December 2009
10 posts
in “Dissertations on His Dudeness”, the @NYTImes’ Dwight Garner reivews “The Year’s Work in (Big) Lebowski Studies”. http://bit.ly/8mwm59
Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon” (2008) is a natural follow-up to Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” (1995).
after 2 days withOUT electricity or internet, charging our laptops in the car, so we can watch a movie tonight, and do some work tomorrow.
after 2 days with electricity or internet, charging our laptops in the car, so we can watch a movie tonight, and do some work tomorrow.
“The Princess and the Frog” is high on artful style, voodoo psychedelics & Randy Newman’s soundtrack, short on compelling or original story.
“JFK” (1991) is a violent sketch of the menace and shadows that bring down a wise leader, before he can remake our future.
Oliver Stone’s “Nixon” is obviously the bookend to his “JFK”, a jittery scrapbook of the clandestine American subconscious.
without its spot-on casting, “Lost” would trip over the complex machinations of its writers, and drown in a puddle of pulp fiction.
as scripted, Benjamin Linus is the most implausibly fragmented character in “Lost”; yet, actor Michael Emerson convinces us he’s genuine.
i’ve watched “The Fall” 3 or 4 times now, and 8 year old Catinca Untaru (playing 5 year old Alexandria) is more adorable every time.