Not Quite A Spending Spree

Random Odds and Ends:
Saw The Matador this weekend. Pretty entertaining and funny, and no big technical problems at the theater and no rudeness to speak of, even though it was a fairly full showing. One thing that I didn’t get is that Pierce Brosnan’s character, the burned-out hitman, is supposedly really attractive to [...]

The Bursting Bubble and the Shrinking Window

Last night I saw a just-released first-run movie. However, I did not see it a local theater, even though it was playing at one. I saw it from the comfort of my home, in High Definition video. I am speaking of the film Bubble, which is causing controversy because of its unique [...]

An Open Letter to EW

Dear Entertainment Weekly,
I have been a subscriber of your magazine for more years than I can remember – probably at least ten. I am such a loyal customer; you really love me. I read every weekly issue cover to cover (yes, usually while seated in the “library”), even though I can get more [...]

Godzilla vs ELP (minus L and P)

Time for a little walk down memory lane, followed by a review of what sent me there. The first Godzilla movie I saw in the theater (also probably the first Godzilla movie I saw ever) was Destroy All Monsters. I was all of eight years old or so and it left a big [...]

WBUPN

Big day for news in the entertainment world, as Disney has agreed to buy Pixar for 7.4 billion dollars. Personally, I think it should be the other way around and Pixar should buy Disney. And then there’s the announced merger of the UPN and WB TV networks into a single entity. I guess [...]