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This is my first year since 2002 when the lead-up to noon on President's Day Eve does not see me establishing my nest in the theater, waiting for the 24-hour Boston SF Film Festival to start. The Thon is exercise in endurance unbearable without friends, and while I have friends in attendance, this year all my past Starship Thon berthmates are ( Read more... )

The 2010 MIT Mystery Hunt was as typical of IIFish glonous history and cultual as ever. I love all my teammates, from those I see al the time to those I see only annually. This year I especially loved being able to hang out with aspartaimee again, who I hadn't seen in way too long ( Read more... )

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Saw and enjoyed A Serious Man today. It's a puzzling film that I recommend. Spoilery, thoughts below cut.

( A dybbuk, a nebbish, and Shroedinger's Cat. )

I literally sat up in bed pre-dawn last Saturday morning with the idea to make this, and I found the time put it together last night. Enjoy.

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This is nice:

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Interesting pattern develops here, if this is a viral for the next J.J. Abrams Trek film (which it almost surely is, since it looks too polished, and its credit roll is too absent, to be a fan video). It follows the same precedent for superhero-story reboots set by the Nolans' Batman films: in the first installment, pit the hero ( Read more... )

Was awake in the wee hours, thinking about Inglorious Basterds. The word I finally choose for the film's climax is disturbing. It's a huge energy release after hours of buildup, and while that much is expected, it blasts in directions that feel completely wrong. And it's brilliant. The amazing visuals (not just the special effects, but their ( Read more... )

I saw a girl movie, and then I saw a boy movie. I liked them both.

Julie and Julia A net win because the biopic parts are delicious. Meryl Streep is phenomenal in the (co-)title role, as is Paul Tucci as Mr. Child. It focuses on the time that Julia Child spent in postwar Paris, from arrival as the bored wife of a government agent through her ( Read more... )

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