August 2007
Netflix in the Building: American Beauty
Synopsis from Netflix: Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) is struggling to endure marriage to uber-realtor Carolyn (Annette Bening), an unfulfilling career and a sullen teenage daughter (Thora Birch). Deep into a midlife crisis, Lester becomes infatuated with a friend (Mena Suvari) of his daughter. Soon, he’s quit his job and is working at a fast-food joint in this dazzling blend of social satire...
Things I'm Curious About Right Now
How long are these contractors going to be banging away in our office? Will my laptop be waiting for me when I get home tonight? Why has my two-year-long boycott of McDonald’s failed to cripple them financially?
Netflix in the House: The Benchwarmers
Synopsis from Netflix: Athletically challenged misfits Clark (Jon Heder), Gus (Rob Schneider) and Richie (David Spade) learn it’s never too late to go for the glory in this goofy sports comedy that proves every (under)dog has its day. Humiliated as children on the baseball field, the now-adult trio of losers forms a three-man team to take on the top Little League squads, becoming unlikely...
Things I'm Currently Excited About
One more week until the college football season starts Shockoe Craft Beer Festival tonight My laptop is officially on the way!
Netflix Redeems Itself: The Number 23
Synopsis from Netflix: Batman Forever director Joel Schumacher reunites with his Riddler (Jim Carrey) for this psychological thriller about a man obsessed with a book that seems to be based on his own life. When Walter Sparrow (Carrey) begins reading the novel The Number 23, he notices strange parallels between it and his life. Now, he’s worried that a...
Netflix Steers Me Wrong: Pootie Tang
Synopsis from Netflix: A spin-off character from HBO’s “The Chris Rock Show,” Pootie Tang (Lance Crouther) is an indefatigable crime fighter (and recording sensation) who speaks in an indecipherable patois. But to children everywhere, he’s a heroic role model. In this feature-length outing, Pootie mixes it up with an evil CEO who wants kids...
Things I'm Looking Forward To
The beginning of the football season Getting my laptop November 2008 elections
Drinking With Netflix: It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad...
Synopsis from Netflix: Before literally kicking the bucket when his car careens over an embankment, “Smiler” Grogan (Jimmy Durante) tells onlookers he’s stashed $350,000 in stolen loot beneath “the big W” in the town of Santa Rosita … and thus begins a mad dash to recover the dough. But unbeknownst to the greedy motorists, police captain T.G. Culpepper (Spencer Tracy)...
Netflix Schmetflix: Black Snake Moan
Synopsis from Netflix: After finding sex-addicted 22-year-old Rae (Christina Ricci) beaten and near death, blues musician Lazarus (Samuel L. Jackson) acts as a father figure to help redeem her in director Craig Brewer’s Southern-fried drama. But before saving anyone else, Lazarus — whose wife deserted him — must face his own demons. The...
Dude, you're not getting a Dell: shipping delays... →
Apparently this is the reason why the laptop I ordered two weeks ago still won’t be here for another two and a half weeks…
Netflix Dreamin': Cashback
Synopsis from Netflix: After his girlfriend dumps him, insomniac art student Ben (Sean Biggerstaff) takes a supermarket night-shift job and deals with his boredom by pretending he can stop time —a tactic that reveals life’s hidden beauty and draws him to the intriguing checkout girl (Emilia Fox). Surrounded by equally creative co-workers, Ben learns that by freezing time, his world...
Today's Richmond Forecast
Partly cloudy with a slight chance of thunderstorms. Hot and humid. Heat index near 115F. High 104F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of rain 30%. Translation: Stay the hell inside.
Ring Around the Netflix: Waiting...
Synopsis from Netflix: Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris, Justin Long and Luis Guzmán are just a few of the random employees at a Bennigan’s-like restaurant (called Shenanigan’s), killing time before their real lives get started. But while they wait, they’ll have to deal with picky customers who want their steak cooked to order and enthusiastic managers who want to build the perfect wait...
Netflix is Playing in My House: Casino Royale
Synopsis from Netflix: Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) directs this film adaptation (the 21st of the Bond franchise) of Ian Fleming’s first novel. Daniel Craig debuts as the new Bond who takes on a corrupt financier (Mads Mikkelsen) in a showdown of Texas Hold ‘Em. You’ll learn Bond’s back story as the action-packed film takes you to the Bahamas, Madagascar and other exotic...
Two haikus in honor of Shark Week
Discovery says: “Nature’s perfect predator.” I just say badass. Bull sharks are killers; Whale sharks are harmless giants; Hammerheads are weird.
Netflix to the Rescue: Rear Window
Synopsis from Netflix: As his broken leg heals, wheelchair-bound L.B. Jeffries (James Stewart) becomes absorbed with the parade of life across the courtyard: A dancer, a lonely woman, a composer and a bedridden woman and her husband become like creatures in Needham’s voyeuristic zoo. But when one of them disappears, Needham suspects foul play — and suddenly he finds himself in the...
