It’s like the end of a Shamalamadingdong flick! How else other than a twist ending do you explain a ground-breaking director such as Aronofsky at the helm of the follow-up to what may just have been the worst movie of the previous decade*? Well, one thing is for sure, if this is indeed the case** … Continue reading
There are many amazing things about Never Let Me Go. Among them is the fact that when broken into its individual themes, nothing about it is really new. Off the top of my head, I can recognize parts of this film from 1984, Moon, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Blade Runner and Dollhouse. Yet the truly … Continue reading
WARNING: This blog is sappy and sentimental and in no way geeky. On the first of November I will have been married for two years. I have been blessed with the most amazing wife who continues to be a source of strength and wonder to me on a daily basis. Without her I really don’t … Continue reading
From the time The Social Network was announced as a film straight through until the time I finished watching it for the first time, I couldn’t help thinking of my friend Tom from Myspace. Well, we used to be friends. We’re not friends anymore. I haven’t been to his site in months. … Continue reading
I used to get really excited about Halloween. There was this part of my brain that was hard-wired for candy and brightly colored costumes. One year, I went out in this elaborate Jack Nicholson era Joker costume. The problem was that it was unseasonably warm and the white face make-up started to run. I’d show … Continue reading
The Overton Window: More Poodle Than Panther I’m pleased to announce that At the Tea Party: The Wing Nuts, Whack Jobs and Whitey-Whiteness of the New Republican Right… and Why We Should Take It Seriously is available today! Edited by GritTV’s Laura Flanders, it includes essays from an amazing lineup of writers: Max Blumenthal, Alexander … Continue reading
The best praise I can give Easy A is that it can stand without shame alongside Clueless and Mean Girls as a female-friendly high school movie that’s just as watchable for guys and just as entertaining for grown-ups. That happens because of a likable lead actress (Zombieland’s Emma Stone) and a small cavalry of equally … Continue reading
Frozen is a killer premise well-executed. Here’s how simple it is: Three college students on a ski trip get stranded on a lift, halfway up the mountain. No one knows they’re up there. There’s nobody around to hear their calls for help. It’s too high to jump, it’s below freezing, and there are hungry things in the woods. Can’t … Continue reading
I had only heard of The Rutles. I knew that they were a parody of The Beatles, but then I found the dvd used at a pawn shop a few months ago, and I saw not only a hilarious movie, but a movie with honest to God great songs in it. We get to see … Continue reading
Gash Wednesday author Andrea Rothe talks about every day cellphone app usage in bed, before she even rises for the day.