First, the cold hard facts: I’ve never read any of the Twilight books. I didn’t see the first movie until October of this year. I did, however, let my oldest female friend drag me to the sequel last night and I’m not sorry. That’s right. I’m not sorry I saw New Moon or contributed my … Continue reading
First up I’d like to welcome you all to this little blog I got going. Hopefully we can make this a regular thing (And any feedback is appreciated!) and though this takes an odd sway into the personal, hopefully it’s readable. Thanks to some random forum browsing, I stumbled across http://betamaxmas.com/, and instantly I got … Continue reading
Crispin Glover came to Baltimore last week, and he brought with him his most recent film, It is Fine. Everything is Fine! He screened it at The Charles Theater (Baltimore’s long-standing art house), proceeding it with a slideshow performance of several books he’s created, and following it up with a lengthy Q&A session. A little … Continue reading
Why, after so many years living as a colonist, is Doctor Who suddenly my cheesy british drug of choice? Well, having Netflix instant and time on my hands is part of the answer. But it has a particular charm that’s difficult to put my finger on. Being a Douglas Adams fan for most of my … Continue reading
Welcome to “Dear…”, a series of micro-letters addressed to persons, places or things that need some good addressin’ to. Without further ado…(ahem): Dear Whole Foods Market,I understand that everysinglething in your market is good for me, but do you really have to charge so much for my health? -me Dear Vegetarianism,Your food tastes like suck, … Continue reading
For a very long time I’ve had a problem with shaving my face. I end up cutting myself. Specifically my upper lip. After I finish shaving my face is bleeding, and I’m sure people would be screaming if they saw me out and about looking like that. This wasn’t the case when I started shaving … Continue reading
Saturday Night Live is an odd creature. I don’t want to go into a whole spiel about how SNL is now terrible and will never match the “good ol’ days” because that argument is, put bluntly, retarded. The quality of SNL in any season even in its “classic” years goes up and down like crazy. … Continue reading
Continuing with my effort to write about some under-recognized nuggets of cinematic goodness from the past year, I come to World’s Greatest Dad. This movie is one of the most daring comedies of the year, and it is conclusive proof that you can never entirely write off anyone. World’s Greatest Dad was written … Continue reading
They say you can learn a lot about a person by seeing what they have on their DVR or Tivo. (I don’t know who really says that. In fact I made that up). But I do consider the DVR to be just like a woman’s purse or man’s wallet, or one’s cell phone call history … Continue reading
So I was watching 12 Monkeys for the first time in several years. I had forgotten about the themes revolving around psychiatry and just remembered the movie as being about an inevitable time loop that I always regarded Bruce Willis as being too dumb to figure out in time, even though the audience had it … Continue reading