Tag Archives: Movies
Crazy funny documentaries: DARKON and TREKKIES
Documentaries are often Pretentious, and Boring, and Boringly Pretentious. They feature breathless tales of corruption and woe about something we should feel horribly guilty about, so much so that we should quit our jobs, sell our worldly possessions and dedicate … Continue reading
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Best movie trailer of the spring: SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED
This is how you sell a little indie movie that doesn’t need, want or require (a) big-name actors, (b) $190 million in CGI nonsense and (c) a huge advertising budget. Because the flipping STORY is good. It’s not the usual … Continue reading
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Why blog hits DON’T REALLY MATTER
Hear me now and believe me later in the week: Blog hits don’t really matter. People collecting thousands of Facebook “friends” are wasting everybody’s time, including their own. Your number of Twitter followers doesn’t mean diddly. For those of you … Continue reading
Using free ink and airtime to BUST THROUGH
Earned media — free ink and airtime — is worth a lot to reality stars like Snooki, The Situation and Kim Kardashian, who all extended their 15 minutes of fame into millions of dollars. Ink and airtime are even MORE … Continue reading
Out of fairness, I destroy my favorite genre: thrillers
Top Ten Thriller Clichés Act I: A wealthy, disfigured foreigner toils late into the night; also, HE MAKES SNACKS 1. The Villain of the Week is a wealthy, disfigured foreigner who (a) steals a nuclear warhead, (b) plans to kidnap … Continue reading
