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Dec
3
2009

Brothers Movie

This mornings email included a link to the trailer for the movie Brothers. I immediately thought three things:

Jake Gyllenhaal could make his career on the Middle East. I could come to think of him anytime I think of war movies about Iraq or Afghanistan. In the same way I think of James [...]

Nov
23
2009

The Dark Knight Movie

I have to say that The Dark Knight is the most violent Batman film I’ve ever seen. I might have been shocked. Except that I had seen Batman Begins, which was no slouch of a dark film.
One of the Joker’s violent scenes reminds me of a scene from The Untouchables. Which was [...]

Nov
7
2009

Rendition

So I watched Rendition and have stuck in my head the image of Jake Gyllenhaal without a shirt in the opening scene. Clearly, I am a sick freak.

Jake Gyllenhaal by Barbara.Doduk

Not surprisingly, I was unimpressed by the social agenda of the film. I think it could have been spectacular without all the cheesy [...]

Sep
19
2009

Californication Season 2

In Californication Season 2, Hank Moody, played by David Duchovny, continues to make a mess of his life. Or, if you look at it another way, he continues to live it exactly as he always has and now suffers the consequences as a forty-something parent of a teen does. Spoilers ahead.

David Duchovny by [...]

Aug
7
2009

Reciprocity, Social Networking, and Ads

Shockingly, I now have twice as many followers on Twitter than I am following.  And having discovered that not thoroughly examing a persons Twitter feed before following is a big invitation for spam, I’m now behind in the netiquette of following the non-spammers.
Sounds labor intensive and kind of nonsensical, no?

[twitter]
I found a little app that [...]