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Tag Archives: #film
Pixels
I saw it because reasons. People are saying that it isn’t smashing box office records because of a shift in zeitgeist. But I, for one, can’t believe that because it includes a line about “jiggery-pokery” scant weeks after Supreme Court Antonin Scalia popularized … Continue reading
Trainwreck
The movie we saw, not the evening. Saw the awesome Apatow/Schumer movie TRAINWRECK with my dearest of USC film school friends, Debbie & Jim.
Max
Finally got a chance to see MAD MAX: FURY ROAD. Simply the most insane stunt movie of all time. Also, took me an hour and a half to finally recognize that the character Nux was played by Nicholas Hoult.
Dirt
And speaking of Mark McGrath, this poster confronted me at a Burbank bus stop. W.T.Fuck? Now, I happen to have seen DEUCE BIGALOW 2: EUROPEAN GIGOLO in Amsterdam with a Dutch audience and it brought down the house. So, I … Continue reading
Noughties
I’m at home recovering from bronchitis, watching CCTV (as is my wont.) In the middle of a documentary on mammals — just as they were putting a crow in an MRI machine — they started playing FC Kahuna’s “Hayling”. The … Continue reading
Ozymandias
“Look on my works, ye mighty and despair.” Or, if Shelley isn’t your thing, insert a relevant Siouxie Sioux lyric instead. Because I’m certainly not here to tell you how to run your life. I took an hour long public … Continue reading
Tomorrowland
Finally saw Tomorrowland. I have always loved Disneyland. If you had asked me as a child what my favorite land at Disneyland was, I would probably have countered, “Can I maybe tell you my least favorite instead?” If you had said no … Continue reading
Nerds
Spending time with My People at the very first Comic Con in Shanghai. Here is a list of some of the cosplay I’ve seen today: Chinese Tauriel Chinese Professor Snape Chinese Lucius Malfoy Chinese Captain America Chinese Captain America (gender … Continue reading
Drift
The iconic Shibuya crosswalk (sans Tokyo drifting and endangerment of human life.)
Miniatures
First impressions of Tokyo were that everything looked like a miniature set. Like the Tokyo establishing shot from Kill Bill Part I. Or a tilt-shifted photograph. Only after several hours did I realize that it was an effect of the … Continue reading
Nebraska
I rarely feel pangs of homesickness. When I do it is for my dear loved ones. Or maybe In-N-Out Burger. But I caught Nebraska on TV and I found myself missing America a little. I have been to Nebraska twice. … Continue reading
Kubrick
One day, while I was in film school at USC, my dad casually asked who my favorite director was. I said, “Stanley Kubrick.” Christmas morning that year, I unwrapped present after present from my dad. Over a dozen. Every book ever published … Continue reading
Chan
My feelings about Jackie Chan are well known. About a decade ago, he dropped by the DreamWorks campus. I saw him from afar and it was one of the rare, rare occasions living in L.A. that I was actually starstruck. … Continue reading
Whinging
After getting my sea shipment and confirming that I didn’t have any of the cords I need hidden anywhere, I tried finding an electronics mall that Eli & I had visited on my first visit to Shanghai over a year … Continue reading
Vice
As in “inherent vice.” The legal term, not the (excellent) P.T. Anderson film. After nearly four months, my “sea shipment” finally arrived. Thoroughly unimpressive. Things I (obviously) didn’t need to survive here. Linens, dress clothes, emergence kits, etc. But now I … Continue reading