In all my years on this earth, never once have I taken my father to a baseball game.

Until last night. It was better than on TV, though the Dodgers didn’t exactly do very well.

Just got my copy of this bad girl in the mail, and of course had to check it out immediately.

Considering all the behind-the-scenes stuff that was shot, there aren’t a lot of extras on the disc, and no easter eggs I could find. But the stuff that is there is quite fun.

Sound can be played [...]

Is it as surprisingly entertaining as Tyler Perry’s was last week? Click here to see.

“Her eyes are too big; makes me scared.” Thus speaks the unnamed character billed as “Stranger Lady” (Robin Wright Penn) in describing Dakota Fanning’s Lewellen, lead protagonist of the movie HOUNDDOG. Penn speaks for many of us; Dakota Fanning’s eyes can be frightening. Any trailer I see featuring her nowadays scares me, but more in [...]

On the same day we do the signing at Virgin, I’ve just been informed that the New Beverly Cinema will be hosting a special Thursday midnight screening of WICKED LAKE.

If you missed our last one, come on out. If you’re coming to the signing anyway, what better way to follow up?

Wrestlers and wrestling fans typically lean conservative, so I was a little surprised by RAW last night.

First, there was evil Wall Street Tycoon JBL boasting that he owns multiple houses.

Then, roided-out good guy Batista dropped Obama’s name (to a decent-sized crowd pop) and used the “lipstick on a pig” line (though in this case, blatantly [...]

Brandon Beckner’s REMARKABLE POWER reminded me a lot of SOUTHLAND TALES, except that it has good cinematography, no sci-fi elements, and doesn’t disappoint as a portrait of Los Angeles and the variety of weird types who inhabit it, living on the edge. It’s also unpretentious — Beckner knows he’s making a comedy, and while there [...]

Janet Varney is my newest actress crush.

No relation to Jim, as far as I can tell. And hey, maybe it’s just that she’s in a short that had her playing horny most of the time (and amusingly uninterested the rest, feeding her man lines like “The kitchen’s closed” and “I already brushed my teeth”), but [...]

Cheapest I’ve ever bought a brand new album on CD.

I love that I was able to get cheese, antihistamines, dish detergent and a Metallica CD at one place. I am learning the rules of grocery shopping while poor.

1. Buy whatever you can at the 99 cent store. Just don’t expect their medicine to actually work.

2. [...]