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The number 9 is getting tons of publicity this year
Is this pure coincidence? Did the scientists in the pop culture lab strategically plan this so that the number would be painted all over the place in this particular year? I don’t recall the number 8 being really big in 2008. And no offense to the number 9, but I think 8 is a way...
Ang Lee finds the ‘Woodstock’ connection
Ang Lee has seamlessly jumped from Jane Austen fare (Sense and Sensibility) to gracefully flying martial artists (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) to giant green comic book superheroes (Hulk) to lovelorn cowboys (Brokeback Mountain) to a film called Lust, Caution (which is basically self-explanatory). With his latest film, Taking Woodstock, Lee shows that his directing chops...
Asian pop culture tally as of August 17, 2009
When I did my interview with Margaret Cho for Hyphen Magazine (yes, this is a shameless name drop) I asked her about the state of Asian Americans in entertainment and she answered… There’s a great crop of (Asian American) talent. There are a couple of more Asian faces here and there – that is great....
‘G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra’: Not as bad as you think
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...
The joy of having a ‘Paper Heart’
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...
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Julie Powell on ‘Julie and Julia’
After watching the movie, Julie & Julia, I craved butter. I craved lots of it. Amongst all the delicious and decadent food scenes in this movie, I craved butter. I wanted to eat a stick of it – which isn’t as bad as it sounds. More than that, I had this appetite to pick the...
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Park Chan Wook has an irresistible ‘Thirst’
If you’re expecting to see some angsty teen vampire love a la Edward Cullen or some racy vampiric hotness a la Bill Compton and Sookie in Park Chan Wook’s new film Thirst, the you might get more than you bargained for. In fact, you might get all that lovelorn raciness, but with a lot more...
Channing Tatum and Charlyne Yi get ‘Dirty’
Part of Mean Magazine’s Cinemash series that basically “mashes” up movies, this one, is by far the best I have seen. Oh dear me. Words cannot express how much I enjoyed this. I am literally hunched over my keyboard at work snorting my ass off. Video: Channing Tatum and Charlyne Yi Cinemash "Dirty Dancing"
A fashion writer reviews ‘Orphan’
There’s something wrong with Esther. Honey, there’s just not something wrong with her. There’s somethings wrong with her – and the entire movie for that matter. I don’t bring out the word, “Honey” that often, but when I feel the need to get all Southern and matter-of-factly on a topic, I’ll bust that word out....
An ‘Alice in Wonderland’ acid trip – Burton style!
Awww hell. The teaser trailer for Tim Burton’s Alice in Wonderland made the Internet hot today! There is some crazy-ass stuff in there – but would expect any less from Burton’s maniacal imagination. And damn – did you see Helena Bonham Carter as the red queen? And did you see Anne Hathaway as the white...
A fashion writer reviews ‘(500) Days of Summer’
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....
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A fashion writer reviews ‘Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince’
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...
