When did the Internet become so literal? Is irony really dead? Anyone that knows me knows I’m all about irony, and I think obvious overstatements and hyperbole is funny. Perhaps my writing is too dry for its own good. Maybe we need to invent a sarcastic font. Maybe I just really suck at this whole … Continue reading
To borrow from a longtime New York Sports Columnist, a very random blog: God of Subpoenas Earlier this week, two screenwriters sued Sony and David fuckin’ Jaffe in Federal Court for allegedly stealing their idea for God of War. The two scribes allege that the blockbuster hit borrowed plot elements (Zeus and Athena send a … Continue reading
I know I said I’d get back to listing things and attempting to be clever as soon as I was done with Blog Wars, and I told myself I wouldn’t use this space to bitch and moan about my private life, but sometimes life hands you such a massive batch of lemons you can’t help … Continue reading
Chris Connelly recently put out an autobiography entitled, ‘CONCRETE, BULLETPROOF, INVISIBLE AND FRIED: MY LIFE AS A REVOLTING COCK’. I stumbled upon this back a couple months ago on Mr. Connelly’s website and made a mental note (that of course, disappeared) to purchase it when it came out. Flash forward to last week at work … Continue reading
God bless Guinness, bringing odd people together for over fifty years! Today, at the unveiling of the newest edition of The Guinness Book of World Records, He Pingping of China and Svetlana Pankratova of Spain met. Pankratova has the world longest legs (more than four feet!) and Pingping (perhaps the greatest last name of all … Continue reading
A while back, Devin issued a call for thoughtful discussion of The Dark Knight that didn’t take the form of a top ten list. Was he referencing the questions I asked myself while watching The Dark Knight? Who knows. But with Batman slowly backing out of the box office and making room for the post-Labor … Continue reading
There is at least one dud a moviegoer bears witness to every year at the Toronto International Film Festival. Not just a bad film, but one that is almost nauseating in all of it wretchedness. With such a vast collection of films to choose from, it’s almost guaranteed that a handful of them will be … Continue reading
This Tuesday, September 23rd, has been on my radar for the past few months. And here’s why it should be on yours:Jenny Lewis.TV on the Radio.Kings of Leon.Ben Folds.The Foot Fist Way (on DVD). With that taken care of, let’s investigate why these names matter. First, Jenny Lewis. As some of you may be aware, … Continue reading
As if I needed another title with a number at the end. The move is over. Monday, I started classes for the fall quarter of my Junior year at film school. I’ve been excited to blog about the going’s on at school for awhile, now I finally can. I pondered writing an intro piece trying … Continue reading
I’ve promised that I don’t do obituaries here, but I also figure that Jaws is a beloved movie by just about everybody reading these words, so here’s a name worth knowing: Frank Mundus. Here’s what’s cool about Frank Mundus: n Peter Benchley, the author of the book Jaws, based the character … Continue reading