Skip it. It kills me to say that, as this was one of the films I was looking the most forward to this summer, but it really is a disappointment. You’ll have an okay time if you do go, but pretty much all the jokes are in the trailers and nothing much wilder than that…
Movie Review: Moonrise Kingdom
Wes Anderson (that fussy man-child who made the terrific Rushmore 15 years ago and hasn’t left that world since with Life Aquatic, Darjeeling Limited, etc.) is a very specific kind-of filmmaker who draws a very specific kind of audience. By now, you either know if you’re a Wes Anderson fan or a hater. A person…
Down & Out: “Hatfields & McCoys” and A&E’s “Longmire” Go For Rural Programming
So here lately we’ve seen more and more cable networks try to get into the business of rural programming, or, if you’re feeling snarky, red state programming. Both The History Channel (which produced H&M…not the clothing brand) and A&E (the new series Longmire’s network) are no strangers to rural programming. Whatever actual “History” the History…
Entertainment Editorial: How’d I Do On Predicting Last Fall’s Shows? Pretty Good Actually
So, the “new” Fall season is long over and before the new one begins, I thought I’d revisit a betting pool list of what shows from the 2011-2012 season would make, and which would be renewed. As you’ll see, I didn’t score perfectly, but I did better than you might think. What I wrote then…
“TV” Review: Yahoo’s New Web Series “Burning Love,” A Star-Packed Skewering of The Bachelor
I won’t make this review very long, because, well, each episode of Burning Love is about eight minutes. Since it’s not as long as a traditional television show—-and has a clear ending in sight even from the beginning—-it doesn’t have time to waste, and the result is an expedient, righteously dead-on parody of The Bachelor….
What Happened on the Season Finale of The Killing and Why AMC Should Cancel It
So last night was the second season finale (and hopefully, please God the SERIES finale) of AMC’s The Killing, inarguably the worst show they’ve ever produced unless you truly hate zombies. I’d like to quickly lay out what happened, thus solving the long overdue and extremely convoluted mystery of “Who Killed Rosie Larsen?” (me, I’m…
Mom Joke: The Problem
[A riddle, see if you can solve] You’re on a horse, galloping at a constant speed… On your right side is a constant drop off. On your left side is an elephant traveling at the same speed as you. Directly in front of you is a galloping kangaroo and your horse is unable to overtake…
“Monday” Morning Movie Review: Prometheus in IMAX 3D
Note: Ordinarily, when I watch a movie I like to mention what type of screen I saw it on (regular cineplex screen, poorly kept-up independent theater screen, fake IMAX screen, and true IMAX screen) as I do believe it makes a difference and also because—-9 times out of 10—-the 3D ticket price just isn’t worth…
TV Review: Girls and Veep, Continuing HBO’s Dominance of Comedy
Back in the now-distant seeming decade known as the 00’s or aughties or the Bush II years or whatever the hell history chooses to remember it as (but it probably won’t want to remember it at all) the one truly remarkable thing happening wasn’t in the gradually worsening economy or gloomy foreign policy outlook or…
TV Review: Why AMC’s “The Pitch” Excites AND Frustrates
So in addition to Mad Men and every other AMC drama, I also watch AMC’s latest (but not last) foray into reality programming called “The Pitch.” The Pitch is part of a troubling trend in AMC programming towards cheap and easy reality shows (like Kevin Smith’s deathly boring Comic Book Men and the upcoming Small…
TV Review: Mad Men’s Season Finale Recap and Review
Note: I do spoil what happened in last night’s season 5 finale, so don’t read further if you haven’t watched it yet. Or perhaps skip down to the review portion… What Happened: The episode begins with Don in terrible pain from a toothache and Megan’s mother (the alternately seductive and bitter Juliette Binoche) visiting them…
Final Asia Pictures (Photos Inside with Two Video)
A collection of all the “interesting” photos that I couldn’t fit anywhere else… You might have heard Asians are bad drivers, well consider that stereotype absolute bullshit. I recorded a little chunk of time outside a typical street corner and was amazed at how pedestrians, bikes, scooters, cars, those weird vans that look like…
Hong Kong Scenery, The Buddha Statue and The Peak (Pictures AND Video Inside)
I’ll keep the description short since this is really just an excuse to show a handful of vacation pictures…I mean, uhhh…write an in-depth expose of Hong Kong’s scenic beauty. Yeah, that’s it…I’ll say that I wasn’t quite as big a fan of Hong Kong as Shanghai, but there was a lot less pollution and certainly…