Actress, Brittany Murphy (Nov. 10, 1977 – Dec. 20, 2009) passed away yesterday morning at 10:04AM at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. Murphy was known for her role in the 1995 movie, Clueless starring opposite Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, and Elisa Donovan as Tai. Other movies in her credit include: Uptown Girls, 8 Mile, Girl [...]
Dec
21
2009
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2009
Oct
21
2009
21
2009
Western Movie Culture
This question came up when my friend and I were watching the previews last night before Paranormal Activity. He asked me, “How come most of the previews—they all have something to do with the end-of-the world, death, or scary movies?” Of all the previews, I only remembered one featuring an animated movie; the rest were, [...]
Oct
21
2009
21
2009
Paranormal Activity Review
The much-hyped scary movie of the season, Paranormal Activity, wasn’t that scary like they’d been advertising it on television. OK, maybe there’s one “scary” scene—but that was really it; the rest is content I’ve seen watching my all-time paranormal show on tv, Ghost Adventures. I won’t say what kind of haunting the movie depicts, but [...]
Sep
14
2009
14
2009
Roger Federer Totally Lost
The Maestro has been dethroned from the Men’s US Open Championships. Juan Martin Del Potro has done the impossible—taken down No. 1 player in the world, Roger Federer, and now-No. 3 player, Rafael Nadal in one tournament. The men’s finals started out great with Roger in the lead with 6-3, then Del Potro starts gaining [...]
Aug
5
2009
5
2009
Ponyo
Hayao Miyazaki has a new movie coming out in U.S. theaters with Disney. I first heard about it from my sister, but she kept saying, “PAN-YO” (hankerchief? I don’t think so!) so I had to look it up myself. All she could tell me in the beginning was that it’s animated — for awhile I [...]
Jul
5
2009
5
2009
Creepy! Alice in Wonderland
Tim Burton’s take on Alice in Wonderland comes out in 2010 but there’s already some teasers that you can find on the Web. I like some of these shots, they look very interesting—but I don’t know about Johnny Depp’s picture. The eyes? The makeup? The eyebrows? Something about him playing the Mad Hatter and this [...]
Jun
11
2009
11
2009
The Last Airbender
Although I’m probably the last person on Earth to admit that I missed the very last episodes of Avatar: The Last Airbender (I went away for vacation the week they were showing it). There is the movie coming out—directed by M. Night Shyamalan (again, I didn’t watch any of his movies either). But with this [...]
