SXSW Adventures Day 3: ‘Downloaded’ and Being Enchanted by the ‘Some Girl(s)’ Crew
Day 3 of SXSW included a lot of running around town trying to make appointments, interviews and screenings. First up on the schedule was a Don Jon (formerly Don Jon’s Addiction press day with with writer/director/actor of the film Joseph Gordon Levitt and Tony Danza. (You’ll get to read more on that later). I immediately...
My Rambling, Unstructured Thoughts About ‘Lincoln’
I’m pretty ignorant when it comes to Abraham Lincoln. All I know about him is The Gettysburg Address, the Emancipation Proclamation, the 13th Amendment and he was the original hipster who sported a beard and a top hat. I also know little tidbits of information about him. For instance, there’s the relationship he had with...
10 Reasons Why ‘Looper’ is one of the Best Time Travel Movies
I have already seen Looper twice. Once at the Toronto International Film Festival and then, with the help of my fancy pocket watch, I traveled forward in time and watched it a second time — even though time traveling in the future is illegal. I apologize for the previous moment of dorking out. I swear,...
TIFF 2012 Press Conference: ‘Looper’
I attended the Looper press conference. It was the only press conference I attended because I was personally invited by directed Rian Johnson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Bruce Willis. They invited me via an Evite. In any case, I did promise you a podcast of this press conference, but after listening to the audio I was...
TIFF 2012 Instagram Photo of the Day
As quoted from my Instagram account: #Looper press conference. #TIFF12 #JGLlooksAsian #nofilter #HudsonHawk #RianNotRyan http://instagr.am/p/PPgp-pyEml/
‘Premium Rush’: A Movie About Sweaty Bikers, a Movie Ticket Stub, and an Off-brand Version of Google Maps
In the beginning of Premium Rush we are met with a voiceover of the movie’s bike messenger hero, Wilee (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) and a musical intro courtesy of The Who‘s “Baba O’Riley”. From this, you automatically know this movie means business. Essentially, the David Koepp-directed Premium Rush tells us all the things about the bike messenger...
My Rambling, Unstructured Thoughts About ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Good news. Anne Hathaway did not ruin The Dark Knight Rises. I have a couple of bullet points about director Christopher Nolan‘s decisions when it comes to casting leading women in his movies — but before I get into all that malarky, I want to share with you all of my racing thoughts about the...
Trailer of the Week: ‘Looper’
Everyone is obsessed with Looper trailer because of how eeriely similar Joseph Gordon Levitt and Bruce Willis look alike. Actually, JGL just looks weird…but the movie looks pretty darn cool based on the newest trailer:
Snap Judgment: The New Trailer for ‘The Dark Knight Rises’
Version 3.0 of The Dark Knight Rises trailer and everyone was getting all giddy over all the new footage — including myself. Let’s take a gander at the trailer: There were a handful of specific things that caught my attention: Christian Bale still likes to implement the “I am in desperate need of a lozenge”...
Finer Feed: Julianne Moore refudiates as Sarah Palin, ‘Christmas Story’ porn stars, a ‘Community’ flash mob
Here are some of the top news items that have been plucked from my Facebook and Twitter feed: Julianne Moore‘s Sarah Palin looks good in HBO’s Game Change. Really good. Really, really good. She is probably better than the original. [HuffPo] It’s that time of year again. Whether we like it or not, The Christmas...
Three Things That Require Your Attention: ‘The Voice,’ ‘Hesher,’ and Michael Scott’s Farewell
I really could care less about the actual Royal Wedding — but I do care about adding a Kate/William commemorative plate to my collection. Nonetheless, here are a couple of things that I do care about — and you should to: The Voice: Question — Who in the hell needs another vocal competition show? Answer–...
The Vanity Fair Hollywood Issue Has Hot Celebs on the Cover!
The new “Hollywood Issue” of Vanity Fair hits newsstands on February 3rd and true to form, has the “hottest” stars (no surprise here) of the moment: Ryan Reynolds, James Franco, Anne Hathaway, Jake Gyllenhaal, Jennifer Lawrence, Anthony Mackie, Olivia Wilde, Jesse Eisenberg, Mila Kunis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Andrew Garfield, Rashida Jones, Garrett Hedlund, and Noomi Rapace....
