Movie commercials offer us a great service; they not only show us which upcoming movies look good, but also which upcoming movies look like Hitler Turds (turds that waste no energy being anywhere except directly beneath your nose). In honor of this profound… Continue reading →
No, not the same show. That would have been… insane. Not that the Fuck Buttons weren't insane, so let's begin there. Tuesday: I get out of work and hustle up into Silverlake to meet up with my friend Chris. We share beers with some old friends and then… Continue reading →
For a film billed as a thriller, Kontroll is mighty abstract. For some reason, I always had it in mind that Kontroll was about some supernatural killings happening in the Budapest subway system–so I'm glad to learn that it's not. I'm also glad that after… Continue reading →
Death-Defying Institutional Brands I'm increasingly intrigued by the ability of certain brands to outlast the loss of their underlying substance. Facts are stubborn things, John Adams said, but sometimes, it seems, not as stubborn as brands. Let me offer a… Continue reading →
After the recent airing of the episode that seems to have driven off all but the die hard fans, "Across The Sea", Lost has just gotten more confusing, as well as seemingly retconning pretty much everything that came before season 4. If anything, that episode… Continue reading →