Author Archives: AaronOOF

I woke up this morning chilled, shivering almost, with this headache and a bubble in my chest (well, that’s probably enough detail), feeling somewhat dazed. That’s also a good physical representation of what my brain has been doing today, specifically, being able to focus on anything. My ADD seems to be in full-force as wheneverContinue reading “THE NAME OF THIS SITE BECOMES EVEN MORE RELEVANT”

I don’t make resolutions, actually. I formulate goals. Granted, most of my goals tend to be so broad that they become unattainable goals, which really makes them synonymous with resolutions. But that’s not really here nor there now, is it? Last year, I watched 189 movies. That number doesn’t indicate “new” movies or films seenContinue reading “RESOLUTIONS: TO BE LESS LAZY, BUT THAT MAY NOT MEAN WHAT YOU THINK”

Yes, the first rule of writing anything on a computer is to save, save, save. Well, January 3 has not been too kind to me so far, and the lovely, fascinating (it could happen!), long post I was just about 2/3 of the way through has somehow disappeared. I’m not even sure why. The computerContinue reading “HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ME: THIS ISN’T LOOKING GOOD”

Sorry to disappear like that this week. When I was last here on Monday, I gave you the top 10 (13, really) TV series of the year, and promised a return to discuss a few more that aren’t the best-of-the-best, but deserve mention. But it’s been a weird week with way too much death inContinue reading “GOODBYE 2004 — NICE KNOWING YA, BUT I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO THE BIRTH OF YOUR KID TONIGHT”

I get really annoyed whenever I hear people talk about how there’s nothing but crap on television. You change a couple words in that sentence, and it’s fine: say, there’s a lot of crap on TV, and I’ve got no problem, but “nothing but”? Sorry, you’re just watching the wrong things, and obviously it’s myContinue reading “THE BEST TV OF 2004: IF YOU SAY THERE’S NOTHING GOOD ON, YOU’RE JUST NOT WATCHING THE RIGHT THINGS”

Friday I mentioned my plans for a big movie marathon. I actually saw about 10 movies in the theater and watched another five at home. I wanted to get to more current releases, but the damn schedules just weren’t going my way. Regardless, I noticed an unfortunate common thread among all the current releases: filmmakersContinue reading “WEEKEND WRAP-UP: IF ONLY THEATERS WOULD SCHEDULE MORE TO MY LIKING”

When all is said and done, Chrismukah will have lasted about 18 days this year. Not too shabby. I started my little movie marathon yesterday and successfully managed to get to four films. In case you’ve been waiting, don’t you fear: I hope to have my own Top 10 movies of 2004 list coming inContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE GHOSTS OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT”

So one of today’s top stories in Variety today is about how HBO made over a billion (!) dollars in “pure profit” for big momma Time Warner this year (subscription req’d). I’ll bet you’re thinking, “Wow! It must be great to work for HBO. That much profit, I’m sure all the employees got some kick-assContinue reading “LET THE MARATHON(S) BEGIN”

I can believe I forgot to mention this in my post last week mentioning the Gothamist interview with Nancy Schwartzman, but not only is there a great new issue of Heeb Magazine out on newsstands now (featuring the Beastie Boys — who give their first “Jew interview” — on the cover), but tomorrow night isContinue reading “CHANUKAH NEVER REALLY ENDS WHEN HEEB IS AROUND TO DO THE GIVING”

Well, this is it. I’ve been touting it all month, and now it’s the final three days of Film Forum’s fantastic “Essential Noir” series, and while there are four films being shown (two today and tomorrow and two more on Thursday), there is one which is by far the most important. And no, I’m notContinue reading “FADE OUT OF THE DARKNESS, BUT KISS ME DEADLY FIRST”