Principal photography is wrapping up on Quantum of Solace, the sequel to the James Bond 007 reboot Casino Royale. Which I thought was great. So CNN dares ask the hard-hitting, yet formerly-hip*, question, “Are people ready for an emo Bond?”… Continue Reading
After finishing that book about ancient Alexandria, it occurred to me, for the second time, that a story about Hypatia would be both timely and interesting. The facts would need to be tweaked — most importantly, Hypatia herself would need… Continue Reading
Story: Implausible re-telling of the affair of King Henry VIII and Mary Boleyn, followed by slightly more plausible re-telling of the affair, marriage, and eventual divorce-by-execution of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn. The story is really one of conflict… Continue Reading
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Time to short-sell all those five-year bonds. Turns out the world will end on December 21, 2012. At least, at that point we’ll have gone off the Maya Long Count Calendar, an ingenius system for measuring epochal spans of time… Continue Reading
Apparently, there is a gigantic shitstorm of social criticism about Juno — there is backlash against the movie and counter-backlash against the backlash. I thought it started out as a humorously funny movie which got far too weepy for my… Continue Reading
Today, I watched Chinatown with a movie club. What a great movie that was. Every detail fits nicely into place. The movie club analyzes the movies from a psychological perspective, and more specifically from a Freudian perspective. But I have… Continue Reading
I’m really looking forward to The Dark Knight this summer. All the principal photography finished well before Heath Ledger died, so the only problems with production will be if they need to get re-dubs on his voice. The only real… Continue Reading
It’s such a shame to see reports that Heath Ledger died. Unknown and probably unknowable if it was a suicide or an accident, but it seems he overdosed on sleeping pills. Young, good-looking, the world at his feet. He had… Continue Reading