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Entries Tagged as 'film'

Pretty Baaaad

November 15th, 2007 · No Comments

Gabe and I finally had our wish granted to see Black Sheep. I think he enjoyed it more than I did, but of course he is twelve. I suppose if you like zombie flicks with traditional intestine removals and digit devouring gore, you should see this. Also, having grown up on a sheep farm, marauding [...]

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Halloween Playlist

October 29th, 2007 · No Comments

Gabe is nearly thirteen and he was ready to start watching some scary films this Halloween. Lisa was away at a conference so it was the perfect setting for a guy’s night at the movies. We went into town to track down DVD copies of The Hidden and John Carpenter’s The Thing. Even with a [...]

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Two heads better than one?

September 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Not sure why it has taken me such a long time to finally see How to Get Ahead in Advertising. I did actually spit red wine down the front of my Troy Polamalu jersey laughing out loud during the film. Zany satire in that Brazil sort of way and a must for anyone who has [...]

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Eat your veggies

August 22nd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Maybe they should use this image to inspire kids to eat their vegetables. Too incredible not to post the image. Till Nowak has created a masterpiece “Salad”, a fantastic digital image of Alien made out of vegetables. His tribute to HR Giger and Giuseppe Arcimboldo. via Laughing Squid

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Touch the sound (for a bit)

August 18th, 2007 · No Comments

The cinematography is beautiful. Evelyn Glennie is talented and fascinating. Yet, the whole thing gets a bit indulgent after an hour. I have to recommend Touch the Sound because it is well-made, but I struggled getting through the whole thing. There are some great sequences of Glennie drumming, particularly on the snare in New York [...]

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