Author Archives: AaronOOF

And from me, that actually is saying something. “Bush Misspeak Cites U.S. Readiness to Harm U.S.” (Reuters via the delectable Wonkette) Oh, more detail? Here: “Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” Yes, IContinue reading “NO COMMENT NECESSARY”

I suppose after the success of The Who’s Tommy:The Musical on Broadway however long ago, this was inevitable: Fulfilling Roger Waters desire to put another brick in “The Wall,” Miramax Films’ Harvey and Bob Weinstein are teaming with music mogul Tommy Mottola to develop, produce and back a Broadway musical based on the Pink FloydContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: THE TOY JUMPING OFF THE WALL TO FACE OFF WITH HERBIE IS BETTER NEWS THAN WHAT’S HAPPENING IN HONG KONG”

Yesterday I snuck a plug for Da Ali G Show into a post that was otherwise about Comedy Central. This past Sunday’s episode was hysterical from beginning to end, and thanks to all those clever (and more technically proficient than I) bloggers out there, the capper of the episode (Borat singing in a country-western barContinue reading “TODAY IS THE DAY I HIGHLIGHT BRILLIANT COMEDIANS, WHICH MEANS SOME OF YOU WILL FIND OFFENSE”

Just as I thought there was no interesting news this morning, I get a lovely little IM that makes me want to shout, “All hail the Peabs! His blog lay dormant for what seemed like an eternity, but now he’s back with a vegeance to bovs all over your respective tees. If you aren’t familiarContinue reading “THE RETURN OF THE SHMEARS!”

Color me shocked, but I didn’t even know there was an audition special for Ultimate Film Fanatic. Lo and behold, this past weekend while I was looking through my little DiVo guide trying to find a showing of the SouthEast regionals, I happed upon it. The 20 minute (they couldn’t fill a full half-hour?) infomercialContinue reading “IFC UFF WEEK 4: WHEN THE AUDITION SPECIAL SHOWS MORE PROMISE THAN THE ACTUAL SHOW, WE HAVE A PROBLEM”

I’m not sure how it’s possible, but The Daily Show keeps getting better! Every night I watch it and I want to write something about it immediately, but that would turn this blog into not just not-a-TCM fansite but also not-a-Daily Show fansite. Last night, Stewart’s interview was a Republican representative who was on theContinue reading “COMEDY CENTRAL STARTS SHOWING ITS PLANS TO RULE THE WORLD: THE DAILY, CHAPPELLE, CARELL AND SOME NON-CC ALI G TO KEEP ME BALANCED”

Ultragrrrl keeps stating that hers is not a fansite for The Killers, and as a regular reader, I know that it isn’t. But she sure as hell mentions them a lot. Similarly, I am not on the TCM payroll, nor do I sit around and watch TCM all day, every day. In fact, I probablyContinue reading “THIS IS NOT A TCM FAN SITE, BUT WATCH AS THE STARS COME OUT IN AUGUST”

I like Eric Bana. I really do. Even if he was miscast as Hector, and even if Ang Lee didn’t give him much to do other than bug out his eyes and shake, I do remember walking away from Black Hawk Down noticing him in particular, much in the same way I left The QuickContinue reading “JUST BECAUSE HIS NAME STARTS WITH A B AND HAS ONLY FOUR LETTERS DOESN’T MEAN HE’S THE PERFECT BOND”

I had a movielicious weekend: I was sick on Friday and Saturday, so between DVDs, my DiVo, cable and then finally hitting a theater on Sunday, I think I watched 10-11 films. More on that in another post; but one of the movies I didn’t even see in full. On Friday, I suggested everyone watchContinue reading “I WANT YOU TO STAY IN THAT CHAIR, GO TO YOUR NETFLIX QUEUE AND SCREAM, “GIVE ME THIS MOVIE, I CAN’T WAIT ANYMORE” — YES, ANOTHER NETWORK POST”

Before all you Rocky lovers get on my case, yes, it’s a great movie. But does anyone remember the films Rocky beat out for the Oscar in 1977? Bound for Glory. All the President’s Men. Taxi Driver. And most ridiculously, Network. Rocky is one of the best feel-good underdog movies ever, but it’s hard toContinue reading “TCM WATCH: THE BEST OF THE THREE MOVIES THAT SHOULD HAVE BEAT ROCKY FOR BEST PICTURE”