"[John] Hughes was unforgivably remiss as far as multiculturalism goes. These are all suburban white kids, for god's sake! If The Breakfast Club were made today, Judd Nelson's part would be played by Tupac, and Anthony Michael Hall's by B. D. Wong. Ally Sheedy's character would be a lesbian, and the Emilio Estevez character wouldn't exist ( Read more... )

"The Baxter" (2005)
a Michael Showalter film, as part of the 2005 RI International Film FestivalHooray for this movie! I didn't know Showalter could be serious. Oh, it was funny of course, the comedy was dead-on as was to be expected, but it was also a well-done film with a good storyline ( Read more... )

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I was showing my mom "Bottom". I told her that Jennifer Saunders' husband was in it. Upon seeing our man Adrian Edmondson, she said jealously:

"So THAT's the husband of our lord and savior?"

I think I figured out my Anthony Michael Hall obsession. It was baffling me. Usually the reasons for my many (and often fleeting) obsessions reveal themselves almost immediately- in fact, they often preceed the obsessions and influence them. Makes sense, doesn't it? That's why this whole Anthony Michael Hall thing has been so bizarre. I wasn't sure ( Read more... )

The "Dead Zone" I saw tonight about school shootings (a rerun) got me thinking a lot about my own position in the whole public high school nonsense. I was in the same graduating class as the Columbine kids, but was lucky enough to have dropped out that year (two days into my senior year, in fact), so I was spared the nationwide aftermath. I can ( Read more... )

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I don't usually watch TV (I don't usually have a TV), but lately I have been. In fact, I have cable. It's exciting.

I've been watching "The Dead Zone" on USA. It's actually pretty good. And dude. Anthony Michael Hall. That's all I can say. It's all I do say. Every time I see it. It never ceases to amaze me. Dude. It's Anthony Michael Hall ( Read more... )

Decided to spend the entire day watching all of VH1's "I Love The 90s" series. Read: reliving the second half of my childhood.

Discovering the addictiveness of list shows. Friday night was spent watching Bravo TV's "The 100 Scariest Movie Moments".

Rachel was in all this past week. Fourteen, high school student, "work experience". A concept familar to most Scots ( Read more... )