That's what an ex said to me once. Kurt Fuller. You know him. The only man who could concieveably replace William Atherton as the corporate stooge trying to keep our Ghostbusters from doing their jobs. The guy who learns the value of partying on in Wayne's… Continue reading →
Push comes to shove, if someone asked me what the funniest film ever made was, I would likely list two options. One would be Duck Soup. The other would be Used Cars. In fact I recently got an email asking me just that question: "Dear Andre Dellamorte, what is… Continue reading →
AKA: Old Men in Front of Green Screens. Rob Reiner has shot his load, but he's a proficient hack. Jack Nicholson seems more engaged than most of his hackworkeries, and Morgan Freeman seems to engage him, and vice versa. Or at least when both are asked to… Continue reading →
What's interesting about both these films is that they are written by women, and have male characters who are actively pursued by women, whilst the man generally puts in little to no work. In my experience, a woman will make herself available, but then tend… Continue reading →
I think there are number of different attitudes towards blogging. Lord knows I've had a couple different ideas, and a couple different blogs. Half were fake. Diablo Cody put a blog entry on her Myspace page where she talked about her current mood and her… Continue reading →
*For Monday. My friend Mike Russell – who runs Culturepulp and just did a wonderful interview with Marjane Satrapi and also writes for the Oregonian – does some movie talking on the Portland radio, and when he was unable to attend an early screening of Rambo… Continue reading →
*Cookie-wise Devin once told me my distaste for Billy Wilder's One Two Three infected him so he couldn't enjoy the film. I felt bad, but only slightly. Wilder strikes me as over-rated in the scheme of things, in that he's an occasional slugger versus being a… Continue reading →
*if they are attractive. Woe be unto the unattractive woman. I say this because when I read some critiques of a hot button Oscar nominee, I think some people hold this against women. Or a woman. I thought I might resent the film, much as I thought I might… Continue reading →