Category Archives: Misc

Flash Drives

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On Monday, for the first time ever, I bought a flash drive. Considering that I also still don’t have a DVD burner, many of my friends could consider this as being “behind the times”. Instead, I think of this as being far ahead of the times. I’ve never needed one.

Anything small enough to fit on one could be emailed and anything bigger than that could be found on a torrent. I found that people usually used them to share Word Docs, MP3’s and/or pr0n. If you were on a computer that had those, you were probably already close enough to email them.

The reason I finally caved and got one was for more of my “ahead of the curve” obsession. Boxee (boxee.tv) is my new toy. I’ve been able to convert an Apple TV from a crippled iTunes box to an internet multimedia playhouse. Hulu, last.fm, Comedy Central and soon Netflix will all be available from one box.

The plan is to also rip our movies to disk so that we no longer have to deal with disks anymore. The world is moving to streaming video. And I like it.

–Snoopykiss is an early adapter. It can be expensive. But it sure is fun.

Turning a new tree.

Misc, Social Events

Greetings Tommy-party enthusiasts,

Over the years, I’ve thrown countless parties, all with amazingly great success. And I owe that to my friends, my peeps, my homeys. What’s made all of these events (Auction Party, Food and Spirits, God and Goddess, etc.) such an overwhelming success is the people who make it and what they contribute. And by that, I am only slightly referencing the tangible items brought. I am more referring to the spirit and general “good natured-ness” which is why I love every one of my friends. This is truly what makes a Tommy-Party ™.

In that same breath, along with the huge successfulness of my parties, stuff happens. And along with the wacky antics, some the hilarious stories. But sometimes it takes away from a greater picture. Something I’m far more committed to. In this case, “Ensuring that everyone that attends, enjoys themselves fully and walks away feeling that they were part of a really special event.” That’s pretty much the essense of a Tommy-party(tm). That and shaking your Groove Thang.

I often think back to all of the parties, specificly, what worked and what didn’t work. I take what worked and keep it in mind for the next party. And I take what didn’t work and try to remove it in the next one. Sometimes I’ve succeeded in doing this. Sometimes…not so much. And when I look at what I could have done to eliminate it sooner, one thought shouts out above all other. “Be true to yourself and trust your instinct.”

SO! This New Years Party shall be unlike any other Tommy-party. This year, there will be participation and celebration!

Here is my idea:
Everyone attending is invited to bring two pieces of paper.
One stating what they are proud to have accomplished this year. A boasting and acknowledgement of themselves.
One stating what they are not proud of, or didn’t accomplish this year. An acknowledgement of what didn’t work or what didn’t happen.

I’m gonna have a fire a’blazing that evening and everyone participating is invited to read those papers to themselves (and to others, if so desired) and then do with them as they please. (Personally, I look forward to watching one piece of paper burn as I then move on.)

Of course, there will be the usual Tommy-Party food and merriment and stories and activities and lots and lots of social interaction. This is something for people to participate in at their own leisure.

NOTE: This is NOT about making resolutions. You can do that on your own time. This is about acknowledging exactly where you’re at, and what you accomplished and didn’t accomplish. What you do from there is your journey.

Let’s get this party started!

Much Love,
Tommy.

Some ramblings

Misc, Social Events

While I was at Kerrville, I did some pondering. And some stream of consciousness work. It’s amazing what will come out of your head at 5AM.

These are the days, right? The days where I’m to roam the Earth, footloose and fance free, right? The days where the World is at my fingertips, I’m experimenting and the only thing stopping me is my finite amount of finances.

Yes, these ARE the days.

Don’t tell me when it ends. I had to work hard to get to this level of blissful ignorance. I don’t want to know.

As a kid, I thought I’d be married by now. Probably struggling to make ends meet and saving up to by a house. My best friend, my spouce.

Reality check: I’m two years past that date, my best friend is a rocket scientist and I’ve already got the house. No struggles either. Sometimes I wish that I had someone to share all this with; however, since I’m not with them now I assume that I’m not ready.

…abruptly ended because I needed sleep…

Best Quotes (Updated 2/27/04)

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My friends say the darndest things. Thankfully, I usually have enough sense to capture them down and the put them on the internet.
Now the latest quotes are updated at the top:


  • Only funny if you live in Dallas: “there seem to be a lot of accidents…especially on the freeways that end in 5”

  • When’s your birthday?
    St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th.
    Oh really? Are you Irish?

  • I feel like the life is being sucked out of me from my feet.

  • Your boobs needs manual intervention

  • Is that a Heather in your pocket?

  • Wake up, ass!

  • I’m going to use your hat as the armrest condom

  • Project for this afternoon: I think I’m going to use this nice rare day and stain a bed. Y’know, paint.

  • She runs like a woman.

  • I swear, if that’s a Yoga position, then I’m going join Yoga tomorrow!

  • Ah No! The ugly sock of Christ!

  • It was so hot, I felt like Frodo in the 3rd Matrix Movie.

  • What the Hell’s eating him?
    I bet you it’s not his girlfriend.

  • You had to put up with a lot while dating xxx. Was it the challenge, or was there anything else?
    Well, some people climb Mt. Everest.
    And others date xxx.

  • I’ve got an empthy thing. If you’re sad, I’m sad. If you’re crying, I cry too.
    I’m horny…

  • Mistletoe is always a good idea.

  • Better watch it, or you’re gonna get cream sauce all over your hoo-has…

  • Now with more God.

  • So how is it that God creates us both, man and woman, in his image?
    He’s a hermaphrodite?

  • Shallownees is only skin deep.

  • I don’t go on dates because I’m po’

  • Our people don’t make the difference. Our customers that buy our shit makes the difference.

  • She’s a Catherine with a C. Can’t you tell?

  • F*ck the cow. I wanna be a boy.

  • I have a full license to operate the cookie.

  • I’m just a lesbian with a built in strap on.

  • Now with more tongue.

  • “You know you’re drunk when you can’t feel what you’re eating anymore.”

  • “They go together like Oreos and mayonnaise.”

  • “I never realized you were white until I saw you dressed like this.”

  • I have a customer on the line who’s pissing me off! I’m about to be a faggot on a rampage!

  • Let the a$$ slapping begin!

  • Our food is really great, which is surprizing considering the crappy service.

  • “Carbonated yogart with Seltzer. It tasted like goat.”

  • “Wow, it’s like Valley girl meets caveman: Dude…ugg…dude!!…ugg..”

  • “So, you’re a fish snob?””I prefer to call myself an fish-anadio”

  • “I hope that’s blood.”, After slopily eating a steak.

  • “You’re going to like what I’m wearing tonight. Bring your Extra brain.”

  • “What?! You ate her danish and you didn’t even know her name?!”

  • “What makes you think I’m wearing underwear.”

  • “We need to start the rumor that all Jews are good dancers.””So, when a girl says ‘Good Dance.’, I should say, ‘Thanks, I’m Jewish.’?”

  • “I don’t need a push-up bra. I need a push-in.”

  • “Which one is Solomon?””He’s the one that looks like Harry Potter grown up about 10 years.”

  • “Swing dancing is great. There you are listening to great Jazz and grooving with hot women….some of which ride motorcycles.”

  • “He just gives women the look and they come dance with him.””A little big of tongue helps too.”

  • Smirnoff Ice? I haven’t sold that to a guy before.

  • “Well, you know 10% of people are gay.””No No No No No. Only 5-7% are…”
    “Sounds like someone’s in the 8 percentile.”

  • Is this corn starch or cocaine?
    Dude, I’m going to find out.
  • I gotta go. My Depends are riding up on me.
  • On dancing connection: “We’ve gotta give equal forces…like our friend Issan Newton said.”
  • This bar is very secure in it’s masculinity.
  • You know it’s a good blues dance when you have to adjust your clothing afterwards.
  • Somewhere, there’s a trailer park that’s empty, and a tornado that’s looking for something to do.
  • Whatever you do, you can do it better with more women.
  • You know you’re drunk when you don’t know whose navel you sucked it out of.
  • You’ve been a bad girl! Go to Tommy’s room!
  • Were you supposed to ravage me, or was I supposed to ravage you?
    You were supposed to get me drunk.
    Oh, should I drink you more?
  • Put the jailbait down.
  • Don’t make me bitchslap you where it counts.
  • I have a nine inch tongue and I can breathe through my ears.
  • Rod, what are you doing back there?”
  • I often have my head in the clouds…when it’s not up my ass.”
  • Is he your boy?””Tonight he is.”
  • It’s called foreplay! You damn men. That’s what’s wrong with you. You don’t take your time. Would it hurt you to heat up the pan before you put the meat in it?”
  • At least I’m a nice whore.”
  • Oh, I thought you were a lesbian.”
  • On movies: “He seems to only play black people.”
  • Vegetables are what food eats.”
  • Your hair is so silken. It’s like the rope they bound Gollum with.”
  • The more you eat…the more you drink…the more you throw up…the more you can eat.”
  • Wiskey always makes me butch.”
  • The water fountain doesn’t work and someone bit me!”
  • I just got sucker punched by a 6 foot 2 blonde amazon. I’m supposed to be embarrased, but I actually like it!”
  • Everything’s fine. Better than “Cats”. I wanna see it over and over again.”
  • Jesus loves everybody. But I’m his favorite.”
  • His Lindy hurts me.
  • I got a grey hair last year. That’ll never happen again.
  • All I need is a psychologically damaged man with good abs.
  • I look foward to dancing West Coast…when I get old enough.
  • I’m a musician. I play the radio.
  • Any party that lasts 20 hours, is a good party.
  • You know it’s a good party when there’s an octopus in the sink.
  • I have to remember to shave when I come to Tommy’s parties. I forgot about all of the man-handling.
  • This little piggy’s hung over, this little piggy’s hung over, this little piggy’s half in the bag, this little piggy had LOTS and this little piggy went WHHHEEEEEE!!!
  • Testostorne…We’re helpless under it’s power!
  • Mmmm…Mormons
  • You don’t know whose fault it is? It’s the fault of the wang. Don’t blame the wang.
  • If there’s a white girl telling you to shut up, you better SHUT UP!
  • Your mom said, “woot.”
  • When Luby’s starts closing down, you know the economy’s going down.
  • Damn, that was the part of my brain that did long division.
  • That was a double combo of happiness.
  • And what do they think happens to the placentas in the wild?!
  • My new instrument is my voice; because it’s, like, so portable.

Movie Night (Updated 11/16/03)

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On Sunday, May 26, my life changed. I found out that I was not whole and complete because I had missed out on a major part of American culture: Movies. So, to help me become a better person, my friends helped me compile a list of movies that I have yet to see. To undertake this huge task of watching all of these movies, (over 250) I will start planning “Catch Tommy Up on Good Movies” parties at my place. If you wish to join us or have an addition to the list, email me.


Movies Now Seen:





  • Requiem for a Dream – Everyone kept telling me how horribly depressive the movie was. I guess some part of my brain decided to flip the switch and force myself to be amused. Yeah, there were some pretty upsetting parts, but I thought the best character was the fridge. Had me rolling around in laughter.




  • Twin Peaks (TV Series) – “Who Killed Laura Palmer?” Saw the pilot. Sorry Matt, but it just didn’t catch my attention.



  • Tommy the Musical – “Tommy’s Cool, OK?!” That was one of the posters seen in the movie. I think that I finally found my life mantra. Pretty decent movie. Kinda confusing at times, but keep your eyes open for the cameo appearances.


  • Le Dernier Combat (Luc Besson) – Don’t see it. I don’t even think it was done by Luc Besson. We ended up fast forwarding through the whole thing just to see if there was a surprize ending. Nope.
  • BASEketball – Trey Parker and Matt Stone can get away with just about anything now. I think they were granted Diplomatic immunity in Hollywood, but the news never got out. This movie was wrong in about 200 different ways. All of which had us laughing and me on the floor rolling around. All that and the best site gag ever. Go see it. Don’t tell your mom.
  • Cure – Japanese psycho killer movie. Imagine killing your wife or some random stranger and then slice an X into their throat…why? Because you were hypnotised and it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
  • Deliverance – Wow. This was one of the movies I felt that I had to see because it was a classic, but wouldn’t be that good (i.e. Soylent Green), but it was surprisingly delightful.
  • Delicatessen – French movie done by the same guy as Amelie. Another dark French comedy. But not nearly as distrubing as Man Bites Dog.
  • Pitch Black – Van Diesel and aliens. What else can I say? I fell asleep halfway through it.
  • Man Bites Dog – This movie had nothing to do with dogs and everything to do about a dark French comedy with a killer who’s making a documentary about himself killing people. It got really gross at time. Not for the faint of heart.
  • The Specials – Oh my Lord! Talk about one of those movies, that prove you can’t judge a DVD by it’s cover. Lee pointed this movie out to me while at Movie Trading Company and we both scoffed at it, thinking it would be really stupid. I then suggested we watch it…because it would be really stupid. And that it was. But in a really funny good humored way. I now own that DVD.
  • Amazon Women on the Moon – By the creators of Kentucky Fried Movie. Sketch Comedy. But not nearly as good as KFM.
  • The Godfather – Wow. Another Classic, which I thought would be lame. Just as intense now as back in the 70’s. Now I must see Parts 2 and 3.
  • The Perfect Storm – Once again, George Clooney amazes me. I keep relating him to his GQ, stereotypical macho, handsome guy that doesn’t have much acting ability, but I think he did really well in this. Of course, watching it with my dad might have had an influence since he was a fisherman and my dad and I have gone out shrimping and fishing sometimes together.
  • French Connection – As part of the Falgout Family Food Festival, Rusty brought over this movie. My dad and Lee’s dad ragged the rest of us that had never seen of it and how great the car chase scenes were. Note to possible future viewers: There are no car chase scenes. The oldies of the group (Mom, Dad, Lee’s Dad) enjoyed it. The youngies (myself, Lee, Rachel, Allison, Rusty, Sarah, Valerie, Matt) agreed that it was a very boring movie.
  • City of Lost Children – A French movie. Very bizarre. Had one of the same guys as from Amelie. I’m sure that I would have liked it a lot more if I was in the mood for it, but I wasn’t. So, it left a bad taste in my mouth. Not a movie I would watch twice, so it just might stay there for a while.
  • Four Rooms – 95% of the way into this movie, I didn’t get it. It’s a Quentin Tarantino flick, but you’ve really gotta strap yourself in for the long ride tho. But I promise, it’s worth it.
  • Mulholland Dr. – Uhh….what was that about??? Like most of David Lynch’s stuff, it doesn’t make much sense, but you can tell that there’s a deep involved plot behind it, but that would take too much brain power to figure out. And besides, after seeing, it you feel like your brain is mush, so good luck. It was a very interesting movie, because I like bizarre twisted stuff like that, but it even made my head go pop. Oh yeah, and there was an interesting lesbian scene in there. Most of the guys were cheering when it happened, because Mr. Lynch was messing with you the whole time building up the tension between the two main female characters. Many lewd jokes from the peanut gallery followed.
  • The Legend of Speed – Another “Midnight Asian Movie”. Not nearly as good as Attack the Gas Station, but still a quality movie. To state it quickly, it’s like a Japanese “Fast and the Furious”
  • Attack the Gas Station – This is part of the “Midnight Asian Movie” festival held by the Asian Film Festival of Dallas. For those that aren’t in the know, at the Magnolia theatre, they show a FREE Asian movie at midnight. This is one of the funniest movie I’ve seen in quite a while. So much so, that I’m purchasing it. Let me know if you’d like for me to have a showing of it as I’d be more than happy to.
  • Seven Samurai – #8 on imdb.com’s Top 250 Film list. The Magnificent Seven is based off of this move, but in a more modern tale. I really enjoyed this movie, even though it was very lenghty and the plot advancement took a few hours. It was an over-all really good movie. Another black and white movie.
  • Dr. Strangelove (or how I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb) – Bizarre. This is the late Stanley Kubrick’s last movie before 2001, and was done in black and white. It was quite boring at the beginning (I fell asleep), but picked up in a very twisted way at the end. Thankfully, we had a real Dr. Strangelove buff with us watching and told us about the neat behind the scenes about the movie. As a classic, I recommend it.


  • Das Boot – INTENSE! This is THE ORIGINAL sub movie. U571? Feh! So much of what you see nowadays in movies is nothing more than a copy of this original German movie about a WWII U-boat and the hell (psychological and physical) that it’s crew went through to fulfill on it’s orders above and beyond what my mind can comprehend. It also covers the mistakes made by the German army at that time and how they weren’t too happy with Mr. Hitler at that time. Good movie.


  • Human Traffic – This was recommended by “Rusty” as a movie that’s not great, but when you’re finished, you’ve got a huge grin on your face because it’s a happy movie. How true he was. Yet another movie that came out as a big surprise to be a good flick. There’s no protagonist/antagonist conflict, but it’s a movie that when it’s done, you’re left smiling and feeling good about life.


  • Pi – I remember seeing the poster for this movie right after Se7en (one of my favorite movies.) came out and thought, “Wow…just another rip off.” Well, I was wrong. It’s not a rip of off that great movie, but a very strange movie by Daren Aronofsky about a mathematical genius who is obsessed with determining a sequence of number that has some vague connection to that infamous number Pi.


  • SLC Punk – Amazingly enough this was a REALLY good movie. I was expecting it to be full of bad acting and other not so great classic movie-isms, but the acting was really good and so was the plot (The trials and tribulations of an angst ridden anarchist growing up in Salt Lake City (SLC)…home of the Mormons.)


  • Go – Previously watched. I think I was one of the few people that enjoyed it. It follows one of my favorite quotes, “Life begins at 3AM.”


  • Soylent Green – Not a great movie, but a small portion of my life is complete because I’ve now seen Charleston Heston yell, “Soylent Green is People!!!”

  • Fight Club – GOOD MOVIE! Makes me want to start my own Fight Club…but I wouldn’t tell anyone about it.)

  • Harry Potter – Despite the negative publicity for it being a children’s book, this was a really good movie. I highly recommend.


  • The Sweetest Thing – Typical movie of women discovering live, love, men and why they’re still single. Engh…


  • Oceans 11 – Really good movie thus proving that Julia Roberts will be eternally beautiful.


  • North by Northwest – Good Alfred Hitchcock movie. Not my type of movie tho. But definitely one of those that I’m glad that I’ve seen.


  • O Brother, Where Art Thou – Apparently, this movie is based on Homer’s “Oddessey”. I haven’t personally read the Oddessey, but I know that it’s mostly based on Mythology. Thankfully, I did have some people who knew it and was able to point out the parallelisms out to be. (I like hanging out with smart people.) Definitely a good movie…I bet the soundtrack is good too.


  • Monster’s Inc – Not to be confused with Monster’s Ball. This is the animated movie by Pixar. One of the things I love most about Pixar are the short movies that they put at the front of each of their feature movies. This one had me rolling around laughing. All together, it was an amazing movie. Just make sure to watch it all the way through the credits.


  • The Man Who Went Up A Hill And Came Down A Mountain – I learned a bit of English trivia watching this movie. All Hugh Grant movies have a love scene in them. Yup. This one too. A quaint movie with a nice pretty plot and filled with human spirit. And the girl from “Run Lola Run”…a movie I haven’t seen yet.

  • 2001: Space Oddsey


  • The Cook the Thief His Wife and Her Lover


  • The Shining


  • Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

  • This is Spinal Tap

  • Raising Arizona


  • Chocolat



  • Clash of the Titans


  • Doom Generation


  • Logans Run


  • The Gods Must be Crazy

Movies To See




  • Tron






  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles







  • Old Yeller (Am I going to cry at the end of this?)






  • Taxi Driver


  • Bonnie and Clyde



  • My Big Fat Greek Wedding

  • Rashomon (Japanese Movie)

  • Lord Rama


  • Brazil


  • Subway (Luc Besson)


  • The Big Blue (Luc Besson)


  • Yamakasi (Luc Besson)


  • Groove Tube

  • Supercop

  • Orgasmo


  • Devil’s Advocate


  • Krull


  • Phare Du Four


  • The Adventures of Barron Von Munchausen


  • The Barber


  • Being Light


  • When Harry Met Sally


  • Grave of the Fireflies (Anime)


  • Highway 61


  • Nil By Mouth


  • Kafka

  • Shindler’s List


  • In the Name of the Father


  • The Name of the Rose


  • Full Monty


  • Green Mile

  • Young Frankenstein
  • Full Metal Jacket

  • American History X


  • Defending Your Life


  • Fist of Legend

  • Groove

  • Nowhere


  • Fucked


  • U-Turn

  • Pushing Tin
  • Casablanca

  • Eating Raul


  • African Queen


  • Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner


  • One Flew Over the Cookoo’s Nest

  • Carrie

  • Chinatown


  • 9 1/2 Weeks


  • Body Heat


  • All the Presidents Men


  • Moonstruck


  • The Last Castle


  • Butch Cassidy


  • Behind the Green Door


  • The Sting


  • The Hustler


  • The Great Escape

  • Being There

  • With 6 & an Egg Roll


  • Sex, Lies & Videotape


  • Multplicity


  • The Longest Yard


  • Rush


  • Heaven Can Wait


  • Michael


  • Dog Day Afternoon


  • Scarface


  • Tha American President


  • Notting Hill


  • A Knight’s Tale


  • Frankenstein


  • Silent Movie


  • Grand Canyon


  • Fahrenheit 451


  • Mr. Mom


  • Author Author


  • The Rose


  • The Road to Morocco


  • Platoon


  • The Others


  • Sex and the Single Girl

  • Gidget

  • Regarding Henry


  • Animal Farm


  • Fletch


  • Forever Young


  • Powder


  • The Patriot


  • City of Angels


  • Time Machine (original)


  • Starman


  • Enemy Mine


  • Star Chamber


  • Andromeda Strain


  • Breakfast Club


  • M. Butterfly

  • Sleeper
  • Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex, but Were Afraid to Ask

  • Westside Story


  • Jesus Christ Superstar


  • Godspell


  • Hair


  • Big Wednesday


  • St Elmo Fire


  • Paper Moon

  • Beaches

  • Private Benjamin


  • A League of Their Own


  • Them


  • Dawn of the Living Dead


  • Misery


  • Suspect


  • Fatal Attraction


  • The Jerk


  • Women Behind Bars


  • Last Dance


  • Green Beret


  • Billy Jack


  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea


  • Fast Times at Ridgemont High


  • Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion


  • The Truth about Cats and Dogs


  • While You Were Sleeping


  • Entrapment


  • Groundhound Day


  • What About Bob?


  • Stake Out

  • Fargo


  • Dangerous Liasons


  • To Sir with Love


  • Zorro the Gay Blade


  • Romancing the Stone


  • Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitters Dead


  • Pacific Heights


  • Prince of Tides


  • What Lies Beneath


  • The Deep


  • Ed


  • Pushing Tim


  • Arthur


  • Micky and Maude


  • Benny and Joon


  • Bound


  • Decadent Night in Tokyo

  • Paper Chase

  • Best Little Whorehouse in Texas


  • The End


  • High Anxiety

  • Midnight Cowboys

  • Space Cowboys


  • The Day the Earth Stood Still


  • Pollack


  • Diner


  • My Dinner with Andre


  • American Graffiti


  • Ordinary People (Have I seen already?)


  • Same Time Next Year


  • MASH


  • They Shoot Horses Don’t They

  • Out of Africa

  • The Natural


  • Rudy


  • Turning Point


  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes


  • For the Love of the Game


  • Donny Bosco


  • Bridget Jones’ Diary


  • Jason and the Argonauts


  • Fritz the Cat


  • The Boxer


  • Wild Things (I recommended this to myself for the Denise Richards/Neve Cambell apperance.)


  • The Bound


  • Dangerous Choice


  • The Color Purple


  • Blue Lagoon


  • Yellow Submarine


  • Black Rain

  • Wild at Heart

  • Giant


  • Iron Giant


  • Citizen Kane


  • Trading Places


  • The Piano


  • Living Out Loud


  • Copycat


  • One Joint


  • 9 to 5


  • 9 Months


  • Rain Tree County


  • The Committments


  • Twilight Zone


  • Family Disturbance


  • My Life In Pink

  • Wings of Desire

  • Elizabeth


  • Timecode


  • Cube

  • Ghost World

  • Dead Again


  • The Tall Guy


  • Dial M for Murder


  • Midnight Cowboys


  • Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf


  • The Apartment


  • Todo Sobre Mi Madre


  • Killing Zoe


  • Dangerous Liasons

Bad Movies to See:



  • Dr. T. & the Women


  • Desperate Living – John Waters