- Nani, when are they going to start crushing? – Very soon, Emma, very soon. Maheen was able to confirm this information with the utmost certainty to her three and a half year old granddaughter because for the second time in twice that many days the Nani (known for No Naps) had watched this particular [...]
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Crushing
Posted in Emma, Movies on October 4, 2011 | 10 Comments »
Celluloid Rock Stars
Posted in Ask the Audience, Movies, Music on June 20, 2011 | 7 Comments »
Everyone knows how much I love music. A close second on that list is my love for movies. It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that whenever some rock band graces the silver (or flat) screen with even twenty seconds of their onstage act, the collision of these two elements from my pop culture [...]
A Recommendation
Posted in Movies on March 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
My friend Matt Berry and I have a long history of shared movie experiences dating all the way back to our junior high school days in the early eighties. One of our moms would drive us to the theater — either to Tanforan, Millbrae, or Serramonte — for a double feature and we would eat [...]
And the Oscar Goes to …
Posted in Movies, Television on February 27, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Considering I’ve seen seven of the ten films up for the Best Picture Oscar tonight, one of the following two things must be true: Either the Academy is selecting movies that are more in the mainstream — it wasn’t all that long ago that I hadn’t even heard of half the films that were nominated, [...]
Stop the Presses & Hold the Phone
Posted in Movies on February 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »
If you ever considered attending a meeting of the Thursday Afternoon Movie Club, tomorrow would be the day to do it. Here are several compelling reasons why you should: Seeing a movie in the theater on a weekday afternoon is an awful lot like playing hooky on real life for a couple hours. The crowds [...]
Chock Lit or Shock o La
Posted in Allegedly Funny, Movies on December 7, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I have probably seen the movie I Love You, Man at least twenty to twenty-five times since its release in 2009. I saw it in the theater twice (one of those times was with an entire busload of blue hairs from a local senior center who took all the handicapped seating), four times on the [...]
On Like Donkey Kong
Posted in Life, Movies on December 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tomorrow is the first December meeting of the Thursday Afternoon Movie Club. Harry Potter 7, The Next Three Days, and Faster were all considered but I decided to break out of my action/adventure/R rated comedy rut and watch something a little different this week. I hope to see some of you at the 12:30 showing [...]
It’s Still On
Posted in Movies on November 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Good news, cinema fans! The weekly meeting of The Thursday Afternoon Movie Club is still on for tomorrow. Emma and Fehmeen both have the day off from school on account of the Veterans Day Holiday and we are planning a mid-morning family outing that includes a trip to the park followed by a tasty snack [...]
Minutes from the First Meeting of the Thursday Movie Club
Posted in Life, Movies on October 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Been home for a couple of hours now and I am proud to say that something happened today that has never happened to me before. Besides me and Juan, there was no one else in the theater the entire film. I’ve almost been solo a few times before but someone always managed to slither in [...]
Thursday Afternoon Movie Club
Posted in Life, Movies on October 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
It’s on! Starting this Thursday and continuing every Thursday for as long as I am motivated to do so, the Movie Club is in session. This week — actually today and in about an hour and a half — my caregiver Juan and I will be attending the 12:15 showing of Paranormal Activity 2 at [...]
