I really liked Don't Be Afraid of the Dark, you guys. Like a lot. del Toro has not disappointed me. That makes me a little nervous. I was skeptical of the movie at first, but it's just so much nightmare fuel. Amazingness ( Read more... )

All right, the plot of this "reimagining" sounds interesting and yay a female director (the lady who did Country Strong, didn't see it, not my thing). The movie in question is apparently a "dark" rendering of Grimm's Hans Christians Andersen's The Little Mermaid (which is pretty dark to begin with no?).

The story gets its point of view shifted ( Read more... )

Yet another draft done and sent out to be ripped apart. Why can't applications do themselves?

Anyway I have nothing to report except I saw the aptly named Kick-Ass and streussal is right in the assessment of it (you did see it recently, no?). The movie is indeed kick ass as is Hit Girl. God, I really had an itch for black comedy. I want that epic ( Read more... )

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo ("Men Who Hate Women" is the original title, interesting to reconsider that in terms of marketing, as well as what it does to reader's expectations ( Read more... )

( If there's a movie to Imax this is it. )

Braved rush hour and everything. This calls for celebration:

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We're definitely much poorer after this little adventure, but ah well, what can you do. Thank goodness I'm employed for the summer. *breathes sigh of relief* Overall, I saw a lot and learned a lot. It's why I like traveling despite the headaches and the almost unbelievable streak of ( Read more... )

Politics!lol.

So apparently NYMag has a picspam of sorts of Obama looking at mudane things. That's pretty funny. But then someone remixed it as Obama looking at awesome things. That is even funnier. The enterprise! Baby dinosaurs!

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I watched the latest Spn. I really...argh. Try here. To be fair, she gave me a convincing argument ( Read more... )

It's very sobering to confront just how deep my ability for self-sabotage goes and how most of my work experience can be defined by different levels of shame and embarrassment. These past weeks have been quite rough with no sign of letting up. I'll get through it one way or another.

Escapism time as per my post title (not futile dammit):

The ( Read more... )

Check out Radar a vid for Die Hard. BUT DO NOT LET THAT DISSUADE YOU ( Read more... )

I hate gift buying...with a passion. I'm tying to psyche myself to get ready and leave. It's not being too effective, because it is SO cold outside.

On other news. Dollhouse fanfic via delicious: Identity Crisis 101 (Victor/Sierra). Really good.

This is like ancient, but it's new to me: Domo Darko It's the Mad World song from Donnie Darko put to ( Read more... )