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March 28, 2008

21

http://us.imdb.com/Title?21+(2008) This would-be caper about gaming the system is so predictable, and its story so by-the-numbers, that its numeric title itself serves as a sort of weak meta commentary. Here's another number for ya: 1985. That's the approximate vintage of most of the character arcs and plot points. I mean, fuck, there's even a robot. A goddamn robot! And it wins a prize! Director Robert Luketic's helmsmanship is slick the way dog shit is slick. Grade: C-

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March 26, 2008

to build a home

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=255470095&id=255464394&s=143441 Artist: The Cinematic Orchestra. Album: Ma Fleur.

Posted by R. at 01:52 PM | | Comments (0)

March 25, 2008

why do you let me stay here?

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=276066596&id=276066579&s=143441 Artist: She & Him. Album: Volume One.

Posted by R. at 08:20 PM | | Comments (0)

March 24, 2008

miss guided

http://abc.go.com/primetime/missguided/ It's debatable how long this sitcom's "offbeat/quirky" tone will maintain its welcome, but for the time being the cast is charming and there are chuckles, if not outright laughs, to be had. Oh, but please: no more self-indulgent cameos from exec pro-doucher Ashton Kutcher.

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March 18, 2008

time to pretend

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=264720018&id=264720008&s=143441 Artist: MGMT. Album: Oracular Spectacular.

Posted by R. at 02:16 PM | | Comments (0)

March 16, 2008

sympathy for the devil

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=76534161&id=76534058&s=143441 Artists: The Rolling Stones & The Neptunes. Album: Singles 1968-1971.

Posted by R. at 04:05 PM | | Comments (0)

the greatest

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=184482420&id=184482392&s=143441 Artist: Cat Power. Album: The Greatest.

Posted by R. at 04:03 PM | | Comments (0)

miss pettigrew lives for a day

http://us.imdb.com/Title?Miss+Pettigrew+Lives+for+a+Day+(2008) All surfaces, but what surfaces. A tremendous display of technical facility in front of and behind the camera. If you can tolerate frenetic, meticulously choreographed period farce, and a story that glides like it's on rails, there are simple pleasures to be derived from this jazz-age fantasy set in London on the eve of the Second World War. Grade: B

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March 14, 2008

charmed life

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=264698361&id=264698181&s=143441 Artist: Mick Jagger. Album: The Very Best of Mick Jagger.

Posted by R. at 10:34 AM | | Comments (0)

March 03, 2008

red wine, success!

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=196320327&id=196319329&s=143441 Artist: Cold War Kids. Album: Robbers & Cowards.

Posted by R. at 05:50 PM | | Comments (0)

March 02, 2008

paper planes

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=262161877&id=262161787&s=143441 Artist: M.I.A. Album: Kala.

Posted by R. at 11:30 PM | | Comments (0)

swimming pool

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=264140943&id=264138843&s=143441 Artist: Freezepop. Album: Future Future Future Perfect.

Posted by R. at 11:23 PM | | Comments (0)

flume

http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=273428130&id=273428119&s=143441 Artist: Bon Iver. Album: For Emma, Forever Ago.

Posted by R. at 03:56 PM | | Comments (0)