Follies Fallout and Other Diversions

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Well, it’s been a week since we closed the show and I’m still a bit high on life. I already miss the cast (even though I see a substantial portion of them every day of school). It’ll probably be a while (if ever) before we have official performance clips online, but I uploaded a whole [...]

And I am a weapon of massive consumption

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Thanks to holiday gift cards, I’ve spent much of my break doing things like reading non-law books and going to movies. Also watching cartoon marathons on television. Anyway, here are my quick reviews of the movies and books. Avatar is sort of like a twink on ecstasy working a stripper pole. Sure, it’s fun to [...]

2009 in Review

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

Well, I’m not going as all-out as I did last year with the year in review stuff, but some data for posterity… Movies I saw in the theater in 2009: Avatar Nine Happy Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Star Trek The Hurt Locker Sugar X-Men Origins: Wolverine Notable not-required-for-school Books I read in 2009: Snuff, [...]

Weekend Wrap and HP&tHBP

Monday, August 3rd, 2009

My first full weekend in the city was less than eventful. I spent some time wandering around the Upper West Side, jogging along Riverside Park, and generally getting to know my neighborhood better. I stopped in a dive-y gay bar I doubt I’ll be checking out again and I treated myself to a trip to [...]

Ready to Roll

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Well, the car is packed up except for a few odds and ends (like my laptop, obviously). Since I have specific window of time during which I’m able to move-in, I’m trying to time the trip so that I arrive during that window. That means I should leave Cincinnati sometime around midnight. The plan is [...]

Movie Review: Sugar

Monday, June 1st, 2009

This is the movie we thought we were seeing on my birthday: Sugar: Brendan Fehr, Andre Noble, Marnie McPhail Based on several short stories by writer Bruce LeBruce, Sugar is a provocative and funny coming of age love story. Cliff, a gay teen, is restless in his sheltered suburban life, and anxious to have his [...]

Spoiler-free Trek Thoughts

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

I’ve never been much of a trekkie. Sure, I’ve seen most of the shows and movies, but I never really made a huge effort to keep up. Yesterday, I went to see J.J. Abram’s Star Trek. It’s a really, really good movie and may make a full-fledged Trekkie out of me yet, although I want [...]

Okay, you can make it up to me

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

Well, it appears Fox will control the X-Men film franchise forever. They announced a spin-off from Wolverine with Ryan Reynolds’ character, Deadpool. I love me some Ryan Reynolds, and I love me some Deadpool, but after Wolverine, I weep. Between this new movie, X-Men Origins: Magneto, and X-Men: First Class, we’re never going to get [...]

Views and Reviews

Saturday, May 2nd, 2009

Today was so nice I decided to take a quick trip to the local comic store for Free Comic Book Day (disappointed in the offerings this year, but did buy the Astonishing X-Men books that have come out since last August when I stopped buying comics every week). I also went for a walk in [...]

Short Reviews

Tuesday, April 21st, 2009

It’s been a while since I shared my feedback on movies or books with which I have been distracting myself. From the Netflix and the library… Fling (Brandon Routh, Steve Sandvoss, Courtney Ford, Shoshana Bush; 2008; dir: John Stewart Muller) The story of things going right and wrong for a young couple in an open [...]