Published on June 6, 2008 by Vu Le
They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks and this is quite true. The Sex and the City movie was nothing fresh and spectacular, but more of a return to old ways in a grander, more glamorous, two-and-a-half-hour scale. At the risk of being insulting, the film was basically a rehashing of similar venues and scenarios already explored in the series. But this formula isn’t entirely bad per se as dedicated fans will love the nostalgia and new viewers will enjoy the seemingly fresh stories. They all win. So who said old tricks were bad?
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Published on June 2, 2008 by Vu Le
So yeah…I’m back! After a prolonged Writers’ Strikesque hiatus, I’m back on the blogroll, pissed off and feeling the shame of being surplus summer labor. So excuse the stone-cold tone of this post…
Thursday, the glamorous red-carpet of the Cannes Film Festival was stained with controversy about Sharon Stone’s comment about red-China’s recent earthquake, “”Then all this earthquake and all this stuff happened, and I thought, is that karma? When you’re not nice, that the bad things happen to you?”
Hearing that, I COULDN’T HELP BUT WONDER (in my Carrie Bradshaw state induced by the Sex and the City movie fervor)…what if this crude, 50-year-old, full-frontal bearing, somewhat washed-up celebrity was right?
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Published on April 21, 2008 by Noel Madali
Okay, I’ve talked to you about the thin pioneer plasma, but this is insane. Among the various other thin flat panels I have mentioned, this Sony OLED is pretty sexy despite its anorexia. Introducing a prototype by Sony, a .2mm thick… OLED panel, with a screen size of 3.5 inches.
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Published on March 1, 2008 by Vu Le
B is for . . .
Beauty
Betrayal
Bad writing
Bana (as in Eric)
Bastard child
Bitch
Beheadings
Boleyn.
On Friday, I had the pleasure of seeing the drastically delayed The Other Boleyn Girl. Even before its release, all the Boleyn buzz was negative, with claims that the studio delayed the release (originally scheduled for last year) due to a lack of confidence for any Academy nods (a claim that is not completely baseless). As a loyal ScarJo fan and fanatic for Natalie Portman, I just HAD to see it: two of my favorite leading ladies together on the big screen and the claws come out (as the trailer misleads, much of the animosity is one-sided). Cynically and lightheartedly walking into the theatre with lowered expectations, I was surprised that it was not as bad as I thought it would be. Read more »
Published on February 24, 2008 by Vu Le
Yesterday, yours truly watched the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards on IFC which celebrated the year’s best in independent film. Though there were some similarities with the Oscar nominees, the Independent Spirit Awards prides itself in honoring those looked over and has a more international flavour. It reacts to “Hollywood” associations with dramatic disdain (as IFC correspondent Matt Singer’s assertions reinforce) and is more gritty than the Oscar ceremony. Known for being uncut, IFC had no qualms about its presenters and their foul mouths, with the ceremony having more F-bombs thrown about than the Source Awards had forks and knives thrown about. Most memorable was Dustin Hoffman jokingly admitting that he has f**ked Oscar nominee Javier Bardem (No Country for Old Men) with the spawn of their unholy union being Philip Seymour Hoffman. Equally hilarious was Rainn Wilson sporting striped teen maternity wear to audition for the role of Juno; a skit in which the awkward “Wizard!”-sex scene (among others) were reenacted with Jason Bateman filling in for Michael Cera. Tonight’s Oscars seem to pale in comparison to the Indie Spirit. Last night’s Indie winners were: Read more »
Published on February 18, 2008 by Vu Le
So it has all led up to this. After all the nastiness of the Writers’ Strike, what better way to let bygones be bygones than the Oscars? With less than a week to go, cinephiles everywhere are scrambling to rental stores and theatres to see the Oscar nods. But some of us aren’t so lucky. To my dismay, my Hollywood Video has closed without any notice. The irony here–ladies and gentlemen–is that I was also planning to get a job there (let’s hope Blockbusters is hiring). Perfect timing on their behalf. What is more upsetting is the prospect that they won’t be having a clearance sale. Since it is a movie rental chain and I haven’t heard any news of the chain closing, they will probably just relocate their merchandise to another location (one that is probably out of my way). Recent disappointments aside, I cannot wait for the Oscars. With the Golden Globes making a no-show this year, viewers have nothing else BUT the Oscars. It’s the night that Hollywood comes out to play and we are ready…and the nominees (that I care about) are: Read more »
Published on February 17, 2008 by Vu Le
The Writers’ Strike may be over and our favorite shows may be coming back to a boobtube near you in about 3-4 weeks, but that doesn’t mean that we don’t have to wait. Isn’t waiting just simply the worst? I think it’s even more upsetting that we KNOW that it’s finally over yet we still don’t get the majority of our shows back. For example, new episodes of the beloved 30 Rock don’t start until April 10th–I’d sooner wait for the new Sex and the City movie. Then again, it’s not like the withdrawal from our favorite ladies has been bad: it’s been syndicated and dramatically edited on almost every channel and now from the minds of those writers we so greatly appreciate and cherish, we have two new Sex and the Cities to deal with during the week. Read more »
Published on February 8, 2008 by Noel Madali
So for the Super Bowl, I had the pleasure of making chicken wings. Now this task includes buying the chicken, cutting up the chicken, slaughtering and breaking off their limbs, and placing them in a bowl to be mixed in a special seasoning to be later fried at my friend’s Super Bowl. Now, I won’t go into detail with the special sauce that I used and the exact measurements, but I will reveal the ingredients I used as well as pictures depicting the chicken massacre that has occured. Recipe after the jump. Read more »
Published on February 5, 2008 by Vu Le
Hillary to Barack: “I HAVE JUNGLE FEVER.”
Yeah, I know I’m about half a week late on this news but whatever. Last Friday, I woke up to find headlines and footage of Hillary and Barack making nice in public. You know what’s worse than PDA? . . . fake PDA. Then again, it wasn’t as if they were frenching or anything–just a hug here, a whisper of sweet nothings there. Read more »
