Category Archives: Movies / TV

BABYLON AD

Next I tried to watch BABYLON AD Vin Diesel’s new ballet of violence. Here’s the Wikpedia synopsis; In the near future, Toorop (Vin Diesel) is a mercenary who takes the job of escorting a woman named Aurora from Eastern Europe to New York. While he thinks this is just an ordinary mission, he gradually finds […]

TRAITOR the movie

I haven’t been to the cinema in years. Theaters are filled with popcorn crunchers and cell-phone addicts. The price of a ticket is almost a six-pack of Bud or 45 tall boys of Modelo. I watch films online and I don’t feel cheated by sloppy Hollywood storylines like TRAITOR, a film about ‘terrorists’ chased by […]

The Comeback of Rourke

Working at a nightclubs I met a lot of people. The good, the bad, and in-between. Famous, infamous, and nobodies. Sometimes I had no idea who was who. I tried to stop Mick Jagger from entering Hurrah. He was wearing a beard. His bodyguard Tony steered me right. I refused Meryl Strep entry to the […]

The 2008 Ad-lympics

The house on Palm Beach doesn’t have TV. So sticking to my self-imposed Olympic ban has been easy. My friend Lisa gives me the run-down. She had been on the 1980 Women’s Field Hockey team. “Fuck that peanut farmer.” She’s a liberal but still holds a grudge against Jimmy Carter for banning the USA from […]

BANGKOK DANGEROUS

Nicholas Cage, one of Hollywood’s most prolific actors, will star in the Pang Bros. remake of BANGKOK DANGEROUS in which Cage plays a hitman on a job in Bangkok. The Thai version feature a deaf-mute killer, but the 2008 film will change this handicap to allow Cage to convey his heart-felt sincerity with words instead […]