Here’s a video (with subtitles) of an interesting Russian entertainer named Ksenia Parkhatskaya, performing on a Ukrainian TV show. She starts out giggling—and gets practically everyone else giggling, too—but don’t let that fool you. She a good singer, with no … Continue reading →
…to Jenny than to Oliver, don’t you think? At 76 and 74: I hated that movie, and I’m not the least bit sorry. Actually, I’m not that keen on the play “Love Letters” by A. R. Gurney, either, the vehicle … Continue reading →
Glad you cleared that up, Hillary [hat tip: Ace]: Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s vague statements on minimum wage confused MSNBC’s Morning Joe host Mika Brzezinski on Monday morning. “Hillary Clinton did not say she specifically supports $15 an hour … Continue reading →
While it may be that Everybody Loves Raymond, does everyone actually love sex, as film director Gaspar Noe said at the Cannes Film Festival the other day?: “I have friends who love money, some who love coke, some who love … Continue reading →
Lately it seems that nearly every transaction any more complex than buying groceries at the local market must be performed at least twice, sometimes three and four times. A recent mail-order product return, for example. I had bought some jeans … Continue reading →
Last night I was watching a DVD of the movie “Black Orpheus,” and I noticed that Alexandro Constantino, who plays the role of the station master Hermes in the film, is a ringer for…well, first let’s look at the only … Continue reading →
…I strongly recommend you go see the movie “Run Boy Run.” It is showing on Saturday, April 25 at 8:15 PM in Springfield, Massachusetts, at (of all places) the auditorium of the Basketball Hall of Fame. In fact, if you’re … Continue reading →
…you better be able to back it up. This guy had the real thing:
Continue reading →The University of Michigan will go bravely forward and show the movie “American Sniper” after all: “The initial decision to cancel the movie was not consistent with the high value the University of Michigan places on freedom of expression and … Continue reading →
This headline caught my eye: “Univ. of Michigan Cancels ‘American Sniper’ Screening, Made Students ‘Feel Unsafe’.” At first I thought it was some sort of objection to a film about a sniper and war, although I’m pretty sure other films … Continue reading →
Very meta: (And yes, it’s a parody. The subtitles are not a correct translation of what he’s actually saying.) By the way, in case you’re curious and have never seen the movie “Downfall,” here’s the original clip from the film, … Continue reading →
“Groundhog Day” keeps stirring up the opportunity to opine on life and love. So here we go—again… Commenter “Gary” observed: Neo wrote: There is no suggestion that anyone else in the movie is perfect, or near-perfect, or anything of the … Continue reading →