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Paranoia Is In The Eye of The Beholder

Friday, July 13th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘JOSHUA’ Written by David Gilbert and George Ratliff Directed by George Ratliff Rated R 105 mins. The sound of a baby crying is one of the most disturbing sounds anyone can experience. It goes right to the core of your being, and while it’s not terrifying, or particularly scary, it nevertheless sets you […]

Lost and Found and Forgotten and Forgiven

Wednesday, July 11th, 2007

TV REVIEW: ‘THE LOST ROOM’ Written by Laura Harkcom, Christopher Leone, and Paul Workman Directed by Craig R. Baxley and Michael W. Watkins 270 mins. (6 episodes) Back before cable TV and VCRs were ubiquitous, studios would occasionally treat us to that TV show/move hybrid, the mini-series. It’s a great genre for those of us […]

Truth Blinds; Imagination Enhances

Monday, July 9th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA’ Written by Jeff Stockwell and David Paterson, based on the novel by Katherine Paterson Directed by Gabor Csupo Rated PG 95 mins. Bridge to Terabithia is based on a children’s novel of the same name, written in 1977, or based on a made-for-TV adaption from 1985. Take your pick, doesn’t […]

Pizza Pies for Your Eyes

Monday, July 9th, 2007

The tables at Snoose Junction are made out of the boards from Lelani Lanes. That’s all I really need to tell you—it would have been enough incentive for me if I had known in advance. Need more? Fine—they have an Addams Family pinball machine. And it takes dollar bills. Now you know why I’ll go […]

Me + Lunch = Happy

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

The GF and I like to play a game, call it food math. Thai food is a mixture of Chinese and Indian. Malaysian food is a mixture of Thai and Indian, which I suppose makes it three quarters Indian, one quarter Chinese. I say Thai is Chinese plus curry and coconut, and Malaysian is Thai […]

Red Hot Chili Opressors

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘THE MISTRESS OF SPICES’ Written by Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges Directed by Paul Mayeda Berges Rated PG-13 92mins. 1 star Tilo (Aishwarya Rai) was born with some kind of second sight, and here parents were murdered for it so she could be used by bandits to find treasure. But she escaped, […]

Nothing Gained, Nothing Ventured

Saturday, July 7th, 2007

It might seem pointless to write a review of a diner attached to a motel. But I’ve decided, while I have the momentum, to take the skater approach to blogging and reviewing. When you watch a skater video, you see the wow moments—and sometimes they even show you the really bad crashes. But what they […]

Rough in the Diamonds

Friday, July 6th, 2007

FILM REVIEW: ‘BLOOD DIAMOND’ Written by Charles Leavitt Directed by Edward Zwick Rated R 143 mins. 3½ stars I haven’t seen Apocalypse Now, so it might be a bit silly to compare Blood Diamond to Coppola’s Vietnam-War Epic. But Apocalypse was such a huge movie, it is undeniably part of our pop-consciousness, and I have […]

The Sound of Fury

Tuesday, July 3rd, 2007

CD REVIEW: ‘VENA SERA’ Artist: Chevelle Produced and Mixed by Michael “Elvis” Baskette Record Company: Sony BMG/Epic Chevelle is hard rock stripped down and rebuilt on riffless lead guitar, heavy fuzz on the reverb, and a driving percussion underscored by coffin-lid bass. Vocals on top are either screaming or lyrical, less melodic and more punctuated […]

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