Just days before the 4th of July, business owners are worried that shark sightings will hurt sales on their busiest week of the summer.
Sound like recent news from Avila Beach and Pismo? Well, yeah. But it was also an integral part of the plot for “Jaws,” Steven Spielberg’s first really big movie, which ironically will […]
Posted on July 2nd, 2007 by Pat
Filed under: Movies | 2 Comments »
So we saw “Knocked Up” over the weekend, and — as expected — it was a clever comedy with lots of laughs. But one of the best lines from the night came not from stars Seth Rogan, Paul Rudd or Leslie Mann.
It came from my friend Dan.
The packed theater was watching a preview for “The […]
Posted on June 6th, 2007 by Pat
Filed under: Movies | 1 Comment »
It’s true that when you have a child, you don’t get out as much. And that’s OK — though it means I see far fewer movies than I once did and wind up learning a lot more about “Blue’s Clues” and “Dora the Explorer” than I ever expected. (Kids, sing along: “I’m the map, I’m […]
Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Pat
Filed under: Movies | No Comments »
Now those crazy Rubes are going to need a limo driver, an agent and a SAG card.
The characters from Leigh Rubin’s syndicated comic debuted on the big screen over the weekend, appearing in a movie screened at the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Rubin’s characters, which he draws daily from his home in Nipomo, kick off the […]
Posted on April 23rd, 2007 by Pat
Filed under: Movies | No Comments »
I have to say, the digital video recorder – DVR, for those of us in the know — has opened up a new world for me.
Take the Oscars, for instance. Usually pretty boring, right? It lasts about nine hours and features overdone musical numbers, cheesy tributes to people I don’t care about and long, blathering […]
Posted on February 27th, 2007 by Pat
Filed under: Movies, The World According to Pat | No Comments »
