I’ve been writing about Summer Movies from 2008, so I figured I’d write a little something about an Oscar movie…
Slumdog Millionaire is the only Best Picture nominee I saw this year - and I did see it before it was nominated, just so ya know. I actually saw the thing with Janine and my wife [...]
Darkness…darkness…Disney Presents a Pixar Production…darkness…BAM - music, stars, outerspace, singing:
Out there
Theres a world outside of Yonkers…
Way out there beyond this hick town, Barnaby
There’s a slick town, Barnaby…
More stars, celestial bodies, super novas, galaxies and Michael Crawford’s nasally, magnificently folksy voice sounding through the heavens…
Out there
Full of shine and full of sparkle
Close your eyes and see [...]
Did Heath Ledger win Best Supporting Actor? I don’t think I heard about that at all…
His performance is certainly the centerpiece of Dark Knight – the heart of, the brains of, the excitement of…I would say that he is The Dark Knight if Batman wasn’t already literally the Dark Knight. Ledger’s Joker is a menacing, [...]
Every year for a few days after the Oscar telecast I walk around muttering my own personal acceptance speech under my breath. I think about who I would thank and what I would say, how I would use that world stage to express gratitude for the people in my life who helped me along the [...]
I had this little yellow black and white TV in my bedroom when I was a kid. I have no idea where it came from, I don’t know whose it was before it was mine. It was this small sorry little thing with bent antennas and about two channels that would barely come through (after [...]
We here at The Devil’s Avocado know that everyone likes to rip A-listers down from their pedestals, and we all know that we know better than the Academy.
Here’s your chance. During the Oscars broadcast, Janine and I will be posting comments to this post right as the thoughts rattle into our heads. Now, we [...]
If only we could get a repeat performance of this on Sunday’s telecast of the 81st annual Academy Awards. Instead, multiple song-and-dance numbers courtesy of Hugh Jackman will cut into the time afforded to acceptance speeches. And, of course, a little thing called the FCC always gets in the way of anything truly spontaneous from [...]
I do a pretty wicked Kermit the Frog. I mean, it’s beyond good. I recently sang “Rainbow Connection” on karaoke night at a bar; when I finished, people’s mouths lolled agape until they exploded with applause. I got a standing ovation, and I can’t even sing. Yeah, it’s THAT amazing, and perhaps my vocal masterpiece [...]
I saw this the day after I saw Gran Torino, actually. I saw the WHOLE THING. All 257 minutes of it. Divide that by 60, if you like - it’s a whole lot either way.
But, I thought to myself going into it, “You know what else is long? Lawrence of Arabia is loooong - but [...]
A response to “I Call Bullshit on you, Rob - Gran Torino is no masterpiece“
At least with movies, I see it going something like this: there’s “complete fucking horseshit awful” and then there’s “crap” and then there’s “meh” or “ooooookay” and then “pretty good” and “good” and “very good” before we get to “excellent”. ”Great” [...]
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