2007-03-29

exhibit a for the historians.

As if Hollywood writes its own ideology critiques for future collectors, the 300 top the boffo again and reach for the stratosphere of 200 mill within the first four weeks, Reign Over Me takes care of trauma and lets the healing process begin, Blades of Glory promises insights into aggression and victory in a time of war and the Hills Still Know What Eyes You Had Last Summer...

And the chrishun community gets a real shoutout this summer with Evan Almighty and The Reaping.

Until then, here are the red-flag four terms and phrases that indicate you are unfortunately faced with lazy thinking:

"germane"
"whether it be"
"aforementioned"
"task at hand"

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2007-03-16

my friend ivan colbert.

"Au revoir – Reservoir – Samovar…: That was a great Christian allegory. I’m pretty sure Jim Caviezel symbolized Jesus."

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2007-03-02

an exercise in visualization.



Härr Hüttler does Gerhard "der Leasingvertrag" Polt, a Bavarian satire classic.

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2007-03-01

inland empire.

Just for the record. Once the semi-pissy reviews have faded and once you have accepted that video will have a place on the big screen, David Lynch 's Inland Empire will prove to be the Finnegans Wake to Mulholland Drive, the Ulysses of Lynchian imagination. I leaped in joy and said, yes, this is one mighty fine movie.

On the other side of the spectrum, the rule of thumb has become that any film carrying the praises of Pete Hammond ("Maxim") or Jeffrey Lyons ("NBC") is to be avoided. On a really-needed-to-know-this basis, The Lost World was the first in-flight movie shown on the London - Paris Imperial Airways flight in April 1925.

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