tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31191476240522810612008-08-07T15:55:28.280-07:00bluestocking LAbluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comBlogger313125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-68176123084446512462008-08-07T15:54:00.001-07:002008-08-07T15:55:28.296-07:00McCain vs Obama pop culturallyNow which one do you suspect loved Bambi and which one watched Born Free...?
Hmmmmmm....
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080806/D92D0S8O0.htmlbluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-42150908704051353142008-08-07T12:26:00.000-07:002008-08-07T12:27:44.646-07:00For those who are interestedthe often funny Chuck Lorre legendary vanity cards:
http://www.chucklorre.com/index.php?p=165bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-38818925461606264992008-08-02T09:39:00.000-07:002008-08-02T09:43:38.902-07:00Only in LAlots of bruhaha here over the Paps... (that's paparazzi)
I pulled this quote from DHD because I thought it was abso-friggin-lutely hilarious.
How many Police Chiefs of how many towns are going to be quoted saying something like this:
"If you notice, since Britney started wearing clothes and behaving; Paris is out of town not bothering anybody, thank god; and, evidently, Lindsay Lohan has gone bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-87682953306472759242008-08-02T09:33:00.001-07:002008-08-04T20:11:03.323-07:00well...nearly coming up on BLA's 1 year anniversary! Wow, imagine that.
I have been busy, busy, busy... Baby A is growing and expanding, she's a baby still but less of an infant newborn and more into toddler territory...
I posted like a maniac for nearly all this time... now, alas, my maniac posting is lessening because, dear readers, I'm working... I love it but it is grinding me out and taking all bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-13883358725794198172008-08-02T09:27:00.001-07:002008-08-02T09:33:11.866-07:00MAD MENwhat's the verdict on the time lapse to about 18 months later?
hmmmmmmm....
in some ways, TV is about familiarity, look at The Sopranos, there were huge gaps between seasons, sometimes 2 years or more, yet it was fairly linear... i'm trying to remember but can't remember between each season...
in some ways, I wanted it to pick up right where we left it, to see how the choices these characters bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-53320225970945073102008-07-20T17:17:00.001-07:002008-07-20T17:17:52.268-07:00MAD MENinterview w Weiner about the new season here...bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-59354341262085859082008-07-17T12:24:00.001-07:002008-07-17T12:24:37.306-07:00Emmy Nomscongrats MAD MEN!
I've been blogging about it for a lonnnnnnnnnnnnng time.
so deserved!
luv the show!bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-22230426412986588732008-07-16T22:32:00.001-07:002008-07-16T22:37:57.285-07:00Elvis MitchellIf you're an Elvis Mitchell fan like I am (had the good fortune to see him in person and the cast of SEABISCUIT a while back), you'll love TCM's new show "Under the Influence." Elvis just interviewed Bill Murray and it was a lot of fun.
Slate's review is here.
TCM's link here, I strongly urge you to check it out! Note TCM's little noir guy in your address bar. I love, no like I "luv" or "luf" bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-56947657599226855892008-07-10T18:10:00.000-07:002008-07-16T22:32:09.788-07:00QT's INGLORIOUS "BASTERDS"UPDATE: got the script and am reading it, interesting...
some info on the spec script out and about right now, here.
Also check out Defamer's letter.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-16006326054919287752008-07-07T17:56:00.001-07:002008-07-07T17:57:04.585-07:00Top 100 "Guy" Filmsaccording to Maxim Magazine.
Funny, some of these are my faves.
but then again, I was a daddy's girl.
http://www.filmsite.org/maxim100.htmlbluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-46318300263025597352008-07-06T17:29:00.000-07:002008-07-06T17:34:45.644-07:00Happy 4thCaught some DVDs recently, and they were varying degrees of awesome but my judgement is new-mom impaired in that when I have 5 minutes to watch and actually complete a movie if I laugh a few times, at this point, I consider it semi-genius.
Okay, no, none of them are really all that good but were actually entertaining and actually had a laugh or two, in a normal state of mind perhaps I would've bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-7266524928965803462008-06-27T21:38:00.000-07:002008-07-03T19:05:06.556-07:00Under the Same MoonLA MISMA LUNA
watch it, rent it now.
Sweet, beautiful film with the lead role of the boy played wonderfully well.
Some critics called it "sappy" but just because a film makes you cry, doesn't make it sappy. This is a good story, an important one, and well-told. The Enrique character is quite funny.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-24739089589720498062008-06-26T10:20:00.000-07:002008-06-26T10:22:28.171-07:00Semi-colon users bewareThanks to Slate for their cutting-edge reporting we can now ponder the answer to this question: "Has Modern Life Killed the Semi-colon?"
Defamer's headline reads: "I don't know but the elipses is alive and well..."
I gotta admit, I love my elipses...bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-79201373429127725032008-06-24T10:29:00.000-07:002008-06-24T10:31:23.677-07:00Doesn't look so "silly" to me Courtesy of Nikkie Finke's DHD and DC Comicsbluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-6006305068941827462008-06-23T12:14:00.000-07:002008-06-23T12:43:04.994-07:00I'd say the last oneJack Trapper of ABC News gets it right.
I'd say the last one.
Or the type of guy Rove is at the Country Club is the one who has too many drinks, hits on a catering waitress, has to call someone and ends up wearing women's lingerie at 2 am but that's just me... or maybe that's just a Robert Smigel cartoon.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-12340007079020968552008-06-22T00:59:00.001-07:002008-06-22T01:04:30.471-07:00JUMPERpretty much agree with this assessment here.
interesting concept, Hayden? Not so much.
The idea of JUMPER is cool and despite its target aud being right around legal drinking age, the premise and Liman's direction makes it fun to watch (although goes down as one of the worst endings ever... the film just suddenly stops, with obvious gearing-up for a sequel). There's no plot or much character bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-26913208846918654462008-06-20T10:53:00.000-07:002008-06-20T10:55:43.247-07:00My Dear John LetterDearest Johnny:
I'm sorry, I can't read your blog anymore.
Some of us like Wonder Woman, really we do.
Some of us, like half the planet known as WOMEN (and we're full of wonder and all that...)
may actually go see
THE ONE SUPERHERO WE HAVE.
HER.
THAT'S IT.
GET A CLUE.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-83347577211212647912008-06-20T10:46:00.001-07:002008-06-20T10:47:36.852-07:00I love animationand love looking at the history of animation.
just boughts Disney's 101 Dalmations which came out of the vault for a short time.
KUNG FU PANDA is complete awesomeness
Excited about WALL-E.
Get the story about Pixar's latest here.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-25635645159830237502008-06-11T10:28:00.001-07:002008-06-11T10:30:11.994-07:00THE WACKNESSReading Jon Levine's THE WACKNESS, really good so far. Trailer looks good.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-75374143034129317022008-06-08T17:58:00.001-07:002008-06-08T17:59:17.895-07:00summer popcorn movies are here!I love summer films...
but here are:
10 not blockbusters to see
bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-67985023299380064892008-06-08T17:57:00.001-07:002008-06-08T17:57:57.619-07:00rumor has it...James McAvoy is up for the lead in the THE HOBBIT.
Love him, love him, love him. seems like a no brainer.bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-22546218247888246172008-06-04T12:48:00.000-07:002008-06-04T13:04:05.616-07:00The Womenhad enough estrogen for one day!? Sorry guys, but this trailer looks AWESOME! Seriously, go and watch it RIGHT NOW: http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1809926850/trailer (this and my hometown Coens BURN AFTER READING are on the top of BLA's radar right now).
I loved the classic film with one of my all time faves, Rosalind Russell, dare I say it but this looks even better and hip and fun! It's great bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-60221242566178333962008-06-04T12:45:00.000-07:002008-06-04T12:48:31.752-07:00Dems nomCongrats Obama! I supported Hill but it's a major achievement and a historic moment!!bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-77271832231477439922008-05-31T01:46:00.001-07:002008-06-01T16:48:31.919-07:00a perfect movieIf you think about it, a movie is a promise.
A promise of an experience you're going to have.
You're going to be living in a darkened theater for a few hours and meet new friends, fear wicked villains, visit new worlds, and laugh at surprising moments, maybe even be whisked away or fall in love or gripped with fear.
Each story promises something to us, deep within us, that we hope (beyond hope) bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3119147624052281061.post-91374655537910186332008-05-31T01:38:00.001-07:002008-05-31T01:46:15.161-07:00now that you mention it...Now it seems that that old saw of a joke from the Keaton silent-film era about slipping on an ole banana peel isn't the only thing that's extinct -- apparantly so will the banana... and soon!
Which kinda got me thinking, you know, banana peels are not that slippery.
Turns out, they used to be. (study up on your history of the banana, people!)
Not only will we never eat this special slippery kind bluestockinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09461933433489704263noreply@blogger.com