January 23rd, 2009
I was expecting a comedy from beginning to end but Hancock is really two movies mashed together: a comedy in the first half (Superman is an asshole) and an action drama in the second half. It starts out as pretty funny superhero satire. But it’s like they ran out of steam and after Hancock is [...]
January 15th, 2009
Every December my family likes to put a tree inside the house, hang glittery stuff on it, and exchange gifts. I know, weird, right? So I put two things on my list my kids would have no trouble getting for me: Wii Music and Shaun White Snowboarding: Road Trip. Road Trip is a lot of [...]
January 12th, 2009
(Post contains videos that may not be viewable in your feed reader/email.) Listen to the lyrics—it’s a beautiful song. No wonder there are so many covers. First, the original from The Postal Service: Iron & Wine’s cover from the Garden State soundtrack: Another cover by Ben Folds: The Ben Gibbard (singer for The Postal Service [...]
January 9th, 2009
1 bottle of meclizine hydrochloride motion sickness pills 1 receipt for Ruby’s in Redondo Beach 1 work order for flat tire repair from Sears, directions to same 1 resume 1 pair of destroyed Rayban sunglasses Every Winter, for the past five or six years, we’ve gone on a whale watching cruise with family and friends [...]
January 7th, 2009
This is the basic riff for the Iron & Wine version of Such Great Heights by The Postal Service. Except I’m playing it too fast, he’s playing F differently, and I need a lot more practice. Here’s the real thing. C G F C G sure is pretty.
January 7th, 2009
Immediately goes for the jugular of awkward social interaction and then combines that with the awkwardness of senseless and accidental homicide. My favorite scenes were between the CIA Supervisor played by J. K. Simmons (J. Jonah Jameson in Spiderman) and the CIA Officer played by David Rasch (Senator, Flags of Our Fathers) as they comically [...]
January 5th, 2009
Why doesn’t anyone tell me when I look like the Yeti? My lovely and talented wife just brought me lunch because she is made of awesome. Just back from Christmas caroling. Fun! (The spiked hot chocolate didn’t hurt either.) I will not check email on the weekend. #newyearsresolution You’d think the Pope would have something [...]
January 2nd, 2009
I really enjoyed this one. Benjamin Button is a long, quiet film. Narrated in the first person, it tells the extraordinary epic of a boy named Benjamin who was born old and grows younger as he ages. While focusing on the important people in his life, Benjamin’s story reveals that his strange blend of experience [...]