47 Ronin

21 January, 2014

They were confused making it; shouldn’t I be confused watching it?

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After Earth

10 September, 2013

We need our lives of constant fear to go on as long as possible.

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Zeitgeistiness

23 January, 2014

A not very good film can succeed by just capturing a certain moment of, well, guilt.

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Gatsby-ing

25 February, 2014

Is a classic good, like Shakespeare, or is it just of vague historical interest, like Charles Dickens or Marxism?

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Once

24 February, 2014

What it's like to be the music even if there's no one to hear it

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2Guns

2 October, 2013

A pleasant enough experience, quite possibly the only kind of movie people should make.

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Inception

23 January, 2014

I can now take great pleasure in its being worse than I remembered. This doesn't count as being wrong. It counts as not being right enough.

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Mom was here

so not only no writing on movies, no movies. For two weeks! That's like going without sex for ten years, only you could actually die. Anyway, expect the usual burst of seven pieces, then nothing for a while, only now the while will be shorter.

Recent Films

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit +

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

24 February, 2014

If someone else is going to defuse the bomb, better just to let it go off.
  • OnceFeat Once

    24 February, 2014

    What it's like to be the music even if there's no one to hear it
  • LlewynFeat Inside Llewyn Davis

    24 February, 2014

    It's all the enjoyment of watching American Idol with none of the guilt of being the kind of person (yuk!) who would enjoy watching American Idol.

Recent Rules

Gatsby-ing +

Gatsby-ing

25 February, 2014

Is a classic good, like Shakespeare, or is it just of vague historical interest, like Charles Dickens or Marxism?

Recent Articles

Outside Llewyn Davis +

Music Appreciation

24 February, 2014

I'm watching Robot Tells Me To Kill Mankind right now!