On "Transformers: Dark of the Moon"
He also dated Tyra from Friday Night Lights. Wikipedia said it so it's true. So he is basically better than everyone.
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On Flicked Off: "The Social Network"
My favorite Aaron Sorkin rumor is that he, actually, wrote Gilmore Girls and "Amy Sherman-Palladino" was a pen name. Considering The Social Network script was 500 million pages long and Sorkin/Fincher insisted on fast-talk to get it all in...it just would make sense.
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On 'Mockingjay': Is It YA That Makes You Stupider or Smarter?
(Can we discuss the book? With SPOILERS? On the internet? I read fast!)
I think there's a strong undercurrent of thought-provoking themes in THG series, which definitely makes up for certain aspects that can be lacking. What I love, however, is that the first book is so Battle Royale and Collins says she hasn't heard of it. Kinda makes sense.
Some YA is wonderful and some YA is terrible and any manuscript with a teen is classified as such these days. Totally depends on the book. My friend writes Ariel Levy-citing YA, which is awesome. The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau Banks by E. Lockhart is also awesome, and everyone should read it. It involves rebel art projects like SantaCon and such!
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On Poor 'Scott Pilgrim': Michael Cera Scares The Olds and Irritates The Youngs
That's what it is, he's become pretty unappealing as a character that has sex. Cusack you could buy as a guy who had sex and was sexually appealing. Not so much with the fawny bad actor Cera, + it's led to some creepy reviews, too, like Armond White on SP: "Cera's child-like mouth and soft chin that-to borrow an infamous John Simon quote-"slips irretrievably into his neck" gives him a believable dweeb identity, whereas a more outwardly masculine lead might seem vain and narcissistic." EW EW EW EW EW, right?
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On Love In The Time Of Pageview-Inflating Comment Sections
My mom said this weekend, and I quote: she's completely convinced that all of these agony aunt love columns from Boston.com are made up. Which is just funny.
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On A Conversation with Paul Ford, the Now-Former Web Editor of Harper's Magazine
Gary Benchley, Rock Star, is the funniest book about indie rock of all time. A lot of those jokes still ping around in my head.
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On Two Ways Of Looking At 'Tiny Furniture'