More Volumes, Please
I finally saw Kill Bill Vol 2 this weekend, and it was exquisite. Much more dialog, characterization, and plot, and less action than the excellent first installment, but I don’t have a problem with that. Read More for my capsule review…
Rock is King
There was an interesting article in the Rocky Mountain News this morning from pop music columnist Mark Brown, dissecting the RIAA’s annual consumer profile. One tidbit: Rock is the #1 selling genre, though it’s still declining while Hip-Hop/R&B is still growing. Although Brown makes a good point that with many artists crossing [...]
No Necessito
I’ve been listening to the album Feel It by the band Some Girls, which I downloaded from eMusic. This is the group featuring Juliana Hatfield and Freda Love, which rose out of the ashes of the last Blake Babies reunion. One song on it, Necessito, gets my vote for Most Annoying Song I’ve [...]
Ain’t No Cure For MURDER
Yet another post analyzing the Japanese (live action) film industry…
So this weekend I watched a film called Cure that’s been playing on The Sundance Channel. It’s Japanese, and was directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who also directed a movie called Bright Future, which I saw at the Denver International Film Festival some months back. [...]
Slowed
The lack of updates this week is mainly due to a head cold I’ve been fighting off – now entering Round Two. I haven’t felt much like accessing the computer beyond what I need to do for work. Besides, nothing real interesting is going on. I was hoping to see Kill Bill [...]
Spotted Minds
Time for the latest media reviews. I get into Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (slight spoilers included) and the comic book (not the TV show) Alias. Read on, if you dare (care?)…
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