Posts from February 2009

So the reason there hasn’t been very many updates these past few weeks (other than posting some videos and a review and an article that I’d written a while back) is because I had Jury Duty, which was a very strange experience.  Suffice it to say that I never actually ended up on a jury, but almost ended up on three.  I did read two books and played a bunch on my DS.

Anyhoo, that’s over now, so I can actually get a much better update schedule going here.

It’s been a couple of years since I’ve written an Oscar article, and seeing as how the Academy Awards are tonight, I thought I’d do it again! This is pretty simple and straight-forward: I wanted to see just how nominations I’ve actually seen. Not nominated films, but the actual, individual nominations themselves. So I made some simple tables and tallied up my scores. I’ll put some commentary between the categories if I see fit… [Read the Full Article]

(Don’t worry, WALL•E, you’ll figure it out some day)

Why have I been dreading, dreading, dreading writing this review so much that it is now well over six months since I’ve seen the film? I think maybe it’s because WALL•E is really two different movies back-to-back. One of them is some of the most brilliant frames of film ever projected on a screen. The other is wildly uneven, strangely focused, and like a few other recent Pixar films, kind of morally ambiguous. [Read my full review here]

Here is a YouTube playlist of three videos.  Please watch them all in a row for the full comedic effect.

I hope you enjoyed that.

Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody!

I had a crappy, crappy, crappy day today.  But this makes it all better:

Really, it’s the mustache that seals the deal.

(thanks, @leiapico)

Because Carrie is out of town on her annual Tucson pilgrimmage, I’m finding ways to distract myself from being lonely.  And this time, that involves seeing movies. 

Yesterday I went with @elgaladwen and saw Slumdog Millionaire.  It was pretty good, definitely a thumbs-up, but best picture?  Really?  

Then last night Laura & I watched Tropic Thunder, which is a really fascinating movie.  

And at 4:40 today I’m going with @leiapico to go see Coraline in 3D at the new Regal Cinemas at “The Landing” in Renton.  If anybody wants to join us, they are welcome to meet us there!  

I might try to swing seeing either The Wrestler or Gran Torino tomorrow early afternoon if’n I can find anybody to go with.  

This does mean, of course, that I’m going to be even more behind on my Movie Reviews than I already am.  Le sigh.