Dan Abromowitz



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The Movies, Today!

Dan Abromowitz

Animus Gone Wild — Feb 11, 2010

REPO MEN
Repo Men is about a guy who does a thing with a partner in a dystopian future who fucks up that thing and then has to fight against his partner and, indeed, the whole of society, for the sake of truth. You might remember this movie as District 9, Equilibrium, the video game Haze, Avatar, Minority Report, Fahrenheit 451, Logan’s Run and The Giver.

The Movies, Today

Dan Abromowitz

Precious White Eggs — Feb 18, 2010

OUR FAMILY WEDDING
Are we so quick to forget the lessons of West Side Story? Latinos and blacks are natural enemies. When they fall in love, their families will inevitably feud, and it will be sassy as hell. YOU KNEW THIS WHEN YOU STARTED DATING, ATTRACTIVE INTERRACIAL COUPLE. YOU MUST HAVE.

The Movies, Today

Dan Abromowitz

Olympian — Feb 25, 2010

WALL STREET: MONEY NEVER SLEEPS
Having been cryogenically frozen at the end of Wall Street, Kirk “Michael” Douglas has returned to wreak havok on this new, technologically advanced century with ’80s know-how and slick suspenders. As any movie buff would know, this premise is a direct rip-off of Jason X, the one where Jason kills people on a space ship instead of next to a lake.

Human-Bone Scythes, Poleaxes, Death and Boobs

Dan Abromowitz

No Hard Feelings — Mar 25, 2010

As you might have guessed, the Nassau Weekly is full of a bunch of super-nerds who are really into books and junk. To give you an indication of how into books they are, consider this: Every week, they have their meeting in a library. Also, once, no lie, I saw ...

The Movies, Today

Dan Abromowitz

Counter-Colicchio — Apr 8, 2010

Jesse meets Ethan. Ethan’s a little geeky, but luckily he’s the cute kind of geeky where he’s all “aw shucks” and witty and goofy...

A Man is Defined by his Actions

Dan Abromowitz

The Literary Issue — Apr 29, 2010

Having finally made his decision after weeks of deliberation, including long sessions of pacing, breaking into sprawling, silent walks from his apartment to the piers to the bridge to the square and then back, all the while considering implications and ramifications and whether it would be stronger to or stronger ...

Farewell, Connor

Dan Abromowitz

The Reunions Issue — May 27, 2010

Several weeks ago President Shirley Tilghman, Dean of the College Nancy Weiss Malkiel, and memoirist Cornel West gave their final regards to former USG president, Pyne Prize winner and reality television show contestant Connor Diemand-Yauman in a private, unpublicized ceremony. The Nassau Weekly has obtained a transcript of Prof. West ...