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Hello Muddah
June 12, 2006 – 11:25 AM | 6 Comments

I’d had a long day — not a bad day, just a long one, which had begun in a rental car with cursing and self-flagellation because I’d managed to miss the turn-off for 678 North …

Leave The Gun. Take The Coronas.
April 24, 2006 – 11:16 AM | No Comment

It’s not that I don’t like The Godfather; I do. And it’s not that I think it’s overrated; it probably is, at least a little bit, but it’s almost beside the point now to think …

Come Here, Go Away
April 17, 2006 – 11:15 AM | No Comment
Come Here, Go Away

Come here, chorus of De La Soul‘s “Potholes In My Lawn,” into the chorus of which I can fit the words “cat barf in my shoe” perfectly, and thank the Lord, because apparently there’s no …

Dear Movies
January 23, 2006 – 11:06 AM | No Comment

Dear Movies,
I just had the misfortune of watching The Good Girl last night, and you need to hear the things I am about to tell you, because: no. And: boo. And: zzz. I hope you …

The Stephen King Movie Problem
November 14, 2005 – 10:58 AM | 13 Comments

[Warning: May contain various horror movie/Stephen King book spoilers. If you’re sensitive to those, turn back now.]
My Netflix list is so crazy long right now that the software won’t let me add any more titles …

“That’s Good Stuff! His Kung-Fu’s Good!”
October 10, 2005 – 10:53 AM | No Comment

What I know about kung-fu movies wouldn’t fill a thimble, including whether I should call them “kung-fu movies” in the first place. The correct term is probably “martial-arts feeeeelms,” and no doubt I will receive …

Rating And Raving, Part 2
August 22, 2005 – 10:45 AM | No Comment

When last we left our heat-addled heroine, she’d undertaken a defense of Forrest Gump, the last of which she fears she has not heard…
Heh. I stand by that position, although I probably shouldn’t, but let’s …

Rating And Raving
August 15, 2005 – 10:47 AM | One Comment

You can ask the Couch Baron — the minute Trog mentioned the other night that Premiere had a 20 Most Overrated Movies list, I clapped my hands and wiggled in my seat like a little …

Empire State
May 23, 2005 – 10:08 AM | No Comment

The following essay is riddled with both Sith spoilers and process discussion, so if you want to avoid either, bail out now.
So, Revenge of the Sith. Where to begin, really.
The early eighties is as good …

Freedom Of [Bleep]
November 15, 2004 – 9:26 AM | No Comment

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) – The Federal Communications Commission has confirmed it received complaints about the uncensored broadcast of Oscar-winning war movie “Saving Private Ryan” on ABC-affiliated stations last week.An FCC official said several complaints …