Almost Locals Only is a weekly film discussion podcast. Parental guidance is suggested, the podcast occasionally contains content and language intended for a mature audience. You can listen to the podcast using the player at the top of the post, or on iTunes. Subscribe to the podcast and have it automatically updated whenever a...
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In the previous millennium, when I was an idealistic young thing attending Barnard College, the women’s college affiliated with Columbia University, there was a lot of talk about who before us had walked the hallowed halls: anthropologist Margaret Mead, writers Edna St. Vincent Millay, Zora Neale Thurston, Francine du Plessix Gray, Patricia Highsmith and...
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What ultimately surprised me about this comedy is how sweet it is underneath the prickly premise.  Based on a more scathing French film called The Dinner Game (1998), this Dinner has been toned down a bit for American audiences but it still has a bit of bite. Paul Rudd plays Tim, a mild mannered...
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“The Kids Are All Right” opens with shots of 18-year-old Joni (a wonderful Mia Wasikowska) playing Scrabble with friends and 15-year-old Laser (Josh Hutcherson) sniffing a crushed Sudafed with his skateboarding buddy Clay, all to Vampire Weekend’s “Cousins.” Joni and Laser are gorgeous, smart and nice. Despite the minor drug use and usual teenager...
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Did you just hear that big sigh across the land? That was the sigh of happiness as the country snuggled in for a new season of Project Runway. Well, snuggled is not quite the right word. Project Runway is like your favorite pair of jeans, the ones that make your legs and butt look...
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As I’ve mentioned in the past, any time I can link to or post a photo of Harrison Ford, I’m going to do so.  Yesterday, Entertainment Weekly ran “25 Star Portraits” from Comic Con.  I love when they publish these candid photos from film festivals and such.  This was no exception, but my heart...
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These paintings are so realistic that they absolutely blow my mind. I can’t believe that anyone can paint that well.  Amazing, click on “paintings” and scroll through them. Roberto Bernardi Facebook stalking after breakups: A sign of the times?  i09 Katie Price is still demure, praise be. Hollywood Tuna Harry Potter is 21!  Well,...
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Our good friends Katy and Stuart Murr have spent the last 3 1/2 months riding their bikes across the United States.  This would be impressive enough on it’s own, but there’s a catch: they are making this ride with their two children, Jane (age 5) and Brady (age 3).  I know what you are...
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Years ago I was employed as a social worker in a facility that I drive past nearly every day — often triggering various memories of my experience with the clients in said facility.  The majority of these recollections mainly seem to focus on the clients who were diagnosed with Borderline Personality Disorder — most...
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Nutty Tarts has you covered, so to speak Are you one of the millions who has waxed on/waxed off the nether-regions forest overgrowth?  Better yet, did you eradicate the landscape entirely once you discovered the wonders of laser hair removal?  Do you ever have regrets?  I don’t know why on earth you would, but...
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RIP, Maury Chaykin. Film Junk True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgard poses for new suit advertising campaign.  Hot.  Annie Leibovitz works her magic again.  Accidental Sexiness Why?  The Jersey Shore slobs opened up the NYSE yesterday.  What a joke. Agent Bedhead The Hill has released their 2010 50 most beautiful on Capital Hill list.  Politicos prepare...
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I went through an embarrassing phase several months ago when I could not get enough of the soothing stylings of Keyboard Cat.  I found myself powerless against the pull of the cat “playing off” after tragic events.  Motorcycle crash?  Hilarious when followed by Keyboard Cat.  Indeed, Keyboard Cat seemed to make everything a little brighter...
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I was hanging out with my friend Goldie a while back and we were chitting and chatting about this and that – and somewhere in the conversation he disclosed to me that he found Shelley Duvall attractive.  The first thing I did upon hearing this was conjure up an image of Shelley in The Shining...
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I have a huge fondness for cut-paper arts – this is the trailer for an animated short called The Eagleman Stag, I can’t wait – it’s going to be gorgeous.  Mikey Please  Also beautiful?  Going West by Andersen M Studio  The NZ Book Council Also, also?  This animated short from Michel Ocelot from 1979, Extrait de...
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Almost Locals Only is a Lost in Reviews podcast. Parental guidance is suggested, the podcast occasionally contains content and language intended for a mature audiences. You can listen to the podcast using the player at the top of the post, or on iTunes. Subscribe to the podcast and have it automatically updated whenever a...
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So last night we got treated to the requisite “men tell all” episode, and not much was revealed that we didn’t already know.  Here are a few highlights: Justin is a jerk (more on this later in the post.) Kasey tried to deflect the crazy.  Actually, I don’t think he is really nuts.  I...
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I grew up in Wichita, Kansas, where not many exciting things happen. When something does happen, it’s usually some unfathomable tragedy that gets replayed for years on National Geographic or Court TV. Things like this. And this. So when I say that the story I’m going to tell you today is the story of...
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Huston doesn’t give much time to Key Largo in his autobiography, save for sharing his dissatisfaction with Warner Brothers in the late 1940s and some epic stories of his gambling debts. Offhandedly he mentions that it was nominated for Best Picture and Claire Trevor won the award for Best Supporting Actress. What small part...
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