What’s interesting about both these films is that they are written by women, and have male characters who are actively pursued by women, whilst the man generally puts in little to no work. In my experience, a woman will make herself available, but then tend to move on. In my experience guys are the ones … Continue reading
Dre’s Eye Spies Little Girls Running the Multiplexes
I think there are number of different attitudes towards blogging. Lord knows I’ve had a couple different ideas, and a couple different blogs. Half were fake. Diablo Cody put a blog entry on her Myspace page where she talked about her current mood and her vagina, and the power of telling it like it is. … Continue reading
*For Monday. My friend Mike Russell – who runs Culturepulp and just did a wonderful interview with Marjane Satrapi and also writes for the Oregonian – does some movie talking on the Portland radio, and when he was unable to attend an early screening of Rambo asked me to do a little filling in with the Chudboard’s own … Continue reading
*Cookie-wise Devin once told me my distaste for Billy Wilder’s One Two Three infected him so he couldn’t enjoy the film. I felt bad, but only slightly. Wilder strikes me as over-rated in the scheme of things, in that he’s an occasional slugger versus being a good all-rounder. As I’ve said before you only have … Continue reading
THIS! IS! TERRIBLE! PARODY!
*if they are attractive. Woe be unto the unattractive woman. I say this because when I read some critiques of a hot button Oscar nominee, I think some people hold this against women. Or a woman. I thought I might resent the film, much as I thought I might resent films by Sofia Coppola. Neither … Continue reading
Beating someone to a pulp is so old fashioned
I’ve put a lot of thought into this, and I know I’m running almost a month late, but here we go: 1. Fork 2. Spoon3. Knife I’m a little surprised with myself that Spoon took Knife this year. I don’t think anyone can argue the merits of Fork (it is, in the worlds of my … Continue reading
I really like what Mike D’Angelo does with his Twitter account. I will try and write a little about whatever movies I’m watching. I may possibly blog about going dancing, though. Which I do all the time. To start, let me mention that The Wire is – easily – the greatest show that television has … Continue reading