Published February 25th, 2009 at 10:34 am in commentary, exposition with no comments
Tagged with adam carolla, glenlivet, gowanus canal, hunter s. thompson, liz smith, ny post, the producers
What do you write about when you have nothing to write about? It’s not as if there aren’t pressing concerns. There are pressing concerns everywhere, pressing so tight I’m wearing them like a turtleneck. The problem is there’s no particular urgency at the moment. Like some mutant fish living in the Gowanus Canal, I’ve become normalized to these strange, twisted times.
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Published February 18th, 2009 at 2:57 pm in commentary, movies with no comments
Tagged with beowulf, bridge to terabithia, coraline, keith david, nightmare before xmas, pixar, review, up
I saw Coraline in 3-D last night at Union Square. Dark, fantastical, fanciful, animated- right up my alley and as good a coming-of-age film as I’ve seen in a long time, not that I make these sorts of films a habit but when they’re dark, fantastical, fanciful, I’ll give them a shot (being animated doesn’t hurt either).
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Published February 17th, 2009 at 11:52 am in commentary, movies with no comments
Tagged with batman, boerum hill, james bond, jason bourne, joya, liam neeson, man on fire, regal, subway, taken, thai 101
Friday night I met up at midtown with ex-coworker Chris and his girlfriend to go see the Liam Neeson flick, Taken. It was Man on Fire “light”, the diet version of that darker, more extreme film.
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