As bad as I imagined it could possibly be, Crank is, in fact, much much worse. Imagine two particularly immature 14 year old boys who spend 99% of their time playing video games and inexplicably watching bad syndicated 1990s Stephen J. Cannell TV shows like Renegade and Silk Stalkings getting together and “writing” a screenplay.Continue reading “CRANK: THE FILM THAT MAKES MICHAEL BAY LOOK RESTRAINED”
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FRATRICIDE: DOES THE TITLE GIVE AWAY THAT THIS FILM MAY NOT LIFT YOUR SPIRITS?
I’ve been to and/or watched at home several movies over the last couple weeks. The end of the summer, in my book, has been great for the big, mainstream movies. I’ve rarely laughed as hard as I did at Snakes on a Plane, Talladega Nights and (probably the funniest of them all) Beerfest. (I’ll writeContinue reading “FRATRICIDE: DOES THE TITLE GIVE AWAY THAT THIS FILM MAY NOT LIFT YOUR SPIRITS?”
PRISON BREAK AND VANISHED BRING THE FIRST WHIFF OF FALL
The autumnal equinox is still a month off, and we’re still 10 days away from Labor Day weekend, but if Fall didn’t kick-off last night, we got a pretty good slam bang preview. (Whatever that means. I just came from a screening of How to Eat Fried Worms, and I’m killing time before Beerfest. Obviously,Continue reading “PRISON BREAK AND VANISHED BRING THE FIRST WHIFF OF FALL”
THE STATE OF FOCUS
Just a brief note here since I trumpted my comeback and then have been quite inconsistent in my posting. I’m working on it. That’s all I can say. As I mentioned below, I actually did try to write about Miami Vice three times earlier this week, and I just really didn’t like what was comingContinue reading “THE STATE OF FOCUS”
SNAKES ON A PLANE: MOTHEREFFING YES! THIS MOVIE HAS ‘EM
The camera swoops over the ocean as the song “Lovely Day” plays in the background. It is, indeed, a lovely day. Glorious even, especially as the coast of Hawaii pops up on the horizon, inviting beaches and lush vegetation making you immediately want to leave the theater to go on a vacation. And then, simpleContinue reading “SNAKES ON A PLANE: MOTHEREFFING YES! THIS MOVIE HAS ‘EM”
I’M SURE I’M LATE WITH THIS, BUT HOW EXCITING
Thank you Sony Pictures Classics. Let’s just start right there. A couple days ago, I received one of those large advertisement postcards in the mail. You know the kind — the ones that usually are offering some discount on a Broadway show or subscription to a magazine. Well, this one was from Sony Classics announcingContinue reading “I’M SURE I’M LATE WITH THIS, BUT HOW EXCITING”
WELCOME TO DOUBLE-DIGITS FRINGE!
Today is the opening of the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival. Ah, I remember when I turned 10, (Hey, I do! Just go with me here), and how excited I was to enter the realm of double-digits. Suddenly, I really was a big boy. Well, now New York’s largest theater festival is aContinue reading “WELCOME TO DOUBLE-DIGITS FRINGE!”
MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: A LITTLE HOUSECLEANING
I’ve been sitting here today trying to write the long-awaited why-have-so-many-critics-drunk-the-Michael-Mann-Kool-Aid post, but I’m just too exhausted. Today I had my first session with a trainer. I decided that before I turn 35 (which is shockingly way too soon), I have to stop being such a lazy slob. But talk about reality standing up andContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: A LITTLE HOUSECLEANING”
OH TO TORTURE MY SOUL AND MY EYES
OK, so maybe that was a brief false start. But we’re not talking about it; we’re just moving on. So a couple years ago, I wrote this post mentioning how dismayed I was by news of Brian De Palma’s directing and casting for The Black Dahlia, an adaptation of the James Ellroy novel, which happensContinue reading “OH TO TORTURE MY SOUL AND MY EYES”
WHILE I WAS OUT
There’s too much stuff that’s happened since I last regularly posted here. I’m not going to address everything. Why deliberately bore you in only my second return post. I’ve got plenty of time to do that. But there are a couple things I thought I’d mention. Just in case you’re wondering, while I wasn’t writing,Continue reading “WHILE I WAS OUT”
Out of Focus 