Thanks to the hilarious superdickery.com for that.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
TV Roundup: Season 5 of Friday Night Lights, Season 1 of Game of Thrones
Friday Night Lights Season 5
The usually stupendous and occasionally transcendent Friday Night Lights had to come to an end at some point, unfortunately. The show featured a large, expensive ensemble, and was watched by so few people that NBC had no problem pawning it off to DirecTv. And so one of the best things to air on television—and especially on the networks—in many years finished its amazing run with a stellar final season. Note: Spoilers ahead for the first four seasons. If you haven’t seen them…do.
Thursday, June 30, 2011
Paul's Cinema Chronology: 1995-1996
What I’ve Seen
1995
Twelve Monkeys
Toy Story
The Usual Suspects
Species
Se7en
Pocahontas
Outbreak
Memories
Ghost in the Shell
GoldenEye
Dead Man Walking
Canadian Bacon
Casper
Braveheart
Balto
Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls
1996
Waiting for Guffman
Trainspotting
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Birdcage
Swingers
Space Jam
Sgt. Bilko
Scream
Romeo + Juliet
Muppet Treasure Island
Mission: Impossible
Matilda
Jerry Maguire
Independence Day
Happy Gilmore
Hamlet
101 Dalmations
33 Total
Sunday, June 12, 2011
Paul's Cinema Chronology: 1990-1994
What I’ve Seen:
1990
Back to the Future Part III
Dances With Wolves
Die Hard 2
Goodfellas
Home Alone
Presumed Innocent
The Godfather: Part III
The Hunt for Red October
The Rescuers Down Under
1991
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
Beauty and the Beast
Dead Again
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
Rock-A-Doodle
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
The Rocketeer
The Silence of the Lambs
1992
A Few Good Men
Aladdin
Glengarry Glen Ross
Honey I Blew Up the Kid
Malcolm X
My Cousin Vinny
Porco Rosso
The Last of the Mohicans
Unforgiven
White Men Can’t Jump
1993
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Groundhog Day
Ninja Scroll
Jurassic Park
Look Who’s Talking Now
Philadelphia
Robin Hood: Men in Tights
Schindler’s List
The Nightmare Before Christmas
Three Colors: Blue
1994
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Clerks
Dumb and Dumber
Forrest Gump
Hoop Dreams
Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Pulp Fiction
Quiz Show
Speed
The Crow
The Hudsucker Proxy
The Lion King
The Mask
The Santa Clause
The Shawshank Redemption
The Swan Princess
54 Total
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Film Reviews: The Tree of Life, The Hangover Part II, and X-Men: First Class
The Tree of Life
Wow, where to begin with this one? I have the strong suspicion that over the next few months and years many critics much more insightful and articulate than I will be writing about this film, and I feel almost presumptuous talking about it. And yet, here I go.
Friday, May 27, 2011
TV Roundup: Season One of Archer, Battlestar Galctica, and Boardwalk Empire
Today I’m debuting what will hopefully become a fairly regular addition to this blog. I write movie reviews with some frequency and have mentioned television quite often, but I have yet to actually review tv shows. In accordance with this being the lair of the Film Czar, that changes today. And yes, I consider television to be film. After all, TV shows are filmed, no? (I plan on writing an essay comparing and contrasting the two media some day, but that’ll have to wait).
I don’t have the time or patience to individually review episodes of television—I recommend this blog for that—so instead I think I’ll step back and review whole seasons of shows after I finish them (or however far I get with a show with which I decide not to continue). I’m starting with three cable shows, for all of which I recently finished the first season. And why not do it alphabetically? So first up is FX’s Archer.
Archer, Season 1
What if there were an American James Bond, only instead of a suave gentleman he was a juvenile, petty, petulant man-child? This is essentially the premise of Archer, a consistently funny animated show that comes, somewhat surprisingly, from FX (it looks like, and has the sensibilities of, something from Adult Swim or Comedy Central).
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Film Reviews: Babel, Source Code, The Machinist
Babel
It’s a good thing
that I generally don’t fault a movie for being “award bait”. Sure it can be funny when they try and miss spectacularly (Australia), or were clearly mismarketed as such (The Men Who Stare at Goats), but unless it ludicrously obviously calibrated for an awards crowd (Crash), I’m usually not offended. Which was good for my enjoyment of Babel.
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