Me: “You remember wonderinging where they filmed when we were watching The Holy Grail?” Doug: “The Holy Grail? I remember wondering where something was filmed, but I don’t remember what it was.” Me: “It was Holy Grail. You asked where they filmed it.” Doug: “Noooo. I think it was Planet of the Apes.” Me: “Are […]
I’ve been watching the IFC’s Almost the Truth series all week. Except for the throwaway bits from non-Python comedians expressing their love for all things Monty Python, the series is raw, fascinating and occasionally painful. Two things about it feel like splinters in my funny bone. First, one of the cast members appears unrepentantly homophobic. […]
Me: “Goodnight monkey.” Amy: “Evan is the monkey. From now on, you can call me Coraline, ’cause that’s a better name than Amy. You can also call me Small Fry ’cause Sarah gave me that nickname. Me: “Goodnight Coraline.” Amy/Coraline: “Goodnight Mommy and other Mother.” giggle
Watch the rest of “We’re Back: A Dinosaur’s Story” with the voice talent of Walter Cronkite as Captain Neweyes and multiple Jurassic Park references – part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5 and the conclusion.
In random bullet form, because: Midnight movies are fun, but I fall two days behind every time I do an all-nighter anything. HBP doesn’t suffer from the “trying too hard” to be dark, funny or normal that previous installments had. This movie has an inevitable destiny feel that makes each of the characters more interesting […]
Everything about Scientology bothers me, but nothing is quite as irritating as Tom Cruise. He and his cult are so annoying that I refuse to spend money to see any of his movies. Doug considers any movie involving helicopters, submarines or airplanes, a must-see movie. Helicopters, submarines or airplanes are featured prominently in most Tom […]
I get a newsletter from Blue Moon drive-ins every week. This morning, the e-mail looks something like this: The Midtown Drive-In This Drive-In is for Sale Serious Persons Inquire’s Only It’s a good thing I didn’t call to ask any questions about the sale. I am entirely lacking in seriousness. It does seem that having […]
Our favorite drive-in movie theater is for sale. Immediately upon reading about this news, Doug and I played our favorite “what if” game. As in, what if we found an investor so that we could buy it? We could hire Tommy and all of his extremely bright Aspie friends to work at the theater. We […]
Doug: “What are you watching?” Me: “Fame.” Doug: “I guess this was our generation’s High School Musical.” Me: “Are you seriously comparing Sir Alan Parker‘s work to a sugar cube dipped in fake chocolate?” Let’s compare. Is this the same style, maturity or quality as this?
Remember last year, when we started seeing trailers for Up and it looked like a cute children’s cartoon? Those trailers were right and they were wrong. Unlike other Pixar cartoons that are made for children with a nod to the adults who accompany them, Up is a film for adults that is safe for children. […]