Posted in Food, TV/Movies on February 19th, 2007 No Comments »
You probably saw this already, it made a pretty big internet splash, but it’s great reading. I honestly can’t stand Anthony Bourdain’s writing, but these posts are becoming legendary.
I actually WATCH Food Network now and again, more often than not drawn in by the progressive horrors on screen. I find myself riveted by its awfulness, [...]
Posted in TV/Movies on February 18th, 2007 4 Comments »
I’ve been watching Rome since the first episode and while I don’t think it is great, it is definitely a good series, one of the best on television right now (that’s not saying very much, but there it is).
One of Rome’s strengths, as with most HBO series, has been the character development. They have done [...]
Posted in TV/Movies on February 11th, 2007 2 Comments »
I have been hearing rumors lately, but it look’s like Alan Moore’s Watchmen is going to be made into a motion picture relatively soon. Lately a lot of information has been coming out about the movie and just what fans should expect.
First Showing has a great post about comments from the prospective director, Zach Snyder, [...]
Posted in TV/Movies on January 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Not too much to report lately but I checked out FirstShowing.net and saw that Alex is over at Sundance! Good stuff. He has a whole bunch of cool content about the event and the movies, but I have to admit I am way more excited by the fact that he got to meet Nathan Fillion! [...]
Posted in Food, TV/Movies on January 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Anthony Bourdain has a guest post on Michael Ruhlman’s blog in which discusses the season 2 Top Chef contestants. Even if you are not a Bourdain fan (I don’t blame you) it is an interesting post with some interesting insights from a professional chef on how the contestans did and how they will do in [...]
Posted in TV/Movies on January 15th, 2007 3 Comments »
I set aside some time tonight to go out to see Children of Men, a newly released movie starring Clive Owen, Julianne Moore, and Michael Caine.
The movie is a sci-fi thriller based in the UK, about twenty years in the future. The premise of the story is that the world has basically fallen apart and [...]
Posted in TV/Movies on January 14th, 2007 3 Comments »
HBO’s Rome started it’s second season tonight. I am not much of a television fan these days, but I definitely found the time to sit down and watch it. I was definitely a fan of the first season (despite a number of low points) and have been eagerly awaiting season two.
All told, I was happy [...]
