Author Archives: AaronOOF

HBO’s newest series Entourage premiered last night, and I’ve got to say I’m solidly on the fence. This thing could go either way. For a pilot episode, it was reasonably strong. The situations themselves were kind of bland, but the show let us get to know the characters, and so far, I reasonably like whatContinue reading “I CAN’T DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT TO FOLLOW THIS ENTOURAGE“

Not sure which of these stories is a bigger deal, but while Bryan Singer seems to want to cement his place in Hollywood as the filmmaker of choice for comic book superhero films while Joe Carnahan doesn’t seem to realize that he already owes his career to Tom Cruise so he’s not allowed to haveContinue reading “DIRECTOR MERRY-GO-ROUND KEEPS ON SPINNING: A GEN-X SUPERMAN AND A TRULY IMPOSSIBLE MISSION”

I know I haven’t exactly made this into a music blog, but hey … I’ve got the music in me! So a couple friends and I braved the Siren Music Festival this Saturday. I had wanted to go to Siren for the past couple years, but something always forced me out of town on theContinue reading “I MAY BE IN THE MINORITY, BUT I THINK THE SIRENS FROM THE ODYSSEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN SLIGHTLY MORE FUN”

It’s amazing how defensive some people seem to get about Vincent Gallo. While I’m not surprised at the number of people who can’t stand him out there, he’s obviously gotten plenty of people to drink his Kool-Aid. He should join with The Polyphonic Spree, and together they could start a cult for the new millenniumContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: NOTES FOR A WEEKEND INCLUDING CSI, CGI AND REVISITING BUNNY HATE”

I got home last night to find the August schedule for the Walter Reade Theater at Lincoln Center in my mail, and staring at me on the cover is none other than Jimmy Stewart in a scene from The Man from Laramie. You know why? Anthony-effin-Mann, that’s why. These days, I can’t go to aContinue reading “THE RIGHT MANN GETS HIS KUDOS IN A GIFT FROM THE WALTER READE”

Some quick hits, immediate reactions to the major Emmy Award nominations announced this morning in LA by Edie Falco and Tony Shalhoub:

A couple weeks ago I attended a screening of The Door in the Floor, which opens in NYC and LA (and I guess some other places) today. And that headline is true. There’s a lot of nudity in this movie: Mimi Rogers gives some full-frontal and Kim Basinger has a few all nude scenes, andContinue reading “WOULD YOU BELIEVE BIJOU PHILLIPS IS THE ONLY PERSON NOT NAKED IN THIS MOVIE?”

So I won’t. I previously commented on McG‘s involvement in Warner Bros.’ new attempt at a Superman franchise. As several other bloggers have noted, the reports flew around yesterday that the director is off the project. Thank goodness. But Stephen at Tagline has written the best and most comprehensive arguments on why Warners should justContinue reading “I COULDN’T HAVE SAID IT BETTER MYSELF”

Sharon Stone, obviously knowing that Catwoman isn’t going to do the trick in reclaiming her 15 minutes of superstardom, claims that the on-again-off-again Basic Instinct 2 is now on-again. Sharon , nobody cares. I didn’t give a crap about a sequel in the mid-90s when it might have made a little bit of sense. IContinue reading “MISCELLANEOUS MISCELLANY: IN LIEU OF ANYTHING TOO COMPLEX”

This post is dedicated to the cable-less Cinetrix, who I’m sure could wipe the floor with me head-to-head on this show. Friday night was the premiere of IFC‘s new game show Ultimate Film Fanatic hosted by Chris Gore of Film Threat. While the show is by no means an exact duplicate of MTV’s old RemoteContinue reading “FLASHBACKS OF KEN OBER, COLIN QUINN AND KARI WUHRER, JUST NOT QUITE AS FUN”