Archive for November, 2008
Top Chef is Getting Ugly
Spoiler Alert! – If for some reason you DVR’d the first three episodes of Top Chef New York and still haven’t found time to watch them, and have somehow been able to avoid the endless, 24/7, marathon of re-runs on Bravo, you may want to wait til after you’ve savored the deliciousness of America’s bitchiest cooking show before continuing with this post.
Add comment November 30, 2008
Vampire Stuck in a Tree
I encourage all of you to see the movie “Twilight” because its was first 11 bucks I spend in a theatre not regretting the purchase in an eternity. It’s very romantic. It’s not scary but its shot like it is, pale and anemic like a vampire. I think you should see it in theatres, it’s shot on 35mm. 2:35: 1
Big, blown up, awesome.
37 million dollar budget
69 million dollars in bumps the first weekend!
We have to talk about the soundtrack too– I’ll get to that later.
17 comments November 30, 2008
Diego Luna
So. Fucking. Cute.
From playing a gay man to a Michael Jackson impersonator, to even the lead in a shitty dance sequel (ahem, Havana Nights), Diego is impossible to file into a one category. But, if I had to put his square peg into the round of hole of my choosing, I’d shove him into the: Adorably Sexy category.
1 comment November 28, 2008
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
And with those celebratory words, I give you Sarah Palin’s most recent, turkey filled interview:
If you don’t want to see what happens to your thanksgiving turkey, then don’t look behind the governor’s face. Enjoy!
1 comment November 27, 2008
Females In Film
It’s no secret that Hollywood is kind of a boys’ club. When not facing outright sexism, there’s a consistent cliquey-ness to the way women are treated in the film and television industry, whether it’s being marginalized on set, or just having no real voice in the media aside from Nora Ephron-type romantic comedies. Warner Brothers studios, shamefully, recently put a freeze on all films with female leads on the grounds that they “don’t sell”, even though the numbers say otherwise. Female directors are incredibly rare, and often end up having to direct fluff anyway.
You’ve Got Mail (1998)
8 comments November 26, 2008
Every Operator’s Hard-On
In light of the Beyonce dance music video, I’m posting a Q Tip video to challenge it.
“Breathe and Stop” is constructed very similarly, but it’s much more interesting because a.) the song is better, and b.) there is much more shot diversity and direct narration.
Overall, “motifs” (hehe) that override are high angles, wide lenses, lighting of modular metallic sets, and big ass thighs (praise).
8 comments November 26, 2008
Katie out of the depths
I have returned from my googly-eyes sabbatical. These past two months have been heaven and hell on wheels. I’ll be writing much more prolifically now that my experimental film is wrapped.
Thank you all for all of your patience, help, and understanding!
Best,
Katia
And I’m sorry that my film got in the way of the book club.
1 comment November 25, 2008
Bike Hero
For all you Guitar Hero fans. I don’t even want to know how many PAs this took to make, just the thought of synching up this whole video gives me a headache. But ya gotta admit, it’s fucking awesome. Especially the part at the end when the Kiss dude runs onto the street. Enjoy!
3 comments November 22, 2008
Jonathan Safran Foer
I know i’ve been posting a lot of writers lately, but i can’t help it. Their words so sexily jump out with every turn of the page that it wouldn’t matter if these men had their faces burned off, were horribly cross-eyed, or worse, had busted “gay face“.
3 comments November 21, 2008
SelfAbsorbed.me!
Hey guys, here’s some exciting news! I got another official blogging gig over at a new site, called SelfAbsorbed.me. You can check it out at…. SelfAbsorbed.me. And yes, that’s the real URL. I’ll be writing exclusive new stuff for them under the alias Marilyn McNugget, and if you check out the site and my stuff it helps us greatly and will eventually contribute to my puppy fund. Don’t worry though, I’ll still be writing for Googly-Eyes too, but to bask in the full breadth of my genius you should bookmark both sites and subscribe to my RSS feed at SelfAbsorbed here.
Don’t worry, I haven’t sold out, I’ve simply taken a job that will pay me in direct relation to how much I am able to self-promote. Hang on a second, I’ll finish this post once I get a cool refreshing bottle of Coke. Mmmm aahhhh Coca-Cola. Live on the Coke side of life 
4 comments November 21, 2008
