http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/krantz I’ll be blogging from there for awhile, mainly because it’s easier… and this site keeps getting hacked. I’m at WSOP, so I’ll also be using Twitter way more often than usual, follow me @dckrantz.
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CLICK HERE INTERNET MEDIA CONSUMERS! (and buy a DVD.) Also, great interview that Poker Curious did with Ryan about the FBTR project.
read full article →IT’S GOOD TO BE BACK. Been traveling so much and now I’m home for about 2-3 months, which is probably the longest stretch I’ve been home for in the past year. My apartment needs some finishing and the gym needs going and poker needs playing because I am rusty and the WSOP is around the [...]
read full article →Episode 2: good2cu is up for another 9 hours or so at: robustothemovie.com We ran into some apocalyptic technology problems and so it’s only going to be up temporarily, and then back again with a shiny website for the entire project towards the end of March. Reviews are mixed, and all the criticisms are pretty [...]
read full article →FBTR Episode Two: Coming 3/14/10 from Ryan Firpo on Vimeo.
read full article →From Busto to Robusto: Episode Two teaser from Ryan Firpo on Vimeo. As mentioned on the 2p2 Pokercast.
read full article →Firstly, a little bit of background on my mysterious co-blogger, Jordo. Jordan Cohen and I have been friends since high school. He’s been into movies (and I mean movies, all kinds, every genre, he watches so much film it puts me to shame) since I’ve known him and went to the world renowned film school [...]
read full article →NEWS: From Busto to Robusto: Captain Zeebo will play at the 18th Annual Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival on Saturday, October 17th at 4:30pm. The HSDFF is the only festival in the country dedicated solely to documentary filmmaking and is recognized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (aka the guys that give [...]
read full article →So looking at my Netflix “recently watched” I can surmise I watch documentaries at about a 3:1 clip over any other genre. I’m about 3x more likely to watch good doc than any other kind. Why is that? I’m not sure, but like I’ve said before on DL, I’m mostly interested in plausible stories. Sure, [...]
read full article →Thanks to all you DL readers who have given encouragement and great feedback about DangerLion and our contributions here. I love contributing and I think you’ll like what we’re going to do with the site. Took a look at a bunch of new movie trailers, and here are some thoughts. GREAT Fantastic Mr. Fox - [...]
read full article →New category for all you long-time Dangerlion readers – in addition to moo-vees, operation DUNK, Poker, screenwriting and The World is Flat, we’ve now got life as the cameras know it. A bunch of people have told me they want to hear more stories about what life was/is like being on a reality TV show [...]
read full article →24 hours ago I was sitting in a green room, drinking coffee with my co-stars, shaking hands with the head honchos at G4 and Comcast, patiently waiting to go out and sit on a panel to field questions from reporters about our television show. Lorenzo Lamas was there too, but he’d have to wait until [...]
read full article →G4 LETS THE CHIPS FLY THIS SUMMER WITH “2 MONTHS, $2 MILLION” PREMIERING SUNDAY, AUGUST 16 AT 9:00PM ET /PT New Series Follows Four Young Online Poker Pros as They Set Up Shop in Las Vegas and Attempt to Earn $2 Million in Just Two Months Los Angeles, CA, July 27, 2009 – This [...]
read full article →Where to begin. I’m sitting in a hotel room in San Francisco. The girls are out shopping, Jordo (along for the ride, out to Vegas for Episode 10 because I needed him to see just what had happened to us this summer) is at an improv comedy festival and the three other guys, my three [...]
read full article →Over two years ago, I started work on a documentary project here: http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/show…ge=0&fpart=all And today we can finally present the first in what hopefully will become a multi-part series chronicling the very, very interesting world that we are all a part of, from small stakes family men to the politics of poker to high stakes [...]
read full article →HERE’S the lineup for the Cannes film festival thanks to AintitCoolnews.com. Below you’ll find some films showing at Cannes that you might want to take a look at, though I’ve never heard of the majority of these films/filmmakers so my bias is apparent: UP U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson ANTICHRIST, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier ENTER [...]
read full article →So I’ve been super busy with school lately, but on the bright side I’ve seen a lot of really good films including The Class, Santa Sangre, Down By Law, and Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai. I’ll throw some thoughts on those up soon. In the meantime, my friend Olivia recently questioned my 3/5 Netflix [...]
read full article →http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/84320 Never seen my opponent before but we’d been playing for about 20-30 minutes and he very aggro preflop and on the flop (reraising often, opening a high % of buttons and calling or 4-betting most of my 3-bets). He was checkraising really often on the flop; in one hand I floated A56r with 89 [...]
read full article →You might remember Jay and I mentioning the football movie “Harvard Beats Yale 29-29.” Jay and I both recently saw the movie in its limited release in New York. I loved it, best football movie I’ve ever seen. Its getting a wider release today and you can check out the trailer here.
read full article →Is it possible Terminator Salvation WON’T SUCK?
read full article →AICN is reporting on the next movie in the works for Alexander Payne (writer/director) & Jim Taylor (writer/producer) who co-wrote all the aforementioned movies along with “Citizen Ruth” and an incredibly beautiful and stirring short which stands out in ”Je Taime Paris,” among a collection of interesting experimental short films from some great directors including Milk’s Gus Van Sant shot [...]
read full article →And since I am so goddamn helpful: http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_features/9/ That movie is going to be pretty much the sickest thing ever IMO. http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/explicitills/ http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/gigantic/ I think Paul Dano is a VERY talented actor. I’m sure everyone has seen Little Miss Sunshine but if you haven’t, watch it immediately. And of course he also knocks socks in [...]
read full article →I caught myself up on the 3rd season of 30 rock and clearly its < Seasons 1 & 2. Right off the bat, where’s TRACY JORDAN. He’s getting less screen time than Selma Hayek (sooo hot) who’s playing a bit role, which is all lead up until the Alec Baldwin character and the Tina Fey [...]
read full article →Watch “Important Things with Demetri Martin” on Comedy Central. There’s a cpl sketches, namely the De Veers one in the first episode, that had my jaw hurting from laughing so hard. Just spilled sugar-free Red Bull ALL over myself. Not showering in 4 days has its advantages. I once went an entire week in college [...]
read full article →She’s a peach she’s a doll she’s a pal of mine My review: get high and go see it.
read full article →First of all 3-D tech…holy shit. I’ve now seen back-to-back really great 3-D movies. First Bolt, now Coraline. With 3-D, you get such an all-encompassing thrills and chills experience it makes you feel like a kid again. In the opening sequence of Coraline, tied together by one of many haunting songs which make up a [...]
read full article →I don’t know just why I keep a blog. Suppose a nice reason is that it’s a constantly evolving outlet for reflection. I think it’s reasonably important to be self-aware enough to see where you are and think about where you’ve been and where you want to go. So here’s a smorgasboard of thought on [...]
read full article →DL posters, thanks for the responses and keep them coming: On the subject of the Jesse James movie, kwantum posted…My favorite shot from ‘08 was the dark scene with the train moving in when they are about to rob it in The Assassination of Jesse James By the Coward Robert Ford. Jordo – [...]
read full article →Really Like it: MILK – Sean Penn is great, there’s no doubt about it. If you haven’t seen it yet, maybe you’ve read reviews with a similar vibe to Roger Ebert’s: SEAN PENN…Sean Penn!! sean.penn/oscar.com…Woah dude, Spicoli’s an actor?!?. Just like Daniel Day Lewis in last year’s There Will Be Blood, Penn is featured in [...]
read full article →I heard that just the other day. WTF? You Dangerlioners out there, do you feel the same way? Shit, I really enjoyed Bolt in 3-D. Watching Harvard Beats Yale 29-29 @ the Film Forum with a date, along with 15 or so retiree couples was so much fun. And that is despite the John Madden [...]
read full article →GREAAT The Wrestler – I don’t know. Maybe it’s because watching wrestling consumed so very much of my childhood. Not just watching, but living wrestling (occasionally WCW, predominately pre-NWO WWF for those who care). Maybe it’s because I dig Darren Aronofsky’s work in Pi, especially in Requiem For a Dream, and, most recently, in The [...]
read full article →Jay, if you haven’t seen 30 Rock, you’re missing out on the best-written show on television (that’s including the 1st, 2nd, AND the 3rd season, now 3 episodes deep). And have you seen Southland Tales yet? LOVE/D IT: SYNECDOCHE, NY – Charlie Kaufman (Adaptation, Eternal Sunshine, Being John Malkovich) makes his directorial debut. Not [...]
read full article →It’s undoubtedly my Sony Bravia 46″ (patiently waiting for my return in storage in Soho, I am SO sorry I left you there and yes I’ve missed you like ice cream!). Now I’m sure there are better televisions out there, but I’m biased because this one was mounted on the wall at the base of [...]
read full article →Blogging. Besides that, I took October off from poker playing (well, besides videos so it’s not really a clean break, we are still hooking up late night) and poker investing to concentrate on other important things like writing (my playwriting class starts tomorrow), reading (have already finished 2 books), and movie watching. On the movie [...]
read full article →LIKED VICKY CHRISTINA BARCELONA – Woody Allen once again seesaws back with a mature, good one. What will be the next Snoop/Cassandra’s Dream? MAN ON WIRE – Moves quickly, a docu with tightrope thrills about a tightrope thrill. IN TREATMENT – HBO show. MEH Tropic Thunder – Clever is to the first couple of minutes [...]
read full article →Today a new Star Wars movie comes out in theaters and I’m not going to see it the day it premieres for the first time in over ten years. I don’t really even have any interest in seeing it at all. George Lucas has just become an atrocious filmmaker (even though he didn’t have much [...]
read full article →Just saw his post, kinda surprised he liked Dark Knight that much since he’s typically so contrarian. But anyways WELCOME BACK (when you get back). Can we get a top 5 or top 10 list of highlights from your summer abroad?
read full article →The time has come, on Friday I come home. I leave Rome for New York and I am so excited I can hardly contain myself. At the same time that happiness is so bittersweet because when I leave I will have left the best summer of my life. Though, at the same time, there’s no doubt [...]
read full article →I began my love affair with Joss Whedon in high school with Buffy. Huge crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar back then. I sort of lost touch with the show after it moved to UPN, but rediscovered Joss senior year of college with Netflix and Firefly. And that summer after graduating I watched every episode of [...]
read full article →George Carlin was one of the funniest and smartest stand-up comedians there was, but his greatest quality was that he was always looking to push the status quo a little, or a lot, further. His accomplishments only loom larger when you compare them against those of some of our most successful stand-up comics right now [...]
read full article →Vegas cash game-wise was a steady swing up for the first week accompanied by a very bad past few days, erasing all of my gains. Right now I just can’t bear the thought of putting in any more hands in the immediate future (my confidence right now is so un-krantzian) so I’ve decided to take [...]
read full article →Busiest week ever, but once I’m free…serious movie binge (let me know if I’m missing anything): 1) Iron Man I’ve…got…to control…expectations, too many…good reviews http://screenrant.com/images/french-iron-man-poster.jpg 2) Indiana Jones I would’ve paid $11 for the trailer. http://host.trivialbeing.org/up/indy4-dec11-hr_Indiana_Jones_poster.jpg 3) Speed Racer Yum…candy. http://www.firstshowing.net/img/speedracer-lenticular2.jpg 4) Forgetting Sarah Marshall “Pretty funny” is the general consensus. I’ll [...]
read full article →I’m writing my final paper in “Contemporary French Cinema.” I’m investigating the “cinema du blockbuster” that is now prevalent in France. The directors of these big-budgeted (by French standards, not Hollywood) “audience-friendly” movies are the first wave of directors in France not to cite the New Wave and other French influences. In fact, Jean-Pierre Jeunet [...]
read full article →This is a quick update because I am inundated with work though whatever…ITS THE FINAL STRETCH of Spring semester 08. This summer I am planning to travel for a little more than two months in Europe. I’m starting off in Spain. At this point it looks like I am going solo. The plan is to [...]
read full article →This trailer stirred something in my loins: Pineapple Express - 95% i’ll see it Checked these shits out too: For laughs, read the trailer description - Jack and Jill Vs the World Tropical Thunder - like a companion movie to Zoolander (fantastic flick…only after having watched it twice), except with Robert Downey Jr. in blackface…75% i’ll see it Mamma Mia! - good trailer, going after the Devil Wears [...]
read full article →After playing basketball and winning a free dinner in a 2×2 contest against Jay and a friend we went to Jay’s pad in hopes of seeing Leatherheads last night. However, as you learn quickly when you’re friends with a high-stakes online poker player, planned events often = sitting on your friend’s living room couch watching [...]
read full article →One of our CCS companions Lisa told us a story at lunch one day about her time living in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Around 1989, the U.S. crack epidemic hit Brooklyn pretty hard and Lisa and her neighbors felt the area was quickly becoming too hazardous a place to live. What pushed them to finally leave? A desperate crackhead fell to [...]
read full article →1) Click: http://www.purchaseradio.org.2) Click the speaker link on the left column.3) Listen4) Pay it forwardAllow Myself To Introduce Myself – Mondays @ 8PM. Over 7 weeks I introduce myself to 7 unfamiliar types of music.1st Episode (3/24)2nd Episode (3/31)3rd Episode (4/7)4th Episode (4/14)5th Episode (4/21)6th Episode (4/28)7th Episode FINAL (5/5)If you miss an episode and [...]
read full article →The wall has collapsed and I’m rushing across. Vive la Dangerlion! And holy shit Jay, that last picture is nuts. Go Emil!!!! If Be Kind Rewind looks interesting to you, see it. From Michel Gondry, the director of the incredible Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, dreamy Science of Sleep, and infectiously fun Dave Chappelle’s [...]
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read full article →NEW YORK — In celebrating an end to the writers’ strike, apparently, Jay and I have initiated a strike of our own. Dangerlion has been untouched for a week now presumably resulting in a marked readership decline to 0. To sate concerns, I’ve obviously crossed the strike lines in order to bring you this update. [...]
read full article →The 3-month long strike is over. Bring on the scripted goodness.
read full article →The assignment was to pick a film that we have screened or will screen in class. I picked Cleo from 5 to 7 because I had seen it last semester in French Cinema From 1930 and I had at least 3 books from that class which covered the movie really well. Though I chose the [...]
read full article →Cleo From 5 to 7 (1962) — Directed By Agnes Varda I was recently reminded of one of the great lessons of cinema which comes from the preeminent film archivist, former head of Paris’ Cinematheque Henri, and schoolmaster to the major players of french cinema’s eventual “nouvelle vague” Henri Langlois who preached that to love [...]
read full article →You set my soul at ease [Eli] Chased darkness out of view Left your desperate spell on me Say you feel it too I know you do I’ve got so much more to give This can’t die, I yearn to live Pour yourself all over me And I’ll cherish every drop here on my [...]
read full article →Fight On USC Trojans, according to scouting service Rivals.com, the Southern Cal football team compiled the #7 recruiting class in the nation after yesterday’s national Letter of Intent day. Probably the least “sexy” recruiting class Pete Carroll has brought in during his tenure, but possibly the most needs-satisfying. I’ll have a full update for [...]
read full article →Amour l’après-midi, L’ (1972) aka “Chloe in the Afternoon” – USA aka “Love in the Afternoon” Directed/Written by Eric Rohmer -Amazingly, despite and resultant of the few actual embraces between Frederic and Chloe there is a palpable sensuality and sexuality in the film. The embraces, as a result, have a super-kinetic tactile quality. In the [...]
read full article →Sweet poster, though. Cloverfield sucked, it’s true. But I guess it’s worth seeing for all the hot people in it – Odette Yustman is REALLY hot – and since JJ Abrams undoubtedly left hidden LOST clues strewn throughout. If you don’t know what Cloverfield is, you probably don’t have access to the Internet or this [...]
read full article →I’ve written 3/4 of the first page of a new screenplay I intend to work on throughout the year. The script outline follows Harold, an unfunny and sexually inexperienced improv comedian, who finds that the more he treats life like a “game,” the more funny and attractive he becomes to others. That is until he [...]
read full article →Firstly, if you guys have not been reading justicewagon.com, do so immediately. Ever since Chuck went pro he’s been writing these hilarious cracked-out blog posts at like 7am on all sorts of topics ranging from poker to the Giants to an imagined stroll through NYC with Al Gore. Must read for the aspiring poker professional [...]
read full article →I have been ready to pay my $10-12, sit back and enjoy since almost the word “go”, or in the case of my interaction with the movie There Will Be Blood, from nearly the first moment I was aware that the director from Boogie Nights, Magnolia, Punchdrunk Love, and Hard Eight was making his next [...]
read full article →DeucesCracked launch has been really crazy. I don’t sleep anymore – I just take random 3-5 hour naps in between meetings, emails, forum posts and working on videos. Each day I knock some more items off the ole to-do list and the fuckers that remain decide to fornicate and more new ones pop out in [...]
read full article →Saw Juno with my brother yesterday. You should see it, too. Lines like these are what make me want to be a screenwriter: Juno [yelling]: Uh, Dad? Dad: Yeah? Juno: Either I wet my pants… or… Dad: “Or”…? Juno: Or… THUNDERCATS ARE GO! or Juno: I’m a legend. You know, they call me the cautionary [...]
read full article →Charlie Wilson’s War. Tom Hanks kills it but it’s not until you see Philip Seymour Hoffman and John Slattery (of Mad Men, incidentally one of the best TV shows out right now) that you realize how damn good the script by Aaron Sorkin is. Go!
read full article →South Park fans are familiar with the Imagination Land Trilogy. Those 3 episodes are some of the most creative, hilarious television I’ve ever seen. If you haven’t seen, them, watch them. The premise is that the kids travel to Imagination Land, a world inhabited by all the characters that exist inside our imagination. Like Snarf [...]
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