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Tomorrow I plan to discuss what I considered the best TV series of 2005, but anybody reading this blog for any length of time will already know that my undisputed number one is Arrested Development. Hands-down, it’s the most interesting, creative, well-written show in a long time. Oh yeah … and it’s also funny asContinue reading “THE LAST OF THE BEST? (WHAT SHOULD REALLY HAPPEN TO ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT)”

In a post yesterday on his Esoteric Rabbit Blog, Matthew Clayfield described himself as an “Addict” having “watched 529 films in 2005 (that’s features and shorts, including repeat viewings, but not student films), 156 episodes of television (113 of them Buffy episodes).” 529 films?!? That blows me out of the water, although my count doesn’tContinue reading “WELCOME 2006: A QUICK LOOK BACK AT 2005 (PART I)”

I sit here today in my still not completely organized “new” bedroom with a sudden reemergence of the migraine-like tension headaches that afflicted me a couple years ago before (I thought) going away for good. 2005 might have been an overall good year for the movies, and it even started as a good year forContinue reading “GOODBYE 2005 … AND GOOD RIDDANCE”

Back in July, I revealed what I called “Reason #437” for my being a big dork. It had to do with not saying hello to Paul Scheer after unintentionally walking behind him for several blocks after we both left a performance of Glengarry Glen Ross on Broadway. Well, I’m sure that there have been atContinue reading “REASON #681 THAT I’M A BIG DORK: NOT ATTEMPTING TO SAY HI TO SOMEONE WHO MIGHT BE A LONG-LOST FRIEND ON THE STREET, FOR ABSOLUTELY NO GOOD REASON”

My weekly “Weekend Movies” post is up at Gothamist. I’m quite tempted to get tot he IFC Center for their Fassbinder “BRD Trilogy” marathon on Sunday, but that also means making it to the Village by Noon on New Year’s Day and sitting through more than six hours of Fassbinder. I’m not so sure IContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN PREVIEW: A SUNDAY AT THE IFC CENTER?”

My good friend The Reeler (how’s that for hyperbole? I believe we’ve met thrice, but isn’t that how one’s supposed to mention such a blogleague?) has posted the first half of his inaugural entry in a year-end Top 10 list of Top 10 lists, and so far it’s the best criticism of criticism I’ve readContinue reading “GENIUS, PURE GENIUS: THE ONLY TOP 10 YOU PROBABLY NEED (NO, IT’S STILL NOT MINE)”

Just to continue my attempt to throw a wrench into the inane box office crisis so many have created around King Kong (see below post) … I just received the email Daily Variety sends out with final box office figures for the three day, Friday-Sunday 12/22-25 weekend. Apparently, the earlier numbers underestimated the grosses ofContinue reading “ADDENDUM TO THE BELOW KING KONG BOX OFFICE POST”

My oldest and best friend returned home to San Francisco on Christmas Day after a week’s vacation in Hawaii. While neither of us are particularly religious, we both love movies and Chinese food, therefore making the longtime Jewish tradition of how to spend one’s Christmas the most important tradition of all? Canvas sneakers with aContinue reading “THE WEEKEND IN REVIEW (OR AT LEAST IN REPORTAGE): A VERY GOOD CHRISTMAS JEW”

I’m so bored with the constant box office attention being paid to the most notable “blockbusters” this holiday season, especially King Kong. The most recent culprit (recent, at least, in terms of my readership) is Fishbowl LA which manages to both continue the trend of criticizing Kong‘s box office and Universal’s comments on its prospectsContinue reading “THE MYTH OF KING KONG‘s POOR BOX OFFICE; SOON TO AFFLICT MUNICH AS WELL?”

I know it’s cliche to talk about how annoying it is to rent or buy videos at Kim’s on St. Marks. Is it better/worse/as bad as it used to be at the old Avenue A location? I don’t know. I hadn’t been to the now closed shop in probably seven years, and until recently, IContinue reading “WHY PEOPLE HATE KIM’S”