The excellent local blog CurbedLA had an entry recently on artist Mark Bennett’s blueprints of fictional places. He has created very detailed floor-plans of famous pretend places, like the homes of George and Jane Jetson, Rob and Laura Petrie, and June and Ward Cleaver. (There’s a book, too!) I thought these were terrific so I… Read more »
Posts Categorized: movies
Tauntaun Sleeping Bag
They probably would have sold a lot more of these if they’d had them twenty years ago. I can’t remember the last time I slept in a sleeping bag, and I certainly don’t see it happening any time soon. I would have thought this was awesome when I was 11, though. “This high-quality sleeping bag… Read more »
Friday Five: Favorite Indiana Jones Scenes
When he’s complaining to Marion about his injuries on the boat When he runs away from the giant boulder at the beginning of Raiders When the pirate points to him swimming towards the submarine When he’s just about to cut the rope bridge When he’s fighting the Nazis on the truck with the Ark Bonus:… Read more »
Star Wars Design Flaws
Note to the Emperor: Someone on your Death Star design staff is in the pay of Rebel forces. Oh, right, you can’t get the memo because someone threw you down a huge exposed shaft in your Death Star throne room. from John Scalzi’s Guide to the Most Epic FAILs in Star Wars Design
What about Sicko?
Does anyone have any idea why the Michael Moore film about health insurance in America, Sicko, got nowhere near the same amount of publicity as Bowling for Columbine or Fahrenheit 9/11? I’m not asking how you feel about the message / content of any of these films. I’m just trying to understand why Sicko seemed… Read more »
Friday Five – Harrison Ford Movies
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Star Wars (1977) Presumed Innocent (1990) Clear and Present Danger (1994) Witness (1985)
Why the Original “Star Trek” Still Matters
Listen: I was never a huge Trek fan. I was always Star Wars all the way. After school my sister and I watched cartoons — Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny, Superfriends — and then, because we were usually with my grandparents, the standard early 80s grandparent shows: Happy Days, Barney Miller, Alice, and M*A*S*H. It… Read more »
Friday Five: Comedies
Five Classics That I’ll Watch Every Time: Fletch Bull Durham Airplane Soapdish A Fish Called Wanda
Friday Five: Nicolas Cage Movies
Five favorite Nicolas Cage movies: Honeymoon in Vegas – 1992 Next – 2007 Wild at Heart – 1990 National Treasure – 2004 The Rock – 1996
Friday Five: Tom Hanks Movies
Five favorite Tom Hanks movies: The ‘Burbs – 1989 Sleepless in Seattle – 1993 Saving Private Ryan – 1998 Apollo 13 – 1995 You’ve Got Mail – 1998
Movies in 2008
You say you want an alphabetized list of all the movies I saw in 2008? I can do that.
Amy Winehouse Is Dead Sexy
Is it just me or does Amy Winehouse look amazingly similar to Tim Curry as Frank N. Furter from the Rocky Horror Picture Show? </barf>