Found Iron Kissed on the shelf at B&N today, a week early, and promptly devoured it. This series just keeps getting better — as far as I'm concerned, it sits at the top of the urban fantasy/paranormal romance heap. Briggs is especially clever about opening up pieces of … [Read more...] about Quick reviews
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So I haven't posted much lately. Sorry about that. Here's a quick roundup of what's going on…. Michael finished his fall classes last week, did OK in both, and starts a minimester tomorrow, unless he can talk his advisor into substituting an old credit for this class. … [Read more...] about quickly….
August Rush
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
For the first twenty minutes or so, I thought this was going to be a brilliant movie. The cinematography was incredible, the James brothers were interestingly broody, the train robbery was clicking right along… … and then. the. movie. slowed. down. . OMG … [Read more...] about The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
This is a movie about guns and the carrots who love them.
So we went to see Shoot 'Em Up tonight. Wow. Here's a transcript of our conversation afterward: MICHAEL: Wow. ME: blinky [time passes] ME: Wow. MICHAEL: blinky ME: headshake MICHAEL: Wow. It's amazing. All the reviews I'd seen were glowing. You'd've thought this was the best … [Read more...] about This is a movie about guns and the carrots who love them.
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3:10 to Yuma: Wow. Russell Crowe and Christian Bale are outstanding, and so is the plot. (It's Elmore Leonard, being great the way he does.) Gretchen Mol is still made of cardboard, and I continue to wonder why people keep casting her, but fortunately she doesn't have all that … [Read more...] about Quick reviews
Stardust
Utterly delightful. Different from the graphic novel in many ways, but delightful. It turns out that most people I know who've read the book at all have read the versions published without the illustrations. People: you have been cheated out of half the story. This is the … [Read more...] about Stardust
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Did I really write "end of scene" last night as a reason for stopping? That was not the end of the scene. This is the end of the scene. New words: 896 Reason for stopping: I fall over now. Sustenance: Raspberry tea, low-fat Ben & Jerry's chocolate-fudge … [Read more...] about Need more internet
Spider-Man 3: 3 times the WTF?
OMG. That was…. OMG. That was horrible. WTF? The only thing I can figure is that about 20 or 30 minutes in, there was a shark. I didn't see it, but I know it was there. Spidey, oblivious idiot that he is, went slinging over the damn thing's head and never noticed. And … [Read more...] about Spider-Man 3: 3 times the WTF?
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Just finished watching This Film Is Not Yet Rated, the documentary about the MPAA's ratings board. It was, shall we say, eye-opening. There are three threads to its narrative: clips, quotes, and interviews with MPAA members; interviews with filmmakers who have had to modify their … [Read more...] about This Film Is Not Yet Rated
