Fear Itself This morning, while reading The Washington Independent’s Daphne Eviatar’s excellent report on the death penalty for terrorists, two things occurred to me. First, there’s been much wailing and gnashing of teeth on the right about trying Khalid Sheik Mohamed in New York City because, apparently, KSM said he wanted to be tried in … Continue reading
Welcome to “Dear…”, a series of micro-letters addressed to persons, places or things that need some addressin’ to. Without further ado…(ahem): Dear Comic-Con,Please stay in San Diego. -me Dear DVR,THANK YOU. -me Dear Guy Who Works At the Bank,YES, she’s hot…but I need help at the ATM too…weenis. -me Dear Person Who Gets SO Wasted … Continue reading
I’m someone that could derisively be referred to as a “casual gamer”; I usually won’t spend more than four hours at a time on a game, and sometimes I like to get out and see the sun. That being said, it should come as no surprise that despite my owning a PS3 for over a … Continue reading
The Economist Again, and Those Funny Rightists War is Good I don’t mean to pick on The Economist (and I doubt they’d care if I did). I love the magazine. But the oddities are piling up. The current issue is dedicated to “Dealing With America’s Fiscal Hole.” In the leader of that name, and in … Continue reading
200 Words is a daily burst of ideas, thoughts, or impressions on media, film, and filmmaking. The goal is nothing more or less than conversation. 11/28/09 It was an hour into The Road when I, along with 200 other people, first heard the hacking man. The coughs were the kind that make you clear your … Continue reading
200 Words is a daily burst of ideas, thoughts, or impressions on media, film, and filmmaking. The goal is nothing more or less than conversation. 11/27/09 As Q fucking ate people on my screen, it occurred to me that with some sort of budget, this was a seriously remakeable concept- then I realized Godzilla ‘98. … Continue reading
I’m calling it. Christmas toy for 2009. You want to know what is really the hot item for Christmas is? The Hess car 2009. My son had an early birthday yesterday with his grandparents and they presented him with the Hess Car for 2009. These babies just hit Hess gas stations in early November and … Continue reading
Even though the credits tell me that this is based on a Lynn Barber’s memoir, it feels like a mixture of screenwriter Nick Hornby’s previously established worlds; Like, if the boy from About A Boy were actually a young version of the main character in High Fidelity. But a girl. Certainly, all of the trademark … Continue reading
Richard Kelly gets the benefit of the doubt in my book. If you read my rants regularly, you know that Donnie Darko is my favorite film*. Southland Tales perplexed the hell out of me. I watched it once, hated it until about the last thirty minutes, watched it immediately again afterward and felt better about … Continue reading
Jobu and I go see Ninja Assassin and meet Alvin and the Chipmunks.