If you’ve read and enjoyed Terry Bisson’s story “They’re Made Out of Meat”, you need to see this film. If you haven’t read it, and you like oddball SF, then you need to see it, too. The story itself is online, too. Found via BoingBoing. (where else, really?)
13 favourite songs from movie soundtracks. Thirteen Things about Patrick Johanneson Primus, “Tommy the Cat”, from the soundtrack to Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey. This song introduced me to Primus, the bass-centred wacko-lyrics band from El Sobrante, and I’ve never had cause to look back since. It’s the story of a female cat out lookin’ …
As Valentine’s Day approaches, my darling wife starts dropping hints that get less subtle as time goes on. “Girls like flowers,” I’ll hear, and then “Flowers are cool”, and eventually “I like flowers, you know”. So what can I do? I bought some flowers. (I was going to anyway, subtle hints or no…) Sunset, through the …
I saw six movies this weekend… In chronological order: Fantastic Four–not so fantastic. Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy–enjoyed it about as much as the first time I saw it (which is to say, a fair amount). Water–Heart-wrenching and very well done. Everything Is Illuminated–I want to see this again. By turns hilarious and poignant. Underworld Evolution–Like …
So I showed Capote at the Evans tonight. I knew essentially nothing about the man before I watched the movie. Normally I have a hard time watching a show where the main character is unsympathetic, but somehow this show was quite compelling. Philip Seymour Hoffman did a fantastic job in his role as Truman Capote. …
In the last week and a half I’ve seen two movies, Thumbsucker and The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. What did I think of them? Well, Thumbsucker was an adolescent-angst movie that proved to me that while Keanu Reeves may not be a brilliant thespian, at least he can act …
So last night I got an email from a friend of mine (let’s call him Kevin, since that’s his name): Subject: Aeon Flux I knew some people might not like it. But this review is ridiculous: It was so uncomfortable to watch this film, I felt like I was desperately holding back a bout of extreme diarrhea …