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Spoiler Alert: If you haven't seen Avatar, see it before you read this. Expect to hate it so you can see it with low expectations. I did. Thank goodness.
We watched Avatar last night, at home on our 36" TV, sans 3D, HD or the IMAX® experience. I expected to yawn through it. Worse, I was pretty sure I'd actually dislike it. Intensely.
For starters, I don't like James Cameron. I can't think of a reason why other than that he appears to . . . → Read More About Unobtanium? Hallelujah Mountains? Tsayhalu?
During my four years in college, one of my majors was sociology. My secret goal was to be a good girl: a do-gooder working for change. To prove it, I spent a winter (a very, very cold winter, I might add) working with retarded adults in St. Louis. My job was to teach them to ride the city bus from home to their school. They had to be high-functioning enough to eventually ride the bus by themselves. If not, they couldn't attend the school.
I'd show up at their house in the wee hours, walk them to the bus . . . → Read More About Dazlious
Forget Kill Bill: Inglorious Basterds is the one. Feel good movie of the year.
And, hey, if I had a million dollars, I would bet it all that Brad Pitt is Robert Redford's biological son. Gotta be.
This is the second excellent movie this week, by the way. We rented Star Wars Trek: The Future Begins. It was EXCELLENT - great fun! I . . . → Read More About Quentin’s Masterpiece
When there are no new war or history movies at our video store, Hal gets oldies. He walks back in the house all, "Hey, look what cool movies they had at the video store!" The boys and I look, then groan, rolling our eyes.
He scored this time with The Sting. Great movie, right up there with the Ocean's series for Clever and Funny. I'd forgotten most of it, naturally, so I got to enjoy it all over again. . . . → Read More About Ocean’s One
Samantha as in Sex and the City‘s Samantha. Carrie says that to Samantha as Samantha’s dog is – SPOILER – humping the costly item. Stupid.
Yeah, I watched it. The whole thing. I rolled my eyes through the first half of it, meaning to turn it off any minute… Then found myself in tears when you-know-her met you-know-him on the Brooklyn-you-know-where. Whaaaa? Did my brain leak out in the night?
. . . → Read More About “Samantha! That pillow cost $300!!”
Historia de un Letrero (The Story of a Sign)
Winner of the NFB Online Competition Cannes 2008
Alonso Alvarez Barreda was born in Mexico City in 1984. His second short film, Historia de un Letrero, was named best short film in the Festival Internacional de Cine en Corto, won the Hispanoamerican jury award in the Short Shorts Film Festival in Mexico City, been an official selection at the San Diego Latino Film Festival, Cine Festival in San Antonio, Texas, Short Shorts Film Festival Monterrey and Morelos, and in the Short Film Corner in . . . → Read More About A Short by Alonso Alvarez Barreda
Because once is not enough. Rent it first; I hope you enjoy it as much as we did! The History Boys starts out like a propaganda film for traditional schooling: kids all happy in school, studying like mad and loving every minute of it… groan. But nothing could be further from the truth (the propaganda part!)
All four of us loved this movie; we laughed out loud. Intelligent humor, brilliant dialogue, top-notch acting, beautifully drawn characters. We never buy movies anymore, but this one needs to be in the house so we can get to it . . . → Read More About A Movie Worth Owning
Not my dogs. My dogs are delightful and, although somewhat malodorous, devoted to me. Follow me everywhere, gazing up at me, longingly, hoping I have chicken in my pocket… but even when I don’t, they are on me like white on rice. Here they are napping by my desk. If you want unconditional love, get a dog.
The deplorable dogs are three of the movies I rented last week: Untraceable, The Brave One, and The Flock. Depressingly deplorable AND disturbing. The Brave One was just boring: predictable girl-with-a-gun. Waste of time. Can . . . → Read More About Depressingly Deplorable Dogs
Almost every weekend, we rent six or seven movies for the week (1200 colones, about $2.50, per movie for 7 days) and watch all of ‘em. Occasionally there is a dog, but we are mostly deliciously entertained, especially by the indies. Like Once. Once you get your ear trained to the brogue, you hang on every word. And the music – we downloaded the soundtrack. Here’s a taste:
Loved Juno which I was prepared to hate because of all the hype, but fell in love with her anyway. And . . . → Read More About Into The Wild
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(And don’t miss the comments – more suggestions and opinions… you could be here all day.)
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