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December 30, 2007

up the walls

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=216128579&s=143441&i=216128631 Artist: PT Walkley. Album: ...And the Adventures of Track Rabbit.

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December 28, 2007

sweet pea

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=191736401&s=143441&i=191736825 Artist: Amos Lee. Album: Supply and Demand.

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December 24, 2007

super mario galaxy

http://wii.ign.com/objects/748/748588.html Pure hypercolor poetry.

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December 22, 2007

open your eyes

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=152267527&s=143441&i=152267657 Artist: Snow Patrol. Album: Eyes Open.

Posted by R. at 08:02 PM | | Comments (0)

charlie wilson's war

http://us.imdb.com/Title?Charlie+Wilson's+War+(2007) Your usual Mike Nichols affair—high-wattage cast, quality dialog, vaguely stagy mise en scène and slightly quaint politics cut with a reliable sardonicism. It's a pleasant, if slight, portrait of an interesting juncture in American diplomacy with obvious repercussions to this day. Minor quibble: did Julia Roberts acquire her steel magnolia schtick by studying Melanie Griffith in The Bonfire of the Vanities? I mean, it's not a performance that detracts from the movie by any means ... it's just a little ... regional-theater Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Know what I'm sayin'? I'll shut up now. Grade: B

Posted by R. at 07:28 PM | | Comments (0)

December 21, 2007

top ranking

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=251042367&s=143441&i=251042479 Artist: Blonde Redhead. Album: 23.

Posted by R. at 11:36 PM | | Comments (0)

hollywood

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=261253910&s=143441&i=261255102 Artist: Collective Soul. Album: Afterwords.

Posted by R. at 06:08 PM | | Comments (0)

i am legend

http://us.imdb.com/Title?I+Am+Legend+(2007) Like I, Robot before it, this 28 Days Later-Castaway hybrid is a Will Smith vehicle with a little bit more on its mind than the average blockbuster. That said, and as able, if unexceptional, as Francis Lawrence's direction is, there simply isn't that much story here. Much like its abandoned environments, the movie is expensively empty. It's a lavish vignette, a Twilight Zone episode pumped up just enough to justify a theatrical presentation. Nevertheless, a very decent outing for all concerned, although I did find the flashbacks to be somewhat awkwardly integrated. Nice Emma Thompson cameo, by the way. Grade: B

Posted by R. at 06:07 PM | | Comments (0)

December 11, 2007

fall down lightly

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=261912715&s=143441&i=261914605 Artist: VHS Or BETA. Album: Bring On the Comets.

Posted by R. at 08:37 PM | | Comments (0)

December 09, 2007

the golden compass

http://us.imdb.com/Title?Golden+Compass,+The+(2007) Ambitious, lavish, uneven, frustrating. The first act is pure tedious exposition; the second act more confusing mythology punctuated by awesome bear fights; and the third act thrilling but curiously abridged, suggesting sequels that will now surely never materialize. Grade: B

Posted by R. at 08:46 PM | | Comments (0)

December 08, 2007

my patch

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=158408467&s=143441&i=158408476 Artist: Jim Noir. Album: Tower of Love.

Posted by R. at 08:34 PM | | Comments (0)

December 03, 2007

mr. belvedere

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=214785494&s=143441&i=214785571 Artist: Gary Portnoy. Album: Destiny.

Posted by R. at 08:32 PM | | Comments (0)

December 02, 2007

the clothes they stood up in

http://www.amazon.com/Clothes-They-Stood-Up/dp/0375503064/

Posted by R. at 03:14 PM | | Comments (0)