I want.

No? Then I want this.

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Oh man, is this guy asking for it, or what?

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Drive-Thru Reviews

Here's a quick rundown of some of the films I've watched recently:

The Cat's Meow - about the mysterious death of movie mogul Thomas Ince aboard W.R. Hearst's yacht in 1924. Directed by Peter Bogdonavich. Most notable for Eddie Izzard's portrayal of Charlie Chaplin. Enjoyable film.

8 Women - French film, weird yet oddly captivating. Murder mystery in a French country estate - man of the house is found dead in his bed in the morning. Who did it: his wife? one of his two daughters? his sister-in-law? his mother-in-law? the cook? the maid? his sister with the bad reputation? The players occasionally break out in songs which have nothing to do with the plot, but the colors are gorgeous, the melodrama is high, there are some honestly funny moments and Catherine Deneuve is still gorgeous. Odd ending.

Men in Black II - inferior to the first film, definitely. Sort of a blur, actually. Most notable for Tommy Lee Jones as a postman and Frank the pug. I need to watch it again.

Possession - Based on the A.S. Byatt book (that I didn't read), starring Gwenyth Paltrow and Elizabeth Ehrle (from A&E's Pride & Prejudice). A love story and a mystery. Good movie.

Insomnia - with Al Pacino and Robin Williams. I really liked this one. Not really a murder mystery (the cat is let out of the bag early on), but more of a game of psychological cat and mouse. Best performance by Al Pacino in years. He doesn't chew a bit of scenery, there is no "hoo ha!"-ing - he just "is", and we have no problem feeling what he's feeling. And the scenery is gawgeous.

Now that my back is finally improving, maybe I'll get to see The Two Towers next?

posted at 12:42 PM | link |

The second half of Farscape's fourth (and right now last) season will begin airing this Friday on SciFi at 8:00 P.M. The fight to save the show continues. There is hope that if SciFi does not agree to pick up the show for a fifth season (and I think it's likely that it won't) another network (namely UPN) may sign on. I'll write some more letters in the coming weeks, and hope for the best.

posted at 12:12 PM | link |

It's been too long...

Adult Film Title of the Week: Snow Balls

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Well, Satan himself must be freezing his you-know-whats off -- I managed to fix and update my archives. I've spent the past half hour reading my first few weeks of posts. And I realized that I have not been "boring readers since 2000" - I started blogging in February of 2001! As a matter of fact, this site will be 2 years old on Feb 4.

So, what do fixed archives mean to you? It means that you can now use the permalink on a post (the blue "link") if you would like to link to something at my site. If you had the time, you could also kick back and read some of the old stuff. Kinda fun.

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It's snowing this morning. It was snowing when I drove home from work last night. It's going to start snowing in my dreams pretty soon.

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Joyce Millman writes about "celebreality" in today's NYTimes. In the article she cites that old classic "Battle of the Network Stars" as the progenitor of such current shows as "Star Date", "Celebrity Boot Camp" and "Celebrity Mole in Hawaii". I really enjoyed reading the article, mostly because it had me flashing back over 20 years ago, to those pre-historic TV times when there was no cable, only 3 networks and no remote controls. My sisters and I loved it when there was a new "Battle of the Network Stars". We were an ABC household so it was a gimme who we would be routing for - the stars of "Charlie's Angels", "The Love Boat", "Six Million Dollar Man", and so on. Don't you think it would make absolute perfect sense for TVLand to re-run those old "Battles"? I know I would watch.

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