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Movies 2007 #9 No Regrets for our Youth, #10 A Touch of Zen and #11 The Amphibian Man

Touch of Zen (Ws Sub Dol) A real classic. I’ve got a crazy backlog of half-finished reviews that I really ought to work through, but this film really deserves a write up. I’ve actually kept it, instead of sending it … Continue reading

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Movies 2007 #8 – The Quiet Duel

Akira Kurosawa’s: The Quiet Duel This may or may not be useful as a review, but The Quiet Duel plays like one of those teleplays that they used to do back in the 50s. Like they’d get Lee J. Cobb … Continue reading

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Just in time

I pulled out the Donald Richie Kurosawa book last night. You know what that means… I’m getting my full film nerd thing on. So, imagine my joy when I found out that David Bordwell keeps a film blog: Observations on … Continue reading

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Jodorowsky is 78 today.

Alejandro Jodorowsky is 78 and he’s still more creative than a 1,000 mere mortals. Some day his Metabarons book with Travis Charest will come out and it will be the greatest comic book ever made. Ever. In the history of … Continue reading

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Your primitive human intelligence can't comprehend the power of our moon bombs.

Did Ignignokt really shut down Boston yesterday? See what happens while I’m away? Engadget has a good picture of one in place. I’m thinking you’d have to be shit-faced to think that was a bomb. Of course (I’m proud to … Continue reading

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