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Pixels

Posted on July 29, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Trainwreck

Posted on July 26, 2015 by d4vid

The movie we saw, not the evening. Saw the awesome Apatow/Schumer movie TRAINWRECK with my dearest of USC film school friends, Debbie & Jim.

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Max

Posted on July 23, 2015 by d4vid

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.

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Dirt

Posted on July 22, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Noughties

Posted on July 9, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Ozymandias

Posted on June 12, 2015 by d4vid

“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 →

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Tomorrowland

Posted on June 6, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Nerds

Posted on May 15, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Drift

Posted on May 2, 2015 by d4vid

The iconic Shibuya crosswalk (sans Tokyo drifting and endangerment of human life.)

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Miniatures

Posted on May 1, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Nebraska

Posted on April 17, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Kubrick

Posted on April 17, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Chan

Posted on April 17, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Whinging

Posted on March 23, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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Vice

Posted on March 21, 2015 by d4vid

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 →

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