R.I.P.
John Hughes. His influence lives on. EW names his 20 key movies; Mark Kozelek remembers a phone conversation; and a long-time pen pal remembers her long-distance friend.
Moving Pictures
Watching
I usually skim the Washington Post capsule reviews on DVD releases to prioritize new stuff into my Netflix queue. Imagine my surprise to see a science fiction movie I'd never even heard of, Push, being released on DVD this week and having gotten a recommendation. Perhaps I enjoyed this so much because it's completely my …
Admission (Updated)
This year the part of the Oscars I was most looking forward to: Today. The Fug. (Not that I don’t love the Oscars, and actually I’m really pleased with the winners, it’s just some years it’s hard to care. I look at it as leaving room for the years when you need to drink champers, …
Absolutely Charming
I love this. (Via Erin.)
Dance Off!
The only way to lick one’s sadness over missing AWP after finding out that there was also an Anthropologie sale on…
Bad Movie: Spiderman the Third
The first installment in a (fingers crossed) occasional series now that we are Netflixing again. This probably should have started with Transformers, but Spiderman 3 will do nicely. Leaving aside the fact that None of It Makes Sense, the worst (and best) things about the movie: 1. Emo Bangs! Seriously, who goes evil by way …
Wheelman
We recently re-upped our Netflix subscription (big TV and TV season disappointing and all) and have mostly seen terrible movies as a result. (Tranformers = How can you screw up giant fighting robots so badly?) On the other hand, we also finally watched the miniseries of Battlestar Gallactica, which was better than we’d hoped. (Maybe …
Pretty Sure
That this is what it looks like in Christopher’s head at night: (Thanks, Erik!)
PSA
Do not see the movie Sunshine. You won’t like it. It’s terrible. It’s stupid. It’s SO bad. I say: "How? Why? So confused." Kelly says: "It follows the exact plot of Event Horizon." Gavin says: "This is the dumbest film ever made." Christopher says: "Event Horizon is a stupid stupid movie, but comparing the two …
Didn’t This Happen?
I’m pretty sure I remember this night from my junior year in college… (Via Paul Collins.) More on K. Gordon Murray here. Catching a plane very early, hope to do some e-mail en route or on arrival or sometime soon. But now I will finish packing and the last of the birthday Veuve Clicquot. Ah, …