Category: entertainment
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Princess Mononoke
I actually lured Tim out into public today by dangling the promise of a free screening of Princess Mononoke in front of his nose. He had to think about it for a moment or two, but not too hard before he agreed. The show was part of a program put on by the University of… Read.
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Room 237
I am never going to understand conspiracy theorists. Room 237 was a documentary about people who have watched Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and have become convinced that it’s about anything but a remote, haunted hotel that twists a man’s mind and makes him want to kill his wife and son. One person watched the film… Read.
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Anfang 80
Anfang 80 is the story of Rosa and Bruno: how they meet, how they fall in love, and how they die, all in the space of just a few months. I really wanted to like this movie. In fact, I really did like this movie a whole lot, even though I felt very strongly that… Read.
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Computer Chess
We had to duck out of Computer Chess, too, except that My Darling B was the one to tap me on the shoulder this time. I didn’t hesitate to grab my jacket and scurry out of the theater right behind her, though. Whatever kind of humor they were using in that movie, the audience was… Read.
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Comrade Kim Goes Flying
We saw two really good films today, the first one at the beginning of the day and the other one at the end of the day, that sort of bookended the day and made it worth going out for. And we saw two stinkers. One of them stunk so bad it took under thirty minutes… Read.
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Baggy Trousers
Another favorite from the British Arrows, the best of television advertising for 2012: Madness singing a much more relaxed rendition of Baggy Trousers than I’ve ever heard before. Been stuck in my head all day. Just in case your memory needs refreshing, here’s a link to the original version. Read.
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The Moo Man
The best movie I saw all day today was The Moo Man, a documentary about a dairy farmer in Britain, because cows. Who doesn’t like cows? Not people who I want to talk to, that’s for sure. I’ll bet you can watch this documentary on Netflix. If you can’t, you should get it somewhere else,… Read.
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Tiger Tail in Blue
I am not nearly clever enough to completely understand what was going on in Tiger Tail in Blue, our second-to-last film on this, the third day of the Wisconsin Film Festival. The film focuses on Christopher, an Aspiring Writer who waits tables on the night shift at a Chicago restaurant to bring in some money.… Read.
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Aldi tea advert
We watched The British Arrows last night. It was an hour-long collection of the best television advertisements of 2012. This one gave me the best belly laugh of the evening! Read.
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Dragon Inn
I’m not sure what I can say about Dragon Inn that would do it justice. A classic chop-socky film that goes great with a bag of popcorn and a bottle of beer, I didn’t expect anything from it but lots and lots of kung-fu action, and that’s exactly what I got. It had an evil… Read.
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