Published April 13th, 2009 at 11:28 am in exposition, movies, podcasts, writing with Comments
Tagged with cannes 2009, mads mikkelsen, severed ways, the power of freedom, vikings, willy wonka
Things have been quiet lately around here, the sort of eerie quiet that inspires tales of death or, in my case, extreme apathy. However, in this particular case, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, things are slogging steadily ahead here at Terwilliger HQ. Like Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory after Slugworth’s betrayal, the gates are closed but the chimneys, productively and, perhaps, ominously, are still billowing with a hidden feverish activity.
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Published March 20th, 2009 at 8:46 am in movies, podcasts, tv with Comments
Tagged with 24, jack bauer, jason bourne, miami vice, severed ways
Finally, podcast #2 is in the can and ready (or at least prepared) for general consumption. Friend Paul is back to discuss Monday’s episode of 24. We discuss some directions the show might go from here and Paul’s wife chimes in on Jack Bauer versus Jason Bourne. I also rant heavily on Severed Ways (spoilers [...]
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Published March 19th, 2009 at 9:23 am in commentary, manhattan, movies, poetry, sports, strange, tv, videogames with Comments
Tagged with angelika, beowulf, brokeback mountain, john cleese, mary magdalene, monty python & the holy grail, severed ways, sir lancelot, society for creative anachronism, thirteenth warrior
If a Viking takes a dump in the woods, does he make sound? Yes, yes he does. How do I know this? Because I made the mistake of seeing Severed Ways at the Angelika Film Center on Saturday.
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