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Welcome to my personal film and literary zine; plus a whole lot more. Come here for film/book recommendations, elucidation and an occasional yarn that might just entertain you. Grab a cup of joe, or pour a glass of wine, and sit back and enjoy.

10/09 Reviews of The Express and Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

10/05 DVD Picks of the Week! (New) Gus Van Sant’s latest contemplation about skate kids, crime and punishment and justice resonates in Paranoid Park. As always Van Sant adores the young adolescent male form. Closer to Elephant, than Drugstore Cowboy, Van Sant’s finest work to date. The Visitor may be the next film of 2008, directed by Thomas McCarthy it’s about people from opposite walks who are thrown together and must find the common ground. It’s an appropriate follow up to McCarthy’s earlier effort, The Station Agent. (ReIssues) Fiilm noir fanatics rejoice! Hitchcock’s seminal slasher classic Psycho(1960) and Orson Well’s seedy south of the border thriller, A Touch of Evil (1958)—perhaps the greatest B-movie ever made, are out. For kids, Watership Down (1978) and the Disney classic Sleeping Beauty (1959). (Out and Reviewed) It’s been a long time for M. Night Shyamalan since The Sixth Sense and he still doesn’t get it as evidenced by The Happening.

10/02 Review of Appaloosa.

09/28 DVD Picks of the Week! (ReIssue) LA Confidential, may barely be ten years old (1997) but it has the scope and feel of a classic crime noir. (Out and Reviewed) Besides seeing the lead actor free his willy, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is forgetful.

09/27 Paul Newman, one of the greatest Hollywood actors, American icon and a true humanitarian has passed. Newman had a rich on screen legacy (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Hustler, The Color of Money and The Sting) but if I had to pick my two personal favorites, it would be Cool Hand Luke (1967) and The Verdict (1982). Both featured Newman as the irrepressible spirit, fighting the good fight in a no win situation. As a critic I had the opportunity to review one of his last projects, Where the Money is. For more, see the well written eulogy by Ty Burr in the Boston Globe.

09/25 Review of Nights in the Rodanthe.

09/22 DVD Picks of the Week! (New) If you were a fan of Dario Argento’s stylish should saga, Suspiria (1977), then the final installment in the witch trilogy (starring his daughter, Asia), Mother of Tears, is for you—definitely an acquired taste. (ReIssues) The Anderson Tapes (1971), Sean Connery and Sidney Lumet cook up a taught crime thriller. (Out and Reviewed) A swing and a near miss for George Clooney’s football follies throwback, Leatherheads.

09/19 Air Time For my NECN reviews of Igor, Lakeview Terrace and Ghost Town, click here.

09/15 On Air: I’ll be on NECN this Friday AM (08/08 @ 8:45) to review Igor, Lakeview Terrace and Ghost Town.

09/14 DVD Picks of the Week! (ReIssues) Risky Business(1983) the movie that made Tom Cruise a household name and that great sex scene with Rebecca De Mornay—take note of the hip, pulsating sound track by Tangerine Dream, they just don’t come like that any more. (Out and Reviewed) The Strangers and 88 Minutes.

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