I hope to have pictures up from the formal Oscar party at some point in the future, but until then, the thing that made me the happiest about the Oscars was a win for Falling Slowly for Best Original Song. I can’t put into words how much I love the… Read More »Oscars
Tonight was the big Rambo night. Below is a picture of the gentlemen that made their way to our local multiplex to view Rambo with me. Pictured left to right: Jeff, Yours Truly, Scottie D., Jesse, Derrick, Jason Baier, Jay, Andree and Greg. Not pictured is Russell. He finally relented… Read More »Rambo Platoon
They announced the Academy Award Nominations this morning. These are the 5 Best Picture Nominees. I still need to see There Will Be Blood, but at that point I will have seen all the nominees. Michael Clayton There Will Be Blood Juno No Country for Old Men Atonement At this… Read More »Best Picture Nominations
I saw two new movies this weekend. These movies do make it necessary for me to reorder my Top Ten of 2007. Once Juno Into the Wild No Country for Old Men Ratatouille Hairspray The Kite Runner Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street You Kill Me The Bucket… Read More »New Top Ten of 2007
I went to see The Kite Runner on Saturday night. It was an excellent movie, but what I’m posting here is a preview for a movie I saw before The Kite Runner. It is a documentary called Young at Heart and it is certainly on my list of must see… Read More »Young at Heart
I am a big fan of the 1976 science fiction classic Logan’s Run. So much so that I used the movie as the basis for the invitations to a birthday party a few years back. Jesse and Andy as Sandmen. Me as a runner. Notice the greenish hue of the… Read More »Jaycees Run
Now seems like a good time to release a preliminary list of what I consider to be the ten best movies I saw from 2007. This is a preliminary list because I hope to see a few other movies in the next couple of weeks that might make a change… Read More »Top Ten Movies of 2007
Masterpiece Theater is running a series of movies based on Jane Austen novels. In fact they are doing all 6 Jane Austen novels and a dramatization of her life. I’m kind of excited about this and it started tonight. The first movie they showed was Persuasion. This movie is about… Read More »Atonement & Persuasion
\I heard something yesterday that incredibly angers me, but that might be for a later time. Here is a new episode of film school about the movie Beowulf. Jay is getting pretty good at the editing. Now if only I were to improve we might have something here. VIDEO DELETED
This episode is devoted to a movie made by a co-worker’s cousin. There is a prize for any person can figure out what word has been censored. VIDEO DELETED
This blog is 89 views away from 10,000! That might not be many views for you, but it is a lot for me so bugger off. No, I don’t mean that. Keep coming back. What a great weekend to be a Cyclone! In reality it is always a great Cyclone… Read More »American Gangster
Just to explain what is going on in this video, somehow the original recording was lost. Jay recapped what I said with my good buddy Emperor Solar System. VIDEO DELETED
Here is another episode of film school. Ummmm . . . I sure like to ramble and I think I actually discuss this movie for about 10 seconds of the 2 minutes of actual screen time. I need to start preparing for this stuff. Apparently I can’t just sit down… Read More »Michael Clayton
I work with this guy that has a cousin that makes movies. He recently loaned me a copy of his cousin’s most recent epic. It is about vampire and a gang of high school kids killing the vampires. No matter what prism you look through, it just isn’t very good.… Read More »Calm Down
Here is the “completed” version of the Darjeeling Limited review. It is in two parts and is still way too long. The only real difference is Jay threw on some and some credits. There is hopefully 5 new reviews on the way. Principal photography has been completed on reviews for… Read More »Darjeeling Redux
I’m not a big gambler, but the last two wagers I have participated in, I have been the victor. This entry is really just a reminder to Jesse that in a little more than 2 months we will be sitting in theatre watching the movie below on his dime because… Read More »The Hot Hand
Episode 1 of FILM SCHOOL Be warned that this is 10 minutes of your life that you will never get back. VIDEO HAS BEEN DELETED
This is a small collection of 4 different stories about 4 different people. Monica I really only wanted two birthday presents this past year. One was stained glass from Jen. I got that back in May. The second present was a painting from Monica. I got that on Wednesday. She… Read More »B.B.A.T.
One last Kubrick reference for the week and for the people that aren’t sick of Kubrick yet*. I feel when discussing retirement or of quitting a job that one loathes the movie most apropos would be Spartacus. When I had a job I hated I often dreamed of leading my… Read More »I’m Vi Woodcock
“It had been a wonderful evening and what I needed now, to give it the perfect ending, was a little of the Ludwig Von.” – Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange) If all things are relative, the loss to Oklahoma on Saturday felt like a win since it was an incredible… Read More »Oklahoma
“What you got back home, little sister, to play your fuzzy warbles on? I bet you got, say, pitiful, portable picnic players. Come with uncle and hear all proper! Hear angels’ trumpets and devils’ trombones. You are invited!” – Alex DeLarge (A Clockwork Orange)> If you are a lover of… Read More »Fuzzy Warbles