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13/31: The Help
December 13, 2011 – 9:12 PM | 10 Comments
13/31: <I>The Help</I>

I give The Help sooo much credit; it won me over despite my utter determination to hate it. You can ask Couch Baron, to whom I spent a good ten minutes bitching on IM about …

8/31: Beginners
December 8, 2011 – 3:24 PM | 5 Comments
8/31: <I>Beginners</I>

Watching a lot of movies in a row can scramble the brain, but it can also let those movies reflect on and inform one another. For example, the Oscars Death Race is a time of …

7/31: Meek's Cutoff
December 7, 2011 – 5:46 PM | 7 Comments
7/31: <I>Meek's Cutoff</I>

A one-star reviewer of Meek's Cutoff on the IMDb complained that there's no dialogue for the first 15 minutes. This is one of the many things I liked about the movie. These people have gotten …

1/31: What The Descendants Gets Wrong
December 1, 2011 – 11:55 AM | 25 Comments
1/31: What <I>The Descendants</I> Gets Wrong

Everything. K, great: on to Film #2!
…Fine, it doesn't get everything wrong. It's not necessarily objectively terrible. The writing does a handful of things I can't stand, though, and starts doing them immediately, so I …

31 Days, 31 Films
November 29, 2011 – 12:13 PM | 9 Comments
31 Days, 31 Films

…Because we're stupid, that's why.
Okay, seriously: Couch Baron and I decided each to write up one film for every day in December. For him, it's a way to get a jump on Oscar season; for …

Big Country Little Car Tour II, Day 16: San Francisco, CA to Elko, NV
August 13, 2011 – 2:02 AM | 5 Comments
Big Country Little Car Tour II, Day 16: San Francisco, CA to Elko, NV

Couch Baron and I parted ways at around 10:30 AM, he to the airport, I to find a post office that, if it exists, is in a Macy's and I never found it. Back to …

Big Country Little Car Tour II, Day 15: San Francisco, CA
August 11, 2011 – 10:19 AM | 5 Comments
Big Country Little Car Tour II, Day 15: San Francisco, CA

I hadn't let myself dwell on it, because what good would it have done except to paralyze me, but a part of me believed I wouldn't get to California, that I would end up towed …

Dog Days of Summer Movies: Summer Storm
August 4, 2011 – 9:44 AM | 14 Comments
Dog Days of Summer Movies: <I>Summer Storm</I>

by John Ramos
As a gay man, I know I am not alone in sometimes feeling victimized by the bulk of queer cinema. My strong desire to see films that intelligently and sensitively explore gay themes …

The NC Double Shot: The Sweet Hic!steen
June 6, 2011 – 2:33 PM | 33 Comments
The NC Double Shot: The Sweet Hic!steen

Today's write-ups by Sarah D. Bunting. Confused? Click here. Need an ingredients list? Googletini.
1 Bloody Mary vs. 5 Cape Cod. I love Bloodies — love love love them. I love the bite of the lemon …

RuPaul's Drag Race Live Finale Chat! Monday 4/25!
April 25, 2011 – 8:38 AM | No Comment
<I>RuPaul's Drag Race</I> Live Finale Chat! Monday 4/25!

Couch Baron and I mark the end of another nailbiter of a RPDR season with a live chat Monday, April 25 at 10 PM ET. Don't forget, DirecTV subscribers can watch it on time shift, …