Trying too hard
I get a lot of junk mail. Usually 4 or 5 catalogs a day. I’m not entirely sure how it happened, as I never signed up for any of them, and they all seemed to follow me and grow in number when I moved...
View ArticleMeaningful films
I see movies in fits and spurts. I’ll go months without going to the theater, and then, like in the past few weeks, I’ll go see a movie each weekend. First, I went to see the new X-Men movie a few...
View Articlepriorities
One of the first things I did last week when I got home was insist on going to see Casino Royale. I’ve always been a Bond fan, and, like the typical traditionalist, have always preferred the Connery...
View ArticleI am telling you…
Zuzu over at feministe had a pretty interesting breakdown of Jennifer Holliday’s career (or lack thereof) after Dreamgirls. But watching the video put me in a slightly different frame of mind....
View ArticleJust under the wire.
This is going to be the first year that I can remember that I won’t be watching the Academy Awards. Not for lack of desire, mind you, but because (a) it begins at the very early hour of 2 am here, and...
View ArticleThe Bourne Ultimatum
Took myself to see the Bourne Ultimatum this afternoon, and it was awesome. That’s not to say that it had much of a plot, but my heart was certainly racing the entire time. And you just know that...
View Articlebut really, isn’t one blandly generic corporate conference room the same as...
So, about a year and a half ago, I noted that, while I was shipping off to Palau for two weeks, they’d be filming a movie in our conference rooms with an [extremely attractive, academy award-winning,...
View ArticleI’m not where?
So, Friday night, the ‘rents and I decided to go see "I’m Not There", the new Dylan "biopic". I knew it was going to be weird and existential – I had read the fawning New York Times Magazine cover...
View Article2007 Movies
I’m not surprised at the low number of movies released in 2007 that I saw, particularly given that I was pretty much not in the country for the first four months of the year. What I am surprised about...
View ArticleHobo chic?
A very very long time ago, I noted sitting near Daniel Day-Lewis while at dinner, but not recognizing him because he looked remarkably like a homeless bike messenger. It’s good to see that he’s toned...
View Articleoscar picks!
Two things I’m very excited about this year in relation to the Oscars. First, that I’m actually in the US, so I can watch it on something other than YouTube, and second, Jon Stewart! with writers! So,...
View Articleweirdest cross promotion of the week
Today’s marathon on USA of Law and Order: Special Victims Unit is being brought to us by Sex and the City. I can’t be the only one who finds something horrendously wrong with this combination. (and...
View Articlewhat i did on my summer vacation…
Well, it’s the last day of my vacation, and I’m just about ready to get back to work. Things I did: Movies: saw Wall-E, Wanted, Hellboy II and The Dark Knight (which was super fantastic awesome go see...
View Articleroatan, honduras
I’m getting better. It has only taken me one month to sort through my photos and get them posted on the site. Pictures from my diving trip to Roatan are now available for viewing. In addition, I shot...
View Articlethings I did not know about youtube
so, as I mentioned the other day when I posted stuff from coney island, there was no sound on the video of our ride down there. In actuality, I had added a soundtrack from my iTunes library (Fatboy...
View Articlefloyd bennett field – video
On Saturday, I rode with the brooklyn by bike crowd out to floyd bennett field. I’ve still got to organize my (very few) still photographs and put a map together, but here’s the video from the ride!...
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365:106 (the (out of business cheese) shop around the corner)
the other day, I was watching “You’ve Got Mail” for the first time in years (and the first time since I moved to the UWS), and realized that Maya Scharper was the store used as meg ryan’s children’s...
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365:181 (3D)
I stole these 3D glasses from a showing of “Up” this summer, because they’re much nicer than the normal 3D glasses they give out at Lincoln Square (which don’t even have folding arms, and which hurt my...
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095/365: film set
This weekend was absolutely gorgeous – a perfect way to end my life of leisure as I start a new job tomorrow. To celebrate the weather, I decided to take a walk, which ended up turning into a five mile...
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craft services | 365:016
There’s nothing quite like the luxury of the craft services table late at night on a street that is pretty much the closest thing to an alley you’ll find in midtown (45th and Park, behind the Metlife...
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