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Judgment Day: The Troubling Implications of Avatar as Best Picture
By brian longtin • Feb 19th, 2010 • Category: watching
The Late Night War: The Only Reality TV Worth Watching Since Obama-McCain
By brian longtin • Jan 20th, 2010 • Category: watchingInstead of having to suffer the race-to-the-bottom most reality fare serves up, we’re witnessing a duel to the death between two of the most beloved and talented comedians in our nation.
Kick-Ass: The Millar Movie We Really Wanted
By brian longtin • Dec 22nd, 2009 • Category: watchingNew trailers show that Matthew Vaughn’s ‘Kick-Ass’ takes the exact opposite angle than ‘Wanted’ — which is to say the exact right angle — and promises a hilariously twisted and brutal good time.
Mile and a Movie: Week Four (Featuring ‘Ong Bak 2′, ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, ‘Orphan’)
By brian longtin • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: watchingA full month in, this project has been a lot easier than expected. In fact, I feel like I’m just getting started. Also features ‘Lady Snowblood’, ‘Dark City’, ‘Following’, and ‘Some Like It Hot’.
Could Crowdsourcing Save Saturday Night Live?
By spencer • Nov 2nd, 2009 • Category: watchingWe mourn the decline of a comedy institution, and offer an experimental solution to salvage it for the Digital Age.
Mile and a Movie: Week Three (Featuring ‘A Serious Man’, Michael Moore, and ‘Drag Me to Hell’)
By brian longtin • Oct 30th, 2009 • Category: watchingBy week three, there have been some noticeable effects. I’ve had to bump up the treadmill a couple notches, and I’ve raised my movie standards a bit too. Also features ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’, ‘Tyson’, ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and ‘Dial M for Murder’.
Mile and a Movie: Week Two (Featuring ‘Outrage’, ‘The Informant!’, and Anime)
By brian longtin • Oct 22nd, 2009 • Category: watchingAs with any new routine, a strong start, and then a few hurdles after the initial burst of enthusiasm. Includes ‘Hancock’, ‘Reprise’, ‘Perfect Blue’, ‘Manhattan’, and ‘Laura’.
Mile and a Movie: The Delicious Cowardice of First-Person Horror; the Eisenberg Uncertainty Principle
By brian longtin • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: watchingAfter watching a movie a day, some observations that go a bit deeper into the implications of ‘Zombieland’ and ‘Adventureland’, ‘Paranormal Activity’ and ‘[REC]‘.
Mile and a Movie: Week One (Featuring ‘Zombieland’, ‘Adventureland’, ‘Paranormal Activity’)
By brian longtin • Oct 14th, 2009 • Category: watchingAn experiment begins: a simple regimen to combat the twin menaces of backlog and beer gut. Hop on the treadmill for at least 20 minutes every single day, and watch a movie every single night. Also features ‘12 Angry Men’, ‘On the Waterfront’, ‘Duck Soup’, and ‘[REC]‘.
‘Big Fan’: ‘The Wrestler’ for the Rest of Us
By brian longtin • Sep 1st, 2009 • Category: watchingWhere The Ram’s story is about an addiction to life in the spotlight, Paul Aufiero’s is about a working class brand of loyalty that looks an awful lot like religion, and all the contradictions that entails.
