John McClane
Against my best judgment, saw Live Free or Die Hard last week. It’s…. action packed. I’m a big fan of the first and third films in the Die Hard series, especially the first. Willis’ McClane is an...
View ArticleOn Sex(ism) and Ratatouille
Wow, busy times around these parts this weekend. In no thanks to me. But I had a busy weekend of movie-watching, sun-enjoying relaxation. Part of this included going to see Ratatouille yesterday at a...
View ArticleHappily Repressed Memories
Huh, until I found it scrolling through a list of the year’s worst films so far I had completely forgotten a picture about some kind of numerology horseshit starring Jim Carrey and directed by Joel...
View ArticleMainstream Movie Report: Apatow Edition
I’m way behind on my movie blogging, so the two Apatow movies seem like a good place to start. Asthetically, they’re evidently both extremely funny. The first two-thirds of Knocked Up are more...
View ArticleMust-See Movie Pick of the day (week? month?)
I saw Charles Ferguson‘s documentary “No End in Sight” last night. Here’s a clip: The film, unlike many other documentaries that have been made about Iraq, focuses not on the days between 9/11 and the...
View ArticleMcCarthy on Film
Erik points out that John Hillcoat of The Proposition is set to direct Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, with Viggo Mortensen starring as the father character. Like Erik, I have mixed feelings. I didn’t...
View ArticleEye of the Tiger!
I’m in the midst of a five film long Rocky marathon on Spike. My thoughts… The first film is an immortal classic, as long as one can accept melodrama. If you try to approach Rocky with any sense of...
View ArticleInter-Inception
It appears as if my wife and I are the only two people on the face of the planet who hated Inception. She walked out about an hour and change into it—immediately before the tedious exposition that...
View ArticleLights, Camera, Blackness!
Fencing Match between St.-Georges and La Chevalière D’Eon Never mind movies about slavery. The world will be a poorer place until there are a few about about Joseph Bolonge, Chevalier de Saint-George....
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