I call Bull**** Oprah Winfrey clearly runs an empire. I quit watching her show several years ago because I felt it was drifting away from hard hitting human interest stories and towards more typical content that can be found on a dozen other shows. When celebrities make the rounds, they now routinely stop on...
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By Sara Dear Shoes, I adore you. Forgo my honour, when it comes to shoes, I put the van(s) in vanity. I depend on the coattails of funky footwear and most who have seen my collection have never blamed me. I’ve received a few raised eyebrows, but nothing faux-leather, fur-lined, ten-dollar special, heeled boots...
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Inappropriate Mentos moment. Watch below.     This has atrocious video quality, but it is hilarious.  If you have 4 minutes to kill on friday before you leave work check it out. How Mortal Kombat Annihilation sucked.
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by shannon Um, Ms. Stone…could I have a word with you please?  No, come closer, I want to whisper something in your ear.  You may be unaware of this, but I think your left boob is making a run for it, and I don’t really blame it. It is trying to preemptively land on...
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by Anne As of late, I find myself reminiscing about ‘mixed tapes’ and the cute boys that made them for me (ok, they weren’t all cute..one was a dead ringer for Charles Manson).  I will always associate certain songs with those boys.  One particular song that comes to mind is Bad Brains’ (featuring Henry...
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by shannon Yesterday was “shower day”.   That is the designated day when I get to take a hot shower and sometimes get to shave and maintain various body parts.  When you are a stay at home with kids not yet in school believe me, it’s a big deal. In fact, it’s a common...
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The new, government run Citibank. Warning NSFW. Kotex Classic from Funny or Die.
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The plot for Wall Street 2 has been leaked. Michael Douglas is reprising his role as Gorden Gecko.  In this sequel to Wall Street, Gecko becomes enraged when he finds out a young, cocky Wall Street trader has betrayed him.  Douglas’s character will carefully cross the room with the aid of his walker and...
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by Janey Pancake There are a handful of movies that I will watch no matter what – if they happen to be on television. These movies are like presents when they air – I don’t have cable, so I am usually out of town or staying with friends when I chance upon them and...
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 This is what I found when I went nosing around trying to find out more info on a writer from Pajiba. The best bio ever.  Period. You must read it. Keeping up with the Kardashians, Chelsea Handler style. The trailer for Twilight.  With cheeseburgers. posted 7:20 am
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This year two local film festivals were combined into KC FilmFest.   The Kansas City Jubilee Film Festival was a juried shorts festival, and FilmFest KC was a curated festival. The new festival contains some juried and  some curated features (juried films are judged, curated movies are not.)  All foreign films were curated.  All...
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I am very busy stuffing cotton in my ears because my six year old has insisted on watching CNN with her breakfast, and I might accidentally hear something about the scary swine flu, and I don’t want to know none of that shizz.  Ignorance is bliss.  Knowledge gives you insomnia, real bad.   I...
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If given the choice between a white collar, nine-to-fiver or a job as a server, nine people out of 10 are going to choose the office job.  Despite the annoyances of having to ALT+TAB out of Facebook when your boss pops in or gather in a cramped break room to sing a pathetic happy...
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OMG.  Stumbled on this at 2 am on cable. Paul Rudd as kegel coach Comedy Central This is not exactly like the fusion class I go to now. Hulu Back tattoo remover.  SNL posted 7:26am
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From KC Filmfest After the screening of  The Brothers Bloom, audience members who stuck around after the show got a rare treat. Jeff Goldsmith of Creative Screenwriting Magazine recorded a live podcast with director Rian Johnson.   A few weeks ago I was listening to a Filmspotting podcast and I heard a great story. Chris White...
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A smart, funny film with sentiment An unwritten life.  That is what Adrien Brody’s character longs for in The Brothers Bloom, the latest film from indie breakout writer/director Rian Johnson.  Johnson’s first major release Brick (2005)  was a film noir nestled in a high school setting.  In contrast, this is a light hearted romp.
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I would like to clear up this ‘walkman’ business…It’s more of a ‘discman’. I did make the switch over from tapes to CD’s…eventually. My decision to move on was ( literally) heaved upon me when a friend of mine inadvertently dumped her entire giant drink into my bag ‘o’ tapes that I kept in...
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I have been captivated by Breaking Bad since its premiere episode.  It debuted in 2008 prior to the writer’s strike and had a very short 7 episode season. Miraculously, it survived the writer’s strike, and season two is better than ever.  I ‘d go out on a limb and say it is consistently the...
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Dear Lucky magazine, I am putting you on notice.  I have been a subscriber to you and your flighty fashion whims for two and a half years now and I am this-close to pulling the plug when my renewal notice comes up.  I am sick of you, Lucky.  I am sick of you and...
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