30 September 2015

Celeb Sighting: Timothy Simons

2nd Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: Timothy Simons (#JonahRyan!) looming over the insanity that is The Object Lesson!

27 September 2015

Devastating Win For the Steelers

Terrible win for #Steelers. The future hangs by a...left knee (cheap shot #Rams). Let's hope #BigBen's back soon. Thank G*d for #LeVeon!

25 September 2015

Future Islands (Fox Pomona)

#FutureIslands (@foxtheater): Sam was right, that was a good one! Dance like no one is watching x 1000! Seriously, they were amazing! Wowza!

24 September 2015

Operators (Fox Theater)

#Operators (@foxtheater): Best Bright-Eyes-Meets-Yacht Indie-Dance-Rock, Ever! Extremely bl**dy catchy!

23 September 2015

Everest

#Everest: Kormakur tries admirably but can't match Into Thin Air & the 1998 IMAX classic. Clarke owns this (literally) white-knuckle ride.

RIP Yogi Berra

RIP Yogi Berra. Even before I had ever heard of baseball, I'd had heard of Yogi, half a world away.

22 September 2015

RIP Jagmohan Dalmiya

RIP Jagmohan Dalmiya. In Sharda Ugra's (excellent) words: Cricket's Canny Iconoclast. With Sourav Ganguly helped spearhead India's dominance

20 September 2015

The Broad

#TheBroad: Greatest Contemporary Art Greatest Hits Compilation, Ever! #Basquiat/#Haring room alone will blow hipsters' minds! Cool building.

Steelers Thrash 49ers

Great bl**dy win for the #Steelers vs hapless #49ers! Thank you @AntonioBrown84. That #DeAngelo-#LeVeon platoon's gonna be something else!

19 September 2015

USC Upset by Stanford (Again!)

Hey #PatHaden how's that holier-than-thou housecleaning going?! #USC suffers another monumental upset at the hands of #Stanford! #USCvStan

99 Homes

#99Homes: Leave it to great director Bahrani to make a compelling humanist thriller about real estate! Zod owns it but Spidey makes the film

18 September 2015

Celeb Sighting: Jason Bentley

3rd-Greatest Celeb Sighting, Ever!: #JasonBentley going to the (very fancy) gym, looking bad-a** (as usual).

Sicario

#Sicario: Very entertaining despite dodgy script/self-serious direction. Deakins is great (as always). Blunt's fantastic but Del Toro - wow!

16 September 2015

Michael Mann Q&A

Sign You're Too Old: #Heat is 20 years old! Great #MichaelMann Q&A via @Deadline (Yes MM, shoot on film, please!): http://t.co/dFbPaEXtCy

15 September 2015

Brand A Second Coming

#Brand A Second Coming: Part-Hagiography/Part-Takedown, all entertaining. Tremendous work by Timoner; made me reconsider Russell completely

14 September 2015

Peace Officer

Peace Officer: Not the expected polemic on police brutality, but an even-handed, sobering, excellent look at a complex issue. A must-watch!

Mirza and Paes Win US Open Doubles Titles with Hingis

At least #Sania #Mirza & #Leander #Paes won #USOpen (doubles) titles thanks to #Hingis (again). Time to make her an honorary citizen? ;-)

13 September 2015

Federer Loses US Open to Djokovic

This breaks my heart, at my age perhaps literally. #Federer tried his best, but #Djoker is too tough (again). #GOAT for how long? #USOpen

RIP Moses Malone

RIP Moses Malone. All-time NBA great. Met him once, super-nice guy.

12 September 2015

Flavia Pennetta Wins US Open and Retires

Talk about the ultimate #MicDrop! Congrats to #Flavia #Pennetta on winning (a most unexpected) #USOpen & retiring! Nice 2 wks for #Vinci too

11 September 2015

Federer Thumps Wawrinka to Reach US Open Finals 2015

Dude, if #Federer keeps playing like this he's gonna get my hopes up! #Stanimal no match for #GOAT. Immovable force #Djoker next! #USOpen

Vinci Upsets Serena!

Huge loss for (US) #Tennis with #Serena's #GrandSlam hopes crashing out But athletes like #Vinci are exactly what make Sports great! #USOpen

10 September 2015

Steelers Lose to Patriots

I blame (the usual) #Foxboro shenanigans & #JudgeBerman for #Steelers preordained loss to #Patriots. TBH assures me season's not over yet ;)

Federer Sets Up Wawrinka Semi US Open 2015

#Federer in full-flight is awesome! He'll need every ounce of #GOAT-magic vs #Stanimal who's no longer content to be in his shadow! #USOpen

09 September 2015

Pawn Sacrifice

Pawn Sacrifice: Good Zwick, ie. well-crafted (if surface-thin) entertainment. Maguire does well; Sarsgaard, Schreiber & Stuhlbarg are great.

07 September 2015

Federer Beats Isner at US Open 2015 | Murray Loses

Whew! No #SABR, but enough flashes of #GOAT-like brilliance pulls #Federer through against #Isner. PS. Sad for (Poor) #AndyMurray #USOpen

05 September 2015

Federer Into Week 2 US Open 2015 | Rafa Not Done Yet

Solid win vs always-tricky #Kohlschreiber for #Federer. PS. His opponents have played matches of their lives vs #Rafa. Not done yet. #USOpen

04 September 2015

Serena Beats Mattek-Sands US Open 2015

Gutty win for #Serena to keep #GrandSlam dream alive. You gotta admire #MattekSands's grit/attitude. #Tennis needs more "punk rock" #USOpen

Federer Wins 2nd Round | Fish Retires, Hewitt Loses

Smooth #Federer sailing with a #GOAT-like 2nd round win. It gets harder. Tough luck for #MardyFish & #Hewitt who went down fighting. #USOpen

03 September 2015

Your Next Bond Villain

Stop worrying about who's going to be the next #JamesBond...I have your next #BondVillain right here: #TomBrady! http://t.co/iewzR0O6Fu

02 September 2015

RIP Dean Jones

RIP Dean Jones. It seemed like every other movie I watched as a kid starred him. A lot of happy memories. Sigh...

Greinke Deserves MVP

He's already wrapped up #CyYoung, but a tough-as-nails 2-1 win against #Bumgarner means #Greinke deserves #MVP (consideration), no? #Dodgers

01 September 2015

Federer Wins Round 1 US Open 2015

If #Wimbledon was The Last Stand, #USOpen is The Twilight of the (#Tennis) God. #Federer off to a flying start, hope the #GOAT keeps it up!

Poor Cheteshwar Pujara

#IND finally won an "away" series & naturally @BCCI is sidelining the best player: #Pujara. Via Mukul Kesavan http://t.co/1QU4al0cz6 #SLvIND