W and I watched Elvira: Mistress of the Dark on Netflix the other night after learning it was one of RuPaul's top five favorite movies. On Facebook I simply reviewed it: "Elvira, Mistress of the Dark: good movie or best movie?" but I'm going to talk about it a little more because it leads me to a generalized theory of Movies Teen Me Would Have ( Read more... )

I finally saw Les Miserables. Considering how obsessively I listened the International Recording in the days of my youth (approx. daily from the ages of 12 to 16, inclusive), how I went to Portland, OR to catch the touring company (not precisely true, but we did plan the timing of that trip to coincide), and how I loved it so much at age 7 that I ( Read more... )

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First off, I was delighted by the array of geeky guest stars in Rise of the Planet of the Apes. Draco Malfoy and Rodney McKay both have smallish but pivotal roles ( Read more... )

Thoughts on watching the Glee Rocky Horror episode "Time Warp" preview- It's too bad this episode had to fall during Puck's absence; Eddie is clearly the role he was born to play ( Read more... )

Last night I went to Rocky Horror for the first time in years. It hasn't changed! I didn't remember most of the call-outs, but a lot of them were familiar once I'd heard them.

( Ratings of Selected Rocky Horror Call Out Lines from the Opening Credits Song )

The Kids Are All Right: The performances were all great (it turns out Julianne Moore seems like a real person when not tied down by the anchor of a comic Boston accent), but the plot was both boring and cringeworthy (every conversation made me SO NERVOUS.) The character sketches felt fairly realistic for the most part, and there were a few funny ( Read more... )

paul: "A werewolf falling in love with a baby. This is why Thomas Edison invented this shit in the first place. So we could see a werewolf fall in love with a baby."
me: hahaa. they're so right
     have they really not announced Breaking Dawn? *looks it up ( Read more... )

The Karate Kid reboot was very enjoyable! Jaden Smith is ridiculously tiny and adorable and has good Karate Kid attitude, although nobody will ever replace Daniel-san in my heart.

(I don't just mean as Karate Kid, I mean in general.)

I enjoyed Bella Swan's portrayal of Shane McCutcheon. I only wish the movie had come out before Stephenie Meyer finished the Twilight books so she could be inspired to put in a scene where Bella and Jane (POSSIBLE ECLIPSE MOVIE SPOILER) get high and have sex in roller skates ( Read more... )