This is why it’s important to hang around people younger than you. Jamie, one of Lynn’s two charming sons (who were staying with us this week) introduced me to a new board game. He actually showed it to me when he was here last time, but since I lost my game-bitch Ian in February, I …
Category Archive: Entertainment
Sep
16
Feb
22
Bjork Diddy
Oh. My. God. This was freaking hilarious. I was laughing at my monitor at work. People thought I was nuts. Again. But they just don’t understand, it’s not me, it’s Bjork. Ever since that kooky broad wore a swan to an awards show I have been waiting for someone to realize she is this nuts. …
Jan
24
Perfume
Wow. What a great movie. Ian had told me the storyline of the book about a year ago and it sounded amusing, but I wasn’t sure what kind of movie it would make. But all I can say is, wow. This movie deserves a Best Picture nomination. It’s working on all cylinders. The recreation of …
Jan
24
Christmas Reading
There is something funny in the microeconomic system of the Netherlands which makes book prices (especially for English language books) extremely inflated. It’s on the order of $20 USD to buy a paperback. So whenever I am in the States for holidays I tend to make two shopping trips, one to Best Buy to pick …
Nov
28
Casino Royale
I still can’t decide if I like this movie or not. Certainly it was nice to see the franchise back alive again, and I really do like Daniel Craig and think he did a great job at what has to be one of the most iconic movie characters ever made, and the stroyline has finally …
Oct
18
300
This movie looks so damn cool. You never really get over being a comic book geek. It stays with you, in the back of your mind, that time when you would greedily get each new issue from the shop, individually wrapped in its own plastic cover, pore over the pages and let yourself dream just …
Aug
28
Superman Returns
So I finally saw this movie. It came out in August in the Netherlands and I saw it after I came back from Peru. I have to say, I liked it and I didn’t at the same time. The movie was well-written, as far as any Superman movie can be said to be well written, …
Aug
28
Lynx Commercial
I’ve seen this Lynx commercial twice now at the theaters and I think it is the best commercial ever made. Ever.
May
09
Mission Impossible III
So I went to go see this by myself since I know no one and am a loser (and decided to see it at 10:20 at night on a Sunday on the spur of the moment). I had read that JJ Abrams, who created Alias, which I really liked for the first two seasons, was …
May
09
The Promise
This was a fantastic movie. And when I say that I mean it in both the “it was really great” sense and “it was a fantasy” meanings. It’s a fantasy story that takes place in a version of ancient China that is beautifully realized by whoever did the production design. If there’s one thing you …