a dapper (and sometimes disgruntled) take on popular culture
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Jan 29th, 2010
Duhamel rings a Bell in ‘When in Rome’
The story: When in Rome (not to be confused with the Olsen twin movie by the same title) is your basic story about an art gallery workaholic (Kristen Bell) who dives into a love-granting fountain in Rome to fetch some coins while in a drunken “I am going [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Television on Jan 28th, 2010
The story: Detective Thomas Craven (Mel Gibson) investigates the death of his beloved daughter Emma (Bojana Novakovic) after she gets violently killed – a gun shot that he thought was meant for him. Turns out he gets a lot more than he bargained for: government conspiracy, unethical business practices, shady guys with greasy hair and [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Dec 24th, 2009
Sherlock Holmes and Watson – the most handsomely dressed detectives ever.
Besides the basic pop cultural idioms and deer stalker caps, the extent of my knowledge about Sherlock Holmes does not go beyond the video game I used to play on Sega Genesis.
Guy Ritchie’s take on the famous uber-smart detective is an attempt to make [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Dec 4th, 2009
Ryan (George Clooney, left) shows Natalie (Anna Kendrick) the ropes when it comes to giving people the ax.
There seems to be all this Academy Award hoopla surrounding Up in the Air. It’s been said that it’s the best movie of the year (mainly by the National Board of Review) and that it’s brilliant, fantastic, enjoyable [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Nov 20th, 2009
The day that The Twilight Saga: New Moon came out in theaters is going to be known as the day that the loudest, collective tween squeal was heard around the world.
In the second installment of the lovelorn book-to-movie vampire franchise, Bella (Kristen Stewart) is faced with a loss and a gain. Her vampire boyfriend Edward [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Nov 6th, 2009
James Marsden (left) and Cameron Diaz in ‘The Box’
Many quizzical brow furrows invaded my face during Richard Kelly’s latest sci-fi/thriller/drama/mystery (and if you include Cameron Diaz’s accent, you can call it a comedy) creation titled The Box.
Based on Richard Matheson’s short story, Buttons, Buttons, we are introduced to an All-American couple Norma and Arthur [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture, Uncategorized on Oct 1st, 2009
The new zombie action heroes: Eisenberg (left) and Harrelson
Once in a while, there’s a film that reinvents the zombie genre. Zombieland isn’t that film – but that doesn’t mean it didn’t succeed in the whole “running away from mindless flesh hungry monsters” shtick. In fact, it succeeded and then some.
The film decides to bypass [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Aug 11th, 2009
From the moment this movie was announced, it seemed to have a death wish. People were in an uproar about the casting, fanboys got their underoos in a bunch just because that’s what they do best and the “hush hush” storyline about Cobra Commander made the whole world furiously curious.
To make matters worse, there were [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Aug 10th, 2009
Offbeat romantic comedies seem to be the thing right now with young Hollywood – and by this I am referring to Paper Heart.
By the way, what exactly is an “offbeat comedy” anyway? And what makes a comedy “on beat”?
In any matter, Paper Heart flows in the same vein as (500) Days of Summer in [...]
Posted in Actors, Celebrities, Entertainment, Film, Movies, Pop Culture on Jul 16th, 2009
What Revolutionary Road did for mature, depressed suburbanites; (500) Days of Summer does for the single, quarter-life crisis/thirtysomething set – except it’s a lot less intense and there’s humor involved.
If you’re a young professional, single, cynical and surrounded by couples (both married and not), (500) Days may be a good temporary remedy for you. The [...]