Musicians have proven to consistently be a wonderful source of filmic inspiration. Their enigmatic personas and lifestyles perfectly suit the constraints of cinema. That is, if the filmmaker treats the subject matter effectively. In the coming years, the likes of Freddie Mercury, Chuck Berry, Louis Armstrong, Marvin Gaye, Michael Hutchence and Keith Moon will … Continue reading
Hey laaaaaaaaaaadies! Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaadies! After an amazing, masterpiece speech last night by Barack Obama, John McCain tried his hardest to upstage by introducing his running mate, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. She’s a woman! And young! Woman! So vote for her woman! Let the battle begin! I’ll say one thing: this will be a historic election. A … Continue reading
In keeping with my nostalgic and obsessive-compulsive moods I’m looking back on many of my childhood favorite cartoons, most of which I haven’t seen since I was a child. I’m trying to avoid needless nostalgia and look at these shows as objectively and honestly as I can. At the same time, these aren’t meant as … Continue reading
I have to confess, I have never seen an Uwe Boll film. Nor do I ever care to. But, for some reason I was thinking about this guy today. He always seems to be in the media with outrageous claims and his films are universally panned, yet he keeps making them. It led me to … Continue reading
The New Beverly Cinema is proud to announce the 5th in our special guest programmer series, SETH GREEN, star of Cant Hardly Wait, Robot Chicken, Family Guy and tons and tons more. Get ready for: SETH GREEN’S CINEMATIC CAVALCADE OF HORROR!! special guests TBA!!! The New bev is finalizing some last minute bookings…the final film … Continue reading
This today from the front page of the local newspaper of my hometown: Father, son, had more than 100 animals in yard for ritual, Greenburgh police say By Shawn CohenThe Journal News • August 27, 2008 GREENBURGH – The 100-plus farm animals found in the backyard of … Continue reading
Since my life really isn’t exciting enough to talk about, I’ve decided to write about my shitty day as if it were narrated by Sam Elliott. I walked into the office without using the handicap button. I hate it when functioning human beings push the handicap button instead of pushing the door open. It’s lazy. … Continue reading
In the late nineties, I happened to notice that fellas were not the awesome badasses they used to be. All the Rambos and Commandos were gone, replaced with Matt Damons and Ben Affleckseses. Seemed like an odd phenomenon to me, so I decided to make a movie about it. Twenty-seven Oscars later, I’m not sure … Continue reading
And not getting much out of them like I did when they initially came out. Actually, strike that, I only got most of the good joy out of the first film, with the second film being a huge disappointment when I had seen it in theaters with my girlfriend. So much so that we didn’t … Continue reading
Earlier this year, my wife and I had a miscarriage. I don’t know how to explain the feeling of having such wonderful aspect of your life so harshly and swiftly taken away . While we all use hyperbole to describe the poor quality a movie or video game, this miscarriage was truly soul-crushing. I almost … Continue reading