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Death Is Not An Option: Hoarders Cleaning Specialist Edition
March 1, 2012 – 10:51 PM | 35 Comments
Death Is Not An Option: <I>Hoarders</I> Cleaning Specialist Edition

Tough call. I love Matt Paxton’s podcast; I love sassy Matt Paxton, period. And Cory Chalmers is maybe still trying to figure out his facial hair (that goatee was catastrophic), plus…a grown man named “Cory.” …

Other Desert Cities: Salting the earth
February 8, 2012 – 3:59 PM | 8 Comments
<I>Other Desert Cities</I>: Salting the earth

I really liked the performances, except for one, and I really liked the overall play, until the last 15 minutes. The first thing is not fatal to most plays, and it isn’t to Other Desert …

26/31: The Interrupters
December 27, 2011 – 8:58 PM | 3 Comments
26/31: <I>The Interrupters</I>

Steve James documentaries get you inside. By the end of a James film — Hoop Dreams, Stevie, the inexplicably non-shortlisted The Interrupters — you know the subjects like cousins. You care what happens to them, …

9/31: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
December 9, 2011 – 2:13 PM | 22 Comments
9/31: <I>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</I>

It has all the tools for a great movie: a good old-fashioned ’70s-Cold-War-paranoia plot; a roster of fantastic actors and Hey, It’s That Guys, including Colin Firth, Ciaran Hinds, John Hurt, and the dude who …

Back to School: High Art, SLaP, and more
September 8, 2011 – 6:57 AM | 13 Comments
Back to School: <I>High Art</I>, SLaP, and more

A roundup of what I’ve written and watched recently…

The Crushed Film Festival presents: Mystery, Alaska
June 29, 2011 – 7:50 PM | 13 Comments
The Crushed Film Festival presents: <I>Mystery, Alaska</I>

The Movie: Mystery, Alaska
The Crush Object: Ron Eldard
The Story: Co-written by David E. Kelley and directed by Jay Roach (Meet the Parents), Mystery, Alaska opens on the town awaiting the arrival of a Sports Illustrated …

TV Question Qorner: Hair, Die
June 16, 2011 – 1:28 PM | 10 Comments
TV Question Qorner: Hair, Die

Law & Order: D’Onofrionics.
Rocco’s Dinner Party. I loved The Restaurant. Rocco’s unique brand of petulant flabbery is riveting to me, for some reason. RDP isn’t terribly promising, though; based on the single episode I’ve seen, …

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 …