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Everybody’s Talkin’ 10 – 17 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

I look sillier than ever, The Chicks go all sci-fi, and The Mezzanine unleashes another list.

Posted on October 17, 2013October 24, 2013
visuals

Freeze Frame: VERTIGO

Really, we’re all just “passing through”.

Posted on October 16, 2013June 30, 2015
trailers

Now I’m All Messed Up: OLDBOY Trailer (and General Wonderings)

As the time for Spike Lee’s remake of Park Chan-wook’s opus draws nigh, I wonder what the consensus is.

Posted on October 15, 2013October 20, 2013
falling for the first time

Talkin’ PUMP UP THE VOLUME with Andrew Robinson

A recent episode of The Row Three Cinecast prompts G-Man and I to talk hard about a 1990’s pop culture staple.

Posted on October 14, 2013October 20, 2013
reviews

CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

Pressure leads to Necessity; Necessity leads to Desperation.

Posted on October 13, 2013February 28, 2014
the watchlist

Days of The Week (Films Watched Oct 5 – Oct 11)

Taking a healthy slice out of the pie, but wanting to finish the entire plate.

Posted on October 12, 2013October 17, 2013
links

Everybody’s Talkin’ 10 – 11 (Chatter from Other Bloggers)

I give thanks for Douglas being wrong, Stevee being back, and Rachel being clever.

Posted on October 11, 2013October 16, 2013
visuals

Freeze Frame: FAME

The hardest part about being an artist is the omnipresent thought that everyone else is better than you.

Posted on October 10, 2013June 30, 2015
my back pages

Sea Change: Reading Pictures at a Revolution

One of the best film books I’ve read yet details the moment many things in film changed, some things remained the same, and critics responded curiously.

Posted on October 9, 2013October 16, 2013
trailers

We Are Alive: THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY Trailer

A film gets its debut at NYFF to mixed reaction. Does this hurt its case, or help it?

Posted on October 8, 2013October 12, 2013
matineecast, podcasts

Episode 96

Talkin’ GRAVITY on The Thanksgiving Episode with Kate Bradford. She and Ryan also field listener feedback that gives thanks, and flip the record over to play a special set of other sides.

Posted on October 7, 2013October 12, 2013
reviews

GRAVITY

A wise Star Trek character once called space danger wrapped in darkness and silence. Who knew that Alfonso Cuarón was such a Star Trek fan?

Posted on October 6, 2013February 28, 2014

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