Author Archives: AaronOOF

You want to know what all the hype is about the sitcom Arrested Development? Well, aside from it’s regular Sunday night timeslot, you have two (really more) other options to catch what is possibly the funniest show on TV (now that Curb Your Enthusiasm has ended its season and regardless of what NBC marketing says,Continue reading “NOW THERE’S NO EXCUSE FOR NOT WATCHING”

So Friday was my last day at the “old” job, which is really a misnomer since I will be returning to the “old” job in mid-May, which I suppose simply supports (oooh alliteration … fun) the adage whatever is old becomes new again. (Is that it? Whatever … serves my purposes.) But I digress …Continue reading “SUPERMAN BE DAMNED: AN ARGUMENT AGAINST A PHONE BOOTH“

The cinetrix takes note of the fact that Patrick Swayze and his dancer wife plan to produce a film based on some play they wrote about a New York dance company and two of its former stars. She takes note of Swayze seemingly having missed Robert Altman’s recent collaboration with Neve Campbell in The Company.Continue reading “HE’S JUST A DANCE MACHINE”

As usual, I often start things at particularly the most inopportune moment. Take this blog, for example. About two weeks ago, I finally said to myself, “Aaron, get off your ass and start this damn thing you’ve been talking about for the past four months.” Lo and behold, I did, knowing full well that inContinue reading “NATURAL LULL — WHERE ARE THE MOVIES (AND OTHER POSTS)”

When this season of Curb Your Enthusiasm started and began its storyline involving Larry starring in The Producers on Broadway, I was a bit disappointed. The ensuing episodes which included The Producers storyline were never as good as the ones that left it unmentioned completely or as something simply going on in the background. Personally,Continue reading “CURB MY FIRST IMPRESSIONS”

Everyone knows that tonight is the premiere of another episode of The Sopranos, but at some point you should seriously consider revisiting last week’s episode through the eyes of Aaron (no, not me) at Television Without Pity. If you’ve never visited the site, their talented staff writes recaps (laced with sarcasm) of a selection ofContinue reading “I’M JUST A FAN”

I just had to restart my computer, and when AIM came-up again, I had an entirely new set of headlines. Since the “Breaking News” this time actually is important and having been reported on the wires under five hours ago, maybe it’s even still “breaking,” I have to give them some credit, right? Breaking News:Continue reading “ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: TAKE TWO”

I generally don’t like to judge a new television series until I’ve seen more than one episode. Pilot episodes are often so filled with exposition that while they can help you get to know the characters, they don’t necessarily provide a good feel for what the show will be like on a weekly basis. SoContinue reading “I KEEP FORGETTING … CRACKING CRACKING UP“

Wow. This morning, the people at AOL picking the headlines for the AIM welcome screen have really topped themselves. Yeah, they had a headline when the Madrid bombing was breaking yesterday morning, but do they follow-it-up today with more info about what might have happened, including possible ties to al-Queda and Spain has begun anContinue reading “ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW: THE “I KNOW IT’S FRIDAY, BUT ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” EDITION”

When I started this blog oh-those many years ago (wait, it’s been barely two weeks? oy … my head), I anticipated writing a semi-serious, hopefully often interesting series of posts primarily focused on film and television, but mostly dedicated to freeing my addled brain from it’s jumbled collection of random and inconsequential thoughts. I wasn’tContinue reading “SOMEBODY ELSE DOING IT RIGHT”