The vampire mythology fascinates me. Zombies get a bad rap because their pallid skin is usually bruised and covered in sores; they lack coordination and an adequate vocabulary beyond the oft-repeated “braaaiiins,” meander wildly from side to side and often have entrails hanging from their incisors. They can’t really be blamed for this affliction — everyone goes […]
Thus far, Jason Reitman is three for three and has managed to make the dramedy relevant again. In Thank You For Smoking and Juno, Reitman tackles the tobacco industry and teenage pregnancy without beating the audience over the head with the righteous stick or presenting epiphanies that change the characters from concrete villains to saccharine heroes. His […]
As the first decade of this millennium passes, there’s a focus on the “best of” well, everything. Can’t say I’m above this: in a previous post, I ranked the last ten Best Picture winners, and I’m currently working on an article that ranks the days of the week (screw Thursday). Why Thursday you ask? Well, because […]
Possibly the most beautiful movie I have ever seen, Avatar is visually stunning and a revolution of filmmaking. The 3-D technology that director James Cameron employs is flawless, but the greatest feat that Cameron has pulled off is eradicating the line between humans and their animated counterparts. In recent years, Pixar has released some of the […]
In general, the quality of something is a result of the company that surrounds it. For example: you are presented the opportunity to choose between a BMW, a Ford Focus, and a Saturn Ion. Clearly, the BMW takes the prize. In contrast, if you are presented with a Saturn, a Yugo, and a Datsun, the Saturn would finish on […]
Rain is a waterfall against the windows of the double doors, and Annie Lennox’s version of “Don’t Let it Bring Your Down” streams softly from surround-sound speakers as iridescent street globes cast soft light through the windows on a blonde body lying on a pillowy sofa while two masculine hands remove her black pants and begin to […]
Within the most recent issue of Time, a section titled “The 50 Best Inventions of the Year” offers a survey of innovative gadgets and ideas that range from NASA’s Ares rocket at number one, to the world’s fastest steam-powered car at fifty. Positioned between Xbox’s controller-free gaming and the telescope for invisible stars, sits teleportation, which conjures […]
I caught a badass swine flu bug or something on Friday and was incapacitated on my couch for much of the past 60 hours. So all I did was sleep, watch some baseball, sleep, watch some movies and sleep. Here are some quick recaps of the eight flicks I watched, which ranged from atrocious to pretty good. […]
There were a few problems with this for sure, but I enjoyed it. For full disclosure’s sake, I am certainly a little more interested in the newspaper industry than the average bear, but I imagine most people will like it cause it is pretty well done. Russell Crowe, in particular, was excellent as the lead character (a […]