“Dark Shadows” pairs director Tim Burton with his muse Johnny Depp for their eighth film. Their first two films together, “Edward Scissorhands” and “Ed Wood,” were their best, and it has been a slow and steady descent since then. It would be easy to say “Dark Shadows” is their weakest film, but we would then…
In addition to writing this blog, I also write film reviews for “The Rye Record,” a newspaper that services the town I went to high school in. Read my review of “The Five-Year Engagement” by clicking here!
“If we can’t protect the Earth, you can be damn sure we’ll avenge it.” – Tony Stark/Iron Man in “The Avengers” We ask a lot of the movies. We look to cinema to help us experience things that we can’t in real life. Sometimes it’s as simple as winning the big game or getting the…
“Veep” has a little bit of a problem. The world of politics is not a place that most people would like to be right now. Sure, there are still some young people who fantasize about making a difference in government, but most Americans are flat-out fed up with politicians. Currently, close to 80% of Americans…
“You guys live in your own little world with your heads stuck up your Capitol Hill asses.” – the frozen yogurt guy While I laughed several times during tonight’s second episode of “Veep,” HBO’s new comedy about a gaffe-prone vice-president, the episode basically rehashed the dynamic from pilot and added a few positive tweaks. Vice-President…
In a scene from a season 2 episode of “Curb your Enthusiasm,” Larry David is pitching a new show idea to his old colleague Julia Louis-Dreyfus. She suggests they pitch it to HBO, and when Larry asks why, she tells him that she wants to curse. “I want to say ‘fuck,’” Louis-Dreyfus says, “and ‘cocksucker.’”…
Every two weeks, I’ll be linking to a non-political review published in The Rye Record, a wonderful newspaper that serves the area I grew up in. Please click here to read my review of “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms. For a related story on Jeff, click here. Enjoy!
“May the odds be ever in your favor.” – official slogan of the Hunger Games Perhaps because this is an election year and “The Hunger Games” is poised to be such a monumental hit, both the left and right have tried to claim the film as their own. The right has latched onto what it…
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