When I was growing up my mom and I watched Wildcats and I’m certain that I was too damn young to understand half the racially tinged jokes and social commentary that lurked in that movie. A well-to-do white woman goes and coaches an inner city high school football team (whose principal is Nipsy Russell for […]
A podcast I listen to frequently talks about movies and moviemaking and inside stories behind how movies were made and such (something I love listening to). One of the topics recently discussed were funny scenes that made it into mainstream movies that were oddly left in despite being just weird. Here’s a smattering of some […]
Today is my birthday, so in honor I’m going to share one of my favorite movies that my mother and I cried laughing at when I was young. She was the woman who gave birth to me, so beyond giving her eco-friendly advice, this is the best honor I can give to the woman who […]
Sorry, but you’re not going to convince me that Monty Python is not some of the best comedy still around. Well, I guess still around is strange since it’s only around via the Interwebs and IFC. But nevermind, it’s funny dammit. And better than anything CBS puts out, including the wretched How I Met Your […]
Luke and I share a weird fascination with QTips. Not sure why, but in college both of us discovered there are few things as satisfying as cleaning your ear canals. What can I say, I’m an idiot. Anyway, while cleaning my ears this morning I stared at myself in the mirror and instantly flashed to […]
I loathe the entire existence of cellphones in movie theaters. I hate it. I can’t stand the texting. I can’t stand the talking during the movie. I’ve only been OK with it in two instances, and both those movies were named Jackass and it was only because the whole theater was talking shit and having […]
The wife, like a majority of female America, has an unnatural obsession with Jon Hamm. It’s quickly beginning to rival her early-’90s obsession with Jordan Catalano and her circa-‘Chocolat’ obsession with Johnny Depp. I haven’t seen Bridesmaids yet, and neither has she but hopefully her and Kristy will go soon so I can stop hearing […]
In reliving the joy of Pootie Tang last week, I found myself stumbling around on the interwebs checking out some grew Chris Rock clips and naturally stumbled across the role that launched his career. It’s brief but memorable, and it’s still something he’ll never let down. […]
HBO or some movie channel started running Pootie Tang again, and the other night I caught it in its entirety and died laughing once more. It’s such a perfect Chris Rock movie, and comes with a slew of actors from his then-HBO show and was written and directed by Louis CK, only considered the funniest […]