2013
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Movie Review: 56 Up
4 stars out of 5 First of all, this is not a quickie sequel to This Is 40, and thank goodness for that. It is, however, definitely a sequel, the 8th installment in Michael Apted’s fascinating “Up” documentary series. (Apted was an assistant on the first one, Seven Up!, back in 1964, and has been […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/8/13
EPISODE #58: BIRDS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Trashmen — “Surfin’ Bird” Niall Connolly — “Seagull” Eels — “I Like Birds” Michael Jackson — “Rockin’ Robin” Leonard Cohen — “Bird on a Wire” The Beatles — “And Your Bird Can Sing” M. Ward — “I’ll Be Yr Bird” Megan Reilly (w/ John Wesley […]
Roll On, Corolla: A Boy & His Car
I don’t want to get all Giving Tree on you, but the car and I really did go a long way back. All the way to October 4, 1991. On that day, at Jim Coleman Toyota in Bethesda, Maryland, I took ownership of a brand-new, end-of-model-year, light blue Corolla. The address we wrote on the […]
Movie Review: Zero Dark Thirty
4 stars out of 5 Zero Dark Thirty makes Argo look like My Little Pony. The stakes are that much higher, the preparation that much longer, the tension that much greater. And you can’t help but compare the films. It’s almost like Zero Dark Thirty is a sequel where they could only get Kyle Chandler […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2012
What?!? I only saw 29 movies in the theater this year? I know Sandy slowed me down, but still! I think I was on a record pace early in the year. What happened? I don’t know, but I know I let you down and I promise I’ll try harder in 2013. Yet again, I’ll say: […]
Movie Review: Hyde Park on Hudson
4 stars out of 5 If there was a TV channel with just Bill Murray playing Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Laura Linney as his cousin Daisy, I would probably spend entirely too much time watching it, ignoring basic standards of hygiene and socialization. This movie is simply that comfortable, with a well-sustained, calming mood. Now, […]
Movie Review: Not Fade Away
3 stars out of 5 OK, David Chase, you’ve gotten the veiled autobiography out of your system. Can we maybe get a Sopranos movie now? With Not Fade Away, he was partially there, anyway. You’ve got James Gandolfini playing, well, Tony Soprano if he worked at Pep Boys. Silvio is the film’s music supervisor. Eugene […]
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