It’s likely that many Chewers only know Garrison Keillor from references on (“Be more funny!”). If you’re anything like me, that is. Keillor’s The SimpsonsA Prairie Home Companion has run since 1974, and today has 4 million listeners on NPR stations across America. One of whom isn’t me, but after seeing Robert Altman’s version of … Continue reading
UPDATED! The picture above comes from Aint It Cool News I was born and raised in New York City. I grew up reading Spider-Man comics I would get first at the local Te-Amo on Main Street in Flushing, right next to the Main Street Twin where I would see most of my movies, and later … Continue reading
6/6/06 wasn’t just the day The Omen opened and plenty of people found excuses to have Satanic parties – it was also National Punch an Emo Kid day. I hope Zach Braff is OK – he’s like the posterboy for that group. I love him and his work, but boy does he have the sensitive … Continue reading
Now that Star Wars is over, George Lucas can finally get back into making experimental, indie type films. Like Indiana Jones 4. It seems to me like this movie not only should never happen, but that it quite likely will never happen. Still, Lucas et al are forging ahead, and now the Emperor is focusing … Continue reading
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When I met Eli Roth at the Slither premiere afterparty, he told me his plans for the sequel to Hostel: “This time I want to try to get some nudity and violence in there,” he said. He’s expanded on that to MTV, explaining that Hostel 2 will be about three girls who get caught up … Continue reading
After I ran my piece about Larry the Cable Guy and the Cars junket, someone on the message board asked why I bothered going to this junket anyway, if I was so sour on Larry. The answer’s easy – Paul Newman would be there. The opportunity to sit in a room with Paul Newman and … Continue reading
I knew something was very wrong when Larry the Cable Guy’s Mater was my favorite character in Pixar’s latest film, Cars. In many ways Mater is the character that kept me involved in the story, which takes almost two hours to finally reach its conclusion, and which falters so badly in the second act that … Continue reading
Last night I saw a really fantastic documentary, Wordplay, about the New York Times crossword puzzle and its editor, Will Shortz. It sounds like a potentially dry subject, but the film is a complete blast, and it includes some really great and tense competition from the National Crossword Puzzle Tournament in Stamford, Connecticut. It’s everything … Continue reading