There’s an upcoming indie movie that I saw recently and didn’t like much, for various reasons. Much about it felt contrived, especially a third act gimmick that was eminently predictable yet not entirely realistic in terms of real-world physics. But if I ranted about that, I might give the movie away, and spoil it for [...]

…just working on an article that could pay me a decent amount of money. Meanwhile, y’all get neglected.

Such is life.

“we need to uptick our image with everyone, including one-armed midgets.”

–Michael Steele, new chairman of the Republican National Committee.

Only 50% suckage this time…the main review, as posted online anyway, is of the old Orson Welles movie “F for Fake,” which is at least playing this upcoming week, albeit only for two showings, at the New Beverly. So – reasonably timely, locally written, and a decent read. Good job, Ron Garmon.

Review #2, however, is [...]

Looks like I forgot to link to last Friday’s E! reviews from here. I remembered on facebook, but jeez, you kids today have so many means of communication and linkage that I lose track.

So let’s play guess-the-review again.

REVIEW 1
“A critic could argue that this movie is nothing but an excuse for gratuitous violence and nudity. [...]

Eagle-eyed IMDB viewers have notice that I’m back in the cast of NO REGRETS.

It’s a much smaller part…the original role I was in required a time commitment I wasn’t able to give.

This one should work out fine.

In very tangentially related news, congratulations to Norman Reedus, with whom I did a scene in UNTIL THE NIGHT [...]

I will miss these when I leave OC…and NOTHING ELSE.

Well, it looks like CityBeat actually took one of my suggestions…this week, they let Managing Editor Tom Child write a movie review, and even posted it online.

Tom’s a good guy, and he knows his stuff — I enjoyed working with him at OC Weekly.

So Tom, I say this with love, but…

Why the fuck are you [...]

Over the past few days, it has been interesting to see how a particular incident was reported on, and how the nature of the changing face of film writing from print to the web has been a factor.

The incident in question: At a film festival in Oxford, Mississippi, various film bloggers were invited out by [...]