I’m a bit of a game show nut–I spend a lot of time writing and working at home, and GSN is often on in the background. I know I’m not supposed to be watching the channel (every commercial is for denture creme or erection medication), but I always find myself enchanted by families feuding, the … Continue Reading
Archive for June, 2009
With Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen already enjoying boffo business at the box office (Grimlock, pictured above, is my favorite of my childhood Transformers, and I am assuming will be absent from the second film), it seems inevitable that Hollywood will return once again to the seemingly endless well of crap I used to … Continue Reading
Every January, I head up north to run SF Sketchfest along with longtime friend and collaborator Janet Varney. It’s a long, boring climb up the 5 to San Francisco, so we often come up with weird games to play to pass the time (when we’re not singing along to the likes of Sun Kil Moon, … Continue Reading
I’m a sucker for a good western, especially a character-driven one. Such is the case with 2006′s Seraphim Falls, an enthralling, brutal story of revenge and personal limits that failed to find much of an audience, even on DVD. Shortly after the Civil War, Confederate Colonel Morsman Carver (Liam Neeson, in an intense, brooding and … Continue Reading
I admit it–I’m a sucker for turtles. I had one as a pet whilst in college at San Francisco State. He was a semi-aquatic box turtle named “The Amazing Turtle.” My wife (then girlfriend) Jenny even wrote a simple song about him, with lyrics like: “The Amazing Turtle He is so amazing Swims and eats … Continue Reading
The name of the game is Ball Buster …and for adults, it’s exciting! Never has a Scott Joplin tune been used so inappropriately as in this commercial for a short lived and unfortunately named “family” game from the ’70s. You may have heard the audio of this spot as a transitional track on UNKLE’s debut … Continue Reading
…and that’s to Yahoo users online movie reviews! When on the fence, it’s always great to read what the layman thinks of the latest theatrical fare. So…should I check out John Connor’s grim futuristic battle? Or skip the McG fest? What says you, Yahoo users? Bassdynamix writes: “I dont want to tell to much of … Continue Reading
Every once in a while, it’s good clean fun to sit down and mash some movie titles together. You just need one word in common between the two films to act as a link…so put some together, and give a brief synopsis of what the two films would be if they mated. Make some of … Continue Reading
John Frankenheimer was one of our best directors, having helmed classics like The Manchurian Candidate, The Train, Seven Days in May, Ronin, The Young Savages, and The Birdman of Alcatraz. One of his greatest overlooked triumphs is 1966′s Seconds, a fascinating, eerie, depressing mindfuck (and trust me, that term is oh-so-apt here). The film follows … Continue Reading
More celebrity gossip!* MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY’S SHIRTS TO STRIKE ON WEDNESDAY Ultra-tanned romcom star Matthew McConaughey was surprised to find out that his entire collection of tops had unionized and were planning to strike this coming Wednesday. According to Shirt spokesman Three-button Burgundy Polo, the upperwear were “tired of being under utilized or completely ignored altogether.” … Continue Reading
