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The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4
May 23, 2011 – 10:54 AM | 22 Comments
The NC Double Shot Round of 64, Flight 4

Today's write-ups by Keckler. Confused? Click here. Don't know the ingredients? Try Google.
1 Screwdriver vs. 16 Vesper. I know the Vesper's going down hard here and I know full well Bunting only agreed to add …

The Crushed Film Festival presents: Practical Magic
April 11, 2011 – 7:45 PM | 31 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>Practical Magic</I>

The Movie: Practical Magic
The Crush Object: Goran Visnjic
The Story: Sally and Gillian Owens (Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, respectively) struggle with their family legacy. Not only do they come from a long line of witches, …

The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 1: Pith Fail
November 23, 2010 – 9:23 AM | 4 Comments
The Squared Up Podcast, Episode 1: Pith Fail

It didn't feel like an hour, but that's how long inaugural guest Couch Baron and I blathered on about baseball in the first episode of The Squared Up Podcast. I'll have a better handle on …

Wing + Ill-Advised Pullover = Crush Of Over A Decade, Shit-Stomped
September 21, 2010 – 9:34 PM | 14 Comments
Wing + Ill-Advised Pullover = Crush Of Over A Decade, Shit-Stomped

Wing: I am still LOL at that photo. It's the lead image for my new game, "High Or Head-Injured?"

Sarah: I like to call it…The Crush-Killer. And the hair, WTF. 'Sup, Methy?

Wing: I mean, dude. Don't …

What Might Have Been; What Was
June 3, 2010 – 12:37 PM | 21 Comments
What Might Have Been; What Was

It's not that Matthew Pouliot didn't let the body cool before deeming Ken Griffey, Jr. "overrated." It's not even that the word "overrated" is the very first word in the headline — that that adjective, …

Crazy Heart
February 25, 2010 – 8:54 AM | 22 Comments
<I>Crazy Heart</I>

The acting is good across the board, in spite of writing that lurches between motivations and tempos like a car dropping out of gear. By that measure, it's not Jeff Bridges, the presumptive Best Actor …

Control
December 14, 2009 – 1:06 PM | 8 Comments
<I>Control</I>

Don't let the big names fool you: Control is a B movie. Accepted on B-movie terms, it's quite good, in the sense that it is often bad, but has the internal wisdom to keep things …

Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of Fitzcarraldo
July 20, 2009 – 8:11 PM | 15 Comments
<I>Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of </I>Fitzcarraldo

Today the bat was still there.Someone had neatly laid a strip of toilet paper over it.It was dead, its position unchanged.I left it there and did not use the sink, not out of disgust or …

At The Death House Door
August 31, 2008 – 2:00 PM | 12 Comments
<I>At The Death House Door</I>

UPDATE: At The Death House Door is airing on IFC on Monday September 1 at 9 PM, with other airings to follow.
Speaking of famous boyfriends…I recorded At The Death House Door when it first aired, …

Support Local Business: July 16, 2008
July 16, 2008 – 8:17 AM | 32 Comments
Support Local Business: July 16, 2008

Simon Tofield is back, with his cat, in "TV Dinner." Do not drink hot coffee while watching.You may, however, make fun of me for having the premiere date of Tofield's latest entered into my Outlook …