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I am an avid fire watcher, poet and comedian. Also critic, lowly benefit MC, and soap user.

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Burn after Reading: 2 of 10
BURN AFTER READING (Dirs. Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2008)You can't get any more A-list than the cast of this movie. George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton are Oscar winners, John Malkovich has been nominated more than once, and Brad Pitt is, well, Brad Pitt (yes he's been nominated too). Mix in a couple of the mos... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The X-Files: I Want To Believe: 2 of 9
X-FILES: I WANT TO BELIEVE ":http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0443701(Dir. Chris Carter, 2008) "I'm done chasing monsters in the dark" says former agent now full time Doctor Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) and apparently so is X-Files creator/writer/director Chris Carter because this is strangley stripped of the supernatural elemen... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Reservoir Dogs: 2 of 8
As a film geek/blogger, it's probably not surprising that one of my favorite pastimes is to see old movies, whether for the first time or hundredth, on the big screen. A 35 MM print, new or old, of a particular cult, or could be cult movie, really is most certainly my cup of tea. As I've blogged before, The Colony Theater in ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: I Heart Huckabees: 1 of 4
I HEART HUCKABEES (Dir. David O. Russell) This is the ultimate "what the Hell was that?!?" movie. It's been a few days since I've seen it and I'm still trying to process. Many critics don't even try to describe the plot or premise I'd just say it's about a poet activist (Jason Schartzman) who hires a married couple played by ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Number 23: 6 of 21
THE NUMBER 23 (Dir. Joel Schumacher, 2007) Sometimes I watch movies that I know are going to be horrible. It's that I want to know in what way they are going to be horrible. I guess the genre here is psychological suspense though there's nothing either psychological or suspenseful in this convoluted Jim Carrey vehicle. For th... More..
Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Movie remakes: Comparing the original The Pink Panther with the 2006 remake: 2 of 7
With the release of THE PINK PANTHER 2, there will have been 5 Pink Panther films since the great Peter Sellers died in 1980. One was made from Sellers outtakes, 2 of them were failed reboot attempts with actors Ted Wass (as an actual original character named Clifton Sleigh) and Roberto Benigni (as Clouseau's son), and then i... More..
Entertainment > Movie Awards & Nominations Oscar predictions: 2008: 3 of 10
The Academy Awards is one week away so I am finalizing my predictions. I admit that I'm no expert - I only had 13 out of 24 right last year but it is such a fun process for a film fan so I'm game. In Roger Ebert's 2008 predictions column he writes "as usual I will allow my heart to outsmart my brain in one or two races, which... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Ghost Rider: 13 of 42
GHOST RIDER (Dir. Mark Steven Johnson, 2007) I honestly don't know why I ordered this one up. I mean I like Nicholas Cage but hate his action movie crap (CON AIR, THE ROCK, NATIONAL TREASURE, etc) and I successfully dodged the bullet that was THE WICKER MAN remake - not really action I suppose but still looked like crap so I'... More..
Entertainment > TV Show Reviews TV show reviews: The Sopranos: 2 of 6
A few days ago I finally caught up with the 12 million Americans who watched the series finale of The Sopranos last July. It was hard to avoid hearing how it ended because it became a part of the National dialogue - I mean even Hillary Clinton spoofed it in a campaign ad! For those of you who like me don't have HBO and held o... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Invention Of Lying (2009): 1 of 3
Warning: This review may contain Spoilers!In her eulogy for her late ex-husband Sonny Bono, Cher said: "He wanted to make people laugh so much that he had the confidence to be the butt of the joke...because he created the joke." The same could be said of Ricky Gervais. This was amusingly the case with his brilliant BBC TV pro... More..