Category Archives: a motion picture is worth a couple of words
Suzy Bishop’s Books
Did you have the same thought I had after seeing Moonrise Kingdom? What was Suzy Bishop reading! She’s lugging that suitcase full of YA books all over New Penzance. We see their titles, and we hear a bit of the … Continue reading
Meryl Streep Is A Busy Lady
Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada (2006) Meryl Streep as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt (2008) Meryl Streep as Glenn Close as Patty Hewes as in Damages (2007 - ) Meryl Streep as Nicolas Cage as Balthazar in The Sorcerer’s … Continue reading
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The “Weekend at Bernie’s” Effect
1989: Weekend at Bernie’s opens in theaters, grossing over $30 million and leading to a sequel, Weekend at Bernie’s 2. 1993: Bill Clinton hosts the Oslo Accords between Yasser Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin. A UN investigation reveals that Arafat and … Continue reading
Full Text of the Movie Poster for “The Next Three Days”
What if you had 72 hours to save everything you live for? Do you need some time to think it over? Are there any tea leaves or astrological charts you would like to consult before tendering a response? Do you … Continue reading
Hipsters and Kid Art
The obituary for hipsters by Mark Greif in New York magazine (excerpted from this) is interesting enough that you should probably read the whole thing. But I want to highlight one paragraph. Here’s the lead-in: Contemporary hipsterism has been defined … Continue reading
I’ll Blast You into Outer Mongolia!
Ever see a cartoon where Bugs Bunny shows up in the wrong place (a medieval castle, a bullfighting ring, the South Pole) and says, “Eh, I should have turned left at Albuquerque?” I always laugh at those. Probably because Albuquerque … Continue reading
The Last Holy Book
Hawkpanther (a guerilla marketing campaign from EA Games) is a parody of a self-help program for romantically frustrated men. In video clips, Hawkpanther’s “creator” and spokesman, Les Singer, pads around his penthouse apartment, sipping wine and promoting his modern, douchebag approach … Continue reading
The Post Where I Hate on Comic Books
Recently I saw Kick-Ass, and while I enjoyed parts of it, it reminded me of my frustration with comic books in general—specifically, comics about crime-fighting superheroes. I realize that Kick-Ass is a movie, and yet here I am complaining about … Continue reading
