In the Woody Allen film “Whatever Works” a tone-deaf Larry David plays a Woody Allen manque and falls flat.  It doesn’t help that he’s plugged into a poorly-written formula comedy.  I love Larry David in “Curb Your Enthusiasm” but he appears to be one of those supremely successful orchestrators who, like Madonna, cannot get [...]

A charming time-capsule starring another charismatic but forgotten actor, Dane Clark (not the execrable Dane Cook), alongside a young Sidney Poitier, “Go Man Go!” features a bebop score by Slim Galliard, who was a favorite of Jack Kerouac. I wonder what the connection with “On the Road” is — I remember the phrase “Go Man [...]

Super-hero who subdues criminals by use of a tremendous cough. Funerals in the future, the eulogy is simply a recitation of the deceased’s Google search term history. New anti-depressant trade-named “Ethelmerman”. Baby-showers attended by single women. If I am at a bar or other singles-oriented gathering and people bring their baby, I suddenly I feel [...]