Previously on Adam Riff™: I headed up to the city to see Charlie Bartlett. Seeing a copy of Youth in Revolt on Charlie's nightstand gave me a T.E. Michael Cera has signed on to star in "Youth in Revolt," Dimension Films' adaptation of the best-selling…
Date Archives August 2007
Stylin' and Profilin'
Dobi's wedding party photographs look like magazine spreads. The blocking in the first shot evokes the Danielson Famile. • wedding photos!
Fat March
Okay, so when they introduce everyone they say their name and their job and their age. But one of them Anthony is only introduced as "Anthony/26 Year Old Virgin." Being a fat virgin isnt a job! [source] Lulz.
Split Happens
Noggin and The N will split into two 24-hour channels beginning December 31. [source] Yes! 84 more hours for Degrassi mini-marathons! The N will replace Nick GaS. No! DirecTV doesn't carry Nick GaS! There will be blood… To fill in the extra time it will…
Bust a cap in Jurass
We're told that in Jurassic Park IV, the government has trained dinosaurs to carry weapons and use them for battle purposes. [source] Battle purposes against, say, Dinobots? Spielberg is behind both movie franchises…
The Rape of Peking
Move over, Dubai. In advance of the 2008 Beijing Olympics (boo, registration!): A tangle of twig-like steel, nicknamed the Bird's Nest, dwarfs everything around the 91,000-seat National Stadium. (Swiss architects) Next door is the National Aquatics Center, known as the Water Cube because it looks…
Never Grow Old
Corey Feldman, Jamison Newlander and Corey Haim will reprise their roles as the Frog brothers and Sam Emerson in The Lost Boys 2. Playing the lead villain in the sequel? Angus Sutherland, Kiefer's half-brother. [source] (Paul McCrane is busy) Kiefer's father Donald, of course, played…
Djoko, Oh No!
The U.S. Open just got a whole lot more interesting.
Slings and Arrows
I bought a MacBook Pro in June and have yet to switch over from my seven-year-old, 833 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 800×600 HP Pavilion. In fact, I've only powered the MacBook on once. It's useless to me without Photoshop. Needless to say, I'm terrible at…