Archive for the 'movie / tv' Category

April 26 2008

King Corn

In “King Corn” two filmmakers grow an acre of corn in Iowa and follow where & how it gets used in our food chain. It turns out, our bodies are mainly corn because everything we eat is mainly corn. You likely know a little about corn in our diets, so expand your knowledge with the […]

April 6 2008

Kids Choice Awards

Susan & I weren’t able to attend, but my sister and her fiancee were able to catch Mark looking like Ryan Seacrest and behaving like Joan Rivers. There’s a couple more snapshots on Flickr.
I snagged the pics from my soon-to-be brother in law, Brian, who blogged all about it on: Live from Rodney Drive.

December 8 2007

Across the Universe

The Beatles inspired musical Across the Universe seems to have split the critics between love and hate. One scene you won’t find them discussing takes place within the first 20 minutes of the nearly 3 hour film. It’s my brother Mark’s second time on the big screen, this time in a significantly smaller role credited […]

October 17 2007

Downsizing

My cable bill has been a consistent $145 a month and I really think it’s time to scale back. I whipped up a little spreadsheet to see my potential savings over the next 7 months, my time frame for packing up & moving east.
The savings quickly adds up:

$93 a month allows me to squirrel away […]

September 8 2007

Blockbuster

Usually, if I physically rent a movie from my local blockbuster I need to remember to remove it from my Blockbuster.com rental queue. To my suprise, when I went to do just that I was welcomed with this little screen that says “Hey, you just rented this, maybe you’d like to remove it […]

July 26 2007

Slime Across America

If you’ve got young ones in the house, drop them in front of Slime Across America on Nickelodeon, M-F 5-7. One of the hosts is a tall goofy guy on his way to the top. Your child may find him entertaining.
Check out the Slime Across America bio page which I had no idea existed because […]

July 12 2007

Links for today

Gloria Vanderbilt
Anderson Cooper’s mother. Who knew? Insane family history, including a brother who jumped from a 14th story window killing himself in front of his mother, Gloria Vanderbilt.

Diane Arbus
Arbus’ photograph “Identical Twins” is tenth on the list of most expensive photographs having sold in 2004 for $478,400. To gain credibility, she took photos of Gloria […]

June 15 2007

Last Comic Standing, season 5

Ant should not be a “talent scout”. I believe that in order to scout for talent, you yourself should be in possession of some. When Last Comic Standing announced Ant, a very forgettable runner up from a couple seasons ago, I thought for sure this season would be a disaster. The next 15 minutes of […]

June 6 2007

Free screening of “Mo” in Rockefeller Center

It’s beautiful in NYC these days, or so I hear. What better way to spend June 21st (a Thursday night) than seeing a great indy film outdoors, & for free no less?
On June 21st, at 8:30pm at Rockefeller center, you can do just that:

April 10 2007

links for 2007-04-10

Malibu International Film Festival
Reminder, if you’re in LA and know my youngest brother (there’s not many of you) or just want to see a good movie (It might be good, I haven’t seen it yet) — then MO will be playing in the Malibu Film Festival, this Saturday, April 14th at 7:30pm.

It’s funny cause it’s […]