After coming out of Thor, which was a satisfying summer blockbuster — particularly when seen for half-price at an AMC theater before noon — I had one major observation: that Natalie Portman‘s Jane Foster is the least convincing female scientist since The World Is Not Enough‘s Dr. Christmas Jones in 1999. Today, I had a… Read More Me Skeptic, you Jane: dumb choices for smart roles
It seems as though Hollywood’s “remake fever” has reached critical mass. When, pray tell, will this odious trend finally explode, set fire to the fallow field of the industry, and let us start anew? I’m not saying that remakes are inherently bad. I think The A-Team was loads of fun and re-imagined the series while… Read More Remake it or break it (I wish it was all in Hamlet’s head!)
“At this point in my life I’ve done so many things wrong I don’t know if I can do right.” -Tracy Chapman Being as neurotic as I am, I spend a lot of time wondering if I’m contradicting myself when I put forth an opinion in this blog, in Soap Opera Weekly, or on Twitter.… Read More As if redemption was in sight…
Valentine’s Day has never been my day. I’ve never been with someone when it rolls around. I’m too busy, too neurotic, too everything to devote the time to relationships. I think it’s why I like seeing love stories unfold in books, TV shows and movies… because it’s the only way I can make time for… Read More Love takes a holiday
Disney’s Tangled bears about as much resemblance to the original Rapunzel fairy tale as I do to Angelina Jolie. That’s something one comes to expect from Disney. Be it The Little Mermaid or Aladdin, they take a familiar tale and, well, tangle it a little. Here, Rapunzel is not the daughter of a beleaguered woman… Read More Tangled up in blue…and other colors
I bumped my head earlier and felt along my hairline to make sure everything was okay. “Phrenology,” I thought, giggling and remembering some comedic bit from Men At Work, a movie I saw when I was 12. And then I remembered that Charlie Sheen was in it and a wave of nausea replaced any minor… Read More Thanks for ruining my childhood, Charlie Sheen
1975’s Sholay, an homage to American spaghetti westerns, is a fan favorite cult film in India for many reasons — Gabbar Singh’s classic one-liners, the Amitabh Bachchan/Dharmendra bromance — but the one I always come back to is “Mehbooba Mehbooba.” Sung by Rahul Dev Burman, who does the most amazing things with his voice, and brought to… Read More The face that launched a thousand hips
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