I know nothing lasts forever. I also know I’m overly attached to things. But a list of movies? Who thought I’d have to back up a list of my 20 favorite movies?!? If del.icio.us goes under? I lose my links. AKA I’m screwed. If gmail goes down? I lose my email backup. (I’ve got it [...]
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Outside of plain old good times, the chief feature of SXSW seems to be overwhelm. There are more great films crammed into a ten-square-block area than I could possibly hope to see in 30 days, much less four. (The 2006 SXSW Film Festival stretches from March 10 to the 17th, but The BF and I [...]
In my capacity as ornery cuss, unless I can screen them pre-buzz, I generally sit out wildly popular movies on principle. Often, this proves wise; in the case of a genuinely worthy film like Sideways or The Station Agent, I’m only punishing myself. That there are similarities between the films (strong sense of place, a [...]
My friend, Patty, with whom I saw Spanglish, has been bugging me mightily (albeit nicely) about seeing Kinsey, mainly because she wanted to know if she was the only one who found it a little, er, hard to get into. I am sorry to report that she is not alone in her experience; for a [...]
I’ll admit, I went into Spanglish not wanting to like it. I was one of three people who didn’t like As Good As It Gets but my loathing was deep and pure enough for three million. My particular creative bugaboo has always been Wasted Potential, and believe you me, if you’d read Mark Andrus’s brilliant, [...]
The old McClurg Theatres are gone. It’s kind of sad, among many other films, I remember seeing Lawrence of Arabia there (the re-release, sonny) as well as walking out of Ishtar. However, my disappointment was short-lived because they have been replaced a block away by the River East Theatres, a 20-count-’em-20, state-of-the-art theater complex with [...]
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Sideways
Some good things take a little extra time and effort to truly enjoy. Sideways, the terrific new film directed by Alexander Payne (based on the novel by Rex Pickett) is one of those good things. Not that it isn’t immediately enjoyable on its surface; Sideways has a cracking good script and some of the finest, [...]
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Alexander the “Enh…”
From the IMDb news: ‘Alexander’ Panned Critics have panned new Oliver Stone movie Alexander after early previews of the historic epic. The Oscar-winning director allowed a lucky few a sneak peek of the film – which stars Colin Farrell and is due for release later this month – but critics were unimpressed and have voiced [...]
