Three Snouts Up for Leonardo DiCaprio's The Eleventh Hour previewed at the Crest Theater last night.Anyone whose top goal in life is learning more about the environmental destruction that humans have wrought on planet earth should see this film. … [Read more...] about (:)(:)(:) for DiCaprio’s The Eleventh Hour
reviews & recommendations
Clean Elections: the suspense is killing me
If the California Appropriations Committees were a summer movie, it’d be a blockbuster. After all, they’ve got all the right ingredients: suspense, mass murders, graveyards. Unfortunately for me, I’ve never liked horror films—I can’t stand the … [Read more...] about Clean Elections: the suspense is killing me
Four Snouts up for Bridge to Teribithia
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Bridge to Teribithia the new Disney flic playing everywhere. I loved this movie. I really did. Of course, part of this is a function of low expectations. I hadn't read the book. And it's a kids film and it's Disney. But the … [Read more...] about Four Snouts up for Bridge to Teribithia
My California Day
8:00am Rise, dress, brush teeth, quickly revise flyer for Unconditional Love movie night 8:30 Drive to and attend personal recovery meeting, don't hand out flyer because may be precluded by recovery tradition 10:20am … [Read more...] about My California Day
Should I join the movie bloggers?
I have been "discovered" in the blogosphere. That is to say, some program that sweeps around looking for movie bloggers has contacted me to ask me to join "movie bloggers.com" whereby my movie reviews would be co-posted on this site. At first I was … [Read more...] about Should I join the movie bloggers?
People Love Stop the Pounding Ad
Yesterday, the Prop 89 campaign went statewide with a new television ad and today the remarkable ad is the number one rated news video on YouTube. “Stop the Pounding” is the brainchild of Bill Hillsman, who engineered Jesse Ventura’s victory, as well … [Read more...] about People Love Stop the Pounding Ad
Why I voted for Steve Westly Today
I have never been as undecided in a primary election before as I was filling out the ovals today to elect who would be the Democrat to challenge Arnold Schwarzenegger for Governor of California. I stood for a full 10 minutes in the booth reviewing … [Read more...] about Why I voted for Steve Westly Today
Read my column in Rudolf’s Diner
George Bush is to be forgiven Katrina. Not only in the long run by his Savior Jesus Christ and his other largest contributors but now, by us--for what we did to cause it, for our share of the blame...Are you terrified? Read more, or less, by going to … [Read more...] about Read my column in Rudolf’s Diner
Spanglish is Magnifico!
(:)(:)(:)(:) for Spanglish just reviewed on DVD. It's been a helluva month and I haven't prioritized the blog lately, but let me say I had NO idea how good a movie this was. I just thought it'd be decent hollywood fluff. Wrong. This movie is … [Read more...] about Spanglish is Magnifico!
Talk to Her
(:)(:)(:)(:) Four snouts up for Pedro Almodovar's Talk to Her -- a wonderful haunting film about two men involved with women in comas. I've been meaning to see it for years. I generally like Almodovar films. This one came like 2 weeks ago from … [Read more...] about Talk to Her
Bill on Hotel Rwanda snichols' kids got unexpected sleepovers tonight (a great perk for the middle-aged parents of middle-aged kids) so snichols and snicholsqueeze went out for Spanish food then to Hotel Rwanda. (:)(:)(:) for Restaurant Aioli Bodega … [Read more...] about
(:)(:)(: for A Very Long Engagement First, unrelated to the movie, a shout out to snichols' brother Evan and his blog. He's been blogging every day since January 1. And snichols has challenged herself to do the same. So first, 2 1/2 snouts up for … [Read more...] about