Pineapple Express FINALLY comes out this week, and I hope that when it does, it’s able to make more of a star out of Craig Robinson. I really hope that he is the next one to be anointed out of the Judd Apatow comedy factory, because he’s arguably Apatow’s (and Greg Daniels’) … Continue reading
Life is short, what can I say. On the heels of another earthquake here in southern California, I am again reminded to increase my productivity, before all this slides off into the sea. Today I’ll be writing about a movie I’ve been meaning to write about for a few days, a movie that … Continue reading
Last night at the Silent Movie Theatre they showed Story of Ricky. They showed the trailer for it a couple weeks back and I decided I was definitely going to have to return to see this rarely-screened Hong Kong kung fu movie from 1991. Having seen it, I have four immediate thoughts: 1. … Continue reading
Last thing I ought to be is a drop in the ocean-bucket of Dark Knight pontifications, but this is a character close to my heart, so what the hell, here’s my un-review: Mostly, I totally loved it. There were a lot of great moments and when I say great I mean astounding. … Continue reading
Last Friday night I ended up standing on a rooftop. Not actually an uncommon endpoint for me on a regular night, I have to admit. This is one personality quirk I do have in common with the heroes of my youth – I’m somewhere between Batman and Spider-Man in my comfort with landing … Continue reading
A couple Saturday nights ago I went to a midnight screening at the New Beverly of Never Too Young To Die. If you somehow missed this thankfully unique artifact from the 1980s, this is a movie which stars John Stamos as a gymnast who discovers that his father (played by that guy who … Continue reading
So maybe I’m just maturing (doubtful), but given the recently-released movies hitting theaters over the past week as yet unseen by me, there was one far more interesting to me than the one where Angelina Jolie and Young Gary Sinise run around shooting bullets in all different directions while Morgan Freeman does his wisdom thing. … Continue reading
Here’s another one of my wackadoo theories: Sometimes the suits have a point. Discount this theory if you like, but there’s a reason why so many movies come out with soul-crushingly generic titles. The shorter and easier to pronounce, the more comfortable it makes most people. Speaking as a guy whose favorite movie is The … Continue reading
It is with subtle but sure statement of purpose that I have not yet reserved, nor will I ever reserve, any of this space to discuss Indiana Jones and The Kingdom of The Crystal Skull. My agenda here is to only ever write constructively, if I can’t always write entirely positively. Like or dislike or … Continue reading
War, Inc. : A Long & Winding Consideration. I guess I was hoping for another Grosse Pointe Blank. No dice. War, Inc. is the new movie from John Cusack. There are other writers and a director credited, but the first credit that comes up is New Crime, Cusack’s production company – this is … Continue reading