2.5 stomps out of 5 Salt, directed by Phillip Noyce and starring Angelina Jolie, Liev Schreiber, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alex Pettyfer and Gaius Charles. There’s no reason to dwell on this movie’s story line, all you need to know is that this is a story that lets you revel in some of that good old Evil [...]
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Where have you gone, Ansel Adams?
(With apologies to Paul Simon who pointed out to Dick Cavett that the number of beats in the line required “Joe Dimaggio” rather than “Mickey Mantle” or, in this case, “Ansel Adams.”) My first encounter with Photoshop was an early 90′s thing during a Mac workshop at Tulane, and it was insufficient to sway my [...]
Bigfoot goes to the movies – Inception
3 stomps out of 5 Inception, written, produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Ken Watanabe, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, and Cillian Murphy. Go see it. It’s fine escapist story-telling. Oh, and if you don’t quite understand some bit of the plot or the logic while you’re watching the movie, [...]
The Goodby, Silverstein Corvette commercial…(Auto Rants (4))
My son wrote: Hey Pops – I’m totally loving this Corvette commercial… and I don’t like Chevy (sorry, Chevrolet) cars, nor have I ever been too fond of the Corvette. (If I’m going to buy an expensive sportscar, Chevy isn’t the first car company that comes to mind). http://www.nitrobahn.com/news/2011-chevrolet-corvette-features-in-a-short-commercial/ To which I responded: Well, it’s [...]
A neckstrap by another name
I wanted to let my brother (also a recent purchaser of a Nikon) know about a piece of equipment I had acquired. From the email: As you can guess, your brother chafed under the Nikon yoke. Or, said otherwise, never having been a “natural” fan of Nikons (just as I am not a “natural” fan [...]
Auto rants (3)
It’s been a year, and now I am (and the rest of you out there are, too) a part-owner of General Motors. Wish there were better news for the future, but it looks like they still don’t get it. Today’s New York Times reports that for “consistency” we will now have to refrain from calling [...]
eBooks and iPads and Blackberries, oh my!
At my present university the periodical magazine features a point-counterpoint discussion in each issue. This time the topic was whether the coming-of-age of eBooks would result in increased reading; to kill the suspense, I took the con side while a professor of performing arts took the pro side. We made our arguments (in writing) last [...]
With a little help from my friends
In a quandary this morning. I can understand some things pretty easily, like how General Motors can claim that an electric car that has to be plugged in every 40 miles can get 230 miles to the gallon. I am, of course, a university-certified Marketing Wizard. Other things I understand pretty easily include the idea that pine [...]
Picnic Bench Wrangler: Platonic occupation
I’ve had my eye on this one for a while. The picnic benches at Colt State Park tend to migrate, sometimes singly and sometimes in groups, sometimes in daylight and sometimes overnight. Park administrators, however, clearly have ideas about the correct arrangement of benches across the landscape. This creates the occupation of Picnic Bench Wrangler, [...]
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Bigfoot goes to the movies: The Kids Are Alright
3.5 Stomps out of five The Kids Are Alright Directed by Lisa Cholodenko and starring Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska and Josh Hutcherson. My reaction to this movie is quite personal. Judging by the sounds generated by the other people in the theater – surprised intakes of breath, at least one “hoo-hah,” [...]
August 22, 2010 0 Comments Short URL Commentary, Movie Reviews