I don’t have anything exciting to report for this week’s trip. I went to a Halloween party (sans costume) Saturday night at a friend’s house, class Sunday and I lucked out and got the 4:45 flight out. I began reading “Naked” by David Sedaris on the flight out, and it’s genius comic prose. I did …
Monthly Archives: October 2006
Review: Running With Scissors
This was terrible. We walked out 40 minutes into it. I would have rather literally run with scissors. I’m not going to even waste time tracking down the poster and run time. Rating: Incomplete.
1 down, 23 to go*
Week 1 of the yet to be named journey is complete with little fanfare and nothing exciting to report. I did get to go to the World Premiere (red carpet and all) of my friend DDP’s movie, Driftwood, at Screamfest LA on Friday night at Mann’s Chinese Theater. DDP is a great heel in the …
I’ll take Potpurri for $200, Alex
A brief update covering the weekend’s activites: – Melinda and I went to the State Fair of Texas on Friday and enjoyed the sights and great weather. We did enjoy the required Fletcher’s corny dogs, but missed out on sampling any of this year’s fried delicacies. However, I was tempted to try the Fried PBJ …
Review: The Departed
“The Departed” Run time: 2:29 Simple math equation here: Jack Nicholson + Martin Scorsese + Leonardo DiCaprio + Matt Damon + Martin Sheen = movie gold, but add Alec Baldwin, a scene stealing Mark Wahlberg and deserving comparisons to “Goodfellas” and that equals Oscar nominations galore, or at least it should. A remake of a …