The Lookout
I was admittedly sort of impressed with this movie. I don’t like gritty films. I don’t like the sort of characters that populate this story. I didn’t really care for the story much.
let’s get definitive
A few months ago there was this graph about the evolution of the geek. And while it’s generally amusing, my major contention is their ubiquitous use of the word geek. It’s not
The Adjustment Bureau
We need more action romances so it becomes its own genre.
As much as I talk about fun work stuff, I try not to get into the nitty gritty of some of it because, honestly, that can spoil some of the fun of it and also tends to create cynicism. But
Christian Slater Q&A
DETAILS: Quitting drinking and drugs must have really changed your priorities.Christian Slater: The last five years of my life have been great. Really different. I just celebrated five years of sobriety. I’ve been trying to take time for myself and to be with my kids. I went to Africa and ended up building schools there. I went on a USO tour to Bahrain and Djibouti. I went to Walter Reed hospital. These aren’t things I ever considered doing. In the nineties, you and River Phoenix were friends and seemed to be on the same path. Do you ever wonder why […]
Unknown
Neither thrilling nor suspenseful. Liam Neeson is a great actor, but I wasn’t that invested in watching him stumble his way through the mystery of this film.
The King’s Speech
Good, quiet sort of British film.
Country Strong
One thing Country Strong has going for it is that it’s authentic. It has a rambling, low key sort of atmosphere that serves the story well.
It’s also well cast (I admit, Leighton Meester surprised me). Garrett
best tv of 2010
It’s my favorite post of the year! It feels a bit different this year, because I pretty much watched everything on hulu. So, no show had a place in my week or a home on my tv. It was all
Winona Forever
Winona Ryder has this problem, and as problems go it’s pretty solidly in the first-world category, she knows, but it’s a problem, still: She’ll be having a conversation with somebody. And then suddenly the person she’s having the conversation with will say something to her that reminds her that she is Winona Ryder, the famous actress, and nearly everyone she meets already has “this whole idea” of who she is. And inevitably when this happens, she starts thinking about what it is people think they know about her, which is never a good idea, and the conversation never really recovers. […]
The Crowded Mind of Johnny Depp
Friend and rock legend Patti Smith finds him on set, guitar in hand, for a free-floating tour of the inner Depp. Johnny Depp is on set at Pinewood Studios, outside London, for the last days of shooting the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie—On Stranger Tides. We sit on the floor of his trailer. There is an old Stella acoustic guitar that he cannot resist picking up and strumming quietly. Johnny is working 12-hour shifts. The day begins in the makeup trailer, long before morning rush hour. Downtime is divided between press calls, stacks of pictures to sign, scripts to […]