AIRWOLF AND CHEAP BEER: A JOURNAL (episodes 5-9)
You might think that "Airwolf" was the only helicocentric 80s Action television show. You couldn't be more wrong if you were a creationist taking financial advice from Antoine Walker over the phone with one hand and masturbating to the Little League World Series with the other. To begin with, there was "The Highwayman," which was technically a show about a truck that turned into a helicopter, but it also co-starred noted Australian jerk-off, Jacko, in the roll of Jetto. There was also "Airwolf's" closer cousin, "Blue Thunder," with Dana Carvey, NFL stars Dick Butkus and Bubba Smith and in the leading ...
TOP 2 FILMS OF 2009
#2 The White Ribbon Somehow I got the notion that The White Ribbon is meant as an explanation of Nazism, probably because I'm an idiot. It isn't that, but it does provide some food for thought about the relatively recent roots of authoritarianism and oppression. Set in the Greater Fatherland Area around the turn of the century, our thoughts naturally turn to Hitler, who the kids in the story would likely grow up to support. With rigid totalitarianism on the brain, we notice nuances of life in German village upon which we might not otherwise immediately focus. Particularly, when authority becomes ...
FILMS OF THE DECADE – CINEMA ABOUT OUR WORLD
Far from filler of a time capsule, these films consider the state of our world, the progress (or inertia) of our global society, and perhaps where we are headed. Though many such films are made each year, mostly for awards fodder, few really have a useful perspective and force you to meditate upon where you stand and what the future will bring. Chop Shop - Any of Ramin Bahrani's films would make this list, but this is his most tightly focused and genuinely moving, with one of the few child characters in the cinema that has the feel of reality. Each ...
THE DECADE’S DOCUMENTARY DISASTERS, 2000-2009
American Teen (2008) Nanette Bernstein can go straight to hell. Instead of a probing, investigative look at the rot passing for American youth, this “documentary” filmmaker saw fit instead to celebrate the pastiche of quirkiness that has all but swallowed our civilization alive. More than that, the movie is a lie from the opening bell, as the director has clearly re-created scenes, assigned dialogue, and fashioned scenarios that would fit with her pre-conceived agenda. As such, authenticity takes a backseat to a “good story,” which might apply if the only criteria were a platform for self-obsessed monsters lusting for martyrdom. ...
THE BLIND SIDE
Leigh Anne Touhy (Sandra Bullock) is white, wealthy, Southern, and unapologetically sassy. Her Christianity is so aggressive that she thinks nothing of honoring a poor, ragged, humble Savior with an assortment of diamond-encrusted crucifixes so bright they challenge the sun for celestial supremacy. She’s also bossy, quirky, hard-nosed, and cocky, though not above letting a tear sneak out for the requisite Oscar clip. There’s no other woman quite like her, so it stands to reason that she’s just the person to don the Henry Higgins attire and single-handedly save black America. Again. Rich white folks are always putting aside their ...
AIRWOLF AND CHEAP BEER: A JOURNAL (episodes 5-9)
Part 2 of Erich’s Descent Into Hell
IN THE SHADOW OF THE MOON
When you think about it, it is pretty amazing. Ron Howard contributed to something worthwhile. Also, we went to the moon.
TOP 2 FILMS OF 2009
A tapestry of fatherhood, the broader patriarchy, the Germanic vs the Anglo, modernization and a fat, drunken Slav in a wetsuit.
AIRWOLF AND CHEAP BEER: A JOURNAL (episodes 1-4)
Hello! It is time to watch a lot of “Airwolf” and drink some beer.
