‘The Informant!’ Reviewed
Hot actors love to get frumpy for movies, and critics love them for doing it. Charlize Theron was a mulletted serial killer in Monster, Nicole Kidman had a giant plastic proboscis in The Hours, and Matt Damon creeped his way to a Golden Globe in The Talented Mr. Ripley. Now he’s doing it again in...
Killers Review – Hollywood Bowl – LA Record
A Killers concert is like a night at a European dance club: every song is an upper, strobe lights hit you from all sides, and the lyrics seem deep, though somewhat nonsensical. Are we human? Are we dancer? And who is Mr. Brightside? It doesn’t matter, because each song is a three-minute shot of Red...
get ur govt hands off my medicr, @barackobama
In the Twitterverse, as in the blogosphere, shorter wins. Populated by fewer characters, tiny urls, and abbreviated words, the Twitterverse operates on one law: less is more. Except when it comes to health coverage. When President Obama told Americans to offer up suggestions for healthcare reform, Twitterers obliged. Journalists, parents, doctors and wonks gathered under...
‘Extract’ review for Neon Tommy
It seems like no one is happy with a two-car garage and spacious sequestered bath these days. From the bitter breakdowns in “American Beauty” to the angst of “Revolutionary Road,” suburbia gets a bad rap in the movie industry. In the dark comedy “Extract,” director Mike Judge puts his own sardonic spin on the gated-community...
The revolution will be Mommyblogged
The days of helping mom figure out Internet Explorer are long gone. Sure, moms aren’t the likeliest foot soldiers of the digital revolution, but in a world of peanut allergies, lead-tainted toys and endless debates over breastfeeding, child-rearing has reached a rocket-science level of complexity. While a juicy parenting story may come along in the...
Gogol: un-mellow