Category Archives: Movies / TV

FUCK NBC

February 16, 2010 – 8:25 pm

NBC paid millions to air the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver. Downhill skiing is the penultimate event on the card. Curling is # 1, as evinced by the recent SIMPSONS’ episode where Marge and Homer win the gold for mixed curling. My bookie at Frank’s Bar on fulton covered that bet, but not the wager […]

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THE DAYBREAKERS

January 31, 2010 – 10:50 am

Hollywood has embraced the philosophy of 2012 and the studios have produced a series of apocalyptic films portraying the end of the world through natural disasters, zombie infestation, or plague. We can’t blame nature, God, or Commie Martians for our position at the brink of extermination, for as Pogo said so eloquently in his cartoon […]

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Monkey See Monkey Do

January 25, 2010 – 11:44 am

KING KONG is #43 on the AFI’s 100 best American films of all time. CITIZEN KANE is # 1. The first is about an ape and the second by a genius. KING KONG smashed box-office records while CITIZEN KANE was a financial flop. The 2nd KING KONG in 2005 proved even more popular and no […]

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AVATAR 3D Miss-Out

December 29, 2009 – 8:07 pm

My landlord wanted to reward my babysitting his two kids with an evening at the cinema. AVATAR in 3D. Just the two of us and a joint of green goo ganga. First night. A snow storm forestalled our excursion and the window of opportunity remained shut during the holiday season. “Wait until I get back.” […]

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AVATAR – the movie

December 28, 2009 – 10:39 pm

$300 million dollars. 3D FX. The last biggest film of 2009. My good friend Andy Pollack offered to take me to see AVATAR at a 3D theater. Night #1. I thought about it, because I used to be a movie addict. 1st show. 1st day. Biggest theater. The Ultimate. APOCALYPSE NOW at the Ziegfield in […]

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