Million Dollar Baby: I hate the second and third sections of Hotel California. Don Henley and the gang hardly do anything to break up the monotony of the rhythm that gets tiring after 2 minutes. When the song eventually does take a turn, it is in the form of THE lamest solo ever. Clint Eastwood [...]
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Eight heinous crimes against cinema and humanity: Oscar edition
Posted in film, tagged american beauty, Apocalypse Now, Braveheart, Chris Cooper, clint eastwood, crash, Dallas Roberts, David Lynch’s Elephant Man, ET sucks, Gabriel Byrne, Hilary Swank, Hotel California, Jonas Pate’s film, Kaiser Soze, Kevin Spacey, Mel Gibson screaming freedom, Million Dollar Baby, Nobel Peace Prize, Ordinary People, Oscar 1980, Oscar Best Screenplay, Paul Haggis, peter weir, Peter Weir’s Dead Poet’s Society, Robert Redford, Robin Williams, Saving Private Ryan sucks, Scent Of A Woman, Scorcese’s Raging Bull, Seven, Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Shrink, Tony Montana, transcendentalism on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Return of Das Das Nee Ippo Pass Pass
Posted in Books, tagged brad dourif, Butcher Boy, Chief Bromden, Collected Works Of Ogden Nash, crash, Iain Banks, Irish literature, jg ballard, Jim Morrison, Ken Kesey, Mary Werbelo, Neil Jordan, Ogden Nash, One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest, Patrick McCabe, The Atrocity Exhibition, The Crystal World, The Drowned World, Wasp Factory on June 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Collected Works Of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash
Have you ever wondered if it would be possible to write something funny without delving into the realms of satirical social commentaries, absurdist views of cultural flaws, vitriolic trashing of populist beliefs and just plain mean criticism of art? Is it just possible to say something [...]
Bhaskar Awards: When Hollywood killed racism dead
Posted in bhaskar awards, film, tagged Beastie Boys, bhaskar awards, crash, Denzel Washington, John Woo, Licensed To Ill, Morgan Freeman, oscar awards, Paul Haggis, Smash, Sydney Poitier on March 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
In 2005, with America on the throes of being engulfed in its own xenophobia, something remarkable happened. Director Paul Haggis witnessed an act of racism at a local pub that would change the landscape of blaxpoitation films forever. A Chinese kid was caught jabbing his arm and asked politely to leave the premises. Despite his [...]
Movie review: 7 pounds, crooked cops and accidents
Posted in film, tagged accidental tourist, angelina jolie, best supporting actor, changeling, clint eastwood, crash, death proof, gabriele muccino, green card, history of violence, independence day, jg ballard, quentin tarentino, reservoir dogs, seven pounds, will smith, william hurt, zoe bell on January 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Seven Pounds: I detested The Air I Breathe for its feeble attempts at feigning intelligence. A lot of film directors feel the need to infuse some sort of pretentious intellectualism or quasi-theatrical drama into their films to give them credibility. But I ask you, since when did we, neanderthals, NOT enjoy stupid films? Remember Independence [...]
