Dive into the archives.
- Meticulous Research
The Mad Men Season 2 premiere happened on Sunday night. There’s little for me to add, except I wanted to point out again just how incomparably researched Matthew Weiner’s dissection of 1960s Americana is:
In Season One, Episode Eight, “The Hobo Code” : A devastating moment in the relationship between Peggy (Elisabeth Moss) and Pete (Vincent [...]
- Morning in Treetown
Dinotopia was very important to me growing up.
I could never decide if I’d rather live in Treetown or Waterfall City.
- Greatest American Dog
Lie-la-lie! Lie-la-lie-la-lie-la-lie!
Meet Presley. Presley’s one of the two breakout stars of CBS’s Greatest American Dog, this year’s second-most bizarre dog-centric reality series. Greatest American Dog is a fascinatingly strange show, emblematic of CBS’s high reality-tv production values and strong dedication toward constructing dynamic characters. What differs here, of course, from earlier CBS series - Kid [...]
- The Dark Knight and Fandom
Vroom Vroom, I’mma superhero!
I like The Dark Knight. It’s a fun action movie, with some interesting nods toward Bush-era anti-terrorist policy, a pair of great performances from Aaron Eckhart and Heath Ledger, lots of cool gadgets, some cool action. Yeah, it’s got troubling elements: Batman’s silly growly voice, the inability to determine what’s going on [...]
- Wall-E at Reverse Shot
Available here.
- Kon Podcast at The House Next Door
Hey guys,
Ever wanted to hear the sound of my voice? No? Well, that’s too bad because now you can match my nasal honk to my overwritten reviews, courtesy of my friends at The House Next Door. I was recently invited to take part in a podcast on the subject of Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon, and [...]
- Something I Hate: Guy Fieri
I like cooking, and I like eating, but this dude might be ruining the whole notion of food simply by inserting himself into it. Is there anything less appetizing than Spiky McRazorburn up there serving up acely retarded interpretations of bro-sine (chicken wings, pad thai, burgers) on his blissfully stupid Guy’s Big Bite? How about [...]
- Idea: Facebook Gifts
Why do people buy these? I’m absolutely baffled by the idea of sinking money into $1 images you can place on someone’s Facebook wall. They have no monetary value.
They should, though: Facebook gifts should be tied to real goods and services.
If you buy someone a cupcake via facebook, that person should receive in their inbox [...]
- The Maxim/Black Crowes flap
Come the fuck on. A band that looks like this should be thankful it’s getting two stars in the first place, even if the writer didn’t listen to the record. A band that looks like this should be thankful no one’s beating them up for looking like this. Also, people pay attention to Maxim’s reviews? [...]
- “Mountain People”
They don’t all handle snakes. And they certainly don’t all practice incest.
As someone who’s currently in the middle of draft #2 of a screenplay set in rural Appalachia, one that could be described pretty honestly as a slice of American gothic horror/mystery, I take a lot of interest in the way other films portray that [...]
