Ben Simkins
9 posts
Brain Pickin’: Boy Wonder Director Michael Morrissey
Earlier this year I met Boy Wonder director, Michael Morrissey at the 2011 Festivus Film Festival here in…
September 22, 2011
Anime Mania: Evangelion 2.0
Before I get into the meat of this review, first I need to drop a disclaimer. I am…
January 20, 2011
Festival Screening: Boy Wonder
“Superhero movies are hot.” It’s something, I guarantee you, has been slipping from the lips of Hollywood execs…
January 18, 2011
Laughing Matters: Daniel Tosh is coming to town
Like a fashionably late Santa Clause, comedian Daniel Tosh is swinging into town to perform two shows, back-to-back…
January 11, 2011
Laughing Matters: Tig Notaro
Comedienne Tig Notaro (affectionately named by her brother as a child) is finding her way into everything lately.…
January 11, 2011
Moving Pictures: True Grit
When No Country for Old Men came out in 2007, the Coen Brothers hearkened back to a pacing…
December 22, 2010
Brain Pickin’: Jim Breuer – Goats, Stallone & MMJ
Whether you watched Jim Breuer from your couch on SNL with The Joe Pesci Show or Goat Boy;…
October 11, 2010
Brain Pickin’: Loni Love
Loni Love is best known for her quick wit on E!’s Chelsea Lately, but this comic diva started…
September 9, 2010
Hindsight: Mago-Gogo @ Wazee Union
The sun dipped over the rusting warehouses on the wrong side of the tracks. The symbiotic business/art space,…
September 7, 2010