I finally got around to reading The Road by Cormac McCarthy, he who wrote the novel No Country For Old Men and before that, The Border Trilogy, among other modern classics. Either due to the popularity of the Coen Brothers’ version of No Country For Old Men or due to the popularity of … Continue reading
I’ve promised that I don’t do obituaries here, but I also figure that Jaws is a beloved movie by just about everybody reading these words, so here’s a name worth knowing: Frank Mundus. Here’s what’s cool about Frank Mundus: n Peter Benchley, the author of the book Jaws, based the character … Continue reading
Thanks to happenstance, otherwise known as my iTunes shuffle function, I am given to give something a ponder: As generally great as I thought The Dark Knight was, there were still two things I missed. One was a sense of humor, the other was a soundtrack. Of course, clumsily tossing pop songs into a … Continue reading
Thanks to happenstance, otherwise known as my iTunes shuffle function, I am given to give something a ponder: As generally great as I thought The Dark Knight was, there were still two things I missed. One was a sense of humor, the other was a soundtrack. Of course, clumsily tossing pop songs into a … Continue reading
Saw the trailer for next week’s Lakeview Terrace not too long ago. There’s a couple decent reasons to check that movie out, for sure. My crush on Kerry Washington just keeps on growing, as does my appreciation for the deceptively bland Patrick Wilson (see Little Children: smart performance, good movie), and Sam Jackson … Continue reading
This today from the front page of the local newspaper of my hometown: Father, son, had more than 100 animals in yard for ritual, Greenburgh police say By Shawn CohenThe Journal News • August 27, 2008 GREENBURGH – The 100-plus farm animals found in the backyard of … Continue reading
Today I’m going to flip the script and write about a movie which I haven’t even seen yet. I first learned of its existence while combing the horror bins at Amoeba in Hollywood, and immediately was curious to watch it, but would have had to buy it, sight-unseen, for a price better … Continue reading
I have a good time looking at magazines. Is that a guilty pleasure? Beats me. I’m a reader. I read voraciously, and I need to constantly replenish my reading material. Magazines are just more naturally suited to heavy-duty activities such as chowing down on Philly cheese-steaks and/or sitting on the crapper (which are … Continue reading
Freshly out on DVD: The short-lived 2000-2001 television series TV Funhouse. This isn’t the Saturday Night Live episode that was released a while back collecting a bunch of the best SNL TV Funhouse cartoons, although that was great. I’m talking about the eight-episode run of completely insane genius that played on Comedy Central … Continue reading
In the spirit of the apparent cinematic summer of the superhero action movie, and the very recent San Diego Comic-Con weekend, I watched a documentary called Confessions of a Superhero. That one feels like a good stopping point, for the time being, after having written what feels like an unintentionally disproportionate amount … Continue reading