Monday, October 30, 2006
You’d have to look far and wide to find an actor involved in more projects lately than Alec Baldwin. He’s currently starring in 30 Rock on NBC and this weekend I saw him in two major motion pictures: The Departed and Running with Scissors. I like Alec Baldwin. I really do. His choices baffle me, though. Sometimes he picks pure winners and sometimes he picks dogs.
Running with Scissors is painfully awful.
The Departed is amazing.
30 Rock is a perfectly mediocre television show. Tina Fey is a comic genius and the show’s concept is interesting. I’ve only seen one episode, but I don’t think I’m jumping the gun to say that this isn’t exactly a comedy on the same level as Seinfeld or even Everybody Loves Raymond. It’s a decent television show, though, and Baldwin’s character is wonderfully strange and stupid. He’s brought to the show by NBC executives to hawk the G.E. Trivection Oven, an experiment in product-placement which cannot possibly be real, but apparently is. On a five-star scale, this show gets exactly two and a half stars. I doubt it will last two seasons, but it’s not a bad show.
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Thursday, October 25, 2001
Coop and Papa.com is a fascinating website that details the decades-long friendship between Gary Cooper, the actor, and Ernest Hemingway.
Friday, April 20, 2001
Did I mention that I saw Blow and heartBREAKeRS a few weeks ago? I didn’t think I did. Blow was a good flick … better if you’re in love with Johnny Depp. I’m not. Heartbreakers was a lot of fun, but certainly not amazing … better if you’re in love with Jennifer Love Hewitt. I’m not. I’d write more, but I wouldn’t want to ruin either one for my mom. <grin> Ray Liotta was, by far, the best thing about both films. I thought his performance in Blow was Oscar-worthy; and the only other time I’ve said that about anyone was about Kevin Spacey after I saw American Beauty.
Monday, December 18, 2000
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One of the little differences between California and Florida is the weather.
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Today we are under a “Severe Wind” warning. What the heck does that mean? In Florida we were always under “Thunderstorm” warnings or “Tornado” warnings” or “Torrential Freakin’ Downpour” warnings. I don’t really know what to do to prepare for “Severe Wind”. I wore a hat.
Here’s a list of interesting characters that have been within five feet of me in the last two weeks:
Thursday, August 31, 2000
Remember Friends? Wasn’t Joey an actor? He was; I’m pretty sure he was an actor. A bad one. So. How about this? The guy should do a commercial IRL. I kill me sometimes. Right? (What could he be promoting? I don’t know. It’s not important.) The important thing is: he gets to say, “I’m not an actor, but I play one on TV.” hahahahaha!
Monday, July 3, 2000
If only I could find someone to play the lead …
