Monthly Archives: November 2007

Respond to this and I will do the following: 1. Tell you why I friended you. 2. Associate you with something – fandom, a song, a colour, a photo, etc. 3. Tell you something I like about you. 4. Tell … Continue reading

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 The decision to order Thai for lunch was a mistake. My stomach is going like a cement mixer.

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3 things about Todd Haynes’ I’M NOT THERE

I’m Not There [2007] 1. Blanchett at a typewriter while the image of a black spider on a white background dissolves in and out. 2. The pseudo-Pete Seeger character grabbing an axe to cut the power to the amps. 3. Dylan … Continue reading

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3 things About Steven Soderbergh’s THE GOOD GERMAN

The Good German [2006] 1. Blanchett’s face, a cracked Kabuki-like mask, “Why did you follow me?” 2. I can see why Tobey McGuire was cast, but he was too lightweight to be convincing. Even his sex scene was unconvincing, which … Continue reading

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3 Things

Batman Begins [2005] 1. Best thing: Gary Oldman slyly underplaying his role, cast (gulp!) as a sympathetic character for the first time in about a million years. That moustache was so cool.2. At the end, just about the most shameless … Continue reading

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3 Things

V.O. [2007] 1. Thank God that fringed leather boots are no longer in fashion.2. Weird subway encounter: Jake Gyllenhaal sort-of look-alike cruises Gary Numan look-alike.3. Unconscious ethnography: Southern California vs. Manhattan. In 70’s porn there’s no in between.

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“What was this city, then, if such as myself, on a low budget, could essentially see, do and eat whatever I wanted without straining my wallet? Were the skyscrapers merely a prairie mirage, a veil for the cheap, accessible delights … Continue reading

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I needed a good laugh and found it right here: 1977 J.C. Penney Catalog Life seems a little less bleak when I see stuff like that.

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Flixster

On Facebook, the Flixster application is supposed to analyze your taste in movies by asking you to rate a list of 50 titles (giving each title a star rating, or saying whether or not you’re interested in seeing it). It’s … Continue reading

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3 things about Victor Fleming’s DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941] 1. Ingrid Bergman. Has never been more beautiful. Yet–and this is what floored me–there are certain scenes which are directly echoed in Blue Velvet: Isabella Rossellini standing in for her mom! “Yes, sir” and … Continue reading

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