FILM REVIEW: “Mr. Brooks”

From Willamette Week, 5/30/07:
Kevin Costner, why you got to hate on PDX? In Mr. Brooks, Costner plays the title character, a successful, bowtied Portland businessman who’s a magnate in the ever-so-exciting cardboard-box manufacturing industry—and just so happens to enjoy killing Portlanders on the side.

FILM REVIEW: “The Page Turner”

From Willamette Week, 5/9/07:
Sorry: The Page Turner is not the highly anticipated sequel to the classic 1994 Macaulay Culkin magnum opus The Pagemaster. Rather, Denis Dercourt’s movie is a kind of Kill Bill for the world of French bourgeoisie classical piano recitals—a place where being a rebellious kid means practicing Johann Bach with the metronome [...]

Iggy Pop Must do Yoga

It’s Friday morning and no one wants to go see Iggy with me.
I don’t really understand it. I wish I could explain. Maybe it’s because I’m a shitty planner, and I didn’t ask around until a few days ago. Too bad I don’t have a fucking Blackberry.
Maybe it’s because no one wants to drop the [...]