Loved Trainwreck, but …
Saw it on Friday night, when it came out. I honestly think the last movie I saw on the day it came out was one of the Twilight movies, and that was done somewhat ironically. Fun story from that movie,… Continue Reading
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It took me until 2015 to see Point Break, but damn it’s a great movie
I saw it last night for the first time (Amazon Prime, baby). If you’ve never seen it and have no idea what it is, read this. It’s got a 68 on Rotten Tomatoes, with a slightly-higher audience score of 79. I can do the basic… Continue Reading
Every male in their 30s has some opinion on Adam Sandler, right?
On Saturday night, I couldn’t sleep around midnight — so I went and watched Blended on HBOGo. If you’re unfamiliar with what that is, it’s an Adam Sandler-Drew Barrymore movie (I believe the third one, after The Wedding Singer and… Continue Reading
Oscars: All-time, five people have been thanked more than God in acceptance speeches. Who are they?
You see it more in athletics than at entertainment awards shows, but there’s a general rule among many in the world that when something good happens to them individually (or to a team they’re part of), they need to thank… Continue Reading
Oscars 2015: The first role for Eddie Redmayne, Benedict Cumberbatch, Michael Keaton, Bradley Cooper, and Steve Carrell
I did this last year for Best Actress and Best Actor; basically the idea is, I find a person’s career journey to be interesting — so for the five men who could win Best Actor tonight at the Oscars, where did… Continue Reading
Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail, peanutbutt, should be a lesson to marketers
Jennifer Lawrence’s e-mail alias is apparently “peanutbutt.” If that’s true — it’s info from the Sony hacks — then it furthers America’s obsession with Jennifer Lawrence and how real / authentic she is (depending on whether you believe she really is). Think… Continue Reading
What exactly is Michael Keaton’s Birdman about?
I saw Birdman last night, as part of a renewed focus in December on seeing movies that will likely get nominated for a slate of Oscars. It was good, and interesting, and you can argue that a handful of people in the… Continue Reading
I wrote Mike Nichols a letter once. He wrote back. Kinda cool, no?
Mike Nichols passed away today, as you’ve probably heard. I don’t have a lot to contribute to this discourse because I’m not exactly a film buff or even a very good viewer of films — I saw most of the Twilight movies… Continue Reading