Author Archives: john

Melancholia

Posted on 1/15/2012 by john

I don’t think anyone has posted on Lars von Trier’s latest film yet, though I see at least one of us has expressed an interest in it. Has anyone seen it? We watched it last night and I’m still not … Continue reading →

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Captain America: The First Avenger

Posted on 12/9/2011 by john

I haven’t found a post on this film, directed by Joe Johnston (The Rocketeer), though I don’t trust our site’s sucky search engine, so maybe I missed this one. I sort of liked this, but it should have been a … Continue reading →

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Nesquik

Posted on 9/19/2011 by john

Something weird is happening with Netflix. The CEO announced yesterday the division of their DVD mail service and their streaming service. They will be two separate businesses–the DVD mail service will be renamed “Quikster,” and the streaming service will remain … Continue reading →

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Life During Wartime

Posted on 8/29/2011 by john

I had this Netflix DVD sitting on my living room table for about 3 or 4 days before I got the courage up to watch it. That’s how Todd Solondz’s films affect me, on the whole. I finally watched it … Continue reading →

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Who Gives a F@&! About the Morgans?

Posted on 11/14/2010 by john

Did You Hear About the Morgans? (2009). What a shittily shitty piece of absolute shite. I could stop there, but I want to say a few words about the film that could have been, the film that might have been … Continue reading →

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School for Scoundrels (1960)

Posted on 9/1/2010 by john

The original 1960 film, based on the the Stephen Potter novels, and directed by Robert Hamer. It’s quite good. Alastair Sim is terrific. And he has the fuzziest ears in all of movie history. This is the story, which is … Continue reading →

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The Legend

Posted on 8/8/2010 by john

Finished The Legend with Jet Li. Made the same year as City Hunter, this is visually a far-superior film. It’s actually quite beautiful–Cory Yuen has a gift for composition, sometimes making nice use of the wide-angle lens, tilted angles, low … Continue reading →

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City Hunter

Posted on 7/27/2010 by john

What good fun this movie is. My colleague loaned me his copy of the film–I have to confess I wouldn’t have sought this out on my own. But it brought me back to those heady days of 1992-1993, when Hong … Continue reading →

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Treme

Posted on 4/25/2010 by john

Three episodes in now. Is anyone else watching this? I’m happy to say each episode is slightly better than its predecessor. Or (and this is the point of this probably premature post) I’m getting more adjusted (to the fact that … Continue reading →

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John Forsythe, R.I.P.

Posted on 4/2/2010 by john

Adieu, John. Even when I was 12 years old I wanted hair like his.

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