Artists You Should Know But Might Not #2 –“Beat” Takeshi
Takeshi Kitano, aka Beat Kitano, is a psychologically dark renaissance man to the Japanese. He’s become one of, and perhaps the best, living director of live action Japanese movies (I phrased it that...
View ArticleRe: Japan—Sometimes Sh*t Just Happens
Bear with me. I’ll get around to talking about Japan soon enough. You know, I’m a very punctual person. Generally, I’m right on time or even 5 minutes early for any appointment. The case when I’m 5...
View ArticleI Bet You Really Won’t Care About This Fraud
If you’re looking for fraud, you don’t have to look much further than nature shows on television. While posing as actual “science,” a lot of nature shows are not really documentaries in the sense you...
View ArticleAlien And Blade Runner
I’ve rewatched director Ridley Scott’s Alien and Blade Runner recently and the remarkable thing is how well these two movies hold up despite being around 30 years of age. Unlike a lot of older movies,...
View ArticleNews Of The Weird, Islam-Related
Those funny middle eastern Muslims. OSAMA BIN LADEN’S LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT Okay, so it’s a spoof, but it’s hilarious. DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC? In Iran they do. Top officials and media outlets close...
View ArticlePoor Kirsten Dunst Wishing She Were Anywhere Else
Now, I’m a Kirsten Dunst liker. I have met people with, it seems to me, a hatred for her so profound that it seems irrational. However, even if you don’t care much for her, you have to sympathize with...
View ArticleWhat Makes Them Decide To Remake A Great Movie?
What has me thinking about this is the fact that Hollywood has decided to remake the wonderful recent movies based on Stieg Larsson’s trilogy of novels, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who...
View ArticleMoonrise Kingdom
I’ll stop my typical whining and complaining and talk about something I ran across that I really like. It’s the movie currently playing all around the city under the title Moonrise Kingdom. In the...
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