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It’s the last day of March. Insert cliches about lions and lambs here. The Ides has passed (which, by the way, is not always the 15th of the month, more often than not it’s the 13th. True story)
So as the month comes to close, here’s what I’ve been looking at the Internet.
From The Onion: “Obama Depressed, Distant Since ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Series Finale”
The funniest thing I’ve read on Twitter’s public timeline: “Mother told me to remove my black nail polish for church on Easter. I think that’s kinda fucked. U can b religious and wear black!” Best person to follow on Twitter (if you’re not following me, of course): darthvader.
to bodly go...
Stories like this one make me believe that with Legos all things are possible. What would Michelangelo have done with Legos as his main medium instead of marble? And, come on, Seurat would have gone crazy building up his colors with lego blocks instead of dots. Read the rest of this entry »
A couple of years ago, I started keeping a journal/list/mini-review collection of every book I’d read and every movie I’d seen. It makes for thrilling reading, let me tell you. But with the existence of this blog and the inescapable proliferation of “Best of” lists at this time of the year, my spiral bound book suddenly serves a purpose.
The stats are kind of bleak on the book side. Only 21 books read in ’08 and, sadly, three months when I finished zero books. I saw 35 movies though. That sounds impressive (and expensive) until I tell you that the list isn’t just for movies I see in the theater, but anything I watch on OnDemand, through Netflix, on HBO or even on broadcast television.
The list is all-encompassing for movies and books. It doesn’t ignore books I re-read ‘cause I love them so. It isn’t limited to things released in the current year. Nope. It lets me include Jon Waters’ Hairspray as a January 2008 entry and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood as a February read.
So, in chronological order, here’s a look at Tammy’s Favorite Books and Movies of 2008 with exciting commentary from the journal entries. And here’s hoping I read more in 2009 that I don’t consider crap or just okay.
I’m not doing a top 10 list. Mainly because that would be 50% of the books and not all of the books deserve to be on anyone’s top 100 list. And it would require me to rank my favorites, which I don’t feel like doing. Read the rest of this entry »
“Is this Osborne Cox?” A simple question in Burn After Reading, but it’s what makes you realize that Brad Pitt is a strong comedic actor. Burn is the latest film from Ethan and Joel Coen. In its simplest terms, the plot revolves around a CD found in a gym locker room.
Simple is not the word to describe the plot. The false assumptions and intricate ties between subplots are anything but simple and it could be easy to get lost. After Pitt shows up on screen, however, the Coens keep everything moving at a fast pace so there’s no time to get lost. Like the characters, you’re often wondering if what you just saw really happened and if it really happened like you think you saw it. When things get too confusing David Rasche and J.K. Simmons (Sledge Hammer and Juno’s dad, respectively, among their other fine character work) show up for the funniest use of exposition I’ve seen in a while. Read the rest of this entry »
If you haven’t heard already, MTV is planning a remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. You may remember it as a movie you watched once or twice at midnight while throwing toast and shouting, “Dammit, Janet!” At some point, you’ve taken that jump to the left. I’ve got my own memories of the movies, that I’ll get to it in a second.
People coming out of the theater where I saw Wanted were talking about the action and the effects. Both are worthy of being talked about, but it’s nothing you haven’t seen before. Or rather, at least the effects use techniques you’ve seen before but with results you haven’t seen.
possible minor spoilers after the jump
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