Beckett the killer pug was taking me for a walk the other day while I listened to a podcast or three. After a few hours of peeing on trees and licking the dew from morning grass and counting the barges that traverse the Rhein, I decided enough was enough and told the old mutt to … Continue reading No Wag To Tail →

You are not a victim of Bertolucci's film making. Or are you? Wait! Let me put that another way: When will the left learn? When will liberal thinking people grasp reality? The pathway to right above wrong is not traversed through political-correctness but through those who don't give a fcuk. But there is a way to get … Continue reading Humiliation, Glorification And The Magic Of Butter On Your Conscience →

Disclaimer: some small spoilers but no big spoilers. And so it is done. And now that it's done, I've been thinking about how to worst-write about it. Here's what I've come up with so far:  It was good but... Liked it except for... Getting too old, seen too many movies, been there done that (in 70s!)... Guess … Continue reading May The Blank Be With You →

Oh my. Does splurging give your conscience a rotten milk feeling? Some people like rotten milk, don't you know. In fact, they like it so much they do not know they smell (like) rotten milk. I suppose the same goes for garlic. But let's not confuse things. Ever smelled rotten milk? I mean really smelled … Continue reading Channeling Your Misogyny →

Warning: spoiler alert (I think) regarding the film Interstellar. Good luck. Surprisingly interesting but weak film. Second thought: Long on the drama, unnecessary drama, weird drama. Obviously I'm confused about what the story of the movie is about. Or should I just say: the visuals are fantastic, the film has incorporated an odd, maybe twisted … Continue reading Space Ether 9th Symphony →

Shout-out of the evening: Dieter Hallervorden. Just watched the German tragic-comedy "Honig Im Kopf" (Honey In My Head). When I first heard about the movie I didn't give it much attention. Up until the passing of my stepfather last August, I had seen two other films about Alzheimer's, "Mein Vater" and "Away From Her" and I had … Continue reading Kopf In Honey →

Spoke to soon? Said this week that I'm getting too old for movies. Just finished my second one in a week. Wow. Oh well. At least I have yet another excuse for posterity as to why I'll never finish any of my deservedly unfinished novels. And so. Here's a quesiton for ya, dear worst-reader: How does one … Continue reading Movie Bad Trip →

It's hard watching movies these days, dear worst-reader. I think that's due to 1) my age, 2) I'm movied-out. Wait. Those two things probably aren't exclusive. Nomatter. One of my hobbies is to curate my own little personal digital movie library. Using Apple's (the great monopoly) iTunes as my media server, I purchase most of my … Continue reading Softly Them Kill →

When I first saw Devil's Advocate I was impressed. Not too much horror to make me bite my fingernails, enough intrigue to make me hang on to the story, and a perfect mix of brilliant writing and direction. Reeves is, like w/ most of his work, a mediocre actor that's just hard to dislike. Theron … Continue reading They Never See Me Coming →

In the movie Iron Man 2 Tony Stark finds in the diorama of his father's design for the World Expo a formula for creating a new element that will save his life. While analysing the formula through a 3-D generated image, Stark is able to reduce the design to its essence. I say this, worst-Reader, … Continue reading Woman Scorn Beware →

Some thoughts motivated after watching Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained. Anyone want to know how to ruin a potentially good spaghetti western? I suppose the same applies for ruining a (less) potentially good spaghetti world war 2 movie. And why you're watching both, it's probably a good thing if you don't know much about two things. One … Continue reading N-Word Luv →

Denial. Repression. Avoidance. Lie. Project. Ah, growing up in American't. Where would I be today if it weren't for the child rearing that moulded me? But more on that in minute. I'm kinda pissed at the recent headlines regarding Michael Douglas trying to sell his new movie Behind The Candelabra. The thing is, my mom … Continue reading Going Down →

Pseudo review of the movie Synecdoch, New York by Charlie Kaufman Oh, it weighed heavy on my conscience having recently gone to the cinema. It's just not something I do. It's like youth, and it's a good thing that it's gotten away from me. But I did it and there is a price to pay. … Continue reading Crémant vs Art Films →

Warning: Plot spoilers. Broke down and went to the movies yesterday. I don't go to the cinema anymore. Reason? Nothing motivates me to go. And, at my age, it's getting' hard to sit still in the dark for 2hrs. Also. Movie making in general has long since run out of stories to tell. For you … Continue reading Mirror Mirror On The Wall →