January 16, 2006 – 3:32 pm
To anyone that’s been paying attention, it’s pretty obvious that Hollywood is out of ideas. Over the past several years, the film industry has made it common practice to dredge up classic films and tv shows and adapt (ruin?) them for present day audiences. Starsky and Hutch, Bewitched, and the upcoming (and completely unnecessary) [...]
October 3, 2005 – 11:23 pm
Bow Wow and the Crew.
When I woke up on Saturday morning, going to see a movie starring Bow Wow seemed about as likely as getting hit by the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile. The only thing I might have considered less likely than watching a Bow Wow movie‚ or coming mouth-to-bumper with a giant hot dog, [...]
August 22, 2005 – 11:53 pm
I’ve always had the feeling that when a writer starts to write about writing, there’s a good chance that he’s out of ideas. Whether it’s a novel about a tormented author, a movie following independent filmmakers, or a sitcom revolving around a team of mad-capped sitcom writers, something about it seems at best self-centered, and [...]
August 9, 2005 – 11:26 pm
There’s something about movie characters in comedies screaming “FUCK!” at the top of their lungs that never fails to make me laugh. Maybe this betrays a sense of humor that stopped developing in the fourth grade; maybe I more effectively empathize with a foul-mouthed protagonist; or maybe I’m just plain easily amused. But [...]
Two weeks in a row, I have spent the better part of one of my weekend nights making homemade ice cream and watching movies. Maybe this is a subconscious reaction to my incredibly negative moviegoing experience two weeks ago, when I was subjected to the cinematic equivalent of having a bottle of Coke shoved [...]