December 2010
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A cover of one Smashing Pumpkins song right into...
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My Year In Movies #148: Scrooged (again!)
Yes, I watched it again, a little over 24 hours since the last time. Kati (my wonderful fiancee) had never seen it, and I HAD to remedy that. She agreed that it is awesome.
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My Year In Movies #147: The Muppets Christmas...
Michael Caine is awesome. If you disagree, your opinion is invalid.
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My Year In Movies #146: Scrooged
Props man: I can’t get the antlers glued to this little guy. We tried Crazy Glue, but it don’t work.Frank: Did you try staples? This is my favorite Christmas-related movie. Bill Murray is goddamned AWESOME in this, just a delightfully fun asshole. The turn towards niceness at the end is so sudden and so complete that you can see it as his character having a nervous breakdown, if...
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My Year In Movies #145: Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky has made another masterpiece. With camera work reminiscent of The Wrestler, and anchored by an amazing performance by Natalie Portman, Black Swan is one of the best films of the year, and definitely one of the most weirdly beautiful. Spoilers follow, so… be warned.
Portman’s character, Nina, obsessed with perfection, throws herself into the production of Swan Lake...
alisonalisonalison-deactivated2 asked: Fourteen rabbits is an infestation and you, sir, should be worried!
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Best of 2010 mix! →
My mix of the best tracks of 2010! Click the link and download the zip, kids! Good times! Good good times!
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My Year In Movies #144: Exit Through The Gift Shop...
When does art become more about the idea of art than art itself? That’s what I think this film is trying to say. Though, to be fair, the brilliance of this film is that it’s very much up in the air exactly what this film is saying at all. The question of how much is real and how much is a “prank” being played by Banksy on the art world is definitely unanswered still, and...
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CHRISTMAS MIX 2010 →
click on the link, download the zip, enjoy some good times. Merry X-men everyone!
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My Year In Movies #143: Valhalla Rising
I’m not sure what to make of this film yet. Visually, it’s beautiful and evocative, the landscape and shot construction working together to tell a story almost entirely on their own, as the dialogue is sparse and cryptic. The plot is… well, indecipherable might be a bit strong. “Obtuse” works, I suppose. There’s some ideas in here about the rise of...
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My Year In Movies #142: The Social Network
To paraphrase the film, Mark Zuckerberg isn’t an asshole, but he’s trying so hard to be one. The way he’s portrayed by Jesse Eisenberg (under the direction of David Fincher, and the screenplay of Aaron Sorkin), he really is just a hurt and hugely intellectual nerd, who can’t deal with people in a way that doesn’t result in them being hurt or angry. And goddamn, does...
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My Year In Movies #141: Love, Actually
Romantic comedies will never be better than this. And if you disagree, here is photographic proof why:
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“His skill makes us believe that we see a war between two great armies, but there...”
– The Invisibles
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new How I Became Invisible song demo, titled...
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My Year In Movies #140: The Knack... And How To...
Made in-between A Hard Day’s Night and Help!, Richard Lester’s film, based the Ann Jellicoe play of the same name, continues in the same tone as the Beatles’ films. Quintessentially “Sixties”, the exploration of sexual politics and male/female power relation is leavened by lots of clever wordplay, comedic set-pieces, and some unusual editing. Honestly, it’s a...
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reallyreallyprofound asked: OKAY REAL QUESTION TIME.
My brother's girlfriend really wants a bunny. You have bunnies. What can we do about this?
My brother's girlfriend really wants a bunny. You have bunnies. What can we do about this?
