As I sit down to write this, I realize a few things: it’s been a long long time since I wrote anything for this blog no one reads this blog I don’t have a job I’ve never owned a pair of cowboy boots But today of all days (Rex Manning Day? I don’t know) [...]
The redbox at Jon’s strikes again. I think the mailman is stealing my Netflix because they are getting to me way slower than they used to. I mean, I really don’t think the mailman would even want my documentary about African schools, but whatever. So instead I watched Gigantic, starring indie sweethearts Paul Dano and [...]
When I was in high school I remember trying to go see Amores Perros (written by Guillermo Arriaga) at the cheap theatre near my school with two of my girl friends. But after the very opening scene that involved bleeding dogs, we had to leave and we ended up seeing Blow instead. It’s not a [...]
Michael Cera plays a lovably baffled and recently heartbroken indie rock aficionado who, along with band of merry very gay boys meets Kat Dennings while on an unsupervised jaunt to Manhattan to track down their favorite band, “Where’s Fluffy?” They fall in love while trying to find her drunk friend (a charming and adorable Ari Graynor) [...]
Firstly, can we please put the kibosh on the “America is Just That Into” and “We’re Just That Into” and “Harvey Weinstein’s Just Not That Into” headlines? Please? Pretty please? I went to see He’s Just Not That Into You over the weekend. It was pretty much against my will. And it pretty much made me [...]
I finally saw The Curious Case of Benjamin Button this weekend. Oh boy, did I see it. For 3 hours I saw it and saw it. Longer if you count the 9 or 10 times I’ve seen Forrest Gump. The fact that this movie was nominated for 11 Academy Awards makes me seriously question whether [...]
Is it fair that a movie with a 15 year old girl taking an older lover that spent a good 15% of its runtime with the pair romping around in bed would have been chastised for such lewd portrayal of an inappropriate romance whereas The Reader is garnering critical praise across the globe because the [...]
I’ve discovered the secret to blogging more often: Write Less! The much delayed ensemble romantic comedy He’s Just Not That Into You, based on the book of the same name that has been dog-eared by cat-owning women across the world, is finally coming out February 6th. The poster went online today. Hmm…I wonder what this [...]
As a teenager, I very vividly remember going to see Moulin Rouge. Even then, I was a budding film snob, but my adolescent heart was still fluttering with excitement, from the marketing, the music, the experience that it promised. And boy did it deliver. With Moulin Rouge, Baz Lurhmann put himself on my map (I [...]
Home Alone “Man, that kid is SMART!” Shooter “I thought the dude was gonna die, but then he didn’t.” Must Love Dogs [insert sound of him leaving the room]