How is it that we live in a country where an accomplished director like John Waters can’t find the money to make a Christmas film, while someone like Kirk Cameron can? I know there are more important things to be upset about, but, Jesus Christ… How did we come to a point as a society […]
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John Waters v. Kirk Cameron… Whose side will you take in the War on Christmas?
Posted in Art and Culture, Rants, Religious Extremism Also tagged bad movies, Christmas, culture war, Fruitcake, John Waters, Johnny Knoxville, Kirk Cameron, Kwanzaa, Lousy Lambs, meat, Parker Posey, Saving Christmas, shoplifting, war on Christmas 16 Comments
Watching the legacy of CBGB unwind into nothingness on the big screen
I know I should be supportive of the new indie film about the infamous Bowery bar CBGB, as it has the potential to introduce a whole new generation to the music of Television, the Ramones, the Talking Heads, and all the other punk and new wave bands that came into being there in the mid-1970s, […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Bowrey, CBGB, CBGB Festival, Hilly Kristal, Iggy Pop, John Varvatos, Justin Bieber, Mercer Arts Center, movies that make Mark cry, new wave, New York, New York Dolls, Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk, punk, Richard Hell, Rupert Grint, television, Terry Ork 18 Comments
A glimpse of Prometheus by way of a TED talk given 11 years in the future
I like good, inspired marketing, and I think the following video qualifies. It’s a new trailer for director Ridley Scott’s highly anticipated sci-fi film Prometheus. The trailer, as you can see, is disguised as a TED talk from the year 2023, given by Peter Weyland, the extremely confident, boundary pushing CEO of Weyland Industries. (If […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Uncategorized Also tagged Alien, ancient astronauts, Chariots of the Gods, eagles, Erich von Däniken, fire, Guy Pierce, liver, marketing, Nostromo, paleo-contact, Prometheus, Ridley Scott, science fiction, the origins of man, torture, viral marketing, Weyland-Yutani, Zeus 7 Comments