Never Too Old
This one’s for my friend Hugh. Last night I watched my Criterion DVD of Akira Kurosawa’s Stray Dog, a very influential Japanese crime/suspense movie from 1949. Good flick. The first of its kind, according to the documentary on the disc. The documentary interviews (in recent times) some of the cast and [...]
My Superpower
I’ve finally had a revelation about what my superpower is. It took being on vacation and sleeping in every morning to figure it out. Here it is… (wait for it)… I always know what time it is.
Christ, The Devil and The Closet
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe is the longest movie title of the year. I’m pretty sure. I went into the movie not having read the books and only knowing that it was about a group of kids who end up in a magical otherworld in the throes [...]
The Dangers Of Suburbia
I bet you wish you had a sign like this in your neighborhood!
Latre.
Kong Vs Kong
Before viewing Peter Jackson’s remake of King Kong, currently in theaters, I bought and watched the special edition DVD of the original 1933 King Kong. I’m sure I must’ve seen the original before, but it was such a long time ago that watching the DVD was like a revelation. It holds together very well [...]
Fun With Song Sequencing
One of the cool things about listening to an iPod on shuffle play is the odd juxtapositions you get when switching from one song to another. Sometimes it’s just an interesting synchronicity like two songs from two different bands that are related in lyrical or musical content showing up one right after the other. [...]
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