• Terrifying horse mask has the greatest customer image gallery on Amazon Over the course of editing today’s “When The Commentariat Attack” Inventory I ran across this terrifying horse mask. What I didn’t realize until now is that the terrifying horse mask has an amazing gallery of customer images. My favorite is above. There are eleven pages of such photos. Enjoy, and sleep well.

    Terrifying horse mask has the greatest customer image gallery on Amazon

    Over the course of editing today’s “When The Commentariat Attack” Inventory I ran across this terrifying horse mask. What I didn’t realize until now is that the terrifying horse mask has an amazing gallery of customer images. My favorite is above. There are eleven pages of such photos. Enjoy, and sleep well.
    Jan
    30
    2012
  • I wrote a Commentary Tracks Of The Damned piece about Apollo 18, a movie I was already on record as not liking. (I used to love the They Might Be Giants album, however.)

    I wrote a Commentary Tracks Of The Damned piece about Apollo 18, a movie I was already on record as not liking. (I used to love the They Might Be Giants album, however.)
    Jan
    30
    2012
  • theavc: This is the best search result to ever lead to us, without a doubt. And not only because now we know someone out there is concerned about the interpersonal relationships of late ’90s alt-rock bands, but because we are the first search result for “Do Korn and Limp Bizkit get along?”

    theavc:

    This is the best search result to ever lead to us, without a doubt. And not only because now we know someone out there is concerned about the interpersonal relationships of late ’90s alt-rock bands, but because we are the first search result for “Do Korn and Limp Bizkit get along?”
    Jan
    19
    2012
  • I have two film reviews in The A.V. Club this week, one for Red Tails, the other for Coriolanus. The first is a long-in-the-works George Lucas production about the Tuskegee Airmen. It’s not very good. The other is Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut and the first, best I can tell, feature film adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s least-loved major plays. It’s quite good. The former’s a fact-inspired WWII story seemingly created to show off some CGI effects. The latter’s set in a contemporary “Rome” of the imagination abut feel much more immediate, and aware of the toll war takes on the soul.

    I have two film reviews in The A.V. Club this week, one for Red Tails, the other for Coriolanus. The first is a long-in-the-works George Lucas production about the Tuskegee Airmen. It’s not very good. The other is Ralph Fiennes’ directorial debut and the first, best I can tell, feature film adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s least-loved major plays. It’s quite good. The former’s a fact-inspired WWII story seemingly created to show off some CGI effects. The latter’s set in a contemporary “Rome” of the imagination abut feel much more immediate, and aware of the toll war takes on the soul.
    Jan
    19
    2012
  • Creepy Chicago image of the day: A faded poster for BIRTH in the window of a long-abandoned bar. (Taken with instagram)

    Creepy Chicago image of the day: A faded poster for BIRTH in the window of a long-abandoned bar. (Taken with instagram)
    Jan
    04
    2012
  • The display bookcases at IKEA: a celebration of underperforming Swedish literature. (Taken with instagram)

    The display bookcases at IKEA: a celebration of underperforming Swedish literature. (Taken with instagram)
    Dec
    26
    2011
  • In my neighborhood: Terrifying lawn art.

    In my neighborhood: Terrifying lawn art.
    Dec
    25
    2011
  • In my neighborhood: A former mental health facility soon to become luxury apartments. (Taken with instagram)

    In my neighborhood: A former mental health facility soon to become luxury apartments. (Taken with instagram)
    Dec
    24
    2011
  • Alien abuses obese man on Christmas Eve.

    Alien abuses obese man on Christmas Eve.
    Dec
    24
    2011
  • Recent films I have reviewed: War Horse and We Bought A Zoo I’ve been on the all creatures great and small beat lately, which worked out well half the time. As for the other half. Well… The Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of War Horse is one of my favorite movies of the year, paying homage to classic Hollywood and old-fashioned humanism without being self-conscious about it while still being unmistakably the work of Spielberg. And it’s moving as hell. I love it so much I feel kind of protective about it, and have been a little disheartened by some of the more muted responses. See it. It’s great.  I can’t say the same for Cameron Crowe’s We Bought A Zoo. I say that as a pretty big fan Crowe’s past work, which even at their most sentimental never strained this hard for effect. If you do go, consider making a drinking game of obviously paid-for references to Target and Home Depot. You will be drunk. Better yet, have another look at Vanilla Sky, Crowe’s most underrated film. Or reconsider Elizabethtown. It’s not as bad as they say! Really! Finally, I didn’t review Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close but take on it lines up pretty well with Scott Tobias ”F” review. “Cloying” doesn’t begin to describe what director Steven Daldry is up to with this one. Please keep him away from national tragedies.

    Recent films I have reviewed: War Horse and We Bought A Zoo

    I’ve been on the all creatures great and small beat lately, which worked out well half the time. As for the other half. Well…

    The Steven Spielberg-directed adaptation of War Horse is one of my favorite movies of the year, paying homage to classic Hollywood and old-fashioned humanism without being self-conscious about it while still being unmistakably the work of Spielberg. And it’s moving as hell. I love it so much I feel kind of protective about it, and have been a little disheartened by some of the more muted responses. See it. It’s great. 

    I can’t say the same for Cameron Crowe’s We Bought A Zoo. I say that as a pretty big fan Crowe’s past work, which even at their most sentimental never strained this hard for effect. If you do go, consider making a drinking game of obviously paid-for references to Target and Home Depot. You will be drunk. Better yet, have another look at Vanilla Sky, Crowe’s most underrated film. Or reconsider Elizabethtown. It’s not as bad as they say! Really!

    Finally, I didn’t review Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close but take on it lines up pretty well with Scott Tobias ”F” review. “Cloying” doesn’t begin to describe what director Steven Daldry is up to with this one. Please keep him away from national tragedies.
    Dec
    22
    2011
  • Polish poster of Mulholland Dr. (2001) Just because it’s there.

    Polish poster of Mulholland Dr. (2001)

    Just because it’s there.
    Dec
    19
    2011

  • Scenes from the Chicago public transportation system: “Packages Are People Too”

    This actually happened yesterday. It is not a scene from a hackneyed movie with such clichéd characters as the AWFUL WOMAN and the ANGRY COMMUTER, as much as it might read like one.

    The scene: The Chicago El (Brown Line heading from downtown to northern neighborhoods, around 4:45 PM). The train is crowded, but not overly so. One seat remains empty. Two small bags sit on it next to a TEXTING WOMAN who has more packages in front of her

     ME: Is anyone sitting there?

    TEXTING WOMAN: No. [resumes texting]

     ME: Well, may I sit there?

    TEXTING WOMAN: If you sat there, where would I put my bags?

    ME: Those seats are for passengers, not packages.

    [TEXTING WOMAN resumes texting]

    ME: Are you serious?

    And scene. Actually, no. I paused to flip her off as I exited. I’m not proud of that. But I could be more ashamed, too. (She was having a loud conversation on her phone at the time, so I don’t think she noticed anyway.)

    Dec
    17
    2011
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