Whatever Happened To Richie Cunningham’s Brother?
Tonight I watched the original HBO movie Recount, which was about the 2000 presidential election and the whole Florida mess. It was directed by Jay Roach, who is known mostly for comedies such as Austin Powers and Meet The Parents. It was written by Danny Strong, best known to me as a TV [...]
Find The MacGuffin
I’m slowly working my way through the 2007 Best Picture nominees. Last week, N and I watched the Blu-Ray disc of No Country For Old Men, and this weekend it was the Blu-Ray of Juno (or, as I like to call it: Gilmore Girls: The Movie). I love that NetFlix rents Blu-Rays, BTW.
In [...]
The Other Side Of The Tracks
Yesterday, I went to the theater to watch a documentary about NASCAR. I don’t know much about the sport, so I thought it would be a good introduction. I did learn a lot of things; I guess I had a lot of misconceptions. For one thing, the cars were a lot more [...]
No Country Like The Old Country
It won Best Picture this year. The critics loved it. Javier Bardem rightfully won Best Supporting Actor. The acting is great. The cinematography is wonderful. But No Country For Old Men just didn’t do it for me. N and I watched it the other night (on Blu-Ray!) and it [...]
Run, Damo, Run!
This is going to have to be a short entry, since I injured my finger paying bills tonight (okay, it was a paper cut, but a very painful bloody one under the fingernail). Last weekend, I finally watched the third movie in the Bourne trilogy, The Bourne Ultimatum. Like the first two, I [...]
Suit Up!
I’m afraid that I must respectfully but vehemently disagree with my buddy Sue in her review of Iron Man, which I saw yesterday. (Although I did like her Entertainment Weekly-inspired review title.) But then again, I’m probably one of the eternal “14-year-old boys who are impressed with girls, guns and gadgetry” that she mentions. [...]
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