daily list: 7 great movies by 8 great Irish actors

It’s almost St. Patrick’s Day, which can mean parades and soda bread and green beer, or it could mean a little DVD festival of great little movies you’ve never seen — or have forgotten about — starring eight of today’s biggest stars who hail from the Emerald Isle. Such as these: 1. Colin Farrell: Hart’s … more…

I am a ho and a bitch

It’s true. Jerry at hey! let’s not blog about concerts says I am a “ho” and a “bitch.” Because I suggested that a concert film called The Big Black Comedy Show would make “ghosts of Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman… [weep].” Not so much the concert itself, though it might, but the fact its DVD … more…

Darkon (review)

You may not have heard of live-action role-playing gamers, who enact the battles and intrigues of imaginary fantasy realms. This engaging film introduces us to some of those fantasists…

‘Jericho’ blogging: “Termination for Cause”

(previous: “Oversight”) Holy crap. I mean: Ho. Ly. Crap. Stanley? I wouldn’t have expected this from Stanley. He’s so gentle. But maybe those are the guys who snap when the worst happens. So — *deep breath* — Stanley shot Goetz. Executed him. For Bonnie’s murder. Wow. Ups and downs like crazy in this episode Trish … more…