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Team America: World Police
January 2, 2008 – 7:50 PM | 28 Comments
<I>Team America: World Police</I>

“Nice brog!”
Had it on the DVR for ages, didn’t get around to watching it until last week. Loved it! I don’t watch South Park, not because I don’t think it’s funny but because I can’t …

The Little Foxes
December 27, 2007 – 5:24 PM | 7 Comments
<I>The Little Foxes</I>

 
“If I’d known you would age into Richard Burton’s face, Horace, I’d never have married you to begin with.”
My sense before seeing the movie was that it was a quintessential Bette Davis film, but …

Dirty Harry
December 13, 2007 – 12:25 PM | 12 Comments
<I>Dirty Harry</I>

Motivational Techniques In Holiday-Shopping Completion: A Seminar By H. Callahan
I wonder how many people actually sit down to watch Dirty Harry anymore — it seems like one of those movies people don’t bother seeing, because …

The Maltese Falcon
December 10, 2007 – 5:14 PM | 19 Comments
<I>The Maltese Falcon</I>

“That’ll teach me to leave a broad alone with a bottle of scotch and a Topsy Tail. Never again, Mac.”
I finally made it through this one last week, despite Humphrey Bogart’s well-documented Ambien-esque effect …

The Naked Civil Servant
November 12, 2007 – 12:07 PM | 4 Comments
<I>The Naked Civil Servant</I>

I’d seen it before, I think, on PBS — back in high school, which is a bit hard to believe now given the attitudes of the country in the late eighties. And the film was …

The Descent
October 30, 2007 – 9:17 PM | 29 Comments

Damn!
Inspired by Joe R’s horrorthon over on Low Res, I shuffled my Netflix list to move some horror movies to the top, and they began arriving last week, starting with The Descent, and I can’t …

Sweet Land
October 30, 2007 – 5:16 PM | 7 Comments

Owen Gleiberman wrote such a mash note to this movie, I didn’t expect to feel so underwhelmed.It’s good, mind — good-natured as well, and a pleasure to look at, and the leads are very good …

Aaaaand now the Halloween theme song is stuck in my head
October 26, 2007 – 10:08 AM | 3 Comments

It’s worth it, though: the singing-Jaws-theme guy is back with his version of the Halloween theme song.Skyrockets didn’t like this one as much, because it’s a dullish piece of music to work with, which I …

Around the TN-iverse
October 10, 2007 – 7:58 PM | 2 Comments

…If you’ve got any more money to spare for a good cause, considering attending the 7A benefit for Rett Syndrome Research. 7A is the production company behind Nikki, and your $65 ticket buys you some …

TN Fall Contest: …Whoa.
October 1, 2007 – 7:53 PM | 30 Comments

As of this writing: 37 percent.
(When I started writing the post? 36 percent. I love it when that happens.)
A few administrative notes….
1. Check out the leaderboard. Words fail me.
2. The following people need to stop …