Category: Arts & Entertainment
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Hey, I remember that show!
Last night ABC aired a new episode of their series “Lost.” Apparently it’s about a bunch of people marooned on an island or something. Watching it, I was reminded of a series that ran two years ago, also coincidentally called “Lost.” In last night’s episode, though, everyone was acting strangely out of character. Not five…
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Neko on a Hot Tin Roof
I rented Onibaba (Demon Woman) because a website recommended it to fans of Yokai Monsters and Kwaidan, two movies about Japanese ghosts and monsters. Plus, it’s got a big demon on the cover! The truth is that, except for the last twenty minutes or so, it’s not about obakemono at all, and it isn’t what…
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How many Spartans does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
I’ve got to admit I was biased against 300 from the start, because I don’t like Frank Miller. I don’t like his art, and his writing only works for me when he sticks to one or two of his strong areas. And I can never tell where he’s coming from — he always strikes me…
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The best song of the BOSTON band of all the times
John Scalzi’s blog passes along the story that Boston’s lead singer died on Friday. He also passes along some damn lies, saying that the band’s “moment is over.” Spoken like a guy who never played Guitar Hero. Or, for that matter, never heard Boston. There are very few “perfect” pop/rock albums, and Boston is one…
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Flight 180 Part 2: The Pile-Up
Seems like every time I make an effort to meet Hollywood halfway, they slap me down. Last night I watched Final Destination 2, and it used up all my good will towards idiotic consumer entertainment product. In this case, Flight 180 Part 2: The Pile-Up is a better title. Partly because they mention Flight 180…
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Death be not too proud for focus testing
I watched Final Destination a while back, and I enjoyed it just fine. It’s perfect for all your young-people-getting-killed-in-gruesome-ways needs. I suspect that this is one of those cases where waiting for the DVD is hundreds of times better than seeing it when it first came out. For one thing, the opening works as well…
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An Evening at the Improv
Do the “Lost” guys seriously expect anyone to still believe they’re not making it up as they go along? I feel like a joiner, seeing as how it’s fashionable now to rag on “Lost,” but there’s just so much material there. They try stunt casting, and the best they can dig up is Cheech. Their…
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One Duuuuuhhhhhrrrr
Every year I think it’d be just awesome to go to the San Diego Comic Con, because I’ve never been to the city or to the convention. And every year I go to Wondercon here in San Francisco, and it kills every desire I have to go to a large gathering of nerds ever again…
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Lovely Golden Ointment
Still buried under work at the moment, but for the sake of updating: I’d heard about TV cook Nigella Lawson, and how her schtick was basically food as barely-disguised metaphor for sex, but I had no idea how intense it was until I saw this clip of her making Chocolate Hot Pots: By the time…
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Me gusta la música
The best performance in pop music is Merry Clayton’s solo in “Gimme Shelter” by the Rolling Stones. The part where her voice cracks may be the best moment in pop music history. And there you go. I don’t know from writing about music. You want Lester Bangs, go to a different blog.
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Me gusta las películas
I’m not enjoying my theme week anymore. As much as I love giving out my unsolicited opinions (and in the list form my OCD craves, no less), I’m tired of writing a novella about it every night. So here I’m taking the Livejournal/MySpace route and just listing My Favorite Movies Miller’s Crossing Star Wars Raiders…
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Me gusta los libros cómicos
I thought I had more to say about comic books, but once you get past the fact that I’m 35 years old and I still read them, there’s not a whole lot more left to say. I’ve gotten several collections recently that I’ve enjoyed the hell out of, so they go into the list of…