hitting me that there's less than a week left for me here, at least posting. i'll still be reading and commenting but the posting energy is going elsewhere ( Read more... )

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Had a craving for a burger all day. Think I know where I'm going. Is there a place on campus to get a decent burger, and I do not want to go to Eddie George's or McFadden's. Thought about Sonic, just a thought though.

Looks like I'll try Gallo's Tap Room on Bethel.

After dinner I'm going to see Hunger at the Wex.

I wanted to like Vicky Christina Barcelona. In a Woody Allen film, you expect the characters to have unlimited amounts of money, go on adventures all while having no real sense of them having a job. Like the Friends TV show ( Read more... )

She's Gotta Have it, Spike Lee's first feature, was unreleased on DVD for twenty years. Why ( Read more... )

Needed some mindless entertainment and Mission Impossible 3 delivered. And how. Yes, it's three years old, but damn good escapism. Cruise was quite good in this one and Hoffman was cold and evil.

Prepping up for the Oscars tonight. Mindless snark and a reason to eat cheese and drink bubbly.

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It opens in the UK in April, not sure about here.

Watched Zodiac last night. This is one overlooked film. It's about the search for a serial killer in the San Francisco area in the 70's. Based on true events. I was struck by its period authenticity. The way different police departments had to communicate. The way a newspaper functioned. There was no internet, no quickly looking through files and ( Read more... )

Bigger Than Life is a scary look at what happens to a family after one of them develops some serious mania due to drug abuse ( Read more... )

Watched Black Snake Moan last night. I have to say it was much better than I expected. They way it was marketed I was looking for another version of Two Moon Junction with added Jesus. I was mistaken. Samuel L. Jackson is a southern farmer and repressed blues musician who had some issues after his wife left him. Christina Ricci is a young lady who ( Read more... )