…the movie, not the holiday. So my wife broke into our netflix queue last week and bumped the Ashton Kutcher opus Valentine’s Day to the top so that we would have it in time to “enjoy” by Saturday. For the uninitiated, it is like Love Actually (and you cannot understand how difficult it was for [...]
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How to Improve “Valentines Day”
Posted in MFH a.k.a. Mike, Movies, tagged Ashton Kutcher, Valentine's Day on February 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Five Fictional Characters Based on Real People
Posted in MFH a.k.a. Mike, Movies, TV on June 8, 2010 | 3 Comments »
1). Jimmy Duggan is Jimmie Foxx The put-upon manager in “A League of Their Own” is based on the Hall of Famer known as “Double X”. Due to some poor, post-baseball investments the all-time home-run leader of the Philadelphia A’s was forced back into baseball later in life. Unfortunately a serious drinking problem precluded him [...]
Pet Peeve of the Day: Staying Through the End Credits
Posted in Movies, Pet Peeve of the Day, tagged Entertainment, Iron Man 2, Kevin & Bean, Movies, Ralph Garmin, The Hurt Locker on April 30, 2010 | 3 Comments »
This morning on the Kevin & Bean Show in Ralph Garmin’s “Movie Beat” segment, he mentioned that movie-goers should sit through the credits of Iron Man 2 because there is bonus footage after the credits are done rolling. Nothing pisses me off more than this ploy. First, because of my general feeling that movies today [...]
Before my time?
Posted in MFH a.k.a. Mike, Movies, tagged independent film, insurge, Paramount on March 13, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago my sister was working with this guy who (by her accounts) was always shooting his mouth off about his friends in Hollywood. My sister and her co-workers, as the story was told to me, found him annoying and assumed he was making it all up but had no real way to [...]
Beauty
Posted in MFH a.k.a. Mike, Movies, tagged American Beauty, Wes Bentley on February 14, 2010 | 5 Comments »
I just saw this article about Wes Bentley and thought it was worth sharing. I can remember seeing Spacey on “Charlie Rose” when the American Beauty wave was cresting and I recall him saying something to the effect that what he and Annette Benning et al get out of this movie are awards, but what [...]
My New Favorite Movie
Posted in Movies, tagged Let the Right One In on January 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Apparently, I like foreign films. I say “apparently” because every now and then something like that will sneak up on you and surprise you. I was equally shocked to learn that I like folk music. It’s just that I never really stopped to think about this collectively and consider the possibility that I would love a [...]
I guess you can die of boredom
Posted in Movies, tagged Avavtar on January 19, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Who knew? http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100119/ennew_afp/entertainmentfilmhealthavatartaiwan_20100119063547
The Golden Globes: Who Cares Who Won? What Matters is How You Look
Posted in Movies on January 17, 2010 | 3 Comments »
Here is my running commentary on the Golden Globes fashions of the evening. Not the most facsinating stuff, but the best contribution I can come up with after sharing two bottles of wine with a friend. * Jennifer Morrison’s dress is pretty, but unfortunately it is is the color of vomit. Also, her bun is [...]
Is Fat-suit drag the new black-face?
Posted in MFH a.k.a. Mike, Movies, tagged Chris Rock, Movies, Tyler Perry on November 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I used to speculate that we would look back on this era of “gay”-comedy in 20 years the same way we now look at the racist “humor” of the previous generation. (Addendum: By “gay” humor, I don’t mean humor created by homosexuals but humor in which the butt of the joke is lessened by being [...]
