19 October 2009

Rashomon has entered the English language, like 'Catch-22', says Roger Ebert. http://bit.ly/3SMCHk (via http://ping.fm/x5v4n)

12 October 2009

"The Jesuits taught me how to think. I haven't felt safe since." - Homicide (1994, season 3, episode 2) http://bit.ly/3znI6R

11 October 2009

planning to watch all of Oliver Stone's presidential films, starting with "JFK".
trying out @Boxee. anyone else using it on a Mac?

10 October 2009

a rill of sun melted snow, "Northern Exposure's" affable pilot episode never hastens, yet introduces characters at every bend.
we're starting to watch "Northern Exposure" (1990), from the beginning and in order.

08 October 2009

by episode six, "Californication" (2007) just might be budding some soul.

07 October 2009

four or five episodes into "Californication" (2007), clever one-liners are budding amidst the hedgerows which corral the plot.

06 October 2009

making the backbone of "The Wire" season 4 a fresh faced crew of adolescent kids was a bold move, brilliantly executed. greatTV

05 October 2009

three episodes into "Californication" (2007), apparently it aspires to be "Sex and the City" (1998) for a guy.

02 October 2009

Kenneth Branagh's "Dead Again" (1991) may be our favorite metaphysical murder mystery. what else is in this class?

01 October 2009

Quentin Tarantino's World War Two spaghetti western "Inglourious Basterds" (2009) is the best film we've yet seen at The Robey Theater.
when the oldest continuously operating movie theater in America shows a half-way decent film, we have to show up. http://ping.fm/5t1DH