I seem to keep falling behind every day, leading this space to turn into nothing more than “Here’s the funniest thing I found today.” I’ll try to rectify that soon. In the meantime… Due credit: I found this on The Hot Blog. (Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”) Continue reading She disposes of her old toys, she badly needs a new toy
Now that the hype over the Watchmen movie starts to abate, the inevitable discussion as to which sequential art epic should next make the leap to the silver screen has begun. I initially intended to remove myself completely from this … Continue reading Black snake diamond role twist away across the floor
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen is impressively ambitious, but its hard to avoid the conclusion that when it succeeds as a film, it’s in spite of him rather than because of his efforts. The grim masterwork crafted by Alan Moore and Dave … Continue reading Midnight is in her eyes, tears drop like a child
I need to find my own gigantic pillow. (Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”) Continue reading To take a glimpse at the good life, a look at what we could have
And I thought the ads that replaced critics’ comments with testimonials from giddy, halfwit patrons who’ve just exited the theater were bad. We’ve reached a hilarious new low. (Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”) Continue reading If she had half a mind, you’d be about even
I had a Christmas tradition for a while. In the late nineties, I would call up my old college radio station and offer to take the first air shift on the morning of December 25th. As someone who served two years as the Program Director there, I knew how difficult it could be to wrangle up personnel during winter break, especially on the day that even the most devoted student volunteers were spending back home with the fam. This was after I won parole from my time served in commercial radio and before I found myself back in the strange … Continue reading One for Friday: Self, “Meg Ryan”
In response to yesterday’s post, a pal of mine noted that all this Watchmen talk should be accompanied by an equal amount of Alan Moore talk. I agree. And I’ll defer to the man’s own words: “All too often education actually acts as a form of aversion therapy, that what we’re really teaching our children is to associate learning with work and to associate work with drudgery so that the remainder of their lives they will possibly never go near a book because they associate books with learning, learning with work and work with drudgery. Whereas after a hard day’s … Continue reading Alan Moore knows the score
As a general rule, I avoid writing about any film until I’ve had a chance to see it. If I have strong impressions or preconceptions going in, I try to honestly incorporate that into my eventual posted assessment. Beforehand, though, … Continue reading Though it nearly took a miracle to get you to stay it only took my little fingers to blow you away
In Bruges (Martin McDonagh, 2008). The acclaimed Irish playwright follows up his Oscar-winning short film with a feature debut about a pair of hitmen laying low in a Belgian tourism mecca. The film is enjoyable, charged by a flinty wit and features a pair of winning lead performances by Brendan Gleeson and Colin Farrell. It’s also fairly inconsequential, structured with the shrewd storytelling insight of a seasoned dramatist but somewhat wanting in depth. All of the characters feel like pieces instead of completely realized creations. None of the relationships have resonance, causing problems as the twists of the plot require … Continue reading Pivotal film, selling out your monkey
(Posted simultaneously to “Jelly-Town!”) Continue reading Take this place on this trip just for me
