Madeleine Peyroux - River (with k.d. lang) I have never spent a Christmas apart from my parents. If this were a competition, I would note that my sister, Nicole, once spent Christmas in México during college. (What, Nicole, what?) When will I break this pattern, and for what reason? I cannot yet imagine, or rather, [...]
I am awake, right now, so late because—can you guess? Come on, I thought you knew me better than that. I have an early plane flight! Why else would I be awake? Oh, right, I stay awake this late all the time when I have work to do. Um, okay, moving on to my actual [...]
Last night I broke a long tradition of failing to see films about which I am particularly excited and caught The Dark Knight at Cinerama. We tried to see the movie in IMAX at the Pacific Science Center but evening showings were sold out into next week. Devastating. The Dark Knight was fantastic, featuring some [...]
I loved Freaks and Geeks and, as such, am a sucker for James Franco, despite his Spider-errors, and Seth Rogen, despite the questionable philosophy of Knocked Up. So, team those two back up and throw Paper Planes (heh, get it?) by MIA, a song stuck in my consciousness for the last half year, into the [...]
I was intrigued to see the title Blindness in the list of Apple movie trailers. I had an optimistic guess as to the literary source for the film and click through to the trailer confirmed my hope. The film is based on the novel of the same name by Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago. In this [...]
At some point yesterday, during the Super Bowl, the new Victoria's Secret ad aired. My response was immediate: "Hey, those text screens look a lot like Law & Order!" I drew laughter and mockery for not focusing on the more typically recognized, but no more valid, aesthetic qualities of the advertisement (I'm talking about the [...]
So, when you're responsible for Weezer's "Buddy Holly" music video and the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" and Fatboy Slim's "Weapon of Choice" and, AND, Being John Malkovich, you already have my utmost respect. And then, when you get involved with a video like this: I just have to stand and give my due. Cheers, Spike. You [...]
