The Most Empowering (and Embarrassing) Female Movie Rockstars
The Runaways tells the story about the first all-female rock group which started with Joan Jett, Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Sandy West and Jackie Fox. As instructed by their producer, Kim Fowley they were to “sing with their cocks” – and that they did. That they did. The rock biopic (out in theaters Friday, March...
Not everyone will fall in love with ‘Rome’
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...
Oscar movie check-off list 01-25-10
I’ve been slacking on my Oscar buzz movie list. Luckily, I dragged my happy meal ass to see Crazy Heart at the Embarcadero Cinema after work on Friday. I was kind of skeptical about seeing such a movie on a Friday night. According to socially correct standards, one is supposed to go party and get...
Oscar movie check-off list 01-14-10
I can officially strike The Lovely Bones off the list! Stay tuned for the review…. Up in the Air Avatar The Hurt Locker Precious Inglorious Basterds Invicticus An Education Up A Serious Man The Messenger Julie & Julia A Single Man Crazy Heart The Blind Side The Last Station Nine Star Trek District 9 Fantastic...
Oscar movie check-off list 01-04-10
The Oscars are on March 7 and being the obsessive compulsive person that I am , I must see all of the movies that are generating buzz. Luckily, Entertainment Weekly gave me a helpful guide (and just in case you’re wondering, my lost issue finally came in the mail) of the “25 movies I need...
‘New Moon’ should change its title to ‘Shirtless’
Based on the posters, previews and Taylor Lautner’s new buffed bod, New Moon is going to do two things: 1.) Make girls swoon and drool. and 2.) Make guys want to work out. Do I really need to be reminded that I don’t have the washboard abs of an oily variety werewolf bohunk? Forget the...
Asian pop culture tally: the ‘New York, I Love You’ edition
I know I am two weeks behind with this, but it’s not like Asian Americans have been flooding entertainment and pop culture (I’m jus’ sayin…) However, I did finally watch New York, I Love You (a continuation of the much more robust and enjoyable Paris, je t’aime) and despite what some people are saying, there...
Are you a ‘Starsucker’?
I ran across this trailer (actually it was forwarded to me from my co-worker Edith) and I think it was one of the most thought provoking preview for documentary that I’ve seen: It has a very valid point about journalism and, more than that, it makes me reevaluate my intrigue with celebrities and stardom. …but...
The warm fuzzies of ‘Where the Wild Things Are’
Just as I was about to write this review of Where the Wild Things Are, my sister texted me and asked if she should take her two-year-old son to see the movie. I said, “I don’t know – he won’t comprehend the moral.” Then I thought, “Wait a second – I didn’t even comprehend the...
‘Paranormal Activity’ = sleeping with the lights on
Even though I need to be up at 6:30 a.m., there’s a reason why I am still up past 1 a.m. on a Monday night. It’s a valid reason. A very valid reason. It’s this little bitch of a movie called Paranormal Activity. I have been putting this movie at the bottom of my list...
I’m dying to go to ‘Zombieland’!
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...
