Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Spaced: Season 1

Want to know where the ideas in Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz come from? Watch this delightful, geeky series.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0187664/

Saturday, February 21, 2009

Gran Torino

Don't see this film for its simple messages. See it for the character Eastwood creates, and how he mirrors all our lives.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1205489/

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

John Adams

I am surprised at how much I didn't (and did) know about Adams' career. My hat is off to both Giamatti and Linney (and Polley).
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0472027/

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

House M.D.: Season 4

Best written show on television today. And medical mystery dramas are triply hard to pull off.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412142/

Monday, February 2, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Sure, it's a wonderful treatise on aging, but did it have to include every thought about aging anyone has ever had?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/