eight pointless things about me

I pretty much hate these blog meme things, but I love my pal Catherine “gadgetgirl” Cantieri, who tagged me on her blog I am screaming and punching myself. So, okay, I’ll play along. THE RULES 1. All right, here are the rules. 2. We have to post these rules before we give you the facts. … more…

rated G? what am I doing wrong?

This is hi-larious: [link no longer active, removed at request of linked site] “No bad words were found,” apparently. I’d say they weren’t fuckin’ lookin’ hard enough.

film critic Joel Siegel has died

I’m sorry to say that I was not at all surprised to hear that Joel Siegel, film critic for ABC’s Good Morning America, died yesterday here in New York. I cannot say I was a friend or even an acquaintance of his, but I did see him frequently at press screenings, and we occasionally exchanged … more…

Ratatouille (review)

Oh, but there is joy in this movie… It fills you up, this wonderful, wonderful movie, with just the simple yet profound connection it’s possible to make with another creature, even if that creature is merely a cartoon rat.

my week at the movies: ‘Live Free or Die Hard,’ ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix,’ ‘Transformers,’ ‘Sunshine,’ ‘License to Wed’

pscyhed… I thought a press screening of Live Free or Die Hard was gonna come late in the week last week. It never did: it’s tonight, actually, only two days before the film opens… or, actually, only one, since there will be midnight screenings tomorrow night. I’ll head out in a few minutes to see … more…

Evan Almighty (review)

I wasn’t just bored by *Evan Almighty,* I was actively disgusted that so much money was spent on a film that is so poorly written, and so inconsistent and incoherent that it makes about as much sense as the six-thousand-year-old book written by ignorant goat herders that inspired it.