Remember Bad Influence? No?! Well, do you remember the ostentation and decadence of the 90’s? Do you remember when nightclubs used to be cool? Do you remember when parties were glamorous and fun? Do you remember how you once had a huge crush on Rob Lowe? Do you remember James Spader? Watch Bad Influence again […]
Read More »I’m running out of great films to recommend! What to do, what to do… Oh, I know! I’ll just inquire of other people which films they’d recommend. And to keep it all in the spirit of PX This, I’ll ask some of the aficionados and arbiters in and around the F&B/Nightlife industry! Won’t that be […]
Read More »Yeah so I wracked my brain trying to think of a nice, warm-hearted, feel-good movie to recommend for the holiday, but LOL!— I couldn’t come up with a single one (you haven’t already seen). So perhaps try: The Valet. It’s funny! Ya know, just in case you don’t really feel like watching football or […]
Read More »Since it’s "scrappy liitle fucker" Filipino Appreciation Week here at PX This, my latest Netflix recommendation is Scratch. Originally suggested to me by an amazing "scrappy little fucker" Filipina friend, I marvelled at performances by ("scrappy little fucker" Filipino) Beastie Boys’ ‘Mike D,’ widely credited with inventing the "scratch" turntablism genre, and ("scrappy little […]
Read More »This week’s Netflix recommendation of La Misma Luna, a beautiful, heartwarming film, goes out to all the unsung heroes of the F&B/Hospitality industries. Thank you for everything. We could never do it without you. :)
Read More »Who Killed…Capitalism… [with] No End in Sight? Face it: even if you despise Michael Moore because you think he is a big fat hypocrite for capitalizing on his documentary about the hypocrisy of capitalism (or whatever it is you think or claim to think because you’re really a closet Republican or a wealthy CEO or […]
Read More »Yup, it’s perennial Travel Month at PX This. Hooray! But now it’s time to lighten it up just a bit around here, since I’m sure the last few film recommendations completely swept you up and away and had you sobbing and weeping like a pitiful little bitch. Have no fear— some laughter, hilarity and gaiety […]
Read More »In keeping with this month’s “Travel Series” @ PX This, for my next recommendation, I would like to heartily suggest the beautiful and critically acclaimed film (and one of my personal favorites), Water. Seeing as you’re stuck here in the big city while we incessantly shove gorgeous images of exotic locales down your petulant […]
Read More »OK, so I promised at some point I would go back to recommending movies with F&B related themes. Certainly, no F&B film appreciation repertoire is complete without three of the best movies ever made about food and/or wine— Vatel, Eat Drink Man Woman, and the more recently released, Bottle Shock. Visually stunning, viscerally moving, […]
Read More »Just watch it. If you like good compelling stories, and don’t mind the subtitles (what kind of illiterate jackass actually minds subtitles?), Just Another Love Story will have you on the edge of your seat, chewing your fingers off. Later I may go back to recommending good movies with food and/or wine and/or other […]
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