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How can I not have heard of this?

Monday, July 21, 2008

They’re filming Watchmen.

They’re filming Watchmen.

Whether it’s a train wreck or a triumph, I am seeing that film.

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Blues Brothers: now with more Blues Brothers!

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Wow. I finally got around to watching The Blues Brothers on my laptop (yes, it’s downloaded, yes, I’m ashamed). It’s the DVD edition. Meaning … new dialogue in the opening scene, shots of Elwood parking the Bluesmobile behind “Danger, High Voltage” doors at the end of an alleyway and climbing out the window because there’s [...]

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Recent viewing: Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor)

Sunday, March 19, 2006

A film recommendation: Night Watch (Nochnoi Dozor), Russian fantasy (part I of a trilogy), recently opened in the US; the original was an enormous hit in Russia and the sequel just premiered. The short version: it’s a confused stylistic hodgepodge with a simplistic moral underpinning, but so consistently ugly/beautiful (visually and viscerally) that it’s a [...]

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