It is exactly 3:21 a.m. I am picking the last few kernels of popcorn from my teeth and wearing a homemade black t-shirt emblazoned with the words “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good” on the front and “mischief managed” on the back. I am home earlier than last year. I don’t have kids [...]
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What do artists do?
Today I came across this article on Slate discussing the method by which Terrence Malick’s The Thin Red Line was filmed and edited. I can’t say it surprised me, exactly, since The Thin Red Line is sort of a mess, I suppose. But it was a film that touched me very deeply in an extremely [...]
Twice bitten
Spoiler alert: post discusses Twilight series and movies. I know we’ve been here before…but I just saw Eclipse! Last time, I wrote about the books. Now let me indulge in the movie world. I went with a girlfriend to see Eclipse at D.C.’s Uptown Theater this week; we resignedly raised the average age a good [...]
Obstruction
I wrote two long posts here in the past few hours. They were about something that has been happening to me recently, which is that I find myself limited in my paths through my neighborhood by various social forces—an ex’s children, whom I miss terribly and who hate me because they think I abandoned them, [...]
Tuesday video: Cheesy movie quotes
I’m such a sucker for video compilations like this: the 100 Cheesiest Movie Quotes of All Time. The ones I knew were amusing; some of the ones I didn’t were absolutely transcendent. A few observations: – “You sack of wine!” Whoa! I’d heard Troy was bad, but this clip was positively bad-tastic! – I enjoyed [...]
Like the space marine said to the alien
Like the song says, “You’re not alone on Christmas if you’re alone with a friend in the dark,”* so after a delicious traditional Christmas dinner at Congee Village in Chinatown, A White Bear and I headed over to our local multiplex for the 9 o’clock showing of Avatar. My capsule review: surprisingly beautiful, stressful for [...]
Watching Rambo for the Holidays, Thinking of Home
I confess. I spent a day and a half watching all four Rambo movies back to back. I’m not quite certain what compelled me to start this process, but having started, I ended up sitting through the entire saga of blazing guns, gigantic explosions, over-the-top 80s patriotism, and the ever-ubiquitous bloodsplatter as Rambo does another [...]
Tuesday video: Marilyn smokes up
After sitting in an attic for 50-plus years, a short home movie of Marilyn Monroe has surfaced in which the actress is seen sitting on a couch with a couple of friends. The fact that any new clip of Marilyn has appeared is newsworthy, but most of the headlines about it focus on the fact [...]
Thanks for the memories
No need to comment. I just wanted to post a small tribute to a fine actor and a really great man. Tell your friends and family you love them today.
End of summer reviews
A few of the diversions I’ve enjoyed this summer: Books: The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University, by Kevin Roose. A 19-year-old sophomore at Brown University decides to spend a semester studying at Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. Among other things, he gets in the habit of praying multiple times [...]
