Bourne to Win
I liked 2002’s The Bourne Identity a lot, but I didn’t think the character/premise could sustain itself over a series. I was wrong.
The Horror. The Horror!
As flawed as it is and even though its freshness and shock value have been diminished by imitation and time, Eyes Without a Face still works amazingly well – primal, raw, troubling, and real. Its authenticity makes it superior to 95 percent of horror movies, and it illustrates how horror operates even when it’s not terrifying.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Format Wars
If you’re interested in the impending “format war” for the next generation of DVD players and software (movies, music, etc.), Slate has an excellent and easy-to-understand primer.
Tagged: Blu-ray, DVD, HD DVD, High Definition, Home Video, Ways of Watching
Year of the Snob?
My two sports loves are the Red Sox (since 1986) and the men’s basketball team at the University of Illinois (my alma mater), and together they pretty much occupy me year-round. When baseball season ends in October, it’s time for college basketball, and when the Final Four is done, opening day of baseball season is upon us.
The Stuff of Legend
You could not write this story any better, and if you tried to pass it off as fiction, you’d get buried in rejection slips. The tale of the 2004 Boston Red Sox – who won the World Series (and the team’s first championship since 1918) on October 27 – is among many other things a beautifully constructed narrative.
Tagged: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Red Sox
More Snot, Please
Social Distortion’s Sex, Love, and Rock ‘n’ Roll
Tagged: Reviews, Sex Love and Rock 'n' Roll,
Why Did It Have to End?
Because I haven’t even posted what I wrote about the World Champion Boston Red Sox – yes, a thank-you card is appropriate for that withholding – I offer you this, which effectively captures my emotional state as it relates to baseball. I’m not quite this bad, but … I do seem reticent to move on.
Tagged: Baseball, Boston Red Sox, Red Sox
My Songs, Damn It! Mine!
Frank Black’s Frank Black Francis
Grim and Grimmer
Driver-By Truckers’ The Dirty South and A Perfect Circle’s eMOTIVe
Scary Movies?
Shaun of the Dead, Super Size Me, and Trembling Before G-d
