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Chris Gore serves up a lovefest to fake movies. Mildly NSFW.

Katie had a sleepover last night, so Amy and I finally got to see a movie. We chose Spider-Man 3 because it's about to close and because it's available in IMAX. Yay! Enormous screen and earblasting sound, what's not to like? We both enjoyed it. I'd been keeping my distance from reviews, but what I'd heard was that critics thought it was too long at ( Read more... )

to Star Wars.

Katie's school is out for the day because of a bunch of white stuff on the ground. We went sledding this morning.

Then we watched Gene Kelly in An American in Paris, and now it's Frank Sinatra in The Kissing Bandit.

The sun's out, so enough ice may melt that I can go to work.

The Halloween scene from the movie is on now. Whew, were they hooligans in those days!

...in the comedy Crazy House, pretty much the original that Mel Brooks' Silent Movie used as a template. Full of sight gags and hilarious bit players.

Why yes, I am watching a lot of movies while my wife's out of town. Tonight it's The Tall Target, a noir story about a discredited New York police detective trying to get to Baltimore in time to prevent an assassination attempt on President-elect Abraham Lincoln. Anthony Mann, the director, had a varied career, crafting westerns, biopics, musicals ( Read more... )