By Jun 09,2008

Quality You´re Stuck With

Let me take the opportunity to second Sonny´s contention that a true nobility of movie reviewers is impossible without a plurality of nobles. I´m of the mind that monopolies should...

By Jun 09,2008

ICED, ICED Baby

A quick survey of the developments in the year or so since federal immigration reform went down in flames reveals very little in the way of discord. The conservative base...

By Jun 08,2008

Lakers it is

At least as far as Leo’s concerned. It was something of a question, as I noted in that piece for the Washington Times I wrote last week: At least we...

By Jun 08,2008

The fewer opinions, the better!

As a younger type trying to break into the world of film criticism, I have to say I find it disheartening that magazines and newspapers are cutting back on the...

By Jun 07,2008

Nobody boos free beer!

Unless you’re in Detroit and it’s being offered by Kwame Kilpatrick. Gee, I wonder why they dislike him so much… h/t deadspin

By Jun 06,2008

Miami Vice vs. Sex and the City

Ed Driscoll raises an interesting point while commenting on my appreciation of Anthony Lane. Says Ed: Geez, at least at the apogee of the 1980s, Miami Vice managed to combine...