Watched Fahrenheit 9/11 last night at the GasLamp downtown. I love the GasLamp Theatre, but the poor place is usually dead, not many people want to bother with parking downtown. Not last night though, the place was packed, and the theater was packed to see 9/11. The movie? Ultimately, I liked it. But I was …
Category Archives: Reviews
City of God
Finally watched City of God last night. I had heard great things about the movie, but finally got around to renting it. The movie is about a photographer growing up in the infamous ‘City of God’ slum in Rio de Janeiro. I thought it was extremely well done; beautiful and disturbing. The subject matter involved …
Control Room
We watched Control Room last night at the Ken. Thought it was a great look at the media, exposing biases on both sides of the world. I should really learn to sandboard. Nice: GOP avoiding investigation of prisoner abuse Al-Qaida may ‘reward’ American president with strike aimed at keeping him in office. A senior US …
NPR, Saved
Sunday afternoons are quite enjoyable with public radio. First up is This American Life, then The Next Big Thing, then Sounds Eclectic. An easy way to get your weekly recommended intake of stories, cultural examination, art, and great music. Watched Saved! on Friday night. It was thoroughly enjoyable. I suspect my enjoyment of the movie …
Iron Chef America
I downloaded (*gasp*) the first show of Iron Chef America. Hmm, not sure what to think. It has definitely lost some things on the trip over from Japan. I suppose there isn’t really a way to get back the unique cultural differences in the show. Alton Brown did quite well as Mr Info. I think …