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Sorry no bloggy.  Things have been happening.  Some notes:

Sorry no bloggy.  Things have been happening.  Some notes:

From the geniuses at CNN.com: “Questions about former USDA employee Shirley Sherrod dominated headlines in a week the Obama administration hoped would be focused on the most sweeping overhaul of the financial system since the New Deal.” Now, I’m not the sharpest brick in the pie, but I’m pretty sure that CNN decides the, you know, [...]

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I’ve been Movie Magoo lately ( new column here! ), and some have asked when I’m going to be funny again. Still others claim that I’ve never been funny, while the majority of the American population doesn’t give a flying turd what I do or don’t do. Those people have the right attitude. I don’t do standup anymore, [...]

I need to write up a column about All About Eve for the Examiner website , but as a professional dawdler, it’s simply not close enough to the deadline for me to get my ass into gear.  So, I figured I’d blog about a film I’ve never seen.  Thanks to a stroke of luck and a couple of trade-ins [...]

I talked about Inception earlier, but it’s sticking with me, so I figured I’d blather some more blahbity-blah: Smartest summer action movie ever made?  Considering my memory sucks, YES! This film makes Joseph Gordon-Levitt a leading man.  I really like the guy, even as he starred in blech like (500) Days Of Summer .   Anybody that does the “Make ‘Em Laugh” number from Singin’ [...]

Best movie of the year.  Granted, that doesn’t mean much this year, but it’s a surefire Best Picture nominee, as well as one of the best screenplays written in the last decade.  Complex and multi-layered, but I never found it confusing.  The way the (multiple) worlds are set up is clean and concise, and the execution [...]

Best movie of the year.  Granted, that doesn’t mean much this year, but it’s a surefire Best Picture nominee, as well as one of the best screenplays written in the last decade.  Complex and multi-layered, but I never found it confusing.  The way the (multiple) worlds are set up is clean and concise, and the execution [...]

My new column on Robert Altman’s Nashville is at Examiner.com.  Read it, or don’t! I’ll try not to make this a habit, as I understand how much of a turn-off constant shilling can be.  That doesn’t mean I’ll stop, but I get that you’re annoyed.  In exchange for your indulgence, I’ll reward you with a delightful video. [...]

Orphan and Brothers came out last year to better-than-average reviews.  I was intrigued, but being a cheap-ass, I refused to watch them in the theater. There’s a reason I’m reviewing classic movies at Examiner.com , and not the newest movies of the moment.  Throw in the fact that a sizable chunk of humanity is kinda dumb and terrible, ESPECIALLY in [...]

Orphan and Brothers came out last year to better-than-average reviews.  I was intrigued, but being a cheap-ass, I refused to watch them in the theater. There’s a reason I’m reviewing classic movies at Examiner.com , and not the newest movies of the moment.  Throw in the fact that a sizable chunk of humanity is kinda dumb and terrible, ESPECIALLY in [...]

I got a new gig writing about Classic Cinema at Examiner.com.  My first essay is an expanded, better-written look at Fritz Lang’s M.  Here is the direct link: http://www.examiner.com/x-57806-Nashville-Classic-Cinema-Examiner If you could subscribe and maybe forward this link to your fellow film lovers, I would greatly appreciate it. My role there is solely to talk about [...]

Years ago, my roommate at the time and I were watching Red Hot Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis being interviewed by Conan O’ Brien.  After a couple of minutes, my roommate turned to me and said, “He’s a well-spoken dumb guy.”  I was reminded of this while watching Lars Von Trier’s Antichrist.  Lars Von Trier is [...]

When I first saw Sherlock Holmes several months ago, I vaguely recalled liking it, even though I couldn’t remember much, save for those slo-mo sequences where Sherlock sized up his opponent before beating him up.  Rewatching it yesterday, I figured out why: 1)  The slo-mo sequences are prominent in the first half of the movie, then disappear.  [...]

I wrote this for another thing. Might as well post it here: Fritz Lang’s “M” is one of the great masterpieces of cinema. Made in 1931, it still feels ahead of its time. Often cited as both the first serial killer film and the first police procedural, “M” has influenced works as disparate as “Silence of the [...]

The son of one of my high school teachers recently won a Tony.   Even though I don’t give an eighth of a crap about the Tony Awards, it’s a big honor. Congratulations to him.

So, how about this Nashville heat wave huh?  I heard that’s it’s so hot, people are randomly dropping dead because it’s so completely unbearable BOOOOM still got it. I hate this heat so much.  For the last month, it’s been in the 90s, and often broke 100.  For about a week and a half, I had the [...]

It’s an insane time in America right now:  The Gulf is still filling with oil, 4-star generals are talking to Rolling Stone, and I just ordered Greek food.  However, in a time that has been oddly hysterical, the most annoying recent non-flood event for me was this:  Brett Ratner’s “edgy” remake of Snow White. Quoth America’s Finest [...]

Thanks to Netflix Instant Watch, I’ve managed to watch some great movies that I’d like to blather about. I’ve also seen some movies that I prefer to just briefly mock before moving on with my life. Here we go: Sunshine Cleaning – Some Dip and Some Dupe, played by Amy Adams and Emily Blunt, run a crime [...]