Moot Point

Aw, I kind of loved Jenny’s guerilla fashion show. It reminded me of that scene in…I want to say Girls Just Want To Have Fun, where they crash a society party with their contemporary dance or whatever.

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I am off to vote, ¹ and I will have a special double-issue of Weekly Movies up in the next day or two, but I just wanted to point you to my contribution to This Recording’s best films of the 1980s series, which ran a few days ago. I considered some other stuff, but I kept coming back to Law of Desire, so that’s what I wrote on.

The rest of the series is here. The other pieces are pretty great, as well.

Ugh. I am sick, and the only thing worse than being sick and missing work is being sick and not actually having work to miss, and then wordpress doesn’t want me to upload images anymore, so anyway I am sorry my Gossip Girl post is two days late! Continue Reading »

The three best things about last night’s Gossip Girl. Continue Reading »

This week on Gossip Girl: a blackout pushes dramatic action forward! What a novel plot twist! (Like it matters.)

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Embedded below is Leighton Meester’s cover of “Bette Davis Eyes.”

It’s not laughably bad, but it’s resoundingly mediocre, which is something that Blair Waldorf would never allow.

(via Jezebel)

Oh wow, I completely forgive them for the slightly awkward season premiere, because this whole episode was magic.

Before I get to it, though, uh, Leighton’s making an album?! A music album? Oh, how I hope this is a lie; I don’t think I can deal with Blair Waldorf putting out a vanity project album, either of the Hayden Panettiere uncomfortable pop music writhing in high heels or of the Scarlett Johanssen pretentious Tom Waits cover, nuzzling Salman Rushdie variety. Continue Reading »

I watched the VMAs last night, even though every year, I say I’m not going to, and I mainly agree with Rich from fourfour about everything, except maybe Christina.

But I am starting to think Kanye’s performance was kind of good. I was initially underwhelmed, but I haven’t been able to get it out of my head all day.

Oh, mainstream music.

I’m not sure I want to devote whole paragraphs to this show. It wasn’t very good. I will probably still watch this week. (On the other hand, this week’s ANTM was epic, so the CW has that going for it.)

• None of Jessica Walter’s lines are inherently funny, but she is so good she actually turns banal phrases into hilarity.
• Annie would be a better heroine if she had a flaw or if someone disliked her for a reason that was actually her fault.
• What kind of high school does Spring Awakening as its school play? It’s, um, not the kind of thing I would have wanted to perform in front of my parents.
• Jennie Garth has actually gotten prettier and more likeable as she’s aged.
• I hope Brandon isn’t Kelly’s baby daddy.
• What’s the point of bringing Brenda back if she’s going to be nice all the time?
• How much more would I like “Silver” if she was played by Willa Holland?
• Is “I’m breaking up with us” the new “I choose me”?

So, I was really excited that Gossip Girl is back for a new season. I have been rewatching the old season for …research (really), and I have to say that this was not exactly a top episode. Continue Reading »