lotr!
so last night we watched lotr: the two towers at our apartment. a bootleg of course. it was pretty decent...lots of artifacting and funky sound, but still all the hotness you can handle....or can you? oh, there was also a...
January 29, 2003 @ 9:31 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i'll do that later...
ah, procrastination. i am the master. so far i've watched charlie's angels (+special features), downloaded pics of elijah wood, checked my email about 35 times and balanced my checkbook. yep, those papers are just writing themselves. i have this weird...
January 31, 2003 @ 9:27 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
speshul
today is my special day! well, one of them anyway. today is the 21st anniversary of the day i came to america. i celebrated with japanese pan noodles from noodles & company and "the recruit." mmm...colin farrell. oh yes. the...
February 4, 2003 @ 9:26 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh god, i'm lame
i can't help but notice that i've mentioned the lord of the rings at least one in my last four posts. you might ask yourself, is lord of the rings all that this kid watches? and the answer would be...yes....
February 6, 2003 @ 9:24 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
if it's not one thing...
so board games at kate's was super fun. i kicked ass at scattergories and then eric kicked ass at trivial pursuit. going home was overwhelmingly wonderful and i didn't want to come back. for my mini-welcome home dinner my mom...
February 11, 2003 @ 9:23 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i heart you
happy valentine's day! this morning the roommates and i went to see daredevil. it was lots of fun and ben affleck and jennifer garner were totally hot, but it was pretty short (1.5 hrs) and the dialogue was a little...
February 14, 2003 @ 9:21 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i will never have an affair
i skipped class today and watched 'unfaithful' with meghan. i will never, ever, ever, ever, ever, ever have an affair. if i didn't already know it, this movie convinced me. yikes. so i finished reading 'the fellowship of the ring'...
February 18, 2003 @ 9:20 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
new slogans
yay! eric just showed me how to fix my html so i don't have to save the long way. hooray! meghan, eric, jon & i went to see 'old school' tonight. it was fucking amazing (just for you eric, just...
February 27, 2003 @ 9:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
bear with me
dude, 'spider' is a creepy movie. really creepy. any movie where the lead actor who is getting paid mad bank (i'm hip....i'm with it....) and only has 3 comprehensible lines has to be weird. but it was a good weird....
March 20, 2003 @ 6:04 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
i'm going home!
today i go home for the weekend! dad's picking me up in about half an hour. then it's good food and my piano all weekend. good thing i'm going home because so far this weekend looks pretty crappy weather-wise. it's...
March 28, 2003 @ 5:56 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
my bum hurts
if you couldn't tell, the first couple weeks of class have been really busy. my schedule is going to kick my ass. good news: anal/perf is going well and everyone seemed to really like my personal narrative performance. today kate,...
April 12, 2003 @ 5:50 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
and then there was one
'identity' was, indeed scary, but between mike and my theories, we pretty much had the movie figured out by the halfway mark. tonight we're going to see 'x2' and i am SO EXCITED!!!! everyone says how awesome it is, and...
May 3, 2003 @ 12:13 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
jim, am i going to die?
mike and eric, those lucky bastartds, are on their way to l.a. for e3 to try out video games and have fun and merriment in the land of sun and parties and earthquakes and landslides and flash floods and plastic...
May 13, 2003 @ 12:10 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
bruuuuuce
saw a sneak preview of 'bruce almighty' last night - funny stuff! oh my goodness, amazing...
May 21, 2003 @ 12:06 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the red pill
man, it's close-readings of films that make me happy to be a film major. check out this guy's take on 'the Matrix'...
May 21, 2003 @ 12:08 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
so so close
ok, so obviously i've been extremely busy in the past month, and specifically the past week. i'm busy onlining 'the caseys' and finishing up classes. graduation is in less than 3 weeks and my last final ever is tomorrow. after...
June 3, 2003 @ 10:30 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
sleeping pills + antidepressants + alcohol + cigarettes...and also maybe some cocaine
saw 'anything else' tonight, the new woody allen film with jason biggs and christina ricci. it was...awesome. the most impressive part was that jason biggs played the woody allen character SO WELL. eerie. also it made me feel better about...
October 7, 2003 @ 12:38 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
zzzzzzzzzz
head hurts....sleepy....want to go to bed....argh. btw - thanksgiving was great, had a great time and ate some awesome food that i didn't have to pay for. ahh yes. i've seen master and commander. twice. was even better the second...
December 4, 2003 @ 5:01 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
triplets of belleville
'the triplets of belleville' is awesome! i've not seen anything like it - completely unusual and beautiful animation, hardly any dialogue, great characters! highly recommended - this is definitely an adult movie though, there are some crazy bared boobs in...
February 3, 2004 @ 9:39 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
7 levels of the candy cane forest
last night i went to the brew & view with eric, jon, pat & jessica (2 high school friends) and their friend tony. saw elf and bad santa. it was the perfect balance of innocent fun (mr. narwhal!) and down-and-dirty...
February 13, 2004 @ 11:12 AM | 2 comments | 0 trackbacks
i love you michel gondry
i am maybe in love with this steriogram video directed by michel gondry (who else?). my favorite part is the giant hand....
February 25, 2004 @ 12:20 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the punisher: great movie, awesome website
Overview 'the punisher' was awesome. not in an iconic masterpiece sort of way, but in a popcorn michael bay sort of way. ok, not as good as michael bay, but it was fun and surprisingly funny at times, with some...
April 30, 2004 @ 4:09 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
kill bill: vol. 2
Overview better than the first volume, but slower. less blood bath and more character development....
May 5, 2004 @ 6:12 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
van helsing
Overview 'van helsing' is...awesome. but then again, this is my favorite type of movie - lots of action, great special effects, fun characters, great cinematography and editing. the plot is quite clever with a few surprises and exactly what one...
May 9, 2004 @ 4:00 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
casshern - hoping for good subtitles!
i think i may have mentioned this film before, but i really want to see casshern. it looks like one of the most beautiful films ever made (not that my stitched together and badly artifacted image really shows that)...and...
May 10, 2004 @ 4:16 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
casshern
Overview 'casshern' is a highly stylized action drama that has some not-so-subtle messages about war, pollution, samaritanism. Beautiful cinematography and decent fx give 'casshern' an incredibly distinct look (film grain like tennis balls, blacks to make you rethink other blacks,...
May 28, 2004 @ 11:55 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
mean girls
Overview this movie was SO much better than i thought it would be. it was hilarious and had (awww!) a nice lesson to be learned. i laughed through the whole thing and left wanting to be a better person and...
May 28, 2004 @ 12:14 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
"awesome"
i use that adjective a lot. a LOT. sorry....
May 28, 2004 @ 12:17 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the day after tomorrow
Overview again, the day after tomorrow was better than i anticipated. it is not really an action movie, more of a...scientific thriller? is that a new genre? the special effects were neat, and i definitely felt a sort of panic...
June 11, 2004 @ 10:58 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
coffee and cigarettes
Overview jim jarmusch's latest, coffee and cigarettes, is a fun and lighthearted movie depicting several vignettes of people interacting over coffee (or tea) and cigarettes. very refreshing, especially amidst the heavy subjects, visuals and long running times of most of...
June 11, 2004 @ 11:10 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
harry potter and the prisoner of azkaban
Overview 'azkaban' is by far the best harry potter film yet. it is visually striking, well acted and well told, especially considering how much had to be left out or condensed....
June 11, 2004 @ 11:30 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the chronicles of riddick
Overview the chronicles of riddick was pretty cool. it was a great looking film, which is what originally made me sit up and pay attention when i first saw the trailer. david twohy and the wheats have created what seems...
July 7, 2004 @ 10:35 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
spiderman 2
bonus: 'spiderman: the peril of doc ock' in legos! Overview amazing. so fucking cool. unbelievably awesome. see it immediately. for once, the critics are right...the second is so much better than the first. which is not to say, of course,...
July 7, 2004 @ 10:57 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
eric's birthday, mom & dad here
friday was eric's birthday party - there was much bowling and merrymaking. the birthday boy passed out early but i think everyone had a good time that night (at eric's anyway). saturday eric and i saw 'the grudge' which wasn't...
October 25, 2004 @ 11:30 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
he finally saw...
'reservoir dogs.' last week during lunch we watched it. hopefully soon we can cross some more off the list. i cringe whenever i look at that. update: we watched 'crimson tide' the other night, so now eric will understand what...
October 25, 2004 @ 11:39 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
'ray' & halloween
this weekend was a veritable orgy of audio-visual stimulation. friday night eric and i hit city north and saw 'ray' - the ray charles biopic starring jamie "oscar shoo-in" foxx. the movie was incredibly good and touching and i could...
November 1, 2004 @ 10:52 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
amsterdam/london in brief
the trip was awesome, but exhausting. we walked everywhere and all day for a week and a half. when we first got to amsterdam there was a mishap with some boiling+ temp water and my hand and fingers were burned....
November 15, 2004 @ 11:24 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the machinist
saturday eric and i drove up to evanston to see 'sideways' but it was sold out. we got tickets instead for 'national treasure' but it was also sold out so when we got in there no seats could be found....
November 22, 2004 @ 10:09 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
sideways
finally made it to 'sideways' last night and it was great - funny and sad and sort of hopeful. the main character drives the same car as eric and there was another one in the background of a restaurant scene...
November 23, 2004 @ 10:20 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
3rd place, random bits
trivial pursuit in blue grass was great - my dad's side of the family goes every month and this time we had enough people for 2 tables. we split into two groups: those aged 25 and under (my cousins, me,...
February 14, 2005 @ 2:41 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
sin city
saw the midnight screening of sin city last night in evanston. it was pretty cool - it looked amazing. i didn't expect it to be a series of individual stories and i was surprised by how bizarrely violent it was,...
April 1, 2005 @ 9:50 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
movie update
over the weekend i saw two movies, "march of the penguins" and "me and you and everyone we know." both were great. "march of the penguins" follows a group of emperor pengins for a year of their life. it focuses...
July 11, 2005 @ 12:28 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
ben & sara are in town!
this weekend ben and sara are in chicago for a baptism and they're crashing at my place. they had yesterday to hang out so sara when downtown to visit some of her old co-workers and ben and i drove up...
July 16, 2005 @ 12:35 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
'wedding crashers'
'wedding crashers' is the funniest movie i've seen since 'old school.' you must see it. plus, you can see christopher walken being rather un-walken for a change. any rachel mcadams fans out there? she does a good job as the...
July 20, 2005 @ 3:06 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
'murderball' and a picnic
random updates since i haven't written in a week: i saw 'murderball' last night and it definitely lived up to my expectations. the guys they profiled were really interesting and they found a lot of good dramatic arcs to fill...
July 27, 2005 @ 11:10 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
serenity
oh my sweet god, amidst all of the poster-making excitement here at work, i almost forgot to mention this - 'serenity' is opening this weekend. how excited am i? SO EXCITED. if i can hold off seeing the movie for...
September 29, 2005 @ 2:32 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
MirrorMask
tonight i saw the neil gaiman-penned 'mirrormask' and it was...AMAZING. and i don't mean it was good or cool or gee-whiz, you should see it - it was The Most Breathtakingly Original Movie I Have Ever Seen. i've seen a...
October 3, 2005 @ 10:22 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
first contact: 10, nemesis: didn't even show up to the fight
just finished watching the director's commentary for star trek: first contact. man, that movie is SO good. The Best Star Trek Movie, in my opinion. oh, there's wrath of khan and everything, but the fact of the matter is first...
October 30, 2005 @ 7:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
thanksgiving weekend
the trip home was good, as usual. thanksgiving lunch/dinner was awesome and i played euchre and double-deck euchre with my aunts, grandma and cousin allllll afternoon which was FANTASTIC. food, glorious food my aunt pat, who much like myself does...
November 29, 2005 @ 10:17 AM | 4 comments | 0 trackbacks
what? just me?
during 'king kong' last night (which was awesome), carl denham says to ann darrow, 'i'm someone you can trust. i'm a movie producer.' i immediately and completely involuntarily 'HA!!'-ed, putting the full force of my diaphragm behind the guffaw. it...
January 4, 2006 @ 5:03 PM | 4 comments | 0 trackbacks
underworld: evolution
just got home from a preview screening of 'underworld: evolution' with cecile, jon, kat and charlie. it was good - not great, but definitely entertaining. things that weren't so great: constant exposition. constant. unnecessary flashbacks, or where flashbacks were reasonable,...
January 19, 2006 @ 11:54 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
2 movies & ...so which one was the poppee again?
last night charlie and i hit a double feature in evanston - '16 blocks', the new bruce willis/mos def thriller and 'night watch', the incredibly popular and incredibly awesomely-subtitled russian fantasy/horror movie. both were pretty good and i'm excited to...
March 4, 2006 @ 6:50 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
dyeing the river green
today i met lindsay at southport grocery and cafe for breakfast. it was fantastic! i had the house-made cereal, "our own crunchy chai spice bran & corn flakes laced with rice-nut clusters & a side of fresh fruit with vanilla...
March 11, 2006 @ 7:50 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
haircut, ice age, mom, lakefill, sopranos
this weekend my mom was in town to drop my cousin off at the airport. after i got a haircut she picked me up and we ate at costello's and saw 'ice age: the meltdown' at the davis theater. we...
April 3, 2006 @ 4:01 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
brick
i saw brick last night with charlie and travis and it was AWESOME. it's a noir set in high school about a guy (joseph gordon-levitt) who decides to find out what happened to his ex-girlfriend, who suddenly disappears. the music...
April 8, 2006 @ 6:11 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
silent hill
on friday silent hill opens and i've been breathlessly counting the days since i first saw the trailer. in preparation, antonio has set out to beat the video game 'silent hill 3', which is not the game the movie is...
April 20, 2006 @ 2:41 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
x-men 3! gang bangers!
saw x-men 3 tonight with nako and jyl - it was great! i suspect that brett ratner is responsible for the added schmaltz, but the action was fantastic and overall the story was pretty good. lots of fighting and different...
May 27, 2006 @ 12:59 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
weekend: intonation et al
this weekend i was pretty much only home to sleep - i'll have to catch up tonight :) friday charlie and i saw the fast and the furious 3: tokyo drift (which apparently was given three stars by roger ebert)...
June 26, 2006 @ 3:35 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
oh my effing god
pirates of the caribbean 2: longest movie ever. ...fun though. ...
July 18, 2006 @ 9:44 PM | 5 comments | 0 trackbacks
if i could marry a fictional character, i'd be set
last night matt and i saw 'raiders of the lost ark' at the music box. 'raiders' is one of my favorite movies and was a big part of my childhood. it was one of the few movies my dad and...
July 27, 2006 @ 11:52 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
the past week
...has been oddly busy. i somehow managed to go every day the past week with just enough sleep to be functional. barely. did a lot of fun stuff, but just didn't get the 10 hours a night i need. ...i'm...
September 18, 2006 @ 9:48 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
film nerdery in a dinosaur comic
there's a whole comic about the theory of 'male gaze' over at qwantz. takes me back to mass media with everyone's favorite, most quotable, visiting gay film prof at NU. "remember, it's 'gaze' not 'gays'." uh...yeah. we got it, thanks....
October 9, 2006 @ 2:55 PM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
noooooo tortoise!
for the love of god, do NOT watch 'cannibal ferox' if you don't want to see a slew of adorable animals horribly killed and eaten. antonio and i were freaking traumatized after watching that movie. oh, and if you have...
December 22, 2006 @ 7:34 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
grindhouse
...WAS FUCKING AMAZING!!!! go see this! do it! do it!! i haven't had such a good time at a movie since 'the prestige'!...
April 7, 2007 @ 12:44 AM | 1 comments | 0 trackbacks
beauty kit (for little girls)
check out this incredibly awesome/sick/true video for a 'beauty kit'. mirrored here to prevent de-link-izing....
June 7, 2007 @ 1:33 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
ratatouille!
update: check out the video cooking for ratatouille for a little insight into how/why the food in this movie looks sooo good. tonight cecile and i saw pixar's 'ratatouille' and it. was. fantastic. it was hands down the best movie...
June 30, 2007 @ 1:23 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
observatory, burlesque, beach
thursday clayton and i drove to sherman oaks and walked around the mall - maria was working there that day so we stopped to see her too. afterwards we went to meghan and josh's and played the wii. thursday night,...
August 20, 2007 @ 6:20 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
this is what i do, darlin'
so guess what was released today? the serenity collector's edition. guess what i bought today? correct. and guess who came over so we could watch all the new special features? that would be pat. god we're nerds....
August 21, 2007 @ 10:54 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
'once'
this movie was so good i had goosebumps the whole time and had to buy the soundtrack immediately after. go see this. ...
September 29, 2007 @ 11:42 PM | 3 comments | 0 trackbacks
piano, 'american gangster'
the piano is gorgeous. the end. maria pointed out that i need to buy a cover for it or something so it stays pretty. thanks again, mom & dad and grandma for the awesomest christmas present ever!! maria, clayton and...
November 17, 2007 @ 10:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
afi's 100 years 100 movies (1998)
posted on my tumblelog - what i've seen, what i need to see....
February 20, 2008 @ 8:56 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
what if saul bass did the titles for star wars?
update: more saul bass! a children's book he illustrated. the answer? they would be more awesome-er. more saul bass title sequences including psycho, alien, the man with the golden arm, cape fear, and more. via drawn!...
March 3, 2008 @ 8:46 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
forgetting sarah marshall
...was so so good! it was really sweet - jason segel is so adorable in it - and really really funny. the supporting cast is really good ("you sound like you're from lon-don!") and the rock opera puppet musical is...
April 20, 2008 @ 1:58 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
iron man
...was awesome! it was so much fun and i must read the ultimates again. also? the incredible hulk? can't wait....
May 4, 2008 @ 10:29 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
who is responsible for this
someone please explain to me why jake gyllenhaal is going to be the lead in the prince of persia movie. then explain to me why ben barnes (prince caspian in prince caspian) was not cast instead. and don't give me...
May 21, 2008 @ 1:40 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
indy 4
i liked it. the end. just kidding. ok it had problems - a couple of times i was taken out of the movie by how ridiculous things were getting or a line that was over the top, but overall? it...
May 23, 2008 @ 9:45 AM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
north by northwest
i saw 'north by northwest' for the first time tonight at the egyptian and i didn't expect it to be so funny! or so semi-risque!...
June 1, 2008 @ 10:39 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
kung fu panda
it was really good. really funny, beautiful to look at - cute animals, great action sequences...go see it!...
June 13, 2008 @ 11:12 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
jumper
worst. movie. ever. which is really disappointing because the trailer looked so awesome. i wanted to like it - i was so excited when it came out. but - ugh. i mean, the action sequences were really cool - but...
June 14, 2008 @ 11:44 PM | 0 comments | 0 trackbacks
silent comedy classics
last night meghan and i went to the orpheum to see the last offering in the la conservancy's last remaining seats series. they showed pay day, get out and get under and the navigator with live accompaniment on the theatre's...