Asian Experience." I'm not going to drink it - I'm just going to look at it, laugh my ass off and get back to writing:

Top 3 Girl Talk Remixes

I've never been a fan of the whole mashup genre at least not since everyone with a laptop began to think that they were Danger Mouse. However, the highly touted Girl Talk (nee Greg Gillis) lives up to the hype. His 2006 masterpiece "Night Ripper" is just an amazing work of art executed with mathematical precision. I encourage anyone who thinks the prospect of hearing Biggie rhyme over Elton John's "Tiny Dancer" is appealing to pick it up and dance their confused heart away. The biomedical engineer by day and charismatic DJ by night is also a sought after remix artist. So, I present to you the top three Girl Talk remixes:

Grizzly Bear - The Knife (Girl Talk Remix).mp3

Peter Bjorn and John Lets Call It Off (Girl Talk Remix).mp3

Tokyo Police Club - Cheer It On (Girl Talk Remix).mp3

Don't underestimate the power of the laptop!

GaGaGooGoo

2007 is really shaping up to be a great year for music with a lot of my favourite bands releasing hotly anticipated new records like The Shins, Arcade Fire, Feist, Modest Mouse, The White Stripes, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and now Spoon. However, Britt Daniel and the boys seem to trying to compete with The White Stripes for the most bizarre album title prize of 2007. Spoon's latest album "GaGaGaGaGa" (yeah... I know) is coming out July 10th and here's a preview of the cover art: How 'bout some old school Spoon:



I Turn My Camera On - Spoon

In Praise of the Unsexy Candidate

I'm just an insignificant Canadian but I don't think it would be an exaggeration to say that the upcoming 2008 U.S. presidential election is going to have global ramifications and determine the direction of virtually every country's foreign policy for years to come. That in mind, the Samurai Buddha is now officially endorsing New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson for the Democratic nomination. The first debate was yesterday and Bill mopped the floor with the media darling candidates; Clinton, Obama, and Edwards. He may not be a sexy candidate but he is the most qualified diplomat in the race. He's low in the polls but now that he's going to enjoy the Samurai Buddha bump. Here are some of his resume highlights:

- Nominated 4 times for the Nobel Peace Prize
- Negotiated the succesful release of U.S. soldiers captured in Iraq (Saddam era), North Korea, and Sudan
- Served as the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations
- Served as Secretary of Energy during the Clinton administration
- Current Governor of New Mexico

Impressive, no? Check out his campaign videos:

Hard Boiled Gaming

I've been playing Hotel Dusk: Room 215 for the Nintendo DS for the past couple days and its a great little crime story reminiscent of a James Ellroy or Elmore Leonard novel. The visuals are stunning giving the gamer a real film noir quality to the game. In a cool twist, Hotel Dusk requires you to flip the DS on its side and read it like a book which only enhances its pulp fiction quality. You are Kyle Hyde, an ex-cop in the late 1970's, who has switched careers and become a traveling salesman but hasn't given up hope on finding his supposedly dead partner, Bradley. Following his boss' orders, Hyde checks into the seedy Hotel Dusk which is full of mysterious characters all of which seem to have a dark secret from their past. Could this Hotel have something to do with his ex-partner? Answer: Yes. This interactive mystery can get tedious at times while you search the hotel for things to do and some of the tasks that you are supposed to complete are, at times, laughably easy. Ultimately, however, Hotel Dusk: Room 215 is a lengthy but stylish neo-noir mystery that makes excellent use of the touch screen. Also, the main character kind of looks like a badass version of me. Here's the trailer:

You can read a more complete review at Gamespot.

Portrait of the New Century

An African tribeswoman with her Ipod and AK-47.

What an amazing image.

"Globalization was a deep trend pushed by technology and right ideas, as much as anything else"

~Jeffrey Sachs

Born in the 80's

One of my favourite bands out of the 1980's, The Wedding Present, is getting the "Peel Session" treatment in a compilation to be released this week. John Peel, Britain's most legendary radio DJ, was one of the bands most ardent supporters. Since his death in 2004, many of his favourite bands are being anthologized in Box Sets. Although I find it somewhat macabre to provide an extended mixtape to capitalize on someone's death but I'll support anything that gets The Wedding Present out there. However, I suggest you forego the box set and instead pick up a couple of their LPs George Best (1987) and Bizarro (1989). I posted a video to turn you on to the indie heroes of 80's. Of course, I didn't listen to it in the 80's. I was not quite so hip when I was four. Actually, I was probably more hip.

Odds and Ends

I was turned on to Japanese singer/songwriter Gutevolk (aka Hirono Nishiyama) by those venerable champions of all things cool over at Dirty Blue Jeans. Her style is hard to pin down but whatever gumbo she's got cooking is delicious. I'd say it's a mix between electronica and folk - but it's not nearly as bad as that might sound. Her album, Tiny People Singing over the Rainbow, is out right now but I've posted two choice tracks:

Gutevolk-SeedOfSky.mp3
PortableRain-gutevolk.mp3

One band that I seem to have missed in the "best of 2006" blitz of last year may have been the Texas outfit, Midlake. They're endorsed by the Onion, MOJO, and Uncut. I think they're pretty rad but you can decide for yourself, the video for the album opener, "Roscoe," is posted below:

In surprising news, former Phantom Power drummer and movie star Jason Schwartzman is releasing his debut solo album, Nighttimin', very soon on Coconut Records and all indications are that it's not that bad. The first single, "West Coast," written with Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger is actually pretty catchy - you can listen to it at his Myspace page.

Sunday cleaning.

Hot Fuzz = Hot Shit

"Hot Fuzz," directed by Edgar Wright and starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost is a hilariously enjoyable movie especially for those who enjoy the excitement and excesses of the modern day action movie. This film is from the same people who brought us the surprise cult hit "Shaun of the Dead," one of my favourites. "Hot Fuzz" has the same jocular tone as "Shaun of the Dead" as well as the same commitment to cinematic allusions. Pegg and Wright do to action movies in "Hot Fuzz" what they did to Zombie movies in "Shaun of the Dead." However, they do not condescend to the genre. It is obvious that this parody of the buddy action movie genre was written by two guys who legitimately love action movies.

The plot itself centres on a hypercompetent London police officer, Nicholas Angel, who is beginning to make his colleagues look bad so he gets a backhanded "promotion" and is relocated to the sleepy little town of Sandford. Of course, Angel soon realizes that there is more to Sandford than meets the eye (namely: a serial killer). This movie features some very surprising and entertaining cameos. I strongly suggest you check this one out especially if you enjoyed "Shaun of the Dead" (out on DVD) and especially if you spent your adolescence devouring action movies.

Here's the trailer for "Hot Fuzz"


and "Shaun of the Dead"