“Sometimes you have to take a leap of faith first. The trust part comes later.” Going into Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel, I, of course, like everyone else, was expecting this to be the greatest movie ever made. Or at least the best superhero movie ever …
“The ego sings of castles and kings and things that go with a life of style.” If there’s one thing we can take away from “The Quality of Mercy,” it’s that Don is a lucky bastard. With Sally keeping his little neighborly affair a secret, …
Chappelle has been MIA for what seems like an eternity now, and in a recent coming out he announced a forthcoming 13 city “Oddball Comedy & Curiosity Fest” put on by Funny or Die. Sweet! The lineup includes some funny ones, including Flight of the …
“God can turn off the lights at any moment.” A rather uneventful Mad Men episode chewed away by the last ten minutes of “Favors,” which ended with Sally catching Don in the act of hooking back up with Mrs. Rosen after the severe roller coaster …
“Any man who must say ‘I am the king’ is no true king” —Tywin Lannister. In every society in which wars are fought (so: all of them) there is an oft repeated appeal to understand the “cost of war.” There are many angles to approach is …
“Everything comes from the east – the sun, the wind, and Kon-Tiki” The problem with theorizing as a historian is that most of history is already in the books. To disprove a current theory with another new theory, is well, you know, too much theorizing; most publishers …
“Honey, in gay years you’re Judy during the Sid Luft obese period.” Liberace! OK well, you might have never heard of him if you’re not over 35, but in case you didn’t know the name (Władziu Valentino Liberace), he was a world renowned piano player …
“There’s no time in the woods…” Oh to be fifteen again. Living at your parents place, feeling old but still so desperately young, doing anything to rebel what the ol’ folks say—even if it is just sneaking out your window to booze it up with …
I know money’s fun and all, but no need to go around ruining some of the most lovely natural preserves we have left in this country. I mean, c’mon! Things are already rough as it is out there. Now we have Sean Parker, the same …
When Kodak filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy last year it was a crucial moment for the digital paradigm in production, leaving movie-makers who prefer actual film left in somewhat of a discrepancy: why should they have to sacrifice for a digitalized product? Oh yeah, because …