Push comes to shove, if someone asked me what the funniest film ever made was, I would likely list two options. One would be Duck Soup. The other would be Used Cars. In fact I recently got an email asking me just that question: “Dear Andre Dellamorte, what is the funniest movie ever made? Also … Continue reading
Before I went to Sundance and moved, my Rock Band guitar started giving me a hard time. It wouldn’t register strums I knew I had hit, and sometimes it would double register a strum. I knew that my guitar, which I had bought on launch day, was on its way out. Then, on the last … Continue reading
AKA: Old Men in Front of Green Screens. Rob Reiner has shot his load, but he’s a proficient hack. Jack Nicholson seems more engaged than most of his hackworkeries, and Morgan Freeman seems to engage him, and vice versa. Or at least when both are asked to deliver pablum, it’s pablum by giants. The big … Continue reading
You’re no Fat Joe. Making it Rain: 1. In strip clubs, it is when you throw stacks of money all over women.2. When a man ejaculates all over a woman. One of these is more degrading to a woman but on the surface it’s not as simple a decision as one might think. Not that … Continue reading
WARNING: If the header of this wasn’t a clear enough indicator, this blog will be discussing Atonement, specifically its conclusion. As such, spoilers. Be aware. Immediately after seeing Atonement in theaters, the emotion that came boiling quickly to the top was anger. Usually, this isn’t the case with movies, if something isn’t particularly good it’s part … Continue reading
Why Your IT Group Sucks Do you work for a company that has an IT department, or even just a person that is responsible for the IT functions of your business? Do you feel like they perform the functions they are supposed to effectively and efficiently? Maybe you think they are a bunch of megalomaniacal … Continue reading
I write to you from my new home in Studio City, California. I wouldn’t be sitting in this box-strewn bedroom right now if it wasn’t for one group of dedicated dudes who got me here: Real Rock ‘n Roll Movers. I’ve been an apartment dweller for decades, and for most of those years I’ve moved … Continue reading
What’s interesting about both these films is that they are written by women, and have male characters who are actively pursued by women, whilst the man generally puts in little to no work. In my experience, a woman will make herself available, but then tend to move on. In my experience guys are the ones … Continue reading
I think there are number of different attitudes towards blogging. Lord knows I’ve had a couple different ideas, and a couple different blogs. Half were fake. Diablo Cody put a blog entry on her Myspace page where she talked about her current mood and her vagina, and the power of telling it like it is. … Continue reading
First and foremost, I’m a big fan of Dan Clowes. But I’ve been scratching my head about his recent work over the past few years. I don’t think I have to go into the reasons why I thought Art School Confidential was a bad (okay, terrible) movie, but that doesn’t disturb me as much as … Continue reading