Category: media
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VVG
It felt like just six of us in the 10p showing of ‘Loving Vincent’ at the Roxy on a Saturday night was exactly the right way to enjoy this unique film. Ninety minutes of oil paint based animation traversing a historically-fictionalized period after VVG’s death, which used flash back/reminiscing to touch on the major themes […]
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Rock Docs
I watched a couple of rock documentaries in some holiday break down time. I love a great musical documentary. I like the ones that reveal a great musician or let me get inside of something and wish I had been a part of it. My current favorites: Long Time #1: Hail Hail Rock and Roll […]
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Aaron Sorkin
The headline alone conjures visions of long fast-paced walks, staccato banter, papers being handed in and out of frame, and you either don’t really know who he is or you love, love, love him. He comes to the front of the lobe today as I have just watched “Molly’s Game”, his first director gig. It […]
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The Center Will Not Hold
Sometimes there is something wonderful in my ‘New to Netflix’ inbox. Today it was “The Center Will Not Hold”, a light biography of Joan Didion by her nephew Griffin Dunne. I came to Joan through Griffin’s father, Dominick, and his striking prose in the pages of Vanity Fair, culminating in his coverage of the OJ […]
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Tap Tap Bam
Best Comic Issue Ever: Spider-man versus Wolverine Best use of “suicide by spider”. Quick Plot: Peter Parker on vacation in Germany Wolverine in Germany visiting old female spy buddy who says her cohort is getting wiped, she’s ready to go, and she wants Logan to do it Somehow Peter gets tingly nearby and stops Wolverine […]
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The Smile
Best Star Trek Episode: Tapestry, from Star Trek the Next Generation Magnificent application of the “George Bailey” or “Path Not Taken” structure Quick Plot: Opens with Picard’s “Jarvik 7” heart failing from an injury a normal heart would have survived Omnipotent cast-regular alien “Q” arrives to give Picard the chance to revisit the moment he […]