Archive for the 'So-Called "Art"' Category

Idiot on Idiot

Monday, September 11th, 2006

One of the most disgraced, most charismatic people I’ve ever met has been Jim McGreevey, the former governor of New Jersey who famously said “I am gay American” though might have better said “I am a corrupt gay American who pushed my corruption so far, the press of New Jersey could no longer indulge my […]

Lessons from a Lunatic

Friday, August 11th, 2006

Recently was thrust before me a blog so outrageous, we might consider rewriting the first amendment to prevent the idea of it from annoying me.

The blog in question yet out of bounds, is called One Park Avenue Reality. It is operated by a horrible person named Shmuly Tennenhaus, who deserves to be beaten with a […]

Vanilla Jackass

Friday, July 14th, 2006

Here’s an idea, if you don’t know what vanilla actually tastes like, DON’T PRETEND YOU CAN JUDGE ICE CREAM.
Don’t ask how I ran across this blog, but yes, I was guilty of reading “2dips.com“, a blog where two men with no shame or pride whatsoever take their time to review ice […]

1997 U Turn Movie Starring Everybody - Review

Saturday, March 4th, 2006

This movie sucks. I don’t know how Oliver Stone, director of Wall Street, could have directed such a boring, disjointed, wannabe-David-Lynch film. Like the movie Crash, the movie U-Turn took an impressive ensemble cast - Sean Penn, Nick Nolte, Jennifer Lopez (well… she’s hot at least), Bill Bob Thornton, Claire Danes, Joaquin Phoenix, Jon Voight, […]

David DeAngelo’s DoubleYourDating - Product Review

Friday, February 24th, 2006

I have cross listed this as a product and a book because, well, it is an e-book. For reference, you can buy DoubleYourDating products here.

Somehow or other, this guy, David DeAngelo, got stuck in my head over the course of a couple years, like a smaller actor you recognize in different movies. (Note for searchers, […]

2004 Kinsey Movie Starring Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, and John Lithgow - Review

Thursday, February 23rd, 2006

Between one thumbs down and two thumbs down, I’d have to give this movie two thumbs down.

The first is for its mediocrity. Although I like Liam Neeson, John Lithgow, and especially Peter Sarsgaard, the plot of the movie ambled this way and that, finally disintegrating into a series of disjointed vinettes. For example, there is […]

2005 Bewitched Starring Nicole Kidman and Will Ferrell

Tuesday, January 31st, 2006

So, everybody said Bewitched was a crummy film, but I enjoyed it. My girlfriend ordered it up lone night on DirecTV.
My downstairs neighbor in Los Angeles worked as an editor on Bewitched until, I think, her boss’ entire team was canned. I thought it was funny they were turning an old TV show I […]

1946 C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorce - Book Review

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

When we were adolescents we used to mentally poke at the idea of heaven as though it were something under a blanket, the shape of which could be divined through mental probing. If everything was perfect, wouldn’t you get bored in heaven? On the other hand, if hell were such a terrible place, wouldn’t you […]

King of Queenszzzzz…

Wednesday, January 18th, 2006

So I finally watched an episode of King of Queens on the plane (only 8 years after the premier) and guess I’ve really been missing out on…nothing. I thought I was watching a sitcom from 30 years ago, not 8. You know, the kind of sitcom that seems to have been written by […]

2005 The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe - Move Review

Wednesday, January 4th, 2006

When I was a child I read not only all the Narnia books, but many of the Wizard of Oz books. (Not all the Wizard of Oz books because in addition to Baum’s 14 books, there were dozens of other ‘official’ books and more ‘unofficial’ books.) The two series are similar to me in that […]