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Cinemarch Madness: Waterston Division Semifinal
March 28, 2013 · 2 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Waterston Division Semifinal

A slightly easier division than previous ones for me to vote in, but a tougher one to predict, Waterston could just as easily have been called the Man’s Inhumanity to Man Flight — but because …

Cinemarch Madness: Streep Division Semifinal
March 27, 2013 · 5 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Streep Division Semifinal

by ferretrick
Full disclosure — I haven’t been able to see the following films, but I’ve read the Wikipedia plot summaries: Amour, Jacob’s Ladder, and Kids. Of those, only Amour seems to be a contender to …

The Vine: March 27, 2013
March 27, 2013 · 41 Comments
The Vine: March 27, 2013

I’m on the brink of turning thirty-one years old. As much as I claim to be a misanthrope I’m actually super-duper nice to about 99% of the people I encounter. A lot of them happen …

Cinemarch Madness: Watson Division Semifinal
March 26, 2013 · 5 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Watson Division Semifinal

Oh, dear God. What can I even eliminate here? Well, Seven (still think of it as an action movie, head-in-box be damned) and Eternal Sunshine (fundamentally sweet, hopeful about love). I’ll also chuck out Breaking …

Cinemarch Madness: Bjork Division Semifinal
March 25, 2013 · 2 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Bjork Division Semifinal

(Confused? Aren’t we all. Heh. But the Cinemarch Madness FAQ is here, and you can find the complete semifinal-polls list over here.)
The Björk flight isn’t the most agonizing division in the Cinemarch semis, but it’s …

Cinemarch Madness: Semifinal Polls
March 24, 2013 · One Comment
Cinemarch Madness: Semifinal Polls

This is the master list of Cinemarch Madness polls for the semifinal round. If it’s open, you can vote in it; if it’s closed, either it ended or you have to wait for the poll’s …

The Vine: March 22, 2013
March 22, 2013 · 47 Comments
The Vine: March 22, 2013

Two authors, two cocktails, cannot find out how to make them:
In one of the Fletch novels, Gregory McDonald has Fletch call down to the hotel desk for a Bath Towel (which they turn out not …

Happy birthday to me!
March 21, 2013 · 32 Comments
Happy birthday to me!

Okay, so I left Yahoo!, even though I had a great team/time there, because I had some other things I wanted to do, like work on The Blotter, and also, let’s be honest, curse freely …

Cinemarch Madness: Wilder Division Poll
March 21, 2013 · 13 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Wilder Division Poll

And we end the prelims on a doozy. So many worthwhile votes! So many multiple-nomination entries!
So, let’s start with the popular contenders. Boys Don’t Cry is almost flawless as a film; I can’t think of …

Cinemarch Madness: Campion Division Poll
March 20, 2013 · 15 Comments
Cinemarch Madness: Campion Division Poll

 

It’s funny, the clusters you get on a randomized list — and I don’t mean Hereafter and The Sweet Hereafter both in the same flight. Here, it’s films that, on a different day, might have …