RIP Natasha!You were so awesome as Caroline Lane in Maid in Manhattan and of course in my other favorite movie of all time, Gothic.
So sad! My heart goes out to the fam :(
Sidenote: Julian Sands + Gabriel Byrne in ONE movie, yummmmmmm.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Thursday, January 15, 2009
The Greatest Thing In The World
I...words cannot explain. I don't know if anything will ever be as great as a picture of Verne Troyer in a bear suit eating honey. Nothing. Like, I almost feel let down because I have nothing more to look forward to.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Fingered On The Roller Coaster!
Whatever happened to classic teen movies about obsessive murderous, horribly mentally disturbed people? Why are they all relegated to Lifetime movie status? That ain't right. There is clearly a difference in quality between something like Mother May I Sleep With Danger and a modern classic like Fear. And that difference is having the artistic chutzpah to film the awesome 'fingered on the roller coaster scene'. Set to the elegant 'Wild Horses' cover by The Sundays. It also means crossing the boundaries between 'loving, struggling mother' and 'creepy pedo dad'. William Peterson is a marvel. He really sells it.
And let's also pay some credit to the work of cinematic genius that is The Crush. First, anything with Cary Elwes, or my beloved Dread Pirate Roberts, is amazing. Second, Alicia Silverstone kills someone with bees. Third, there is a slow motion scene around a carousel which is IN THE ATTIC. What? Don't ask, it's brilliant. It's existential and post modern and futuristic and nouvelle wave etc.
So where are those movies today? The only acceptable teen thriller I've seen was Disturbia, and I'm not even sure if that's a good movie or I'm just weirdly obsessed with watching it. We need to start casting teens as teens again, not as rich kids, not as urban street kids, but as just normal, middle class kids who fall for the wrong guy and either become the victim of a dangerous obsession or discover their own inner psychopath. And Swim Fan is not an acceptable substitute. Perhaps it's because we insist on child stars growing up so fast that they are no longer believable as virginal innocents who could be corrupted by evil creepy Zac Efrons. Well, I say bring it back. And bring it back well. And don't make it an endless ad for Mac products.
Interspecies Love!
I've been pretty obsessed with Billy the dog and Kiko the monkey's epic love story for quite a while now, and I couldn't help but notice they've received none of the well-deserved lauding that say, Otters Holding Hands receives. This will not do.
Some background: Billy the dog and Kiko the monkey first met when Billy wandered into the jungle in Northern Mozambique. A devastating flood hit, and when it subsided, the dog returned to town with a literal monkey on his back. Villagers believe that monkey fed and cared for the dog while in the jungle. And now they're together FOR LIFE. The dog gets into fights with other dogs defending his monkey's honor. Right after Prop 8 gets overthrown, I think we should all get together and fight for the right for monkey/dog loving.
Anyway, they're absolutely the cutest thing in the entire world. Enjoy.
Friday, January 9, 2009
What i did on New Years
i went to the book house pub for dinner with my favorite man of the moment mr. preston craig, who dj's and runs the blog kiss atlanta where i had my last dinner as an omnivore for at least a year. it was... fantastic. here i am with preston looking slightly glazed over.
then we went to MJQ for about five seconds before heading over to this house party where, with the exception of this mountain man with a jug of gin, we were probably the oldest ones there. On our way to the party, we watched a girl who was driving so drunk she literally fell out of the car onto the pavement and got back in the driver's seat to drive.
Preston had to dj a set at the party and i just danced and danced and danced with beautiful atlanta club kids. All the photos can be seen at the midnight socialite which is a pretty cocky name i know, but that's what you get when you hang with kids who live to be famous for a night. take a look in the photos, do you see that one gorgeous 18 year old boy wearing rags? love him.
Anyway, then we went to the graveyard, which is the weirdest "indie" bar i think i've ever been to, run by rocknrollfrat guys. the inside is done up kind of like a TGI Fridays but all types of tattooed crazy hipsters go there and dance to Kilo Ali.
I know!
It's crazy!
that was my new years
then we went to MJQ for about five seconds before heading over to this house party where, with the exception of this mountain man with a jug of gin, we were probably the oldest ones there. On our way to the party, we watched a girl who was driving so drunk she literally fell out of the car onto the pavement and got back in the driver's seat to drive.
Preston had to dj a set at the party and i just danced and danced and danced with beautiful atlanta club kids. All the photos can be seen at the midnight socialite which is a pretty cocky name i know, but that's what you get when you hang with kids who live to be famous for a night. take a look in the photos, do you see that one gorgeous 18 year old boy wearing rags? love him.
Anyway, then we went to the graveyard, which is the weirdest "indie" bar i think i've ever been to, run by rocknrollfrat guys. the inside is done up kind of like a TGI Fridays but all types of tattooed crazy hipsters go there and dance to Kilo Ali.
I know!
It's crazy!
that was my new years
TRends from 2008. Stay or go?
1. Fedoras 
Pete Doherty started something special. Not a path to addiction, but a tidal wave of hat wearing douche bags. It was good when he did it, but wasn't that back in 2007? In 2008 shouldn't this trend have dwindled? For instance, this girl looks like a bitch, with her lolli pop and scarf in 70 degree weather:
as does this girl:
and i can't even make fun of this guy:
lastly, you know its a dead trend when The Disney Channel picks it up...
I'm gonna say go, fedora. go far far away.
2. Leggings for day wear
This is a tricky one, because as long as skinny jeans are in style, the only way to get the most absolute skin-tight pair is to wear leggings instead of denim, but unfortunately some girls have taken for granted the comfortable opportunity of discreet aerobics-wear.
why is this good?
or that?
On the horizon, though, are such opportunities as (gasp) leather leggings brought to you by the olsen twins "luxe" line.
click here to see a clever and persuasive video: olsen twins
Even American Apparel made shiny leggings at the end of '08 for all the girls who wants to highlight her thighs. Bottom line: leggings are gonna stay. The way people slop around in them should go.
3. skinny headbands like a woodland creature crown
If Zoe Kravitz is doing it, then it must have been cool last year
These tiny headbands, i think, are adorable on 18-year-olds trying to pass as 21-year-olds to get into Beatrice Inn. I've even seen guys wear them. Flaming guys, but still, it's cute.
They may have been cool two summers ago in somewhere like Bard summer school, and its taken a while for Hollywood to catch on because Hollywood has no personality of it's own to come up with slosh like this, but i think it's a kicker for 2009.
expect Nicole to don these for a long while. Heck, do it yourself if you dont mind your hair scrunching up above the band or someone laughing behind your back.
4. A cat in a sombrero:
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keeper
5. Seinna Miller
not good
If she walked down Bushwick in that, she;d get raped. She's wearing everything at once, but no pants. it's weird.
Pete Doherty started something special. Not a path to addiction, but a tidal wave of hat wearing douche bags. It was good when he did it, but wasn't that back in 2007? In 2008 shouldn't this trend have dwindled? For instance, this girl looks like a bitch, with her lolli pop and scarf in 70 degree weather:
as does this girl:
and i can't even make fun of this guy:
lastly, you know its a dead trend when The Disney Channel picks it up...
I'm gonna say go, fedora. go far far away.
2. Leggings for day wear
This is a tricky one, because as long as skinny jeans are in style, the only way to get the most absolute skin-tight pair is to wear leggings instead of denim, but unfortunately some girls have taken for granted the comfortable opportunity of discreet aerobics-wear.
why is this good?
or that?
On the horizon, though, are such opportunities as (gasp) leather leggings brought to you by the olsen twins "luxe" line.
click here to see a clever and persuasive video: olsen twins
Even American Apparel made shiny leggings at the end of '08 for all the girls who wants to highlight her thighs. Bottom line: leggings are gonna stay. The way people slop around in them should go.
3. skinny headbands like a woodland creature crown
If Zoe Kravitz is doing it, then it must have been cool last year
These tiny headbands, i think, are adorable on 18-year-olds trying to pass as 21-year-olds to get into Beatrice Inn. I've even seen guys wear them. Flaming guys, but still, it's cute.
They may have been cool two summers ago in somewhere like Bard summer school, and its taken a while for Hollywood to catch on because Hollywood has no personality of it's own to come up with slosh like this, but i think it's a kicker for 2009.
expect Nicole to don these for a long while. Heck, do it yourself if you dont mind your hair scrunching up above the band or someone laughing behind your back.4. A cat in a sombrero:
keeper
5. Seinna Miller
not good
If she walked down Bushwick in that, she;d get raped. She's wearing everything at once, but no pants. it's weird.
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