http://citizenrobot.com Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:24:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "I don't wear the dress." "Oh, you shouldn't think of her as a woman - that would be a mistake." Haywire may lag in places between its exciting set pieces and Gina Carano may need some time to work on her dialogue delivery, but the smartest thing this film delivers is a refreshing inversion ... http://citizenrobot.com/2012/02/the-two-best-lines-of-dialogue-from-haywire/ I just learned from my friends Bryan Hilson and Brian Saur that the video store we used to work at, Laser Blazer, will shut its doors permanently on December 25th after 23 years of business. When I read this news last night, it felt like an old friend had died ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/12/rip-laser-blazer/ Taut, lean and not very talkative - Drive is a grown-up thriller about a cipher of a human being who becomes a hero under the simple influence of a mother and her son. Ryan Gosling’s dialogue rarely goes longer than Twitter-length, but he says a lot with the little he’s ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/09/drive-review/ I *finally* fulfilled a dream I had in 1993 (in 2011) and made a paper zine, with my hands, and my heart, for my friend, Gary Mecija for his birthday. There was something ridiculously satisfying about folding it and putting it together. You can Tumblr yourself into a stupor but ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/08/i-made-a-zine/ Hey, Krylon huffers, you've got until Monday to catch the wildly popular Art in the Streets graffiti show down at the Geffen/MOCA. I had heard mostly good things from my compatriots, seen their Instagrams of the show (man, I love an art show that actually lets you take photos), and ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/08/slumming-it-at-the-moca-art-in-the-streets-show/ Something my acupuncturist said recently (sorry, I live in L.A.) has stuck with me. She said the problem with social media is everyone thinks they're the star of their own adorable, wacky sitcom. LOOK HOW MUCH SOCIAL MEDIA I HAVE. I must be in like 80 adorable sitcoms. I'm frankly ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/07/too-much-social-media-brain-melting/ I posted this on the Bookface this morning and I want to open it up to anyone swinging by, say via Jitter. To everyone going to see Dolly Parton at the Bowl tomorrow night: let us do a hive mind experiment. I want us all to visualize Kenny Rogers ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/07/going-to-dolly-parton-at-the-bowl-tomorrow-night/ Superhero movies got you down? I don't see how that's possible in this golden age of Fassavoy, but I understand. If you were one of those moviegoers who somehow caught Thor, X-Men: First Class and Green Lantern all in a row you might be tired of people with extraordinary abs ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/06/double-feature-of-the-summer/ Auteur Werner Herzog was in a pleasant & talkative mood before and after the Hollywood Forever Cemetery/Cinespia screening of the Treasure of Sierra Madre. Here's a few things Herzog name-checked during his presentation & Q/A session plus a few quotes & facts. I had to write down these notes in ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/06/werner-herzog-the-treasure-of-the-sierra-madre/ The #movielistmania continues! Rupert Pupkin Speaks and Wixpix beat me to this one - favorite movies that have place names in the title. Here we go, starting again, as I always like to start, with the most obvious one: Casablanca An American in Paris Arizona Dreams (check the vintage Vincent Gallo!) Berlin Alexanderplatz (Nah, I ain't ... http://citizenrobot.com/2011/04/cinema-locales/