So this was my Saturday. I returned from Boston where my cousin Kaitlin got married (in the same hall that I had my Bar Mitzvah… weird, I know. You can tell we're a very religious family) on a flight to Philly out of Logan at…
Date Archives August 2007
Point/Counterpoint
• Watch the first 16:23 of Prison Break season three. • "The first episode of the new season will feature a male rape, possibly involving one of the lead characters." • First 16:23. • "Male rape." • • • Watch Spike Jonze spend Saturday with…
More powerful than you can possibly imagine
Top 10 cable television programs for the week of August 13, 2007: 1. High School Musical 2 (Disney) 2. Hannah Montana (Disney) 3. The Closer (TNT) 4. Hannah Montana (Disney) 5. The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (Disney) 6. High School Musical 2 (Disney)…
Serrano's got the disks
Because the company I work for thrives on business with photographers, customer support can be tricky. On Monday, I received the following e-mail: Tech Support: Display not working […] The device is a mere 2 weeks old. I purchased it by mail order from MacWay…
We're out of mints; pass the life savers
Let's play "Spot the warning signs that the movie stinks"! —highlighting laurels from dubious film festivals —quoting Star magazine and the Today show —citing two forgettable comedies from last decade I double-taked Gene Shalit's blurb. I'll be sure to send a bouncy castle to his…
Come Original
"All week long, whenever you hear a block of 311, be caller #20 and win tickets to see 311 with Matisyahu at the Concourse!" Guh. All week long? Wu-Tang Clan's upcoming album has a song that samples The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." Kanye…
Ambulance vs. Ambulance
Fortress Features is partnering with Pierce/Williams Entertainment on an untitled male stripper comedy starring Chris Pontius. [source] Good God. A Party Boy movie? Next year's Super Bowl will have a red carpet for arriving celebrities. And Ryan Seacrest will cover it. [source] Not surprisingly, next…
This is about as social as I get now
Previously on Adam Riff™: I ship packages internationally almost daily for work. The closest post office to my work office is a USPS outlet operated by a staff of Indian women. I try to stop by after noon to avoid a particular surly morning shift…
I wish I could fly away on a unicorn / I'm from the ghetto, and every day a human's born
Director Rod Lurie on his re-make of Straw Dogs: [The original] was pretty much killed by a two-second moment on screen where his wife is being raped and she smiles. That was the end of that movie. You can be certain that she's not going…