Nobody could have imagined when License to Ill came out the Beastie Boys would become an institution. Hell, at the time nobody could have imagined that these three New York Ciy Jews with frat raps about beer and partying would have the first number one hip hop record (although a familiarity with the career of … Continue reading
Last week I was having a conversation with another movie web site guy whose name you would all recognize about Thomas Lennon and Ben Garant. These guys were part of The State, and Reno 911 – but they also wrote The Pacifier and Taxi and Herbie: Fully Loaded. The discussion we had was whether these … Continue reading
Tom Hanks wasn’t satisfied with the massive whoring for Fed Ex that he did in Cast Away – the two time Oscar winner is now turning his attention to a movie so saturated in product placement it has the name of a major coffee chain in the title. The movie is How Starbucks Saved My … Continue reading
I don’t really understand why America is afraid of British TV. It’s the same language, you know, and unlike the heyday of Dr. Who, modern British TV looks essentially as good as modern American TV. And like 300 percent better than anything on UPN. This fear of British TV leads to a phenomenon where American … Continue reading
If this doesn’t put the final nail in Arrested Development’s coffin, I don’t know what does: creator and show runner Mitch Hurwitz has quit. Granted, quitting the show seems like an odd formality at this point in time, with Fox shit-canning it, but it looked like Showtime was going to pick it up, so there … Continue reading
I’m not going to bore you once again with my argument for why there is no wrong time to make a good movie about 9/11. I won’t again remind you that we have no problem with books or songs about 9/11, and I won’t ask you why film should be treated as any less of … Continue reading
This is my third time interviewing Richard Taylor, the capo of WETA. The guy doesn’t talk, he declaims. It’s always fun listening to him, not just because of his unique take on the monotone but because he still manages to get such passion across. King Kong, on DVD today, is certainly Taylor and WETA’s greatest … Continue reading
This is my third time interviewing Richard Taylor, the capo of WETA. The guy doesn’t talk, he declaims. It’s always fun listening to him, not just because of his unique take on the monotone but because he still manages to get such passion across. King Kong, on DVD today, is certainly Taylor and WETA’s greatest … Continue reading
Spike Lee is one of my favorite filmmakers, but it can be tough defending the guy. Putting aside his tendency to be outspoken in the media (something which should have no bearing on your enjoyment of his films, but a lot of people just don’t like seeing black men speaking up), Lee’s movies can be … Continue reading