I was not a cool kid. My parents didn’t turn me on to The Beatles or The Who or, more relevantly, Bob Dylan, when I was 8 or anything like that. After talking to or seeing my parents, a lot of times I’m left wondering how I ended up with any kind of good taste [...]
In case you’re living in a cave or the Midwest (same diff), the WGA went on strike yesterday. Let’s take a moment to collect our thoughts and mourn what might be the last few episodes of Private Practice. Done? Let’s move on. This strike is going to have no tangible effect on my life. And [...]
So, it might be a tiny bit of a stretch to connect this LA Times article by my new favorite person Carina Chocano to my recent viewing of Shopgirl, since it’s not a comedy and does center around a woman, but the article really forced me to reconsider my feelings about the movie. I watched [...]
Slate might claim it’s because I’m a racist. My hormones would probably claim it’s because I will never get enough of Owen Wilson. But I think it’s a lot more than that. His films speak to me and they inspire me. I relate to his characters’ quests for a sense of wholeness and meaning. To [...]