a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Uncategorized on Jul 15th, 2009
A word of advice: if you are a fair-weathered Harry Potter fan like me, do a scan of the past five movies.
I say this because as soon as I saw the opening scene and heard that catchy music box theme, I was a bit confused. I totally forgot what happened in The Order of [...]
Posted in Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Uncategorized on Jun 24th, 2009
Optimus Prime (voiced by Peter Cullen) gives Sam Witwicky (Shia LeBeouf) a fatherly lecture in a cemetery – because that’s the perfect place for a fatherly lecture
From the moment I saw a caveman on the screen in the opening scene of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, I knew I was in for a bittersweet treat. [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Work on Mar 19th, 2009
Jason Segel (left) and Paul Rudd have a bromance of the ages in “I Love You, Man.” Photo credit: Comingsoon.net
Webinar. Vaycay. Momversation. These are all slang terms that should be eliminated from the English language (click here for more terms). Bromance, along with the phrase, “bromantic comedy” was about to be added to my own [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Work on Dec 18th, 2008
…most likely before you.
Yes, that is quite braggy of me, but it is one of the perks of being “press.” If you are rolling your eyes – just think of it this way: perks don’t pay the bills. They just pay the creative soul of inspiration.
Was that quote lame enough for you?
Anyways, I just [...]
Posted in Actors, Books, Celebrities, Comedy, Entertainment, Film, Food, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Work on Sep 16th, 2008
I haven’t listed the things on my pop culture menu as of late, so here’s an update! (OMG! That rhymed!)
I’ve been watching…
Hamlet 2: Eh. It was kinda funny. But most of the funny is towards the end of the movie – and Elisabeth Shue is in it!
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Not as high strung as many [...]
Posted in Actors, Amanda Seyfried, Authors, Books, Celebrities, Christian Bale, Comic books, Entertainment, Film, Freelance, Freelancing, Heath Ledger, Josh Peck, Journalism, Mamma Mia!, Meryl Streep, Movies, Music, News, Olivia Thirlby, One Sheets, Pop Culture, Reviews, Television, The Dark Knight, The Wackness, Work on Jul 16th, 2008
I am currently reading…
The Film Club By David Gilmour: See what happens when a father lets his son drop out of high school on the condition that he watches three movies a week (of the dad’s choosing)! I’m almost done with this book – it’s okay. There are parts when the Gilmour is talking so [...]
Posted in 25th Hour, Actors, Beautiful Boy, Books, Celebrities, David Beckham, David Benioff, David Sheff, Entertainment, Film, Kung Fu Panda, Movies, Pop Culture, Reviews, Screenplays, The Happening, Writing on Jun 25th, 2008
I recently watched…
Very delightful and fun…and dare I say, it was “cute?”
Ummm…better than the first attempt – I agree with Entertainment Weekly when they said that the new Hulk is too veiny. And, of course, I enjoyed Edward Norton as the new Hulk – I enjoy him in any movie (BITE THE CURB!). But…I hate [...]
Posted in Abbie Cornish, Actors, Celebrities, Channing Tatum, Entertainment, Film, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kimberly Peirce, Movies, Opinion, Pop Culture, Reviews, Ryan Phillippe on Mar 31st, 2008
I haven’t been to the movies in a while, so I decided to take a gander at Kimberly Peirce’s latest opus, Stop-Loss, her follow up to the masterpiece that is Boys Don’t Cry.
For those of you who don’t know the story (I don’t know why you wouldn’t), let me lay it out for you: [...]
Posted in California, East Bay, Eating, Food, Fun, Opinion, Restaurant, Restaurants, Reviews, SF Bay Area, Social on Mar 30th, 2008
Two weeks ago Alice, Paul and I made our next stop on our chain restaurant food tour: the flair-tastic epicenter of All-American cuisine: TGIFriday’s.
Alice and Paul opted for some cocktails. Apparently, they are just as fun as they look.
There was a special on appetizers: $5 with a purchase of an entree. We took full advantage [...]
Posted in Actors, Entertainment, Filipino, Film, Movies, Opinion, Pop Culture, Reviews, SF Bay Area, San Francisco, San Francisco International Asian American Film Festiva, Video, Work, Writing on Mar 19th, 2008
Glory Boy Days is a representation of twentysomethings of the 21st century. Directed by Paul Encinas, the movie follows a clan of troublemaking Gen Y’ers (or are they Z’ers? or maybe they are considered the blogging generation…whatever) over the course of 24 hours as they party, complain, makeout, drink, do drugs, bicker and all those [...]