Six months into 2010 and all we have to show for it are four really good indie films: Solitary Man, Ghost Writer, The Greatest and Greenberg, all small flicks under the radar, that have pretty much come and gone. Quickly. Sure, the occasional Date Night and Hot Tub: Time Machine, scored, but where have all the good movies gone? Maybe it's time to focus on the documentaries like Babies and the upcoming Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work. I hardly doubt The A Team (one of the many Hey-let's-relive-the-80s-films) will cut it, but I'm banking that Karate Kid might be the ticket. And there certainly will be a rise in karate lessons for young boys, much as pet stores saw puppy sales climb after 101 Dalmations.
Summer thoughts - A woman goes to the concession stand and wants a simple thing. Or so she thinks. A small soda. And a PEPSI (my sponsor) if possible. The questions from the young, enthusiastic, employee behind the counter begin: Do you want a medium, it's only 50 cents more? Do you want popcorn? Candy? Do you have a Regal card? (what IS a regal card?) Do you want to donate your change to ________ insert cause? No, I just want a damn soda! Just a soda!
May 2009 - Love this female perspective on "Wolverine" from a listener named Deb in Ithaca! Take it away Deb:
"You know, I'm really concerned if so many people found Wolverine confusing or "couldn't get it." I'm a 50 year old woman who's been following the X-Men movies, and I found that Wolverine answered all the questions I had about his origins, which I believe is what was intended. There was nothing difficult to follow in this film, which is a very good comic-book action film. It took us back to show his first instance of mutant power, and then quickly spun us forward through the next decades while very neatly showing Victor's downward spiral as he gave way to his baser instincts. Without dwelling on too much detail, it gave all the reasons for things that followed in the X-Men films, and I now understand why Wolverine is the way he is and why he doesn't remember any of it. It's basic, really, and if viewers could not understand it I just attribute that to the overall dumbing down of America. Everything was presented in clear, consecutive detail that anyone could easily follow. I think this was very good action film, and will definitely add it to my collection when it appears on DVD."
April 26th Okay, I adore Denzel Washington and have so much sympathy for John Travolta's recent family tragedy, but come on guys.....do you have to make "The Taking Of Pelham 123" about a holdup in a NYC subway station? In a time when terrorists are just LOOKING for idea, I guess I won't be taking public transit anytime soon.
Apri 9th - on today's show I posed the question to my listeners 'what do I do if I have to meet Prince Charles when I'm in London next week?" Do I curtsy, bow, high five him? Thank you for all your responses. This one is my favorite from a listener in Manchester NH:
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I once met Prince Charles about 38 years ago when I was living in Portsmouth, NH and he was in the navy. Portsmouth was celebrating its 350th and the Prince was going from Portsmouth England to Portsmouth, NH. Because the mayor was a car dealer and my family owned one, we were invited to meet him. There was a receiving line and everyone got to meet him and shake his hand. There was no bowing or curtseing and so to answer your question about how to greet him, he was pretty down to earth, had a great tan and looked pretty dashing in his white uniform. A memory I will always treasure. |
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April 7th
Been a while since I've posted anything but the fact that "Fast and Furious" took the box office this weekend really sickens me. This is bad news for any REAL screenwriters. I admit to loving the first one, but now Vin Diesel looks plain silly and too old with all those screaming road racing kids, reciiting really bad lines, and in a plot we've seen fifty thousand times before. Of course this only means one thing: "Fast and Furious 7, 8, 9 and 10." Eye roll. And people out there actually WANT my job. Remember, I have to sit through the bad ones, too.
